Slurries are often used in chemical and pharmaceutical manufacturing processes but present challenging online measurement and monitoring problems. In this paper, a novel multivariate kinetic modeling application is described that provides calibration-free estimates of timeresolved profiles of the solid and dissolved fractions of a substance in a model slurry system. The kinetic model of this system achieved data fusion of time-resolved spectroscopic measurements from two different kinds of fiber-optic probes. Attenuated total reflectance UV−vis (ATR UV−vis) and diffuse reflectance near-infrared (NIR) spectra were measured simultaneously in a small-scale semibatch reactor. A simplified comprehensive kinetic model was then fitted to the time-resolved spectroscopic data to determine the kinetics of crystallization and the kinetics of dissolution for online monitoring and quality control purposes. The parameters estimated in the model included dissolution and crystal growth rate constants, as well as the dissolution rate order. The model accurately estimated the degree of supersaturation as a function of time during conditions when crystallization took place and accurately estimated the degree of undersaturation during conditions when dissolution took place. S ignificant progress in the area of multivariate batch process monitoring, modeling, and control has been made over the last 2 decades; 1 however, strategies for monitoring and modeling of slurries have not been widely reported, despite the fact that slurries are often used in chemical and pharmaceutical manufacturing processes. Many of the early developments in process analysis can be attributed to groundbreaking work of Nomikos and MacGregor 2,3 and Wold and co-workers.4−6 These efforts were largely focused on the use of principal component analysis (PCA) and partial least-squares (PLS) to develop multivariate statistical process control (MSPC) models for characterization of process operating conditions and thereafter the definition of normal operating conditions for the production of batches fulfilling the desired specifications.1 These models were then used to monitor future batches, product quality, and yield, as well as detect faults and diagnose process deviations.An alternative to this approach called multivariate kinetic modeling has also seen significant development over the last 2 decades. In these approaches, first-principles physical models are fitted directly to multivariate spectroscopic measurements where, typically, the adjustable model parameters are rate constants.7−10 Recently, kinetic model fitting methods were extended to achieve fusion of calorimetric measurements of univariate nature with multivariate spectroscopic measurements, 11−14 extended to incorporate chemical equilibria, 15,16 used for estimation of additional parameters such as activation energies and reaction enthalpies, 17,18 and for fitting of extents of reaction in gas−liquid systems. 19 These modeling approaches offer some advantages and some drawbacks compared to...