The Engineering Research Center for Structured Organic Particulate Systems (C-SOPS) brings together a cross-disciplinary team of engineers and scientists as well as industry leaders to improve the way pharmaceuticals, foods and agriculture products are manufactured. C-SOPS will focus on advancing the scientific foundation for the optimal design of SOPS with advanced functionality while developing the methodologies for their active control and manufacturing.
Our Mission

To develop the science and engineering methods for designing, scaling, optimizing and controlling dosage form design and relevant manufacturing processes. We are committed to developing a scientific foundation for the optimal design of structured organic particulate systems (i.e., active pharmaceutical ingredients (API) dispersed in an organic matrix). We actively apply the concepts of Quality by Design (QbD), an FDA initiative that has broad implications to overhaul the approach that pharmaceutical manufacturers use in facility design and operation, materials properties analysis and process control. Teams of qualified researchers at C-SOPS use cutting-edge pharmaceutical research to address fundamental scientific challenges and to apply this knowledge to develop and optimize new manufacturing methods. C-SOPS has the ability to support manufacturing development from concept to qualification.