NEWS

Alírio Rodrigues wins the R+D+i Excellence Medal at CIBIQ 2019

June 19-21, 2019

Alírio Rodrigues, Emeritus Professor at University of Porto was the winner of R(esearch)+D(evelopment)+i(nnovation) Excellence Medal at CIBIQ 2019 that took place in Santander-Spain from June 19th to 21st, 2019.

This award was recognition of an extraordinary research career in the field of Separation Processes and Chemical Reaction.

The 3rd ANQUE-ICCE-CIBIQ International Congress of Chemical Engineering in Santander, Spain was organized by ANQUE, the Spanish National Association of Chemists and Chemical Engineers, in collaboration with AQUIQÁN, the Association of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering of Cantabria.

This international congress of the European Federation of Chemical Engineering (EFCE), aims to be a reference in the field of chemical engineering and chemistry applied to the industry. This year edition was attended by more than 500 professionals/researchers from 28 countries during 3 days in which more than 600 communications, 5 plenary lectures and 72 specific sessions has been presented.


More information about CIBIQ winners 2019 at ANQUE: https://anque.es/2019/06/25/entrega-de-premios-icce-y-cibiq-2019/#

Jonathan Espíndola PhD Thesis Defense

June 7, 2019

LSRE-LCM congratulates Jonathan Cawettiere Almeida Espíndola for his PhD thesis defense on June 7th, 2019 at FEUP.

Jonathn Espíndola finished his Doctoral Program in Environmental Engineering, with the PhD thesis entitled "Innovative photochemical/photocatalytic reactors towards micropollutants mitigation" supervised by Principal Researcher Vítor Vilar and co-supervised by Junior Researcher Raquel Cristóvão and Associate Professor Adélio Mendes (LEPABE).

The staff and team of LSRE-LCM congratulate Jonathan Espíndola for the conclusion of this important academic step and wish success for the new professional stage!

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

Cláudia Cristina Ferreira de Almeida
Liquid and Supercritical Carbon Dioxide Processes for the Valorisation of Natural Products
Pedro Monteiro Walgode
A new continuous process for dihydroxyacetone production through glycerol catalytic oxidation
Rafael Osório Marques Dias
Gas-phase Simulated Moving Bed for methane upgrade
Ana Sofia Guedes Gorito dos Santos
Removal of organic and inorganic pollutants from water in continuous catalytic systems
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