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CPAC
BACKGROUND |
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The Center for Process Analytical
Chemistry (CPAC) is a self-sustaining
organization, with a successful consortium of sponsors recruited from
all sectors of industry.
The present CPAC program can be summarized by
two main components:
· new measurement
approaches including the miniaturization of traditional
instrumentation and the development of new sensors and non-traditional
instruments,
· mechanisms for
interaction, collaboration, and communication of Center activities,
research programs, and information related to process analytical
technology (PAT)
among sponsors, other universities and academic departments,
government agencies, and the general measurement and control
community. CPAC has an established track record in fostering
academic/industrial/national laboratory interactions, which aim at
bridging the gap between basic research and full-scale process/product
development.
Within CPAC, the following sponsor focus
groups (both industry and technology-based) serve as a forum for
discussion and guidance concerning the industrial relevance of
research projects undertaken by the Center. |
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Industrial: |
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Materials & Chemical Processes
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Oil & Petrochemicals
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Food & Consumer Products
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Pharmaceuticals & Biotechnology |
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Technical: |
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Chemometrics
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Process Optimization/Control
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Spectroscopy/Imaging |
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Chromatography
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Sensors |
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CPAC
INITIATIVES AND PLATFORM PROJECTS |
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Fermentation Monitoring (FermI)
The optimization of bio-reactors is of
importance due to the value of industrial bio-technology, as well as
the increasing interest in bio-fuels and bio-sustainability.
CPAC is involved with several research projects to develop measurement
tools that will compliment existing monitoring methods and allow for
studies to optimize bio-reactions and related process control. |
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Micro-Reactors and Instrumentation
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Several CPAC Research Projects are
emphasizing micro-analytical and micro-sensor development. |
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New Sampling/Sensor Initiative (NeSSI™)-
see description below |
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PERSONNEL |
| Faculty Director |
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Rob Synovec |
| Executive Director |
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Mel Koch |
| Adm. Manager |
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Nan Holmes |
| UW, Chemistry |
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Anatol Brodsky
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Lloyd Burgess
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James Callis
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Scott Gilbert
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Bart Kahr
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Robert Synovec
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Dave Veltkamp
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| UW, Applied Physics Laboratory
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Brian Marquardt |
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| UW, Elect. Engr. |
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Alex Mamishev
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Brian Otis |
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Babak Parviz
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Tim Strovas |
| UW, Forest Resources |
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Richard Gustafson |
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Renata Bura
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Ray Chrisman |
| UW, Medical Genetics |
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Clement Furlong |
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Scott Soelberg |
| U. of Delaware |
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Steven Brown |
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| U. of Maine |
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Scott Collins |
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| U. of Minnesota |
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Kent Mann |
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| U. of California -- Davis |
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Mike McCarthy
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Jeffrey de Ropp |
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Jeffrey Walton |
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PERSONNEL
DISTRIBUTION: |
UW PI's
Grad Students
Staff |
16
17
3 |
Off Site PIs
Post-Docs
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2
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INDUSTRIAL
ADVISORY BOARD |
| CPAC presently has 16 Full
Sponsor organizations, each having a seat on the Industrial Advisory Board (IAB) that
helps guide CPAC research and operations. CPAC also has 15 Associate
(Vendor/Instrumentation) Sponsors to aid in the technology
transfer/commercialization of CPAC technology. |
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Chair |
Carl Rechsteiner,
Chevron |
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Past Chair |
Carol Zrybko, Kraft |
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Chair Elect |
Jeff Gunnell,
ExxonMobil |
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RESEARCH
PROJECTS |
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Chemometrics: |
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Novel Tools Combining Data Mining and
Statistical Inferencing Techniques, Brown |
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New Approaches to Updating and
Transfer of Multivariate Calibrations·, Brown |
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Sensors: |
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Integrating Fermentation with
Biosensor Analysis of Bioprocess Components, Furlong |
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Grating Light Reflection Spectrometry,
Burgess/Brodsky |
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Vapochromic Detection and
Identification of Important Analytes, Mann/Marquardt/Veltkamp |
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Ultra-Low Cost
Micro-Scale Wireless Monitoring of Chemical Processes,
Parviz/Otis |
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Adaptive Optics to
Visualize and Quantitate Dynamic Processes,
Burgess |
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Application of Novel Membranes for
Separation and Concentration Lignocellosic Biorefineries,
Gustafson/Marquardt/Bura/Chrisman |
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Spectroscopy: |
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Evaluating Raman Spectroscopy to
Improve Process Monitoring and Materials Characterization,
Marquardt /Veltkamp· |
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Control of
Manufacturing Parameters
with Fringing Field Sensors, Mamishev |
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Development of a Micro NMR System,
McCarthy/Walton/de Ropp/Collins |
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Chromatography: |
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Water Liquid Chromatography and
Microfabricated Systems, Synovec |
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Process Gas Chromatography and
Chemometrics, Synovec |
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Process Optimization and Control: |
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Utilizing NeSSI™ for
Analytical Applications,
Veltkamp/Marquardt |
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·Fermentation
Initiative (FermI), Furlong/Marquardt/Veltkamp |
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