NEWS

People at U.Porto - José Luís Figueiredo

July 3, 2017

In evidence this week at University of Porto News (Notícias da Universidade do Porto) is José Luís Figueiredo, U.Porto Emeritus Professor.

LSRE-LCM congratulates José Figueiredo for his contributions to the U.Porto, his knowledge transfer in the teaching of Chemical Engineering and his research developed at LSRE-LCM in more than 40 years of prestigious work.

Check the whole interview at: https://noticias.up.pt/pessoas_da_up/jose-luis-figueiredo/

Shanghai Ranking - UP and IPB in the Top 50

June 28, 2017

Shanghai Ranking’s Global Ranking of Academic Subjects 2017 announced today, Chemical Engineering at Universidade do Porto has been classified in position 29, and Food Technology at Instituto Politécnico de Bragança in position 50.

Launched in 2003, the Shanghai Ranking for Disciplines is one of the most prestigious rankings in the world. The 2017 edition ranks a total of 4000 universities in 52 disciplines in the fields of Natural Sciences, Engineering, Medicine and Social Sciences.

We congratulate LSRE-LCM researchers, as well as those from LEPABE, CEFT and CIMO, who have contributed with their research and publications for this prestigious result.

More information at Publico Online: https://www.publico.pt/2017/06/28/sociedade/noticia/ha-tres-instituicoes-portuguesas-entre-as-50-melhores-do-mundo-nas-suas-areas-cientificas-1777182

RECENT DEVELOPMENTS

PUBLICATIONS

J.L. Figueiredo. A Relevância da Indústria Química e o seu Contributo para a Sociedade. Princípia Editora, Lda., Cascais, 2022

APPROVED PROJECTS

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.

F-CAT - A catalytic tool for the defluorination of PFAS in drinking water into degradable organics. Reference: 2022.03874.PTDC. Funded by: FCT – Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia, . Starting Date: 2023/03/01. Duration: 18 months.

STAR - STereoselective environmental processes in Antibiotics: role for Resistance. Reference: 2022.02842.PTDC. Funded by: FCT – Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia, . Starting Date: 2023/03/01. Duration: 36 months.

DRopH2O - Drinking water quality: early warning and removal of microcontaminants by innovative carbon-based materials. Reference: 2022.08738.PTDC. Funded by: FCT – Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia, . Starting Date: 2023/03/01. Duration: 36 months.

SuN2Fuel - Photo-assisted production of green ammonia-based fuels. Reference: 2022.04682.PTDC. Funded by: FCT – Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia, . Starting Date: 2023/03/01. Duration: 36 months.

CO2-to-CH4 - Cutting-edge solar-to-heat technology to foster photo-thermocatalytic CO2 methanation towards a climate-neutral economy. Reference: 2022.01176.PTDC. Funded by: FCT – Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia, . Starting Date: 2023/03/01. Duration: 18 months.

H2O-3DCapture - Water harvesting – sustainable solution based on a gas-adsorption process using innovative 3D-printed hybrid materials. Reference: 2022.01973.PTDC. Funded by: FCT – Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia, . Starting Date: 2023/03/01. Duration: 18 months.

THESIS DEFENSES

Vinicius Viena Santana
Cyber-physical oriented chemical process for green and sustainable production

André Tiago Torres Pinto
Optimised 2D Carbon Materials Activated by Artificial Light and Electrical Current for Catalytic Water and Wastewater Treatment

Larissa Oliveira Paulista
Solar-Driven Thermo-Photocatalytic CO2 Valorisation into Value-Added Fuels

Isabel Sousa Fernandes
Multiphase Flow in NETmix: mixing studies and applications

Rute Agostinha Gomes Seabra
Separation of light hydrocarbons by Simulated Moving Bed

Rafael Gomes Morais
Noble-metal free carbon-based materials for energy conversion