Marcos Fallanza, Jenifer Gómez and Arantza Sánchez attended the International Conference on Coupled Problems in Science and Engineering – COUPLED PROBLEMS 2017, celebrated in Rhodes Island, Greece, last June 12-14, 2017. Jenifer presented the work “Design and optimization of a multiphase microfluidic device for magnetic bead separation from biofluids” and Arantza presented the work “Computational analysis of a micro-solvent extraction process”.
Pablo Fernández Castro defended his doctoral thesis “Progress in the reactivity of advanced oxidation media: Application to the Fenton treatment of 2-chlorophenol solutions”, developed in the Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering Department of the University of Cantabria under the supervision of Prof. Inmaculada Ortiz and Dr. María Fresnedo San Román, last June 16th, 2017.
The evaluation committee was formed by Prof. Juan José Rodríguez Jiménez (Universidad Autónoma de Madrid), Prof. Ángel Irabien (Universidad de Cantabria) and Dr. Rosa María Alonso Salces (Universidad Nacional de Mar de Plata, Argentina).
Last Wednesday, 14 June 2017, Inmaculada Ortiz Uribe joined the visit to the UPM Campus de Montegancedo organized by the Physico-Chemistry Section of the Spanish Royal Academy of Sciences. The Academy group visited the R&D Centers for Biomaterials and Microgravimetry and held a meeting with the UPM academic authorities.
Last June 12th, Dr. Raquel Ibáñez and Dr. Eugenio Bringas visited Cornell University (Ithaca, NY, USA) in order to participate in an assessment meeting with the faculty members involved in the mobility programme between Cornell and Cantabria Universities whose third edition has been recently closed. During the visit, Raquel and Eugenio enjoyed the opportunity of visiting the breathtaking waterfalls located at Cornell university campus.
Jenifer Gómez attended the course “Flow Science Numerics Training”, organized by the company Flow Science and celebrated in Barcelona, last June 5th, 2017. After the course, she also attended the congress “17th Flow-3D European Users Conference”, celebrated also in Barcelona, where she presented her work “Optimization of magnetic blood cleansing microdevices with flow-3D”. During the congress she was awarded with the first prize to the best presentation.
Paula Cabezón joined the Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering Department of the University of Cantabria to work in the project “Nuevos desarrollos en fotocatálisis para aplicaciones medioambientales (CTM2015-69845R)(MINECO/FEDER, UE)” , whose main researcher is Dr. María José Rivero.
Selene Cobo, Lucía Gómez, Sonia Gómez and Gema Pérez attended the VII Simposio Iberoamericano en Ingeniería de Residuos, celebrated last June 12-14, 2017 in Santander, where the presented the following works:
Selene Cobo: “Sistemas integrados de gestión de residuos para cerrar el ciclo de los metales: análisis metodológico”
Lucía Gómez: “Recuperación de metales de las escorias de instalaciones de residuos a energía”
Sonia Gómez: “Caracterización de la presencia de compuestos perfluorados en lixiviados de vertederos de residuos sólidos urbanos (RSU) del Norte de España”.
Gema Pérez : «Aplicación de procesos de oxidación avanzada en planta piloto al tratamiento de lixiviados de vertedero”
Prof. Ignacio Grossmann, Honoris Causa Doctorate of the University of Cantabria, from Center for Advanced Process Decision-making, Department of Chemical Engineering, Carnegie Mellon University (Pittsburgh, USA) gave the lecture “Role of process systems engineering in chemical engineering”, at room 22 of the ETSIIyT of the University of Cantabria, last June 12th, 2017. The event was organized by Programa de Doctorado en Ingeniería Química, de la Energía y de Procesos.
Carlos Javier Escudero attended the XXXII Congreso Nacional de la Sociedad Mexicana de Electroquímica – 10th Meeting of the Mexican Section of the Electrochemical Society, celebrated last June 5-8, 2017 in Guanajuato, Mexico, where he presented the work “Tratamiento electroquímico de bisfenol A con ánodo de BDD”.
Prof. Ane Urtiaga, Dr. Jordi Carrillo and PhD student Alvaro Soriano attended the 11th European Symposium on Electrochemical Engineering, that was held in Prague (Czech Republic) in June 4-8, 2017.
The active participation of UC representatives included three lectures and the chairing of one of the sessions by Prof. Urtiaga.
Titles of the oral contributions:
