| Summer Excursion | | Summer Excursion | <p style="text-align:justify;">Last Friday July 17th, 2026, the members of the Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering Department spent the day in Suances in order to welcome summer. The day started with a hiking trail along the Tagle coastal route and after that all the participants had lunch together.<br><br></p><p style="text-align:justify;"><img src="/departamentos/ingquimica/PublishingImages/2026-07%20NOTICIAS/Ruta%20Verano%20Dpto%20500%20pixel.jpg" alt="" style="margin:5px;" /></p> | 2026-07-19T22:00:00Z | | 2151 | | |
| CAPTUS Project Meeting | | CAPTUS Project Meeting | <p></p><p style="text-align:justify;">Dr. Guillermo Díaz-Sainz and Dr. Aitor Marcos Madrazo recently participated in the Review Meeting of the CAPTUS project (<em>Demonstrating Energy-Intensive Industry-Integrated Solutions to Produce Liquid Renewable Energy Carriers from Captured Carbon Emissions</em>), held on 14–15 July, 2026, at the facilities of HyChem S.A. and Algae for Future (A4F) S.A. in Lisbon, Portugal. </p><p style="text-align:justify;">Funded by the European Union's Horizon Europe programme, CAPTUS aims to develop and demonstrate innovative technologies that integrate energy-intensive industries with advanced carbon capture and utilization (CCU) processes to convert captured CO₂ emissions into liquid renewable energy carriers. The project brings together a multidisciplinary consortium of 18 partners from 8 countries, promoting international collaboration and accelerating the transition towards a more sustainable and circular energy system.<br><br></p><p><img src="/departamentos/ingquimica/PublishingImages/2026-07%20NOTICIAS/Reunión%20CAPTUS%20500%20pixel.jpg" alt="" style="margin:5px;" /><br></p> | 2026-07-19T22:00:00Z | | 2152 | | |
| Visiting Researchers | | Visiting Researchers | <p style="text-align:justify;">Prof. Fèlix Llovell, Dr. Tiago M. Eusebio and Ph.D. Student Isaías Huenuvil-Pacheco from the Universitat Rovira i Virgili visited the Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering on 14 July, 2026, to discuss ongoing and future research collaborations with Prof. Ane Urtiaga and Dr. Gabriel Zarca.<br><br></p><p><img src="/departamentos/ingquimica/PublishingImages/2026-07%20NOTICIAS/Visita%20Zarca%20500%20pixel.jpg" alt="" style="margin:5px;" /><br></p> | 2026-07-19T22:00:00Z | | 2153 | | |
| ECOMATES Final Conference | | ECOMATES Final Conference | <p></p><p style="text-align:justify;">Prof. Angel Irabien, Prof. Inmaculada Ortiz, Dr. Guillermo Díaz-Sainz, and Dr. José Antonio Abarca represented the University of Cantabria at the ECOMATES Final Conference, "<em>Power-to-X for a Sustainable Future</em>", held at the University of Iceland in Reykjavík (Iceland), from 6 to 10 July 2026.</p><p style="text-align:justify;">The conference was organized by the Marie Skłodowska-Curie Doctoral Network ECOMATES, in which the University of Cantabria participates as an Associated Partner. The event brought together researchers, industry representatives, and other stakeholders to discuss the latest advances in Power-to-X technologies, including catalyst discovery, operando characterization, electrochemical device and reactor design, process integration, and sustainability assessment.</p><p style="text-align:justify;">During the conference, researchers from the University of Cantabria presented the following contributions:</p><ul style="list-style-type:disc;"><li>Prof. Inmaculada Ortiz delivered the oral presentation "<em>Green Hydrogen from Steam Electrolysis: Benefits and Limitations</em>"</li><li>Dr. Guillermo Díaz-Sainz delivered the oral presentation "<em>Sustainable Formic Acid Production from CO₂ via Electrochemical Reduction in the Cement Industry</em>"</li><li>Dr. José Antonio Abarca delivered the oral presentation "<em>Direct Conversion of CO₂ to CH₄ for Electrochemical Biogas Upgrading</em>"</li><li>Prof. Angel Irabien presented the poster "<em>Analysis of CO₂ Concentration Effects on Electroreduction to Formate: A Multiphysics Simulation Study</em>"</li></ul><p style="text-align:justify;">Link: <a href="https://www.msca-dn-ecomates.eu/?page_id=2146">https://www.msca-dn-ecomates.eu/?page_id=2146</a><br><br></p><p><img src="/departamentos/ingquimica/PublishingImages/2026-07%20NOTICIAS/ECOMATES%20Conference%20500%20pixel.jpg" alt="" style="margin:5px;" /><br></p> | 2026-07-19T22:00:00Z | | 2154 | | |
| Participation in PhD Thesis Committee | | Participation in PhD Thesis Committee | <p style="text-align:justify;">Dr. Gabriel Zarca participated as a member of the evaluation committee of the Doctoral Thesis entitled “<em>Desarrollo de procesos secuenciales e integrados de captura y conversión de CO2 a carbonatos cíclicos mediante el uso de líquidos iónicos</em>", defended by Alejandro Belinchón Abenójar on July 1, 2026. The PhD Thesis was developed under the supervision of Prof. José Francisco Palomar Herrero y Dr. Pablo Navarro Tejedor from the Universidad Autónoma de Madrid.<br><br></p><p style="text-align:justify;"><img src="/departamentos/ingquimica/PublishingImages/2026-07%20NOTICIAS/Tribunal%20Tesis%20Zarca%20500%20pixel.jpg" alt="" style="margin:5px;" /></p> | 2026-07-19T22:00:00Z | | 2155 | | |
| Conference Announcement | | Conference Announcement | <p style="text-align:justify;">Prof. Cristina Satriano, Head of the NanoHybrid Biointerfaces Lab, Department Chemical Science, University of Catania (Italy), will deliver the conference “<em>Bioinspired Hybrid Nanomaterials Beyond Graphene: Green Strategies for Biomedical and Enviromental Technologies</em>". The event will take place next July 14th, 2026, at the conference room of ETSIIyT and it is organized in the frame of the Doctorate in Chemical Engineering, Energy and Processes of the University of Cantabria.<br><br></p><p style="text-align:center;"><img src="/departamentos/ingquimica/PublishingImages/2026-07%20NOTICIAS/Anuncio%20Conferencia%20Prof.%20Satriano%20500%20pixel.jpg" alt="" style="margin:5px;" /><br></p> | 2026-07-09T22:00:00Z | | 2144 | | |
