TÓPICOS DE INVESTIGAÇÂO

Thermodynamics (Measurement and prediction of thermodynamic
properties of electrolytes and non-electrolytes)

New Catalytic Technologies for Sustainability (Enantioselective
Catalysis - Clean Processes; Hydrogen Production; Fuel Cell
Catalysts – DMFC; Selective Conversion of Biomass-derived Raw Materials)

Nanostructured Carbon Materials & Catalysts (Nanoporous Carbon
Materials; Carbon Nanotubes/Nanofibers; Metal Oxides/Carbon Composites;
Nanostructured Catalysts; Nanofunctionalized Textiles)

New Energy Production Technologies (Fuel Cells/Photovoltaic Cells;
Biodiesel - alternative raw materials and valorization of by-products;
Concentrated Solar Energy)

Environment
Environmental Catalysis & Related Technologies (Catalytic Wet Oxidation;
Photocatalytic Oxidation; Catalytic Ozonation; Tailored Carbon Adsorbents;
NOx, VOC and Nitrate Abatement)

Air / Water Quality and Health

Air Pollution Control Technologies (cyclones – particle agglomeration
and fine particle collection; carbon dioxide adsorption; adsorption processes)

Emergent pollutants and organic micropollutants in food and environment
(new analytical methodologies and risk assessment)

Application of physical, chemical and biological principles and of engineering
sciences to the management of the water quality, design and analysis of water
and wastewater treatment

Separation and Reaction Processes (Adsorption and Membrane-based
Separations; Crystalization Processes for Proteins and Inorganics; Wood-based
Panels Formation; Urea-formaldehyde Resins; Catalytic and Enzymatic Reactors;
Supercritical Extraction; Cyclone Reactors)

Cyclic separation processes (Pressure Swing Adsorption; Simulated Moving Bed;
Molecular Simulation; Synthesis of Adsorbents)

Process Intensification (Pressure Swing Adsorption Reactors; Simulated Moving
Bed Reactors; Simultaneous Adsorption and Chemical Reaction in Fixed Bed;
Reactive Distillation)

Biotechnology and Interfaces (Micro - and Nanosystems for delivery of
Active Compounds; Environmental Microbiology; Surface Contamination - biofilms
and fouling; Protein Expression and Molecular Biology)

Modeling, simulation and optimization (Neural networks; Probabilistic and
Deterministic Methods; Large-Scale Simulation/Optimization;
Knowledge-based Hybrid Systems; Applications to Environmental,
Energy and Chemical- Biochemical Processes)

Transport Phenomena (Heat exchangers; Hydrodynamics and Mass Transfer
in Triphasic Systems; Microscale Phenomena; Complex Fluids – application
to bioengineering; Mixing and Hydrodynamic studies in Chemical Engineering;
Porous Media - Catalysts and Adsorbents; Particulate Beds; Characterization
and Transport Phenomena with Chemical Reaction)

Product Engineering (Synthesis of Polymers - kinetics, prediction of the structure
and properties; Synthesis of High Value Added Products; Engineering of Perfumes,
Aromas and Fragrances)