1. CENTER FOR PROCESS ANALYTICAL CHEMISTRY
UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON,
SEATTLE
CPAC’s 25th Anniversary Meeting
Save the date. CPAC Spring Meeting, May 4-7, 2009, Hotel Deca, Seattle, WA.

2. CPAC is a Consortium of Multi-Industry Sponsors, and Government Agencies
 The Objective of the Center is to Address Challenges in Real-Time Analysis and Process Optimization
Provides a Global Forum for Multi-disciplinary and Multi-University Participation in Developments in Process Analytical Technology

3. CPAC Activities Semiannual Sponsor Meetings (May & Nov)
Tutorials and Technical Workshops
Summer Institute – Seattle (July)
Satellite Workshop – Rome, Italy (March)
Industry Driven Initiatives
Graduate Education
IFPAC, FACSS, AIChE, Pittcon, etc.
FDA (PAT, QbD), USP

4. THERE IS A GLOBAL INTEREST IN PRODUCT AND PROCESS OPTIMIZATION
Many Issues and concerns are emerging that affect governments, industries, and the general public.
QUALITY
COST
ENVIRONMENT
ENERGY
SAFETY
SECURITY

5. Today’s Key Topics include:
Quality by Design - QbD
Process Analytical Technology - PAT
Food Quality and Safety
Bio-Processing
Green Chemistry
Nanotechnology
Micro-instrumentation
Process Control and Data Handling

6. CPAC INITIATIVES INCLUDE:
BIO-PROCESSING IMPROVEMENTS (FERMI)
MEASUREMENT TOOLS FOR FOOD QUALITY AND SAFETY
MICRO-INSTRUMENTATION FOR HIGH THROUGHPUT EXPERIMENTATION AND PROCESS OPTIMIZATION
NEW SAMPLING AND SENSOR INITIATIVE (NeSSI)
CHEMOMETRICS ON-LINE INITIATIVE (COPA)

7. TODAY - THREE CPAC PI’S WERE SELECTED
BRIAN MARQUARDT UW, Applied Physics (Spectroscopies and Micro-Instrumentation)
MIKE McCARTHY UC Davis, Food Sciences (NMR Advances)
ROB SYNOVEC UW, Chemistry (Analytical Separations)
These topics and their applications
will be the basis for a tutorial at the
May CPAC meeting

8. Additional CPAC PI’S will present research project reports and proposals at the May 4-7 Meeting
Chemical Engineering
Electrical Engineering
Mechanical Engineering
Chemistry
Health Sciences
Forest Resources
Applied Physics
Food Sciences