Conducted by Emil Ciurczak
Author of Spectroscopy's popular
Molecular Spectroscopy Workbench column

Would you like to know more about NIR spectroscopy?  Come learn about this powerful and versatile technique!

This audio seminar CD will present the basics of theory, hardware, software, and applications of modern near-infrared spectroscopy (NIR): how it can make your analysis faster and smarter.

The session will explain why NIR is different from all other spectroscopies, what and why?,  the many types of instruments, where the software is essential and how Chemometrics work. The many uses of NIR in the various industries will be discussed: how almost any analysis can be sped up and the throughput vastly increased.

This audio seminar CD will be conducted by Emil W. Ciurczak. Mr. Ciurczak is a well-known consultant in NIR and process analysis technology and teaches for the Center for Professional Advancement in the US and Europe. He is the co-author the Handbook of NIR Analysis (1st 2nd Eds.) and Contributing Editor for “Molecular Spectroscopy Workbench” column in Spectroscopy.

Specific areas that will be covered include:

• Basic Theory of Near-Infrared Spectroscopy
• The various spectrometers commercially available
• The software used in NIR
• Numerous applications in R&D and Production
• Questions and answers regarding NIR spectroscopy

By the end of the hour, you should have a better understanding of NIR spectroscopy and how it might be a tool you can use to improve and optimize your systems and processes. It may even help you enhance and advance your career. A detailed outline follows below.

Near-Infrared Spectroscopy: Discovering the Basic Concepts

Part I
Basic concepts of Near-Infrared Spectroscopy (NIR)

• Interaction of NIP radiation and matter
• Overtones and combination bands
• Advantages of NIR versus other spectroscopies

Part II
Instruments used in NIR

• Sources and windows used
• Monochromators
• Detectors

Part III
Software used in NIR

• Chemometrics
• Statistics
• Predictions versus analyses

Part IV
Applications

• Identity and quality of raw materials
• Agriculture and food
• Polymers and petrochemicals
• Pharmaceuticals (lab and process testing)

Emil Ciurczak

Emil W. Ciurczak has advanced degrees in chemistry from Rutgers and Seton Hall Universities and has worked in the pharmaceutical industry since 1970 at companies such as Ciba-Geigy, Sandoz, Berlex, Merck & Co., and Purdue Pharma. He has done method development on numerous types of analytical equipment. Since 1983, he has done most of his research on pharmaceutical applications of NIR and has published over four dozen journal articles and presented over two hundred technical papers.

Emil is a contributing editor for Spectroscopy (Molecular Spectroscopy Workbench) and has written and edited texts such as Handbook of NIR Analysis (1st and 2nd editions), Pharmaceutical and Medical Applications of NIRS, and Molecular Spectroscopy Workbench. He has also contributed numerous chapters to texts on the subject of NIR applications to life sciences. Emil is also on the editorial boards of American Pharmaceutical Review, Journal of NIRS, and the Journal of Process Analytical Chemistry, and Pharmaceutical Manufacturing. He has chaired the NY and Balt-Wash sections of SAS, was one of the founders of the Council for NIRS, and was the 2002 chair for the IDRC.

He has been an adjunct professor since 1979 and teaches short courses NIR and PAT) for the CfPA (US and Europe) Emil works as a consultant in the field of pharmaceutical NIR and PAT and holds seven patents for NIR-based devices and software. He was an original member of the PAT sub-committee (for Validation) to the FDA Advisory Board and is a member of the PAT Advisory Committee to the USP.