Research Program on

Batch Manufacturing of Pharmaceuticals and Chemicals (BMPC)

October 2008 Consortium Meeting

Date: October 30, 2008

Place: Conference Room, Sophia Gordon Hall - East

15 Talbot Ave, Medford, MA 02155

Final Meeting Agenda

       08:45                          Coffee & Registration                                                                                                                                                                

09:00 – 09:15              Welcome
Dr. Christos Georgakis, Systems Research Institute, Tufts University

09:15 – 10:00          “Dynamic Design of Experiments:  Methodology and Additional Results”

                                      Dr. Christos Georgakis, Tufts University

10:00 – 10:45          ”Structural Modeling of Asymmetric Catalytic Hydrogenation”

                                      Foteini Makrydaki, PhD Candidate, Tufts University

       10:45 – 11:15               Break

11:15 – 12:00          “Developing Patient Specific Pharmacokinetic Models:

                                     Compartmental vs. Non-Compartmental Analysis of Triazolam”   

                                        Daniel Hines, Graduate Student, Tufts University

12:00 – 01:15              Lunch

01:15 – 01:45          “Operability of Non-Linear High-Dimensional Process”

                                    Lin Li, Graduate Student, Tufts University

       01:45 – 02:15          “Optimizing Complex Crystallizations using Data-Driven and Reduced-Order

                                               Knowledge-Driven Models”           

                                              Andrew Fiordalis, PhD Candidate, Tufts University

02:15 – 02:45            Break

02:45 - 03:00           “Application of DDoX in a Batch Crystallizer”

                                      Andrew Hagger, Undergraduate Student, Tufts University

 

       03:00 – 03:15         “Measuring Crystal Growth Rates in a Microfluidic Device”

                                     Ethan Gillett, Undergraduate Student, Tufts University

       03:15 – 03:30         “Using DDoX & DoX Approach to Optimize Batch Reactions”

                                     W. Alex Marvin, Undergraduate Student, Tufts University

03:30 – 04:30              General Discussion and Feedback

04:30                             Adjournment                                                                                                     10/30/08