Introduction to Tableting and Powder Handling - Characterisation and Industry Best Practices

Reginald is a professional chemical engineer who specialises in surface science and understands the interfacial interactions of particulates in biological and materials systems. His overarching applied research goal will be to exploit the knowledge gained to design and fabricate novel ‘green’ composite materials for a variety of critical industry relevant applications. These include the areas of bioremediation, catalysis, carbon sequestration, drug delivery, energy, food technologies, water conservation and purification. He holds a US patent on using magnetic pollen grains as sorbents for removal of organic contaminants in water, and his work on particulate removal from surfaces using just water and heat (Leidenfrost effect) was featured in Nature Physics. He teaches in the Chemical Engineering and Food Technology cluster at SIT, and was previously a faculty at the Singapore University of Technology and Design (SUTD) and a visiting assistant professor at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT). He holds a Bachelor of Science (Chemical Engineering) from the University of Wisconsin-Madison, a Master of Science (Chemical Engineering) and Doctor of Philosophy (Chemical Engineering) from the Georgia Institute of Technology.

Dr. Mahasin Alam SK is a chemist working in the field of nano-sciences and pharmaceutical drug design. He holds a Bachelor and Master of Pharmacy from Jadavpur University, India and a Doctor of Philosophy (Chemical and Biomedical Engineering) from Nanyang Technological University, Singapore. His early research was focused on isolating pharmaceutically active ingredients from natural sources; and their evaluation for microbiological and pharmacological properties. He has 8 years of research experience in the field of nanomaterials focusing on Sodium and Lithium-Ion Batteries; Polymers; 2D-Materials; Nanowires; Doped Semiconductors; Surface Chemistry. He joined SIT in 2016 to continue to be active in the field of Pharmaceutical Engineering. His current research focus is to develop new excipients from natural sources to incorporate in pharmaceutical tablet dosage form.

Dr. Parthiban is the Pharmaceutical Manufacturing Consultant for Natoli Engineering Company for the Asia Pacific region. He graduated with a pharmacy degree from National University of Singapore and pursued a doctorate degree (Ph.D.) in pharmaceutical technology. Dr. Parthiban has authored several research articles in the field of solid dosage manufacturing in international journals. Areas of expertise include solids manufacturing systems, formulation development and compression studies. His current responsibilities include tool design, solid dosage troubleshooting and training professionals from the pharmaceutical industry and academia.