Mes: junio 2018

Last January 26th, 2018 The solemn act of investiture of the new doctors took place on the occasion of the celebration of Saint Thomas Aquinas. During the ceremony, Mariana Díaz, Pablo Fernández, Carolina Fernández, Lucía Gómez and Mariano Puente were nominated as Doctors of the University of Cantabria.

During the event, Dr. Antía Pérez, who defended the doctorate thesis “Integrated Treatment and Valorization of Reverse Osmosis Saline Concentrates”, developed in the Chemical & Biomolecular Engineering Department last February 2015, received the Award to Distinguished PhD Thesis in the field of Engineering and Jose Manuel Vadillo received the Best Academic Record among new graduates in the Chemical Engineering Degree.

Last January 25th, Beatriz Gómez, Paula Ribao and Sandra Sánchez took part in a seminar to report the outcomes of their research stays in international research institutions.

Beatriz Gómez, who developed her research stay at the School of Mines of Colorado (USA) talked about “Sequential treatments of poly- and perfluoroalkyl substances in AFFF-impacted water by UV activated persulfate oxidation and hydrated electron reduction”.

Paula Ribao, who spent 3 months at the Laboratório Nacional de Energia e Geologia (LNEG) in Portugal, spoke about “Challenges arising from the use of TiO2-rGO-Pt photocatalysts to produce hydrogen from crude glycerol compared to synthetic glycerol”.

Sandra Sánchez, who developed the research stay at the Oxford Institute of Biomedical Engineering (IBME), in the United Kingdom, talked about “Polycaprolactone/graphene-based nanoparticles composite membranes to induce stem cells differentiation and maturation into neural-like cells”.

Last January 24th, Dr. Víctor Manuel Ortiz Martínez from the Chemical Engineering Department of the Chemistry Faculty of the University of Murcia taught the lecture “Fuentes de energía renovables: pilas de combustible microbianas para obtención de electricidad a partir de efluentes residuales y producción de biocombustibles en medio supercrítico”, at the  Sala de Grados 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.

During the celebration of the IV CIDIQ , the opening conference was taught by Prof. Jarka Glassey. She spoke about “Chemical Engineering Education – Do we teach the right skills for a global economy of the future effectively?”, in the conference room of the ETSIIyT of the University of Cantabria, on Monday January 22nd, 2018. Moreover, Prof. Arturo Romero was in charge of the closing plenary lecture, that was held at the same place, on Tuesday, January 23rd, 2018. Prof. Arturo Romero talk was entitled  “El Reto de Aprender Ingeniería Química en España”.

The IV teaching Innovation Congress in Chemical Engineering took place from January 21st to 23rd at the Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering Department of the University of Cantabria.

The Department organized and hosted the Conference. Several members of the academic staff reported their works:

Learning by doing: The Chem‐E‐Car case study at the University of Cantabria. Antonio Dominguez‐Ramos, Manuel Alvarez‐Guerra, Raquel Ibañez and Angel Irabien.

Incorporating Life Cycle Assessment and Eco-design tools for Green Chemical Engineering: a case study of competences and learning outcomes assessment. Rubén Aldaco, Antonio Dominguez and María Margallo.

Introducción de la ingeniería biomédica en el curriculum de Ingeniería Química. Nazely Diban.

Programa de estudiantes del 10º Congreso Mundial de Ingeniería Química: una experiencia de éxito. Alicia L. Garcia‐Costa, Manuel Álvarez‐Guerra, Raquel Ibañez y Juan J. Rodriguez.

Desarrollo de competencias transversales mediante técnicas de aprendizaje activo en equipo en la asignatura “Dynamics and Control of Chemical Processes”. Gabriel Zarca, Nazely Diban y Ane Urtiaga.

Integración del aprendizaje práctico y teórico en el tratamiento de aguas residuales. María Margallo, Marcos Fallanza, Henar Samaniego y Raquel Ibañez.

Empowering the students: choose your LCA case study. Antonio Dominguez‐Ramos, María Margallo‐Blanco, Jonathan Albo and Javier Pinedo.

Fortalezas y retos de los Másteres Interuniversitarios: la experiencia del Máster en Ingenieria Química por las Universidades de Cantabria y del País Vasco. Ignacio Fernández‐Olmo, Ana G. Gayubo, Ane M. Urtiaga, Raquel Ibañez.

Some important things chemical engineering students never asked about research. Aitor Marcos‐ Madrazo, Guillermo Díaz‐Sainz, María Yáñez, Ana Fernández‐Barquín and Clara Casado‐Coterillo.

Chemical Engineering European Project Semester: integrando competencias en la enseñanza de la Ingeniería Química. Marcos Fallanza, María Margallo, Jonathan Albo, Antonio Domínguez‐ Ramos, Eugenio Bringas, María José Rivero, Raquel Ibañez e Inmaculada Ortiz.

La materia Experimentación en Ingeniería Química: panorama en la universidad española. Mª Fresnedo San Román y Raquel Ibáñez.

Integración de la competencia de la comunicación oral y escrita en el currículum del Máster Universitario en Ingenieria Química. Ignacio Fernández‐Olmo, María José Rivero y Manuel Alvarez.

More information

The annuary 2017 with the main activities developed by the members of the Chemical & Biomolecular Engineering Department is ready.

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Christmas Party of the Chemical & Biomolecular Engineering Department with the assitance of around 90 people that are part of the faculty, resarch, administration and services staff.

The cocktail took place at the Casino de Santander restaurant, where we had the opportunity to meet our Department´s friends.

Last December 21st, 2017 Sara Domínguez defended her doctorate thesis “Progress and challenges in the photocatalytic removal of emerging contaminants”, developed at the Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering Department and supervised by Prof. Inmaculada Ortiz and Dr. María José Rivero. The evaluation committee was formed by Prof. Angel Irabien (University of Cantabria), Prof. María Angeles Sanroman Braga (University of Vigo) and Dr. Pablo Campo Moreno (University of Cranfield).

Last December 21st, 2017 Carlos Javier Escudero defended his doctorate thesis “Progress on the performance of photocatalysis and electrochemical oxidaton technologies applied to wastewater remediation”, developed at the Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering Department and supervised by Prof. Inmaculada Ortiz and Dr. María José Rivero. The evaluation committee was formed by Prof. Ane Urtiaga (University of Cantabria), Prof. Marta María Pazos (University of Vigo), Prof. Rosa María Alonso (Universidad Nacional del Mar de Plata).