The LSRE-LCM researchers participated in the FEUP initiative called "Semana: Profissão Engenheiro". The 2017 edition took place between March 27th and 29th and had the participation of 1800 high school students in more than 60 activities.

The Associate Laboratory LSRE-LCM promoted several presentations and practical demonstrations of the different research areas on its laboratories.

This annual event is a unique opportunity for high school students to know the educational programmes offered by FEUP.

More information at: https://paginas.fe.up.pt/~escolas/index.php/

Francisca Moreira has received the 2016 best PhD thesis prize for her PhD thesis entitled Electrochemical Advanced Oxidation Processes:  Application to the Degradation of Synthetic and Real Wastewaters, supervised by Vítor Vilar (FEUP) and co-supervised by Rui Boaventura (FEUP) and Enric Brillas Coso (University of Barcelona).

This prize is awarded by the EU PhD School on AOPs to the candidate with the higher Impact Factor (IF) calculated as the average value of the 3 publications with the higher IF, where the candidate is first author.

Francisca is currently a Postdoctoral Researcher at LSRE-LCM working on treatment of leachates from solid waste landfills and intensification of chemical and electrochemical advanced oxidation processes.