Students of the Master in Chemical Engineering enrolled in the course Life Cycle Assessment of Processes and Products showed their works in the hall of the ETSIIyT of the University of Cantabria last June 11th, 2018. The students used eco-design strategies and tools in their works to propose newly eco-designed products.
It was a very good opportunity to acknowledge their creativity and learn the concepts applied to products eco-design!
Andrea Arguillarena, Master in Chemical Engineering (UC-UPV/EHU), has joined the Chemical & Biomolecular Engineering Department at the University of Cantabria, as research staff in the european project “LIFE-2-ACID”, under the supervision of Prof. Ane Urtiaga.
María José Rivero, Juan Corredor and Beatriz Gómez attended the 10th European meeting on Solar Chemistry and Photocatalysis: Environmental Applications (SPEA10), held in Almería, Spain, from June 4th to 8th, 2018. Dr. María J. Rivero deliverd the lecture “Exploring crude glycerol as feedstock in the development of a realistic hydrogen production process” and the poster “Comparative Life Cycle Assessment for the Photocatalytic Treatment of Greywater”. Doctorate students Juan Corredor and Beatriz Gómez presented the posters “TiO2/rGO composites for photocatalytic hydrogen production from methanol” and “Degradation of poly- and per-fluoroalkyl substances (PFASs) from AFFF-impacted water by sequential oxidative/reductive treatments”, respectively.
Elena Manteca and Gema Pérez participated in the event Science Day (“Jornada de la Ciencia”) organized by the CEIP Sardinero. During the day, the students of 4th, 5 th and 6 th levels of Primary School participated in different workshops in the field of chemistry, maths and geology. Elena and Gema were in charge of the Chemistry Workshop. They showed the students how they daily work at the lab is, and some experiments and analysis about water treatment and reuse were performed.
Alfredo Ortiz, Rafael Ortiz and Sergio San Martín visited the Company Hidrógena, located in Segovia (Spain) last June 7th, 2018. Hidrógena is the supplier of the electrolyzer that will be used for hydrogen production testing, within the European project HYLANTIC.
After visiting the company’s facilities and the products that are currently under production, the supplied electrolyzer was adjusted to the project demands and the researchers were trained by the expert manufacturer to use it.
Beatriz Arce, Guillermo Díaz, Gema Pérez and Sonia Gómez attended the Seminar on Ion Chromatography organized by Gomensoro and Metrohm last May 31st, 2018 at EHU/UPV PiE, in Plentzia.
During the event they had the opportunity of speaking with experts in ion chromatography about the different alternatives that offers this technique and they could see the ion chromatograph developed by Metrohm.
Elena Manteca and Gema Pérez attended the “1st Symposium on Marine Corrosion: Industry and Scientific Challenges in Marine Corrosion”, organized by CTC (Centro Tecnológico de Componentes). The event took place in Santander on May 30th, 2018.
During the morning different lectures on marine corrosion were gave by experts in this field. After a networking lunch, they visited the Marine Corrosion Test Site “El Bocal” and the Cantabrian Company DEGIMA.
Dr. Alfredo Ortiz and Dr. María José Rivero, on behalf of the University of Cantabria team, attended the annual follow-up meeting of the european project “Energetic sustainability at the Sudoe region: PEMFC-SUDOE network”, celebrated on Friday, May 25th, 2018 in Le Phare de la Mediterranee Centre des Congress in Palavas-les-Flots (Montpellier). Alfredo and María Jose, within the rest of the project partners, presented the progress made during the second year of the project.
Sandra Sánchez, doctorate student in the Chemical, Energy and Process Engineering programm, participated in the Pint of Science 2018 celebrated in Santander. She talked about “Graphene: the supernanomaterial…also in medicine?, in bar Trendy last May 15th, 2018.
Moreover, Prof. Raquel Ibáñez participated in the Pint of Science 2018, celebrated in Castro Urdiales. She talked about “The Technology will bring the Water of the Future” in the bar New Warhol last May 15th, 2018.
Francisco Vicente Pedros, Full Professor in the area of Chemical-Physics in the University of Valencia, visited the Chemical & Biomolecular Engineering Department of the University of Cantabria last May 14th, 2018. He presented his expertise on electrochemical characterization techniques and discussed with the research groups of the CBE department about the possibilities of collaboration between both institutions in the field of electrochemical processes, e.g.: CO2 capture, water treatment and clean energy production.
