Mes: junio 2018

Beatriz Gómez, PhD student enrolled in the Chemical Engineering doctorate program of the University of Cantabria, is now doing a research stay as visiting researcher at the department of Civil and Environmental Engineering of Colorado School of Mines under the supervision of Professor Timothy Strathmann. The research stay is funded by Spanish Ministry of Economy and Competitiveness, under project CTM2013-44081-R (PI: A.M. Urtiaga) and the FPI grant (BES-2014-071045).

You are invited to visit  Beatriz’s profile at CSM webpage

Adham Tilovovich Norkobilov defended his doctoral thesis “Design of hybrid separation processes incorporating membrane technologies”, developed in the Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering Department of the University of Cantabria under the supervision of Dr. Eugenio Daniel Gorri, last July 11th, 2017.

The evaluation committee was formed by Prof. Prof. Ángel Irabien Gulías (University of Cantabria), Prof. María Ujué Alzueta Ania (University of Zaragoza) and Dr. Javier Ereña (University of Basque Country).

Ane Urtiaga, María José Rivero, Nazely Dibán and Paula Ribao attended the 5^th European Conference on Environmental Applications of Advanced Oxidation Processes, celebrated last June 24-29, 2017 in  the Czech Republic. Ane gave the presentation “TiO2-graphene photocatalytic degradation of perfluorooctanoic acid (PFOA)”. María José presented 2 posters: “Analysis of the adsorption mechanisms in the TiO2/UV photocatalysis to degrade benzothiazole and aniline” and “Conceptual design of a photocatalytic led reactor for grey water treatment”. Nazely and Paula presented the posters: “Electrochemical mineralization of naphtenic acids. Model solution on boron-doped diamond anode”; and “The role of reactive oxidative species in the photocatalytic activity of modified TiO2 catalysts”, respectively.

Carolina Fernández González defended her doctoral thesis “Novel nanocomposite membranes for a sustainable desalination”, developed in the Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering Department of the University of Cantabria under the supervision of Dr. Raquel Ibáñez and Dr. Antonio Domínguez, last June 30th, 2017. The evaluation committee was formed by Prof. Arturo Romero (Universidad Complutense de Madrid), Prof. Ane Urtiaga (Universidad de Cantabria) and Prof. Nalan Kabay (Ege University).

Last June 29th, 2017, Prof. Nalan Kabay,Chemical Engineering Department – Ege University (Turkey) gave the lecture “Application of Membrane Separation Processes for Wastewater Reclamation and Reuse”, at room 3 of the ETSIIyT of the University of Cantabria. The event was organized by Programa de Doctorado en Ingeniería Química, de la Energía y de Procesos.

María Fresnedo San Román, Sonia Gómez, Javier Pinedo and Claudia Solá attended the event “CONSULTA PRELIMINAR AL MERCADO para la descontaminación del barranco de Bailín (Huesca)”, celebrated at the Instituto Aragonés de Ciencias de la Salud IACS (Zaragoza) last June 27th, 2017.

The PEMFC-SUDOE European Project 2017 annual meeting took place last June 23^rd, 2017 in Porto (Portugal). Prof. Inmaculada Ortiz, Dr. Alfredo Ortiz and PhD student María Yañez participated as members of the leader beneficiary, University of Cantabria.

On June 15th, 2017, Dr. Alfredo Ortiz participated as secretary of the jury in the defense of the doctoral thesis “Development of Polybenzimidazole and Ionic Liquid based Membranes for high temperature proton Exchange Membranes (PEMs) and gas Separation Applications” of D. Parashuram Kallem at the University of Zaragoza within the framework of Erasmus Mundus Doctorate in membrane Engineering (EUDIME) to obtain multiple Doctorate degrees issued by Universidad de Zaragoza and University of Montpellier.

Ane Urtiaga, María Fresnedo San Román, Sonia Gómez and Claudia Solá attended the VIII Reunión de la Sociedad Española de Espectrometría de Masas – V Reunión Nacional de Dioxinas, Furanos y compuestos orgánicos persistentes relacionados, celebrated in Barcelona last June 12-16, 2017 where they presented their works:

Ane Urtiaga: Electrochemical technology for the abatement of Poly- and Perfluoroalkyl substances (PFASs) water pollution

Sonia Gómez: Occurrence of Perfluoroalkyl Substances (PFASs) in Northern Spain municipal solid waste landfill leachates

Claudia Solá and María Fresnedo San Román: The potential formation of Polychlorinated Dibenzo-p-Dioxins and Dibenzofurans (PCDD/Fs) during the electrochemical oxidation of Triclosan.

Inmaculada Ortiz, Alfredo Ortiz, Manuel Álvarez and María Yáñez attended the VI Symposium on Hydrogen, Fuel Cells and Advanced Batteries, celebrated last June 19-23, 2017 in Porto (Portugal). Alfredo participated in the Session on European Projects related to the conference topics. Manuel gave the keynote “CO2 to useful products: Electrochemical processes for carbon utilization” and María Yáñez presented her poster entitled “Waste-to-energy: Hydrogen recovery from industrial waste gaseous streams in the SUDOE region”. At the end of the Conference the department delegates took part in the progress meeting of the SUDOE PMFC network.