Prof. Ane Urtiaga took part in the committee that nominated Dr. Jose Angel Peña as Full Professor in Chemical Engineering at the Department of Chemical Engineering and Environmental Technologies of the University of Zaragoza (Spain), last June 2nd, 2017.
Last Friday 9 June, 2017 the third Project meeting of GRADISAL took place in the facilities of MARE, in Cartes. In the meeting the participants reviewed and debated the activities that had been carried out by the partner companies, APRIA SYSTEMS and MARE as well as by the members of the UC-Advanced separation processes group (project coordinator). The first report with the analysis of physico-chemical, geographical and topographical characteristics of WWTPs in Cantabria, candidates to the installation of the first GRADISAL prototype will be delivered in the coming month.
Laura Rancaño joined the Chemical & Biomolecular Engineering Department to develop the curricular internship of the Master in Chemical Engineering. During the internship she will work in the field of new developments in photocatalysis to environmental applications, under the supervision of María José Rivero.
Raquel Ibáñez participated as a member of the evaluation committee of the thesis “Preparación de fibras submicrométricas de base carbonosa para aplicaciones energéticas y medioambientales”, defended last May 31st, 2017. The thesis was developed by Mr. Francisco José García Mateos in the Chemical Engineering Department of the University of Málaga under the supervision of Prof. José Rodríguez Mirasol.
The PhD. student Marta Herrero is currently developing a research stay at the Chemical Engineering Department of Shamoon College of Engineering in Be´er-Sheva in Israel, under the supervision of Prof. Adi Wolfson. During her stay, from May 7th to August 17th, 2017 she will study de sustainability of the production process of HCl and NaOH from desalination brines by applying the electrodialysis technology using PV power.
Sandra Sánchez has been awarded with the prize for the best poster in the field of Engineering and Architecture organized by EDUC. This contest has been organized as one of the events related to the inauguration of the PhD School of the University of Cantabria. The prize consists of a grant of 450 € to spend for educational purposes (seminars, congresses, conferences…). The ceremony award took place on Wednesday, May 31st, 2107 at 13:00 h.
The PhD student of the program Chemical and Process Engineering, Carolina Fernandez, researcher in the Sustainable Process Engineering research group of the Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering who will present her doctoral thesis next June 30th, 2017, has joined AINIA TECHNOLOGICAL CENTER as a researcher. AINIA is a technological center mainly focused in research in the food, cosmetic, pharmacy, packaging and chemical sectors. Carolina is joining the environment, bioenergy and industrial hygiene department, where she will be working very close to industry in wastewater treatment and valorization.
Our PhD. students, Arantza Basauri, Juan Corredor, Miguel Guate, Alba Romano, Sandra Sánchez, Álvaro Soriano and María Yáñez finished the doctorate seminar “VI Curso Avanzado de Formación Transversal sobre el Futuro Profesional del Doctorado”.
Last May 26th, 2017, Prof. Pilar Goya Laza, Research Professor at CSIC and President of EuCheMS (European Association for Chemical and Molecular Sciences) gave the lecture “Chemical insights into drug discovery” at the Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering Department. The event was organized by Programa de Doctorado en ingeniería Química, de la Energía y de Procesos.
Carlos Javier Escudero attended the 5th Young Water Professionals Conference-IWA Mexico, organized by the University Michoacana of San Nicolás de Hidalgo. The congress took place at the city of Morelia, Michoacán last May 24-26, 2017. Carlos Javier presented his work “Comparison of the performance of different photocatalytic reactors for the treatment of wastewater containing a phenolic compound” and he was awarded with the 2nd best oral presentation.
