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LEPABE present in workshop about new challenges on waste evaluation
Posted on March 25th, 2020
Dr. Nuno Ratola, Principal Researcher from LEPABE, was invited under Project CONICYT REDES 170166 to participate on the International Workshop about technological and environmental challenges on waste re-evaluation. This event took place on March 10th, 2020, in Santiago, Chile.
In his opening presentation, he referred that the wealthy countries represent only 16% of the World's population while producing 34% of the waste. But citing estimates from the World Bank, he indicated that by 2050 the generation of waste is expected to triple in some areas, such as sub-Saharan Africa. To minimize this impact and improve the rate of waste valorization, Dr. Ratola gave as an example the promotion of biogas as an energy source of sustainable development.
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European project EMPOWER 1st meeting
Posted on March 9th, 2020
The kick-off meeting of the European project “EMPOWER - European methanol powered fuel cell CHP” took place on February 4th, 2020, at VTT, in Espoo, Finland. A team from LEPABE, led by Prof. Adélio Mendes, is part of the project consortium, composed by 3 European companies and coordinated by VTT.
The EMPOWER project aims to develop, manufacture and validate a methanol fueled 5 kW combined heat and power (CHP) system based on high temperature PEM fuel cell technology. To achives its objectives, the project is receiving EU funding of 1.5 M€ from the Fuel Cell and Hydrogen Joint Undertaking (FCH JU) programme, supported by the European Union’s Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme, Hydrogen Europe and Hydrogen Europe research.
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LEPABE present at workshop about prevention and combat of wildfires
Posted on March 4th, 2020
Dr. Sofia Sousa, assistant researcher from LEPABE, was invited to participate on the 1st Workshop about prevention and combat of wildfires. This event took place on February 14th, 2020, at University of Coimbra, Portugal.
The objective was presenting the results of 18 ongoing projects and promote synergies between the various research groups working in this area, resulting from the FCT call of 2017. LEPABE participated with the project: ArRiscO – Firefighters’ occupational exposure to air pollution – impact on COPD and asthma.
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Pharmaceutics special issue on “PLGA Based Drug Carrier and Pharmaceutical Applications”
Posted on March 3rd, 2020
Prof. Maria do Carmo Pereira and Dr. Joana Loureiro, researchers from the Supramolecular Assemblies group of LEPABE, were Guest Editors of the special issue “PLGA Based Drug Carrier and Pharmaceutical Applications” published on the scientific journal Pharmaceutics.
This special issue counts with 19 selected papers that present the recent progress of PLGA as drug carriers for new pharmaceutical applications.
More information can be found here.
Ana Luísa Gonçalves distinguished with L'Oréal Portugal Medals of Honour for Women in Science 2019
Posted on February 19th, 2020
Dr. Ana Luísa Gonçalves, research fellow at LEPABE, is one of the 4 female scientists distinguished in the 16th edition of the L'Oréal Portugal Medals of Honour for Women in Science.
Her research on microalgae production processes caught the attention of L'Oréal, as it met its goals of innovation and sustainable growth. For 22 years L'Oréal has been promoting the role of women in science through the program “For Women in Science”, because it believes that “the World needs science and Science needs women”.
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PhD Thesis by Márcia Andrade on new carbon molecular sieve materials
March 9th, 2020
LEPABE would like to congratulate Dr. Márcia Andrade for her PhD thesis of the Doctoral Program in Chemical and Biological Engineering, entitled “Carbon molecular sieve materials for gas separations” supervised by Prof. Adélio Mendes, defended on March 9th 2020 FEUP.
PhD Thesis by Inês Gomes on biofilm behaviour of drinking water bacteria
October 22th, 2019
LEPABE would like to congratulate Dr. Inês Gomes for her PhD thesis of the Doctoral Program in Chemical and Biological Engineering, entitled “Understanding the effects of copper surfaces and emerging contaminants on planktonic and biofilm behaviour of drinking water bacteria” supervised by Prof. Manuel Simões defended on October 22th 2019 at FEUP.
PhD Thesis by Isabel Mesquita on the development of Perovskite Solar Cells
September 9th, 2019
LEPABE would like to congratulate Dr. Isabel Mesquita for her PhD thesis of the Doctoral Program in Chemical and Biological Engineering, entitled “Preparation, Characterisation and Stability Evaluation of Perovskite Solar Cells” supervised by Luísa Andrade, defended on September 9th 2019 at FEUP.
PhD Thesis by Pedro Branco on the impact of indoor air pollution
September 3rd, 2019
LEPABE would like to congratulate Dr. Pedro Branco for his PhD thesis of the Doctoral Program in Environmental Engineering, entitled “Impact of Indoor Air Pollution on Childhood Asthma” supervised by Sofia Sousa, defended on September 3rd 2019 at FEUP.
- LEPABE Research Unit evaluated as EXCELLENT
- VG CoLAB application granted by FCT
- Separations special issue on “Computer-Aided Separation Analysis”
- Model-Based Innovation Prize 2019
- LEPABE Researchers won IACOBUS Program – Papers
- Habilitation title was granted to Prof. Fernão Magalhães
- Habilitation title was granted to Prof. Luís Madeira
- Filipe Rocha was awarded “Best poster presentation” at EMEC20
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