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LEPABE is a research unit operating in the fields of Chemical, Environmental and Biological Engineering at the Faculty of Engineering of Porto (FEUP). With a large majority of young researchers, LEPABE is focused on generating scientific knowledge through interdisciplinary research, and on establishing successful university–industry collaborations for effective technology transfer. [...]
Work by LEPABE team is highlighted as feature paper in Materials
Posted on June 4th, 2020
The article “Water Decontamination with Magnetic Particles by Adsorption and Chemical Degradation. Influence of the Manufacturing Parameters” is a feature paper in the last issue of Materials, a journal from MDPI.
This paper resulted from the work developed by a team from LEPABE, led by Prof. Domingos Barbosa, in collaboration with a team at the University of Salamanca. In this paper the reverse co-precipitation method is used to produce magnetic particles for real environmental applications, since most of the processes for manufacturing magnetic particles are not able to be applied to large-scale real operations.
Access to the featured paper here.
Low cost oxygen concentrator to respond to COVID-19 pandemic
Posted on June 1st, 2020
A team led by Prof. Adélio Mendes, from LEPABE, worked in collaboration with PARALAB and FEUP to develop an oxygen concentrator that can be used to delay the need to use ventilators.
This technology is a low cost oxygen concentrator that aims to postpone the need for patients to use the ventilator. Oxygen concentrators are devices that purify oxygen from atmospheric air, providing oxygen with a purity of up to 95%. They are devices that can play an important role in places where there is no access to the hospital gas network (as in the case of field hospitals) or even in patients who need respiratory care at home. The prototype is in the testing phase and then will follow for certification and validation by specialists. The idea will be to produce these concentrators locally, whenever requested, in a low cost version.
Know more about this here.
Francisco X. Malcata distinguished with the IDFA Teaching Award in Dairy Manufacturing
Posted on May 26th, 2020
Prof. Francisco X. Malcata, Senior Researcher at LEPABE, was distinguished by the American Dairy Science Association (USA) with the International Dairy Foods Association (IDFA) Teaching Award in Dairy Manufacturing 2020.
This award was created to recognize outstanding teaching of university students in dairy foods, and it is the first time that a Portuguese national is selected. For Francisco X. Malcata, this prize recognizes his work in advanced training in the area of dairy foods, over almost 3 decades of university career. More information about this award here.
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PhD Thesis by Sara Ramos on emerging contaminants
May 13th, 2020
LEPABE would like to congratulate Dr. Sara Ramos for her PhD thesis of the Doctoral Program in Environmental Engineering, entitled “Emerging contaminants, from waste to taste? Ultraviolet-Filters and Synthetic Musk Compounds as case study” supervised by Prof. Lúcia Santos, defended on May 13th 2020 at FEUP.
PhD Thesis by Ameessa Tulcidas on pharmaceutical crystallization processes
April 27th, 2020
LEPABE would like to congratulate Dr. Ameessa Tulcidas for her PhD thesis of the Doctoral Program in Refining, Petrochemical and Chemical Engineering, entitled “Development of scale-up methodologies for pharmaceutical crystallization processes” supervised by Prof. Fernando Rocha, defended on April 27th 2020 at FEUP.
PhD Thesis by Vanessa Lima on the treatment of organic streams by Fenton's oxidation
March26th, 2020
LEPABE would like to congratulate Dr. Vanessa Lima for her PhD thesis of the Doctoral Program in Environmental Engineering, entitled “Simultaneous treatment of gaseous and liquid streams containing organic compounds by Fenton's oxidation” supervised by Prof. Luís Miguel Madeira, defended on March26th 2020 at FEUP.
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.
- LEPABE Research Unit evaluated as EXCELLENT
- VG CoLAB application granted by FCT
- LEPABE submitted 80 proposals to FCT projects call
- LEPABE participates in project to respond to COVID-19 pandemic
- New ventilators from Sysadvance, a spin-off from LEPABE
- European Project 112CO2 granted to LEPABE
- Notícias Magazine interviews Ana L. Gonçalves
- LEPABE Senior Research involved in NASA study
- European Project SurfSAFE granted to LEPABE
LEPABE returns to laboratory work after COVID-19 outbreak
Posted on May 19th, 2020
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