The University of Cantabria organized the day “Feria Informativa UC”, which took place on April 20th, 2018 at Paraninfo of the University of Cantabria. The aim of the event is to show the academic offer of the University of Cantabria to future students. Eugenio Bringas, Marcos Fallanza and María Margallo, on behalf of the Chemical & Biomolecular Engineering Department, explained to the audience the academic career in the field of Chemical Engineering, from the degree to the doctorate program.
Prof. Raquel Ibáñez attended the International Spring School and Water Reclamation and Reuse, celebrated in Izmir (Turkey) last April 19-20, 2018, where she presented the work entitled “Combining Membrane Filtration and Electrochemical Oxidation for the Removal of Pharmaceuticals from a WWTP secondary effluent”.
Dr. Gabriel Zarca was promoted to Associate Professor after the evaluation by the committee formed by Prof. Inmaculada Ortiz, Prof. Raquel Ibañez and Dr. Iñaki Fernandez.
Dr. Alfredo Ortiz, as coordinator of HYLANTIC Project and Dr. Javier Pinedo on behalf of APRIA Systems, attended the seminar “Seminario Financiero para Beneficiarios y Controladores” of the INTERREG ESPACIO ATLÁNTICO: PROYECTOS PRIMERA CONVOCATORIA programme, celebrated in Madrid, last April 10th, 2018. The event was organized by the Ministry of Finance and Public Function through the General Directorate of European Funds.
Jenifer Gómez attended the VI Doctorate Days and Scientific Dissemination of Group 9 of Universities (G-9), that was held at the University of Cantabria last April 11-13, 2018. Jenifer was selected to participate in this event on behalf of the University of Cantabria in the area of Engineering and Architecture, together with 90 PhD. students from all over Spain.
During the event the award ceremony of the Best Poster of the VI Jornadas Doctorales del Grupo 9 de Universidades took place. Jenifer Gómez received the award in the field of Engineering and Architecture, for her poster contribution entitled “Innovative Microdevice for Extracorporeal Sepsis Treatment”.
Cristina González has recently finished her predoctoral internship at the Experimental Science Faculty of the University of Huelva. She has been working with the research group FILICO (Física de Líquidos Complejos, under the supervision of Prof. Felipe Jiménez Blas. During the stay, from April 9th, 2018 to May 3rd, 2018, Cristina has been working in the introduction to the molecular simulation by using the software of molecular dynamics GROMACS.
The KET4F-gas project, funded by the Interreg-Sudoe second call, has been launched. The first preparatory meeting of the KET4F-Gas project took place in the University of Cantabria last April, 10th, 2018. The department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering hosted the meeting with the participation of partners coming from Portugal, France and Spain and covering seven different regions in the South Western European SUDOE area.
KET4F-Gas project has the objective of developing and demostrating key enabling technologies to avoid the emission of HFC gases used in refrigeration with high global warming potential, according to the objectives of the Kigali amendment to the Montreal protocol.
Prof. Inmaculada Ortiz received the Research Prize 2017 of the University of Cantabria Social Council. The Award Ceremony took place on April 9th, 2018, and was chaired by the President of the Regional Government, Mr. Miguel Ángel Revilla, in company of the president of the Societal Council, Mr. José Luis Zárate, the Rector of the UC, Prof. Agel Pazos, the President of the Regional Parliament, Mrs. Dolores Gorostiaga and the Vice-President of the Regional Government, Ms. Rosa Eva Díaz. During the event, Inmaculada Ortiz delivered a lecture on the topic Advanced Separation Processes, in which she summarized the main milestones of her research trajectory activity.
Víctor Ortiz, Doctor in Environmental Engineering and Chemical and Biotechnological Processes, has joined to the Chemical & Biomolecular Engineering Department as research staff in the project “GRADISAL: Aplicación en Cantabria de la Tecnología EDR (Electrodiálisis Reversa) a la obtención de energía renovable marina mediante gradiente salino. Fase I: Viabilidad técnico-económica (RM16-XX-046 – SODERCAN/FEDER)”, PI: Prof. Inmaculada Ortiz.
Gema Pérez, doctor in Chemical Engineering and Rafael Ortiz, Master in Industrial Engineering have recently joined the European project “Atlantic Network for Renewable Generation and Supply of Hydrogen to promote High Energy Efficiency – HYLANTIC”. The project, coordinated by the University of Cantabria, count on with partners from Spain, United Kingdom, Ireland, France and Portugal.
