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Fundamentals of Surfactants, Emulsions, and Polymers for Cosmetic Formulations

Course Overview

This will be a two-day online overview course on fundamental surfactant, emulsion, and polymer science required for direct practical applications in formulation design. The course will develop the fundamental understanding of the physico-chemical properties of surfactants, emulsions, and polymers that can impact the performance criteria (e.g. stability, foaming, cleansing, rheology etc.) of cosmetic and consumer products.

Who Should Attend

This course will be of interest and value to scientists, formulators, supervisors, and managers engaged in development, formulation, production, analytical characterization of personal care and consumer products that require a good working knowledge of fundamentals of surfactant, emulsion, and polymer science.

Course Outline:

  • Surfactant Fundamentals
    • ​Classification of Surfactants
    • CMC
    • Kraftt Point, Cloud Point
    • Surface and Interface Properties
    • Self-Assembly
  • Emulsion Fundamentals
    • Classification of emulsions
    • Steps to make an emulsion
    • Emulsion instability mechanisms and stability enhancement
    • Emulsifiers and HLB
  • Polymers Fundamentals
    • Formation of polymers-polymerization reactions
    • Classification of polymers-thermosets, thermoplastics, polyetctrolytes
    • Molecular weight and molecular weight distribution, glass transition temp
    • Polymer solution properties

       

Instructor: Samiul Amin, PhD

Format: Live Online + Replay Access

Dates: 

  • Wednesday, October 7, 2026 (11:00am - 2:30pm ET)
  • Friday, October 9, 2026 (11:00am - 2:30pm ET)

Note: in addition to the live online instruction, participants will also receive:

  • A PDF copy of the course slides.
  • 24/7 access to course replay recordings through Monday, November 2, 2026. (Ideal, if you are not able to attend some/all of the live course dates).
  • A certificate of course completion.

 

Course Pricing:

  • $330 - SCC Member
  • $445 - Non-Member
  • $205 – SCC Junior or Student Member
     

Note: companies registering 5+ SCC members for this course receive $25 off per registration. Companies registering 10+ SCC members for this course receive $50 off per registration. Discounted group registrations need to occur during the same online transaction. If you would like to submit a group registration of 5+ or 10+, or have any other questions about this event, please contact SCC Headquarters Staff.

ATTENTION NON-MEMEBERS: you will save money by joining the SCC prior to registering for this course. If applying for SCC membership, application processing takes up to five business days. If you would like to request expedited application processing, in order to sign up for this course, please send your request to education@scconline.org. Member pricing will not be in effect for CEP registrations until after the membership application is approved. 
 

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About the Instructor

Professor Samiul Amin, PhD

Professor Samiul Amin, PhD. is currently Professor of Practice, Department of Chemical, Environmental and Materials Engineering and Director Engineering Corporate Alliance Program (ECAP) at the University of Miami. Prior to joining academia in March 2018, Prof. Amin has worked in industry for the past 20 years working across Engineering, R&D and Innovation Management in global multinationals such as ExxonMobil, Unilever, L’Oreal and Malvern Instruments in Asia, Europe and the US. Prof. Amin’s expertise is in colloids & complex fluids, rheology, tribology, advanced characterization and formulation design of personal care, homecare and biopharmaceutical products. Prof. Amin previosuly conducted research at Manhattan College focused on formulation design and performance optimization of cosmetic and homecare products based on novel sustainable materials such as biosurfactants and biopolymers. Prof. Amin has a significant number of scientific publications/patents/book chapters in the area of complex fluids, rheology and cosmetic and biopharmaceutical formulations. He has served on scientific committees of multiple national and international societies such as the Royal Society of Chemistry (RSC), American Association of Pharmaceutical Scientists (AAPS) and has Chaired and Co-Chaired multiple International Conferences and Workshops. Prof.Amin is currently Editor for Current Opinion in Colloid and Interface Science-Formulations and Cosmetics and Associate Editor for Surfactants and Detergents.