CPAC, established at the University of Washington in 1984, is a consortium of Industrial, National Laboratory and Government Agency Sponsors addressing multidisciplinary challenges in Process Analytical Technology (PAT) and Process Control through fundamental and directed academic research. The charter of CPAC is to discover and develop new analytical and process methodologies for use as an integral part of manufacturing processes or product development. The program focuses on six applicable core research areas: Chemometrics and Process Control Algorithms, Spectroscopy/Imaging, Chromatography, Continuous Flow Chemistry and Analysis & Process Control.