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Joana Matos participated in meeting 'Advanced Computing Portugal 2030: Progress achieved and new challenges' by FCT invitation

November 4, 2020

Joana Matos, PhD student at LSRE-LCM, was invited for a round table of the meeting organized by the FCT: Advanced Computing Portugal 2030: Progress achieved and new challenges.

This meeting aimed at debating the national supercomputing strategy, the current status of the utilization of the supercomputer at Minho and the roadmap for the FCT/MACC  – Minho Advanced Computing Center and the Portuguese participation in the EuroHPC Joint Undertaking– European High Performance Computing. Among others, the meeting had interventions from the Minister of Science Manuel Heitor, the European Commission Deputy Director General for Communications Networks, Content and Technology Khalil Rouhana, the director of FCT program INCoDe2030 Nuno Freixa Rodrigues, and the Director of MACC Rui Oliveira.

LSRE-LCM has been actively engaged in the utilization of supercomputing resources, since its origins, and it shares the vision that the future of chemical engineering science in Europe is strongly dependant on the success of this initiative.


Mini Symposium NanoPurAsp 9-10 Nov 2020: Development of sustainable nanomaterialsfor the purification of antileukemic drugs. Free Registration until November 6th

November 3, 2020

The Mini Symposium NanoPurAsp (9 to 10 November, 2020) will take place within the 2nd year of the NanoPurAsp project - Development of sustainable nanomaterials for the purification of antileukemic drugs (POCI-01-0145-FEDER-031268), coordinated by CICECO - University of Aveiro in collaboration with LSRE-LCM/FEUP (Cláudia G. Silva and Joaquim L. Faria) and São Paulo State University.

The Mini Symposium NanoPurAsp will address themes mostly related to the production and purification of biopharmaceuticals.

 The participation (via Microsoft Teams) is free of charge and the registration is open until November 6th here.

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