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This site, produced by the American Institute of Chemical Engineers, is dedicated to collecting oral histories based on the software used to plan, direct and optimize large, multi-stage chemical production, such as those in a chemical factory. This complex software was developed beginning in the 1960s by a team of Massachusetts Institute of Technology engineers working with computers to simulate the temperatures, movements and mixing involved in chemical processes. Different discussions cover simulation and technical issues, and historical participants are asked to join in the creation of an archive of recollections and materials relating to process simulation software.