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Last May 10—12, 2019 the XXXII National Chemistry Olympiad took place in Santander. A total 118 students coming from all over Spain participated in the contest. The event was organized  by the Cantabria Territorial Section of the Spanish Royal Society of Chemistry (RSEQ) in On Sunday, the ceremony award was chaired by the Conselour of Education, Culture and Sports of the Government of Cantabria, Mr. Francisco Fernández Mañanes; the Vice Chancellor of Doctorate and Institutional Relations of the University of Cantabria, Mr. Alberto Ruiz;  the head of the Organizing Committee of the Olympics, Ms. Clara Casado, and other representatives of the academic instiutions.

The winners of this edition were:

Gold Medals:

Joaquín Baixeras Buyé – English School Los Olivos (Valencia)

Pablo Soto Martín – IES San Mateo (Madrid)

Daniel Ulibarri Sánchez – IES Pedro de la Luna (Zaragoza)

Silver Medals:

Sergio Sanjurjo Montero –  Colegio Corazón de María (Gijón)

Zhuo Ying Jiang Li – IES son Pacs (Palma de Mallorca)

Oskar Filip Wojdel – Institut Jaume Vicens Vives (Barcelona)

Bronze Medals:

Gregorio de la Fuente Simarro – Colegio de la Enseñanza (Valladolid)

Cristian Angosto Ros – Centro Santa Joaquina de Vedruna (Murcia)

Miguel María Jiménez Sánchez – Colegio Retamar (Madrid)

Marc Torrecillas Castelló – Institut Jaume Vicens Vives de Palagrugell (Gerona)

Last May 10, 2019 the V Chemistry Miniolympiad took place in Cantabria. 103 ESO students 3rd and 4th levels attended the event, that was organized by the Chemistry and Chemical Engineering Association of Cantabria (AQUIQÁN-ANQUE) in collaboration with the Cantabria Territorial Section of the Spanish Royal Society of Chemistry (RSEQ). In this edition the winners were:

3rd ESO:

Claudia Saiz Santiago – Colegio Apostolado (Medio Cudeyo)

Leire Souto Buenafé – IES Ocho de Marzo (Castro Urdiales)

Anaïs Shadmehr Sharif Rodríguez – Colegio Apostolado (Medio Cudeyo)

4th ESO

Estíbaliz Sáez de Astiazu Mañes – IES Ocho de Marzo (Castro Urdiales)

Iván Jesús Melero López – IES Jose María Pereda (Santander)

Victoria Álvarez Méndez – IES Muriedas (Muriedas)

The event included a presentation about the Chemical Engineering studies , that was delivered by Guillermo Díaz.

Vítor Ramiro de Almeida Fernandes, researcher in the Laboratório Nacional de Energia e Geologia (LNEG, Portugal) visited the Chemical & Biomolecular Engineering Department of the University of Cantabria, from May 6 to 10, 2019. During the stay, he worked in the development of new and highly efficient catalysts and membranes for fuel cell and electrolizer systems, under the supervision of Alfredo Ortiz. This visit was possible thanks to the european project PEMFC-SUDOE in which both institutions are involved.

Students of the secondary school Valle del Saja in Cabezón de la Sal (Cantabria) visited the Chemical & Biomolecular Engineering Department on May 6th, 2019. Raquel Ibáñez welcomed them and delivered a talk about the role of Chemical Engineers around the world. Then, students visited the facilities of the Department and talked to the researchers, who presented them the different academic and research activities that are currently performed.

Cristina González, PhD. student of the Chemical & Biomolecular Engineering Department, is carrying out a predoctoral research stay at the Institute of Molecular Modeling and Simulation of the University of Natural Resources and Life Sciences, Vienna. During her stay, from April 1st to June 28th, 2019, Cristina is studying the molecular simulation of the interactions between lipid polysaccharide and potential receptor proteins, under the supervision of Chris Oostenbrink.

James W. Levis, Research Assistant Professor of the North Carolina State University, delivered the talk “Life Cycle Optimization of Solid Waste Management Systems”. The conference took place in the ETSIIT at 15:30h, on April 29^th, 2019. This event was organized in the frame of the Master in chemical engineering and the Doctorate program in chemical, energy and process engineering.

Andreia Gouveia, PhD. student of the Instituto Superior Técnico de Lisboa, is making a predoctoral research stay at the research group Advanced Separation Processes, in the Chemical & Biomolecular Engineering Department of the University of Cantabria. During her internship, from April 22nd, 2019 to June 30th, 2019, she will be working on characterization of poly(ionic liquid)/ionic liquid membranes and permeation tests with multi-component gas mixtures, under the supervision of Prof. Daniel Gorri.

Prof. Daniel Gorri attended the PhD. Thesis Defense of Alan Didier Pérez Ávila, as a member of the evalution committe. The thesis, entitled “Applications of a liquid membrane in Taylor flow regime (LMTF) on separation processes and design of fermentention hybrid systems”, took place in the Universidad Nacional de Colombia –  Sede Manizales, Manizales (Colombia), on April 10th, 2019.

María Yáñez is back from her predoctoral research stay at the Faculty of Engineering of the University of Porto (Portugal), where she was working from January 14^th to April 19^th, 2019, under the supervision of Prof. Adélio Mendes. During this period, she was doing experiments and modeling the production of fuel cell quality hydrogen, from industrial wastes, using the pressure swing adsorption technology.

The team formed by Ángel Irabien, Raquel Ibáñez, Manuel Álvarez, Antonio Domínguez and Guillermo Díaz, all of them faculty members of the Chemical & Biomolecular Engineering Department, received the special mention of the Societal Council of the University of Cantabria for the project ‘Aprender haciendo: Chem-E-Car Competition como herramienta para adquirir y evaluar competencias’. The award ceremony took place on April 16th, 2019, and was chaired by the president of the Societal Council, Mr. José Luis Zárate, the Rector of the UC, Prof. Ángel Pazos and the President of the Regional Parliament, Mrs. Dolores Gorostiaga, among other institutional representatives.