DEM User Club Virtual Meeting

This online event is designed as a practical and interactive forum, where DEM users can share insights into their work, discuss real-world applications, and exchange around the combination of numerical simulations and experimental powder characterization. A particular focus will be placed on how DEM is used in conjunction with Granutools’ experimental instruments to better understand and optimize granular processes.

This first edition of the DEM User Club will feature expert contributions from research and industry, with confirmed speakers including Dr. Benedict Benque (RCPE) and Professor Kit Windows‑Yule, as well as a live Q&A session to encourage discussion and knowledge exchange within the DEM community.

Participation is free of charge, upon registration.

Program & Schedule

3:00 PM – Welcome & Introduction

By Roozbeh Valadian, Ph.D., Sales Manager, Granutools

3:15 – Speaker to be confirmed

3:40– Leveraging the discrete element method in oral solid dosage form manufacturing

The discrete element method (DEM) has progressed from providing academic insight into idealized behavior of granular material to an industrially relevant simulation tool that informs the design and operation of oral solid dosage (OSD) manufacturing processes. This talk presents case studies in blending, feeding, tableting, and coating, highlighting the growing maturity of DEM and its integration into pharmaceutical process development and scale-up.

By Dr. Benedict Benque, Area Leader – Science of Quality, RCPE

4:05– Title to be confirmed

By Professor Kit Windows-Yule MSci, PhD

4:30 – Q&A session

5:00 – End

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