by sargent.centre@imperial.ac.uk | Jul 23, 2025
Experimental research in chemical engineering and biotechnology often involves vast design spaces, expensive experiments, and competing objectives. Whether it is tuning process conditions for a reactor or screening hundreds of enzyme variants for improved activity,...
by sargent.centre@imperial.ac.uk | May 9, 2025
Integration of continuous flow processing, online process analytical technology, real-time process control, predictive modelling and artificial intelligence (AI) has the potential to deliver self-optimising platforms for screening and manufacturing nanocrystalline...
by sargent.centre@imperial.ac.uk | May 9, 2025
We are pioneering the use of integrated, computer-based systems comprised of simulation, analytics and advanced process optimisation tools to develop autonomous reaction systems. These systems are employed to identify kinetic models online for model-based reaction...
by sargent.centre@imperial.ac.uk | May 9, 2025
Within the context of an EPSRC Prosperity Partnership on “Transforming synthetic drug manufacturing: novel processes, methods and tools”, our team of researchers are developing a knowledge-driven systems engineering framework for analytical and preparative HPLC...
by sargent.centre@imperial.ac.uk | Jan 10, 2025
Circular production systems offer a fundamental shift in our approach to production. We are developing novel circular systems for multiple applications, taking into account their highly integrated nature and their reliance on myriad novel technologies. Our world...
