Mes: junio 2018

Antoniel Campos has recently been incorporated to the Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering Department of the University of Cantabria to develop his PhD, under co-supervision of the Rio de Janeiro State University and the University of Cantabria. Dr. Alfredo Ortiz, will supervise his work during his stay at UC, April 2017 – March 2018, about Waterborne poly(urethane urea) nanocomposites films with systems of Ag NP/Ionic Liquids for separation of light olefin/paraffin. This opportunity to develop the doctorate is in the frame of a Brazilian Government grant.

The last meeting of the Advisory Board of project LIFE WIRE took place in Barcelona last March 29th, 2017. Prof. Ane Urtiaga was one of the international experts that in the field of industrial water reuse was providing scientific and technical advice on the project results. The project was coordinated by CETAQUA, and received funding from the LIFE EU program, that supports environmental, nature conservation and climate action projects.

Last April 7th, 2017, Dr. Audrey Luiz from the University of Sidney (Australia) visited the Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering Department after attending the 3rd International Conference on Desalination using membrane technology, held in the Canary Islands (Spain). During her visit, she presented the main research projects currently developed by the Department of chemical and Biomolecular Engineering of the University of Sydney, as well as her current work, with the presentation “Treatment of Bio-refinery effluents by electrodialysis”. Members of the department attended her presentation followed by questions from the audience and a visit to the department facilities.

Diego Cilla is currently developing a research stay at the Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering Department of the University of Cantabria. He is a PhD. student of the University of La Rioja and he works in the field of pesticides removal, under the supervision of María Teresa Martínez Soria. During his stay at UC, April to June 2017, he will work in the application of photo-catalysis technology to pesticides removal, under the supervision of Dr. María José Rivero.

Last April 2-5, 2017, Marta Herrero, Carolina Fernández and Raquel Ibáñez attended the 3rd International Conference on Desalination Using Membrane Technology – MEMDES 2017, celebrated in Gran Canaria, Spain.

On Monday, Carolina Fernández gave the oral presentation “Enhancing the performance of polyethylene based anion exchange membranes using nanomaterials for desalination of water by electrodialysis”. On Tuesday, Marta Herrero gave the presentation “Powering a BMED process for the production of HCl and NaOH from brines using a photovoltaic solar simulator”. On Wednesday, Raquel Ibáñez gave the oral presentation “Techno-economic feasibility analysis for minor elements valorization from SWRO concentrates” and presented the posters “Nanofiltration for calcium/sodium separation. Application to reverse osmosis concentrates” and “The potential of natural and waste brines as draw solutions in forward osmosis applications”.

Since March 20^th, 2017 our Chemical Engineering MSc students Cristina González, Marta Romay and Andrea Arguillarena are performing a research stage at Yamaguchi University under the supervision of Izumi Kumakiri. The students granted by the Japanese academic institution are taking advantage of this opportunity to improve their internationalization competences.

Last April 3^rd, 2017 several members of the Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering Department participated in the Open Doors Day organized by the University of Cantabria to show the Academic Offer to secondary school students. During the day, the students had the opportunity to visit our facilities and ask questions about the degree in Chemical engineering.

Jenifer Gómez participated in the workshop “Lab on a Chip” of the Science Festival organized by the University of Hull, last April 2-4, 2017. The event was oriented to children from 7 to 12 years old.

Researchers of the Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering Department met with Prof. Adi Wolfson, head of the Chemical Engineering Department of the Shamoon College Engineering, Beér-Sheva, Israel, during his visit to UC, where they had the opportunity to show and discuss with him current research projects.

Last March 30th, 2017 Inmaculada Ortiz Uribe gave the lecture «Novel Separations Processes based on the Facilitated Transport Mechanism» to the Faculty members and postgraduate students of the Chemical Engineering Department at Carnegie Mellon University. The conference took place as one of the activities of the research visit granted by the Fulbright Program.