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                                    October 2, 2025 Congratulations to Baggie Nyande, Samir Diab, Helen Yao, Richard Lakerveld, and Zoltan Nagy on their paper "Crystallization in the presence of impurities: mechanisms, models and controls," which has been selected as an Editor's Choice in Chemical Engineering Research and Design!
                                
                                    October 1, 2025 A select group of Purdue engineering and pharmacy graduate students are advancing Indiana's biopharmaceutical workforce training opportunities through the BioTrain Fellows program. Nate Michael from our research group, who is among the fellows working to strengthen the region's biopharmaceutical manufacturing workforce.
                                    
                                         
                                    September 17, 2025 Hemalatha Kilari was recently highlighted during Purdue's National Postdoctoral Appreciation Week. Hema serves as Vice President of the Purdue Postdoctoral Association. Her dedication to both research excellence and postdoctoral community leadership continues to distinguish her work.
                                    
                                         
                                    June 17, 2025  "Prof. Nagy has been elected as an External Member of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences (MTA)  - one of the highest scholarly honors bestowed by Hungary's permier scientific institution!
                                
                                    May 15, 2025 "Hybrid rule-based and optimization-driven framework for the synthesis of end-to-end optimal pharmaceutical processes"
                                    was published by Yash Barhate, Daniel J. Laky, Daniel Casas-Orozco, Gintaras V. Reklaitis, and Zoltan K. Nagy in AIChE Journal.
                                
                                    May 14, 2025 "A hybrid system for design space estimation in a rotary tablet press"
                                    was published by Mohammad Shahab, Sunidhi Bachawala, Marcial Gonzalez, Zoltan Nagy, and Gintaras Reklaitis in International Journal of Pharmaceutics.
                                
                                    April 07, 2025 Congratulations to Yash Barhate for winning the prestigious Magoon Award for Research excellence awarded by Purdue University College of Engineering and Davidson School of Chemical Engineering.
                                    
                                         
                                    April 18, 2025 Congratulations to all the authors of the paper  'Using PharmaPy with Jupyter Notebook to teach digital design in pharmaceutical manufacturing' ,
                                    whose work has been recognized as one of the top-viewed articles in the Computer Applications in Engineering Education Journal.
                                    
                                         
                                    April 18, 2025 Congratulations to all the authors of the paper  'Techno-economic analysis of dynamic, end-to-end optimal pharmaceutical campaign manufacturing using PharmaPy' ,
                                    whose work has been recognized as one of the top-viewed articles in the AIChE Journal.
                                    
                                         
                                    April 10, 2025 Attila Csathy presented his research at the 'Spring Undergraduate Research Conference - 2025', Purdue University!
                                    
                                         
                                    February 25, 2025 Prof. Nagy's startup  Crystallization Systems Technology Inc.  (CrySyst)
                                    was recently featured on 
                                    Purdue University's Newsletter. The startup offers innovative crystallization monitoring, modeling and control software solutions to address process development challenges
                                    across industries. The framework's foundation has been based on the innovative research done within the group in the last decade.
                                    
                                          
                                
                                    January 27, 2025 "Digital Design of an Integrated Continuous Crystallization,
                                    Wet Milling and Classification System with Recycle for Purity and Crystal Size Distribution Control"
                                    was published by Rojan Parvaresh and Zoltan K Nagy in Industrial & Engineering Chemistry Research.
                                 
                                
                                    December 20, 2024 Congratulations to Yash Barhate for receiving the prestigious Bilsland Dissertation Fellowship!
                                 
                                
                                    October 29, 2024 Current and alumni members of the CryPTSys group
                                    at 
                                    AIChE 2024 in San Diego, California!
                                    
                                          
                                
                                    October 29, 2024 Congratulations to Yash Barhate for winning a  PD2M Student Award at AIChE!
                                    
                                          
                                
                                    October 29, 2024 Congratulations to Montgomery Laky for winning a Separations Division Graduate Student Award at AIChE!
                                 
                                
                                    October 7, 2024 Congratulations to Prof. Zoltan Nagy for winning the prestigious "2024 Excellence and Impact Award (Manufacturing)", announced by
                                    AIChE's PD2M Forum!
                                    
                                          
                                
                                    September 26, 2024 Congratulations to Montgomery Laky for recognition as a MIT Chemical Engineering Rising Star!
                                    
                                          
                                
                                    September 17, 2024 Congratulations to Megha Das for winning the prestigious centennial award for exceptional
                                    performance in her first-year of Graduate School!
                                    
