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Laky DJ, Casas-Orozco D, Abdi M, Feng X, Wood E, Reklaitis GV, Nagy ZK. Using PharmaPy with Jupyter Notebook to teach digital design in pharmaceutical manufacturing. COMPUTER APPLICATIONS IN ENGINEERING EDUCATION 2023; 31:1662-1677. [PMID: 38314247 PMCID: PMC10838379 DOI: 10.1002/cae.22660] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/05/2022] [Accepted: 06/03/2023] [Indexed: 02/06/2024]
Abstract
The use of digital tools in pharmaceutical manufacturing has gained traction over the past two decades. Whether supporting regulatory filings or attempting to modernize manufacturing processes to adopt new and quickly evolving Industry 4.0 standards, engineers entering the workforce must exhibit proficiency in modeling, simulation, optimization, data processing, and other digital analysis techniques. In this work, a course that addresses digital tools in pharmaceutical manufacturing for chemical engineers was adjusted to utilize a new tool, PharmaPy, instead of traditional chemical engineering simulation tools. Jupyter Notebook was utilized as an instructional and interactive environment to teach students to use PharmaPy, a new, open-source pharmaceutical manufacturing process simulator. Students were then surveyed to see if PharmaPy was able to meet the learning objectives of the course. During the semester, PharmaPy's model library was used to simulate both individual unit operations as well as multiunit pharmaceutical processes. Through the initial survey results, students indicated that: (i) through Jupyter Notebook, learning Python and PharmaPy was approachable from varied coding experience backgrounds and (ii) PharmaPy strengthened their understanding of pharmaceutical manufacturing through active pharmaceutical ingredient process design and development.
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Affiliation(s)
- Daniel J. Laky
- Davidson School of Chemical Engineering, Purdue University, West Lafayette, Indiana, USA
- Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, Wisconsin, USA
| | - Daniel Casas-Orozco
- Davidson School of Chemical Engineering, Purdue University, West Lafayette, Indiana, USA
| | - Mesfin Abdi
- Office of Pharmaceutical Quality, Center for Drug Evaluation and Research, Food & Drug Administration, Silver Spring, Maryland, USA
| | - Xin Feng
- Office of Pharmaceutical Quality, Center for Drug Evaluation and Research, Food & Drug Administration, Silver Spring, Maryland, USA
| | - Erin Wood
- Office of Pharmaceutical Quality, Center for Drug Evaluation and Research, Food & Drug Administration, Silver Spring, Maryland, USA
| | - Gintaras V. Reklaitis
- Davidson School of Chemical Engineering, Purdue University, West Lafayette, Indiana, USA
| | - Zoltan K. Nagy
- Davidson School of Chemical Engineering, Purdue University, West Lafayette, Indiana, USA
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