“Habilitation” degree in Chemical and Biological Engineering, University of Minho, 2004
Post-doctoral studies, Universitat Autónoma de Barcelona
Ph.D. in Chemical Engineering, FEUP Porto, 1995
Graduation in Chemical Engineering, FEUP Porto, 1986
Vice-Dean of the School of Engineering - UMinho, 2010-
Full Professor, UMinho, 2010-
Associate Professor with "Habilitation" degree, UMinho, 2004-2010
Associate Professor, UMinho, 2000-2004
Assistant Professor, UMinho, 1995-2000
Teaching Assistant, UMinho, 1991-1995
Vice-Head of Department of Biological Engineering, 2004-2010
Director of the Master Course in Environmental Management, 2004-2010
Process Control & Instrumentation (Biological Engineering Degree – 4th year)
Strategy of Process Engineering (Biological Engineering Degree - 4th year)
Air Pollution (Biological Engineering Degree - 5th year)
Biological Reactors (Master on Biotechnology)
Head of the Bio-Process Systems Engineering group. BioPSEg research is focused in Life Sciences & Biotechnological, Chemical, & Environmental Applications:
Image Analysis and Chemometrics Applications in Wastewater Treatment and Biotechnology
Adaptive Control & Software Sensors for State & Parameter Estimation
Process Integration and Design for Pollution Prevention: Synthesis, Analysis and Optimization
Costa, J.C., Abreu, A.A., Ferreira, E.C., Alves, M.M. Quantitative image analysis as a diagnostic tool for monitoring structural changes of anaerobic granular sludge during detergent shock loads. Biotechnology and Bioengineering 98:1, 60-68, 2007.
Abreu, A.A., Araya-Kroff, P., Costa, J.C., Ferreira, E.C., Alves, M.M., Quantitative image analysis as a diagnostic tool for identifying structural changes during a revival process of anaerobic granular sludge. Water Research 41:7, 1473-1480, 2007.
Ginoris Y.P., Amaral A.L., Nicolau A., Coelho M.A.Z, Ferreira, E.C. Development of an image analysis procedure for identifying protozoa and metazoa typical of activated sludge system. Water Research 42:12, 2581-2589, 2007.
Ginoris, Y.P., Amaral, A.L., Nicolau, A., Coelho, M.A.Z., Ferreira, E.C. Recognition of protozoa and metazoa using image analysis tools, discriminant analysis, neural networks and decision trees. Analytica Chimica Acta 595:1-2, 160-169, 2007.
Amaral, A.L., Pereira, M.A., da Motta, M., Pons M.-N., Mota, M., Ferreira, E.C., Alves, M.M. Development of Image Analysis Techniques as a Tool to Detect and Quantify Morphological Changes in Anaerobic Sludge: II. Application to a Granule Deterioration Process Triggered by Contact With Oleic Acid. Biotechnology and Bioengineering 87:2, 194-199, 2004.
Araya-Kroff, P., Amaral, A.L., Neves, L., Ferreira, E.C., Pons, M.-N., Mota, M., Alves, M.M. Development of Image Analysis Techniques as a Tool to Detect and Quantify Morphological Changes in Anaerobic Sludge: I. Application to a Granulation Process. Biotechnology and Bioengineering 87:2, 184-193, 2004.
Rocha, I., Ferreira, E.C., On-line simultaneous monitoring of glucose and acetate with FIA during high cell density fermentation of recombinant E. coli. Analytica Chimica Acta, 462:2, 293-304, 2002.
Oliveira, R., Ferreira, E.C., Feyo de Azevedo, S. Stability, dynamics of convergence, and tuning of observer-based kinetics estimators. Journal of Process Control, 12:2, 311-323, 2002.
M. Perrier, S. Feyo de Azevedo, E.C. Ferreira, D. Dochain. Tuning of Observer-based Estimators: Theory and Application to the On-line Estimation of Kinetic Parameters. Control Engineering Practice 8:4, 377-388, 2000.
Baeza, J., Ferreira, E.C., J. Lafuente, Knowledge-based supervision and control of WWTP: A real-time implementation. Water Science & Technology, 41:12, 129-137, 2000.
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