                                          
                                
                                    August 15, 2024 Congratulations to Monika Neal for winning 1st best
                                    Overall Poster at the 33rd annual Purdue GSO Symposium!
                                    
                                          
                                
                                    August 15, 2024 Congratulations to Montgomery Laky for winning 1st best
                                    Presentations in Biotech & Pharmaceuticals at the 33rd annual Purdue GSO Symposium!
                                 
                                
                                    August 2, 2024: Inyoung Hur successfully defended her thesis:
                                    "Model-based design and control of an integrated purification platform for continuous pharmaceutical manufacturing". She was advised by Prof.
                                    Zoltan K. Nagy.
                                 
                                
                                    July 25, 2024 Aishwarya Menon (left) and Urvi Mathur (right)
                                    presented their summer work at SURF!
                                    
                                            
                                
                                    June 20, 2024 "Process Intensification via End-to-End Continuous
                                    Manufacturing of Atorvastatin Calcium Using an Integrated, Modular
                                    Reaction-Crystallization-Spherical Agglomeration-Filtration-Drying Process"
                                    was published by Rojan Parvaresh and Zoltan K Nagy in Organic Process Research &
                                    Development.
                                 
                                
                                    June 17, 2024: Rojan Parvaresh successfully defended her thesis:
                                    "Process Intensification of Integrated Continuous Crystallization Systems with
                                    Recycle". She was advised by Prof.
                                    Zoltan K. Nagy.
                                 
                                
                                    June 11, 2024 "Integrated Continuous Crystallization–-Spherical
                                    Agglomeration (CCSA) Process for the Intensified Manufacturing of Atorvastatin
                                    Calcium"
                                    was published by Rojan Parvaresh, Shumaiya Ferdoush, Shivani Kshirsagar, Marcial
                                    Gonzalez, and Zoltan K Nagy in Crystal Growth and Design.
                                 
                                
                                    June 2, 2024 CryPTSys group delivers a workhop on "Digital design
                                    of pharmaceutical processes using PharmaPy" at the joint ESCAPE34-PSE24 conference
                                    in Florence, Italy!
                                    
                                          
                                
                                    May 16, 2024 Congratulations to Montgomery Laky for winning the
                                    2024 Marilyn Forney Trailblazer Award!
                                    
                                          
                                
                                    May 15, 2024 Congratulations to Aishwarya Menon and Urvi Mathur for
                                    getting the Summer Undergraduate Research Fellowhip (SURF)!
                                 
                                
                                    April 16, 2024 Congratulations to Inyoung and Montgomery for
                                    winning the Graduate Student Recognition Award!
                                 
                                
                                    April 15, 2024 CryptSys Group celebrates the union of Dr. Dan and
                                    Montgomery, and bids a fond farewell to Aybala, whose remarkable journey with us has
                                    inspired us all. Wishing them joy and success on their new journeys!
                                    
                                          
                                
                                    April 4, 2024 "OpenCrystalData: An open-access particle image
                                    database to facilitate learning, experimentation, and development of image analysis
                                    models for crystallization processes"
                                    was published by Yash Barhate, Christopher Boyle, Hossein Salami, Wei-Lee Wu, Nina
                                    Taherimakhsousi, Charlie Rabinowitz, Andreas Bommarius, Javier Cardona, Zoltan K.
                                    Nagy, Ronald Rousseau, Martha Grover in
                                    Digital Chemical Engineering.
                                 
                                
                                    March 29, 2024 "Semicontinuous Blending of Pharmaceutical
                                    Ingredients and the Impact of Process Parameters on the Blending Performance of an
                                    Integrated Feeder Blender Operating Semicontinuously"
                                    was published by Sumit Kumar, Yan-Shu Huang, Zoltan Nagy, Gintaras V Reklaitis,
                                    Marcial Gonzalez, Paul Mort in
                                    Advances in Materials Science and Engineering.
                                 
                                
                                    March 11, 2024 "Process Development and Kinetic Analysis in the
                                    Green Synthesis of Lomustine"
                                    was published by Giulia Murbach-Oliveira, Ilke Akturk, Zoltan Nagy, David H Thompson
                                    in
                                    Organic Process Research & Development.
                                 
                                
                                    February 16, 2024 Congratulations to Ilke for Being Selected as one
                                    of the five Finalist in the Dauch Center Digital Transformation Competition!
                                 
                                
                                    February 13, 2024 Monika, Montgomery, Ilke, Megha, Meng-Hua at the
                                    2024 GWEN
                                    Symposium.
                                    
