NEWS

Raquel Oliveira Rodrigues PhD Thesis Defense

December 21, 2018

LSRE-LCM congratulates Raquel Oliveira Rodrigues for her PhD thesis defense on 21st December 2018 at FEUP.

Raquel Rodrigues finished the Doctoral Program in Chemical and Biological Engineering, with the PhD thesis entitled Magnetic carbon nanostructures and study of their transport in microfluidic devices for hyperthermia, supervised by Prof. Adrián Silva (LSRE-LCM/FEUP) and co-supervised by Prof. Helder Gomes (LSRE-LCM/IPB) and Prof. Rui Lima (CEFT/U.Minho).

As it is Christmas time, we wish Raquel a Merry Christmas and a successful New Year 2019!

Science & Technology Week 2018

November 19-23, 2018

A new edition of the Science & Technology Week 2017 took place at Department of Chemical Engineering - FEUP.

LSRE-LCM researchers together with LEPABE and CEFT organized a series of visits to the laboratories under the motto “Technological advances in emerging areas of Chemical, Environmental and Biotechnology Engineering”.

The event was mainly attended by MIEQ, MIEA and MIB students and also by some high school students and teachers.

More information about this event at: http://noticias.up.pt/u-porto-de-portas-abertas-na-semana-da-ciencia-e-da-tecnologia-2018/ and https://web.fe.up.pt/~deqwww/sct2018/

RECENT DEVELOPMENTS

PUBLICATIONS

Carneiro M.A., Silva T.A., Teixeira P.J.S., Boaventura R.A.R., Botelho C.M.S., Pintor A.M.A.. New insights on antimony removal and recovery from water and wastewater using iron-coated cork granulates: Desorption on batch and fixed-bed column systems. Chemical Engineering Science, 296, 120207, 2024

Domingues P.S., Sousa H.P., Oliveira N.S., Ribeiro A.M., Ferreira A.. Determination of the biochemical methane potential of swine hydrolyzate. Renewable Energy, 235, 121287, 2024

Matos J., Santos R.J., Dias M.M., Lopes J.C.B.. Chaos and mixing in NETmix. AIChE Journal, 70, e18461, 2024

Batool S., Schubert J.S., Ayala P., Saito H., Sampaio M.J., Da Silva E.S., Silva C.G., Faria J.L., Eder D., Cherevan A.. A thiomolybdate cluster for visible-light-driven hydrogen evolution: comparison of homogeneous and heterogeneous approaches. Sustainable Energy and Fuels, 8, 1225 - 1235, 2024

Restivo J., Orge C.A., Soares O.S.G.P., Pereira M.F.R.. A review of current and prospective catalytic routes for the management of PFAs contamination in water. Journal of Environmental Chemical Engineering, 12, 112859, 2024

APPROVED PROJECTS

SWMOF - Water capture from atmospheric humidity using ecological MOFs and integration with intelligent water distribution systems. Reference: Water4All/0003/2022. Funded by: FCT – Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia, Water4All - Water4All Partnership (co-funded by Horizon Europe). Starting Date: 2024/04/01. Duration: 36 months.

ReWateR - Recovery of Wastewater Resources in Agriculture. Reference: 82343. Funded by: “La Caixa” Foundation, INCF - Incoming Fellowship 2023. Starting Date: 2024/04/01. Duration: 36 months.

ERA-ARE - A new ERA for Environmental Risk Assessment: Chirality as a tool towards environmentally safe pharmaceuticals. Reference: ERC - 101039270. Funded by: European Comission, Horizon Europe | ERC | STARTING GRANTS. Starting Date: 2023/12/31. Duration: 60 months.

NEWater - Unconventional, natural and low-energy solutions for managing water sources. Reference: Water4All/0002/2022. Funded by: FCT – Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia, Water4All - Water4All Partnership (co-funded by Horizon Europe). Starting Date: 2023/12/01. Duration: 36 months.

RESURGENCE - Industrial Water Circularity: Reuse, resource recovery and energy efficiency for greener digitised EU process. Reference: 101138097. Funded by: European Comission, Horizonte Europa | Cluster 4: Digital, Industry and Space. Starting Date: 2023/12/01. Duration: 48 months.

THESIS DEFENSES

Sandra Mendes Miranda
Intensification of Heterogeneous Photocatalytic Processes using Innovative Photoreactors Towards Air Treatment

Júlia Cristiê Kessler
Supercritical CO2 extraction and continuous production of Moringa oleifera microcapsules: A scalable approach for natural-based cosmetic formulations

Lucas Zafanelli
Green Hydrogen Recovery from Natural Gas Grids by Adsorption Processes

Stephany Cunha de Rezende
Natural-Based Solid Dispersions as Technological Solutions for Innovative Food Applications

Heloísa Helena Scorsato de Almeida
Hydrosols as antimicrobial agents for sustainable applications

Patrícia Sofia Ferreira Ramalho
Selective reduction of nitric oxide (NOx) over carbon-based catalysts