Session Chair(s): Teresa Tavares (Universidade do Minho), António Salvador Pinheiro (Ordem dos Engenheiros)

Students contest: Project presentations

Session Chair(s): João de Deus Pinheiro (Universidade do Minho), Luís Soares (Universidade do Minho)

Meeting the Challenge
Biofouling Control in Cooling Water

T. Reg. Bott (University of Birmingham)

Session Chair(s): Juan Lema (Univ. Santiago de Compostela), Luís Sousa Lobo (UNL)

Green Chemistry and the Biorefinery


James Clark (University of York)

Session Chair(s): F. Ramôa Ribeiro (IST-UTL), Pedro Saraiva (Univ. Coimbra)

Adding Value to Chemical Products


Edward Cussler (University of Minnesota)

Session Chair(s): José Luís Figueiredo (Univ. Porto), Carlos Manuel Silva (Univ. Aveiro)

Gas-liquid mass transfer in gas-liquid-liquid dispersions in a stirred tank: effect of spreading coefficient
Henrique Pinho (Instituto Politécnico de Tomar), Rui Santana (Rolear S.A.), Sebastião Alves (Instituto Superior Técnico)

Oxygen transfer characterization in three-phase reactors using silicone oil as vector
Guillermo Quijano (Cinvestav), Frédéric Thalasso (Cinvestav)

Fluidization behaviour of different shaped large particulate food materials: Effect of moisture and shape
Wijitha Senadeera (Queensland University of Technology)

Modeling of a novel photoreactor for multiphase applications
Joana Carneiro (Technical University Delft)

Prediction of mean bubble size in three scales of internal loop airlift reactor
Marcel O. Cerri, Juliana C. Baldacin, Antonio J. G. Cruz, Carlos O. Hokka, Alberto C. Badino
DEQ-UFSCar - Department of Chemical Engineering, Federal University of São Carlos

Session Chair(s): José Miguel Loureiro (Univ. Porto)

Design and Engineering of Structured Molecular Matter
Ton Broekhuis (University Groningen)

Systematic Modelling Framework in Product-Process Design and Development
Ricardo Morales-Rodríguez (CAPEC-DTU), Rafiqul Gani (CAPEC-DTU)

Combining Predictions at Multiple Scales for Process Modelling
Marco Reis (Univ. Coimbra)

Integration of traditional and supercritical fluid techniques to design drug delivery systems
Mariana Costa (REQUIMTE/CQFB, Departamento de Química, FCT-UNL), Ana Sousa (Nutraceuticals and Delivery Laboratory, IBET), Ana Duarte (Instituto de Tecnologia Química e Biológica, Universidade Nova de Lisboa), M. Margarida Cardoso (CQFB/REQUIMTE - FCT/UNL), Catarina Duarte (3Instituto de Tecnologia Química e Biológica, Universidade Nova de Lisboa)

Thermoresponsive Hydrogels for Drug Delivery Systems
José Almeida (Univ. Coimbra), Paula Ferreira (Universidade Católica Portuguesa), António Lopes (ITQB), Maria Helena Gil (Univ. Coimbra)

Session Chair(s):  Carlos Bernardo (Univ. Minho)

Production of oligo-galacturonic acids by pectin hydrolysis using sub- and supercritical water
Stefan Toepfl (DIL), Ulf Strijowski (DIL), Volker Heinz (DIL)

Synthesis of triproprionin from crude glycerol the by-product of biodiesel production
Zsanett Herseczki (University of Pannonia), Gyula Marton (University of Pannonia)

The future sustainability of biodiesel
Renato Carvalho (Iberol), Luís Vilela de Matos (Iberol)

Construction and Bioproduction of a “Green” Synthetic Protein-Based Polymer Exhibiting a Smart Behaviour
Raul Machado (Univ. Minho), Jorge Padrão (Univ. Minho), Alexandra Nobre (Univ. Minho), José Teixeira (Univ. Minho), António Cunha (Univ. Minho), Javier Arias, José Rodríguez-Cabello ( E.T.S.I.I.), Margarida Casal (Univ. Minho)

Lignin-based polyurethane materials
Carolina Cateto (LSRE/FEUP/IPB, LGP2-INPG), Filomena Barreiro (LSRE-IPB), Alírio Rodrigues (Univ. Porto), Naceur Belgacem (LGP2-INPG)

Session Chair(s): Nazmul Karim (Texas Tech Univ.), Romualdo Salcedo (Univ. Porto)

Constructing Chemical Reaction Networks Through Decoupling, Regression and Rationalisation
Samantha Burnham (Curtin University of Technology), Mark Willis (Newcastle University), Moses Tadé (Curtin University of Technology)

A Multi-objective Optimization for the Design and Periodic Scheduling of Multipurpose Facilities
Tania Varela (INETI), Ana Paula Barbósa-Póvoa (IST), Augusto Novais (INETI)

The Influence of Products’ Portfolio Demand on the Optimal Supply Chain Planning
Ana Cristina Amaro (ISCAC - IPC), Ana Paula Barbósa-Póvoa (IST)

Nonlinear dynamic modeling of a real pilot scale continuous distillation column for fault tolerant control purposes
Carla Pinheiro (IST), João Silva (ISEL), Nuno Batalha, Pedro Oliveira (IST), José Borges (IDMEC/IST)

Applications of Model Based Design of Polymer Products
R Bastos, N Oliveira, Dulce Silva (Universidade de Coimbra)

Session Chair(s): F. Xavier Malcata (Univ. Católica Portuguesa), Isabel Rocha (Univ. Minho)

Methods and tools for global sensitivity analysis of dynamic models of biological systems
Maria Rodriguez-Fernandez (IIM-CSIC), Julio Banga (IIM-CSIC)

Stochastic Modelling of the Baculovirus/Insect Cells System: Prediction of Recombinant Protein Expression
António Roldão (ITQB-UNL/IBET), Manuel Carrondo (UNL), Paula Alves (ITQB-UNL/IBET), Rui Oliveira (UNL)

Scaling-up control of yeast fed-batch cultures
Laurent Dewasme, Xavier Hulhoven, Alain Vande Wouwer (Faculté Polytechnique de Mons)

Adaptive extremum-seeking control of yeast fed-batch cultures
Laurent Dewasme (Faculté Polytechnique de Mons), Alain Vande Wouwer (Faculté Polytechnique de Mons), Michel Perrier (Ecole Polytechnique Montréal)

Improvement of baculovirus vectors production based on the metabolic characterization and modelling of Sf-9 cultures
Nuno Carinhas (ITQB-UNL/IBET), Vicente Bernal (ITQB-UNL/IBET), Adriana Yokomizo (ITQB-UNL/IBET), Tiago Vicente (ITQB-UNL/IBET), Manuel Carrondo (UNL), Rui Oliveira (Dep. Chemistry, FCT/UNL), Paula Alves (ITQB-UNL/IBET)

Session Chair(s):

Session I: "Advancing the chemical and biological engineering fundamentals "

Session II: "Multi-scale and/or multi-disciplinary approach to process-product innovation"