                                          
                                
                                    February 9, 2024 "Data‐driven identification of crystallization
                                    kinetics" was published by Baggie W Nyande, Zoltan K Nagy, Richard Lakerveld in
                                    AIChE Journal.
                                 
                                
                                    January 23, 2024 "Digital Design of an Agrochemical Crystallization
                                    Process via Two-Dimensional Population Balance Modeling" was published by Wei-Lee
                                    Wu, Christopher Chappelow, Navraj Hanspal, Paul A Larsen, Jasson Patton, Aaron
                                    Shinkle, Zoltan K Nagy in Organic Process Research & Development.
                                 
                                
                                    January 10, 2024 "Hybrid model development and nonlinear model
                                    predictive control implementation for continuous dry granulation process" was
                                    published by Yan-Shu Huang, Rexonni B Lagare, Phoebe Bailey, David Sixon, Marcial
                                    Gonzalez, Zoltan K Nagy, Gintaras V Reklaitis in Computers & Chemical Engineering.
                                 
                                
                                    December 29, 2023 "Population balance model enabled digital design
                                    and uncertainty analysis framework for continuous crystallization of pharmaceuticals
                                    using an automated platform with full recycle and minimal material use" was
                                    published by Yash Barhate, Hemalatha Kilari, Wei-Lee Wu, and Zoltan K. Nagy in
                                    Chemical Engineering Science.
                                 
                                
                                    November 23, 2023 "Digital design of an integrated purification
                                    system for continuous pharmaceutical manufacturing" was published by Inyoung Hur,
                                    Daniel Casas-Orozco, Daniel Laky, Francesco Destro, and Zoltan K. Nagy in Chemical
                                    Engineering Science.
                                 
                                
                                    November 8, 2023 Current and alumni members of the CryPTSys group
                                    at 
                                        AIChE
                                        2023
                                     in Orlando, Florida!
                                    
                                          
                                
                                    October 1, 2023 "Developing a Modular Continuous Drug Product
                                    Manufacturing System with Real Time Quality Assurance for Producing Pharmaceutical
                                    Mini-Tablets" was published by Varun Sundarkumar, Wanning Wang, Madeline Mills,
                                    Zoltan K. Nagy, and Gintaras Reklaitis in Journal of Pharmaceutical Sciences.
                                 
                                
                                    September 25, 2023 "Manufacturing pharmaceutical mini-tablets for
                                    pediatric patients using drop-on-demand printing" was published by Varun
                                    Sundarkumar, Wanning Wang, Zoltan K. Nagy, and Gintaras Reklaitis in International
                                    Journal of Pharmaceutics.
                                 
                                
                                    September 19, 2023 "Sensor Fusion and Calibration-Based Adaptive
                                    Image Analysis Procedure for In Situ Crystal Size Measurement" was published by
                                    Wei-Lee Wu, Madeline M Mills, and Zoltan K. Nagy in Crystal Growth & Design.
                                 
                                
                                    September 6, 2023 Montgomery, Ilke, Prof. Nagy, Yash, and Yung-Shun
                                    at ISIC 2023 in Glascow, United Kingdom!
                                    
                                          
                                
                                    August 21, 2023 "Techno‐economic analysis of dynamic, end‐to‐end
                                    optimal pharmaceutical campaign manufacturing using PharmaPy," authored by Daniel
                                    Casas‐Orozco et al., has been featured on the front cover of 
                                        AIChE journal,
                                        Volume 69, No. 9
                                    . Congratulations to all the authors!
                                    
                                          
                                
                                    August 17, 2023 Congratulations to Montgomery Smith for winning 1st
                                    best Overall Poster at the 32nd annual Purdue GSO Symposium!
                                    
                                          
                                
                                    August 17, 2023 Congratulations to Yash Barhate for winning 5th
                                    best Overall Poster at the 32nd annual Purdue GSO Symposium!
                                    
                                          
                                
                                    July 6, 2023 Varun Sundarkumar successfully defended his thesis:
                                    " Advancing Dropwise Additive Manufacturing of Pharmaceuticals by Incorporating
                                    Continuous Processing, Novel Dosage Forms, and Industry 4.0 Capabilities ". He
                                    was advised by Prof. Gintaras Reklaitis and Prof. Zoltan K. Nagy.
                                 
