Contact Information

Research Interests

• Ontologies and knowledge representation
• Multi-agent systems
• Safety analysis
• Technology selection
• Biomass process synthesis
• Design rationale
• Knowledge reuse

Education

• Ph.D., Process Systems Engineering, Tokyo Institute of Technology, 1999
• M.S., Process Systems Engineering, Tokyo Institute of Technology, 1997
• B.S., Chemical Engineering, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, 1993

Publications

• Batres, R., M. West, D. Leal, D. Price, K. Masaki, Y. Shimada, T. Fuchino and Y. Naka. An upper ontology based on ISO 15926. Computers & Chemical Engineering, 31, No. 5-6, pp. 519-534 (2007)
• Suzuki, M., R. Batres, T. Fuchino, Y. Shimada, P. W. Chung. A knowledge-based approach for accident information retrieval. Proceedings ofthe 16th European Symposium on Computer Aided Process Engineering, Elsevier, pp 1057-1062 (2006)
• Kraines, S., M. Koyama, and R. Batres. An Emergent Simulation Modeling Approach for Discovery of Knowledge on Phenomena in Chemical Systems. Journal of Chemical Engineering of Japan. Vol. 39(9), pp. 1010-1027 (2006)
• Kraines, S., R. Batres, B. Kemper, M. Koyama, and V. Wolowski. Internet-Based Collaboration for Integrated Environmental Assessment in Industrial Ecology, Part II Semantic Searching based on Ontologies and Agent Systems for Knowledge Discovery. Journal of Industrial Ecology, 10(4), pp. 37-60 (2006)