Cenk Undey has worked as a Senior Research Associate in the Department of Chemical and Environmental Engineering at Illinois Institute of Technology where he conducted research in applied multivariate statistics, batch process modeling/analysis, development of techniques, tools and software for monitoring batch processes. He served in Process Modeling, Monitoring and Control research group. Currently he is with Amgen, Inc.

Dr. Undey has developed and continues developing new statistical process monitoring (SPM), and quality control (QC) methods for batch/fed-batch (semibatch) process operations. He has developed SPM and QC tools/software for batch data analysis, online monitoring and prediction and conducted data mining, SPC and QC studies in joint projects with pharmaceutical industry. He and IIT team have integrated statistical and knowledge-based systems in Gensym’s G2 for supervising and monitoring batch/fermentation processes.

He has led and worked in the development of two simulators in Matlab and C for pharmaceutical and batch fermentation processes. Web-based implementation of the fermentation simulator (PenSim) is also developed as an educational tool.

His current research also included developing new tools and software for intelligent batch process operations. Multivariate statistical techniques such as principal components analysis and partial least squares for batch/fed-batch process modeling and monitoring are integrated into knowledge-based systems for real-time supervision. He has worked with the IIT team to further improve real-time supervisory integrated systems for monitoring, fault detection and diagnosis activities in batch/fed-batch process operations. He is one of the co-authors of the book Batch Fermentation: Modeling, Monitoring and Control.