                                
                                    July 5, 2023 Yan-Shu Huang successfully defended his thesis: "
                                    Advanced Process Control and Digital Twin Development for Continuous Pharmaceutical
                                    Manufacturing ". He was advised by Prof. Gintaras Reklaitis and Prof. Zoltan K.
                                    Nagy.
                                 
                                
                                    June 20, 2023 Hema, Inyoung, Prof. Reklaitis, Prof. Nagy, Varun,
                                    and Daniel at ESCAPE 2023 in Athens, Greece!
                                    
                                          
                                
                                    April 27, 2023 Congratulations to Yash Barhate for winning the
                                    Purdue Chemical Engineering Centennial Award!
                                 
                                
                                    April 27, 2023 Congratulations to Montgomery Smith for winning the
                                    Purdue Chemical Engineering Outstanding Teaching Assistant Award 2023!
                                 
                                
                                    April 3, 2023 Congratulations to Monika Neal for winning the
                                    College of Engineering Magoon Teaching Award 2023!
                                    
                                          
                                
                                    March 26, 2023 "Reaction kinetics determination and uncertainty
                                    analysis for the synthesis of the cancer drug lomustine" was published by Daniel
                                    Casas-Orozco, Daniel Laky, Jaron Mackey, Gintaras Reklaitis, and Zoltan K. Nagy in
                                    Chemical Engineering Science.
                                 
                                
                                    March 10, 2023 Sumit Kumar successfully defended his thesis:
                                    "Improving Blend Uniformity and Process Monitoring to Achieve Robust Oral
                                    Solids Manufacturing Processes ". He was advised by Prof. Gintaras Reklaitis
                                    and Prof. Zoltan K. Nagy.
                                 
                                
                                    February 16, 2023 "Considerations in Raman Spectroscopy for
                                    Real-Time API Concentration Measurement at Tablet Press Feed Frame" was published by
                                    Sumit Kumar, Zoltan K. Nagy, Gintaras V Reklaitis, Marcial Gonzalez in Journal of
                                    Spectroscopy.
                                 
                                
                                    February 7, 2023 Hema, Aybala, Montgomery, Ilke and Rojan at the
                                    2023 GWEN Symposium. Congratulations to Montgomery for winning an international
                                    travel grant!
                                    
                                          
                                
                                    February 1, 2023 "Experimental Design for the Efficient
                                    Determination of the Crystallization Kinetics of a Polymorphic System in Combined
                                    Cooling and Antisolvent Crystallization" was published by Shivani Kshirsagar, Botond
                                    Szilagyi, and Zoltan K. Nagy in Crystal Growth & Design.
                                 
                                
                                    January 14, 2023 "Developing a virtual flowability sensor for
                                    monitoring a pharmaceutical dry granulation line" was published by Rexonni Lagare,
                                    Yan-Shu Huang, Zoltan K. Nagy, Gintaras Reklaitis, et al. in the Journal of
                                    Pharmaceutical Sciences.
                                 
                                
                                    January 1, 2023: "Continuous extraction of 2-chloroethyl isocyanate
                                    for 1-(2-chloroethyl)-3-cyclohexylurea purification" was published by Jaron Mackey,
                                    Zoltan K. Nagy, et al. in the Chemical Engineering and Processing - Process
                                    Intensification journal.
                                 
                                
                                    November 3, 2022: Prof. Zoltan Nagy received the
                                    
                                        Named
                                        Professorship
                                     honor for his accomplishments and successes at Purdue.
                                    
                                          
                                
                                    October 12, 2022: Shivani Kshirsagar successfully defended her
                                    thesis: "Process Intensification Techniques for Combined Cooling and
                                    Antisolvent Crystallization of Drug Substances". She was advised by Prof.
                                    Zoltan K. Nagy.
                                 
                                
                                    October 7, 2022: Wei-Lee Wu successfully defended his thesis:
                                    "Process intensification through control, optimization, and digitalization of
                                    crystallization systems". He was advised by Prof. Zoltan K. Nagy.
                                 
                                
                                    August 1, 2022: Jaron Mackey successfully defended his thesis:
                                    "MiniPharm: A Miniaturized Pharmaceutical Platform for Process
                                    Development". He was advised by Prof. Zoltan K. Nagy.
                                 
                                More News from CryPTSys
                                    July 6, 2022: Daniel Laky successfully defended his thesis:
                                    "Optimization Techniques for Pharmaceutical Manufacturing and Design Space
                                    Analysis". He was advised by Prof. Gintaras Reklaitis, Prof. Carl Laird, and
                                    Prof. Zoltan K. Nagy.
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