Congratulations to Consuelo Vega Zambrano (University College London), winner of the Julian Morris International Travel Award.
Consuelo Vega said “I am incredibly honoured and grateful to receive the Julian Morris Travel Award. CPACT represents exactly the kind of community I aspire to be part of, one that brings together academia, industry, and technology providers to translate advanced research into practical, impactful solutions for process monitoring and control.
My PhD research focuses on developing data-driven and interpretable frameworks for continuous pharmaceutical manufacturing. Through this work, I aim to make process design and control more intelligent while remaining transparent and aligned with regulatory and industrial needs. Being recognised by CPACT is especially meaningful, as my research directly addresses the challenges faced by manufacturers when implementing continuous manufacturing and Process Analytical Technology in practice.
The award will support my attendance at the 2026 AIChE Annual Meeting in Minneapolis (USA), where I will present complementary aspects of my PhD: generative design and interpretable machine-learning-based control strategies. This opportunity will allow me to gather invaluable feedback from researchers, educators, and industry practitioners across the chemical engineering community and refine my work to ensure it delivers real industrial value.
Winning this award marks an important milestone in my PhD journey. Beyond enabling international dissemination of my research, it reinforces my motivation to bridge advanced modelling and machine learning with continuous manufacturing. I am sincerely thankful to CPACT and to everyone who makes this award possible for their trust and support, and to my supervisor for his continuous guidance. I look forward to sharing the outcomes of this experience with the wider CPACT community”.