Virtual Materials Group was incorporated in 1999 in Calgary, Alberta and since then the company has enjoyed steady growth thanks to its dedication to the development of applied thermodynamics and process simulation tools. Our flagship products are VMGSim and VMGThermo that are used by hundreds of companies around the world for the design and simulation of complex Natural Gas Processing plants, Refineries, and chemical plants.
Our core group is based in Calgary and is an extremely accomplished group of scientists and engineers, dedicated to enable you to excel in your job as an engineer. We work continuously on the refinement, enhancement and support of our products and we are always ready to tackle new problems while inventing new solutions at the same time.
William (Bill) Y. Svrcek
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Bill graduated from the University of Alberta as a Chemical Engineer in 1962 and earned a Ph.D., also from the University of Alberta in 1967. After obtaining his Ph. D., Bill worked for Monsanto and the University of Western Ontario before settling at the University of Calgary where he developed an enviable research and teaching record from 1975 until his retirement as an Emeritus Professor in 2008. Bill was one of the original founders of Hyprotech where he acted as president for many years. Bill’s interests include process control, process simulation and process design. Bill joined VMG as president in 2002. |
Craig G. Morris
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Craig graduated from the University of Waterloo as a Chemical Engineer in 1975 and earned a M.Sc. at the University of Calgary in 1980. Craig was Hyprotech’s first employee and the original creator of Hysim and Hysys, two classical process simulators. Craig’s accomplishments are too many to list, but we will mention the invention of interactive process simulation and bidirectional information propagation. In a very real way Craig changed the way engineers simulate and build chemical plants. A true Renaissance man, Craig’s interests range from mathematics to physics to computer science and skiing. Craig is one of the original founders of VMG. |
Marco A. Satyro
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Marco graduated from the Polytechnic School of the University of Sao Paulo as a Chemical Engineer in 1984 and earned a Ph.D. from the University of Calgary in 1997. Marco moved to Calgary in 1988 to work for Hyprotech where he worked on applied thermodynamics and distillation. Marco played a key role in the development of Hysim, Hysys, Hyprop and Hycon. Marco lectured on Thermodynamics, Separations and Process Design at the University of Calgary from 2006 to 2011. Marco is one of the key developers of VMGThermo and one of the original founders of VMG. |
Yau-Kun Li
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Yau‐Kun graduated from McGill University in 1976 as a Chemical Engineer and earned a M.Eng. also from McGill in 1977. In 1980 Yau‐Kun moved to Calgary where he worked at the Computer Modeling Group and then Hyprotech where he worked extensively on applied thermodynamics, fluid characterization and flash calculations. Yau‐ Kun played a key role in the development of GEM, Hysys and Hycon. Yau‐Kun is one of the key developers of VMGSim and VMGThermo and is Thermo Explorer's main designer. He also provides high level software design for many of VMG’s clients around the world. He is one of the original founders of VMG. |
Raul Cota
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Raul joined VMG in 2004 after completing his Masters degree in Chemical Engineering from the University of Calgary where he worked in the development of an open source chemical process simulator. He has been developing commercial software since 1998 and his interests have focused on process simulation and engineering. Raul is currently the lead developer for VMGSim and his main interests are in distillation and sulphur processing. Raul earned a Ph.D. from the University of Calgary also in Chemical Engineering in 2008. |
Glen Hay
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Glen Hay received a Bachelor's Degree in Chemical Engineering in 2001 from the University of Calgary. He continued on to complete a Master's Degree in 2003 in the area of advanced process control. Currently he works at Virtual Materials Group as the VP of Business Development. |
Malu Satyro
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Malu Satyro has been with Virtual Materials Group since its beginnings in 1999. Her work involves taking care of the company's finances, organization, advertisements, and client relations. Previously, Malu held the same position in Sea++ Inc. Her involvement with Sea++ lasted from 1997 to 1999 and the experience she gained in that position has carried over to her work today. Prior to working for Virtual Materials Group, Malu was pursuing her Bachelor of Fine Arts in Dance at the University of Calgary. |
James van der Lee
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Dr. James van der Lee received both his Chemical Engineering degree and a PhD in Chemical Engineering from the University of Calgary. James’ interests are process simulation, process control, gas treating, amine and sulphur recovery units. James is the sales manager at Virtual Materials Group, Inc. |
Luis Duhne
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Luis received his B.Sc. Chem E. from the Universidad Autonoma de Nuevo Leon (U.A.N.L).
Luis joined the company in 2006, he is directly involved in the development of the graphical user interfaces.
Prior to joining Virtual Materials Group Inc., Luis' experience includes process engineering and software development for various companies in Mexico.
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Gabriel Wong
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Gabe joined the Virtual Materials Group in 2007, after completing his Bachelors degree in Software Engineering at the University of Calgary.
Gabe is directly involved in all aspects of the software development work conducted at Virtual Materials Group. His knowledge in software and technologies make him an invaluable member of the Virtual Materials Group team.
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Juan Montelongo
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Juan obtained his B.Sc. in Chemical Engineering in 2001 at the Universidad Autonoma de Nuevo Leon, Mexico and earned his Ph.D. from the University of Calgary in 2010. Since moving to Calgary in 2003 he has developed expertise in the modeling and simulation of oil and gas processes in both steady and dynamic states. He also has experience in designing and analyzing process control systems. He joined Virtual Materials Group in 2008 where he is currently the technical support and quality assurance manager.
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Carl Landra
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Carl received a Bachelor's Degree in Chemical Engineering in 2009 from the University of Calgary. He then joined Virtual Materials Group shortly after. Carl is mainly involved in the support and research and development aspects for VMGSim. |
Linnea Staudt
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Linnea joined Virtual Materials Group in 2010 after completing her Bachelor’s degree in Chemical Engineering at the University of Calgary. Linnea’s interests include process control systems, distillation towers, thermodynamics and dynamic simulation. She is directly involved in the technical support for VMGSim. Linnea also plays a key role in delivering VMGSim training courses to new and experienced users.
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Herbert Loria
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Herbert Loria graduated from the Technological Institute of Merida, Mexico as a Chemical Engineer in 2003 and received a M.Sc. degree in Chemical Engineering from the Technological Institute of Celaya, Mexico, in 2005. In 2009, he earned a Ph.D. degree in Chemical Engineering from the University of Calgary. After graduating, he worked as a Post-doctoral Fellow at the Alberta Ingenuity Centre for In Situ Energy where he developed transport and kinetic models for catalytic heavy oil upgrading. Herbert joined Virtual Materials Group in 2011, where he is directly involved with the research and development aspects of the oil characterization environment for VMGSim.
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