Music and Physics: A tour to Maurice Ravel Artwork

Posted on December 2nd, 2019

LEPABE, together with other research units from FEUP, supports the Opera Concert “Música e Física Numa Visitação à obra de Maurice Ravel”. This concert will take place on December 5th, 2019, at FEUP’s auditorium and is performed by the orchestra of the Academia and City Opera (OAC).

The OAC orchestra will be directed by conductor Jiří Petrdlík, and will have Adriano Jordão (piano), Ana Maria Pinto (soprano) and Rómulo Assis (violin) as solo artists. Dedicated to the work of composer Maurice Ravel, the concert will be narrated and commented by Prof. João Seixas (Instituto Superior Técnico), who will establish the link between the work of Maurice Ravel and Physics.

Know more about this event here.

BioRemid 2019 conference was a success

Posted on November 15th, 2019

The 2nd International Meeting on New Strategies in Bioremediation Processes took place in Porto, on October, 24-25, 2019.

This conference was organized by researchers from LEPABE, LSRE-LCM and CERENA, and counted with 150 researchers and industrial professionals from four continents (Europe, America, Asia and Africa), which shared their work on the field, on a total of more than 135 contributions between oral and poster presentations.

We are thankful to the organizing committee, specially to the members of LEPABE: Prof. Olga C. Nunes, Prof. Nuno Azevedo, Prof. Joana Dias and Dr. José C. Pires and to LEPABE researchers and students involved in the supporting team.

Hurricane HR system featured in Bioénergie international magazine

Posted on November 11th, 2019

Members of LEPABE, Prof. Romualdo Salcedo and Júlio Paiva, worked in a new solution to replace the ancient system of cyclones for the company Vert Déshy, France.

This new optimized system Hurricane HR, from Advanced Cyclone Systems (ACS), a spin-off of LEPABE, allowed the company to reduce their emissions from 190  mg/Nm3 to less than 20  mg/Nm3 (below the emission limit of 60 mg/Nm3). This new solution was reported in the number 62 of the Bioénergie international magazine.

Know more about this technology here (in French).

LEPABE was present at the Water Festival AQUAPORTO 2019

Posted on October 30th, 2019

The 6th edition of the Water Festival Aquaporto entitled ‘Planeta Água’ took place at the City Park of Porto, on 11-13th October, under the organization of the municipal company Águas do Porto.

LEPABE research unit in collaboration with the Chemical Engineering Department (DEQ) of FEUP was present with some experimental setups designed to support the communication about water treatment processes and monitoring of water pollution. A group of researchers from different research units conducted brief scientific demonstrations and helped with the participants’ questions concerning water-related issues.

More information about Aquaporto 2019

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 Ana Reis on sulfamethoxazole biodegradation for wastewater treatment

July 26th, 2019

LEPABE would like to congratulate Dr. Ana Reis for her PhD thesis of the Doctoral Program in Environmental Engineering, entitled “Sulfamethoxazole Biodegradation, an Uncommon Property with Potential Application for Wastewater Treatment” supervised by Prof. Olga Nunes, defended on July 26th 2019 FEUP.