School teachers visit FEUP research laboratories under the WAVES project

On May 12, 2026, within the scope of the project WAVES – Água do Mar e Águas Residuais: Transformar Desafios em Recursos, teachers from public schools in the Northern region visited several research laboratories at the Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering of FEUP. The visit involved teachers from the Escola Básica e Secundária do Cerco, Escola Secundária de Paredes and Escola Básica de Santa Bárbara, participating in the first edition of the teacher training course Environmental Education and Participatory Methodologies – Water Circle Strategy.

The programme aimed to promote closer contact between teachers and the scientific work developed within WAVES, particularly in the areas of water treatment, resource recovery and environmental sustainability. The visit included laboratories and experimental facilities dedicated to advanced wastewater treatment, nutrient and mineral recovery, analytical methods for the detection of organic pollutants, electrochemical and photocatalytic treatment technologies, membrane distillation, catalytic ozonation, biofilm formation studies and microalgae-based approaches for micropollutant removal.

LSRE-LCM warmly thanks Ana Isabel Gomes, Catarina Cruzeiro, Marta Oliveira Barbosa, Ana Gorito, André Torres-Pinto, Rita Fernandes, Sofia Santos, António Ferreira and Inês B. Gomes for welcoming the teachers and presenting their work in a clear, engaging and accessible way. The visit helped bring FEUP research closer to the school community and strengthened the link between scientific research and environmental education.