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Successful PhD Defense bridges research and Industrial innovation

3 July 2026

LSRE-LCM congratulates Ludovic Ascenção on his successful PhD defense. Ludovic completed the Doctoral Program in Mechanical Engineering with the PhD thesis entitled "Hidrodinâmica de um misturador rotor- estator para mistura de soluções aquosas de ureia” (Hydrodynamics of a rotor stator mixer for real aqueous solutions mixing), supervised by Dr Ricardo Santos and Dr Adélio Cavadas.

This study was carried out in colaboration with Navistokes Engineering, a company founded and managed by Ludovic, which produces aqueous urea solutions for NOx emissions reduction.

The staff and team of LSRE-LCM wish Ludovic every success in his professional career and enterprises!

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