Professores visitantes da Ulster University ministrarão palestras na EESC
Entre 27 e 31 de agosto, os professores titulares da Ulster University (UK), Pilar Fernández-Ibáñez e John Anthony Byrne visitarão a Escola de Engenharia de São Carlos (EESC), dentro das atividades previstas no convênio USP nº 46731, que o oficializa o projeto de pesquisa internacional intitulado Low cost technologies for drinking water in Brazilian rural communities - household slow sand filters combined with ultraviolet LED disinfection (ICA\R1\201373 - International Collaboration Awards 2020).
O projeto é financiado pela Royal Society do Reino Unido e, no Brasil, está sob responsabilidade da professora do Departamento de Hidráulica e Saneamento (SHS), Lyda Patricia Sabogal Paz.
Por ocasião da visita, a professora Pilar Fernández-Ibáñez e o professor John Anthony Byrne ministrarão duas palestras (em inglês). As inscrições estão abertas até o dia 20 de agosto, devendo ser feitas por meio deste link. No total, são 30 vagas, obedecendo à ordem de cadastro.
PALESTRA 1
Solar reactors engineering for water treatment
Palestrante: Profa. Pilar Fernández-Ibáñe
Dia e Local: 29/8 - Anfiteatro do Laboratório LATAR
Horário: 9 horas
PALESTRA 2
Nanomaterials for photocatalytic and photoelectocatalytic environmental remediation
Palestrante: Prof. Prof. John Anthony Byrne
Dia e Local: 29/8 - Anfiteatro do Laboratório LATAR
Horário: 10 horas
SOBRE OS PALESTRANTES
Professora Pilar Fernández-Ibáñez
Professora of Environmental Engineering at Ulster University and previously Head of Group at Plataforma Solar de Almería of CIEMAT (Spain). Her research focuses on low-cost technologies for water purification and advanced oxidation processes for the removal of microbiological and chemical pollutants from water. Pilar is an experienced researcher in the areas of low-cost drinking water disinfection solutions for the Global South and solar water treatment. Received grant awards from UKRI, EU-FPV, VI, VII, Horizon 2020 and Royal Society International Collaboration for her research in Latin America, Asia, and Europe. She has authored key publications in these areas of research (183 peer-reviewed research papers, H-index=66, citations=17,400). Fellow of the
Institute of Physics, representative of Ireland in the International Union of Pure and Applied Physics, and member of the committees of Climate Change and Environmental Sciences of the Royal Irish Academy and the committee of Physics for Development. European Editor of the Journal of Photochemistry & Photobiology, and Editor of the Journal of Environmental Chemical Engineering (Elsevier). Finalist in the WISE awards 2019 to her contribution in solar technology research, Distinguished Research Awards University Champion (2021), and Member of the Royal Irish Academy (2024).
Professor John Anthony (Tony) Byrne
John Anthony (Tony) Byrne is a Professor of Photocatalysis in the School of Engineering. He leads the Clean Technology research theme within the Nanotechnology and Integrated BioEngineering Centre (NIBEC). Tony's teaching and research focuses on nanotechnology for environmental and energy applications. Tony is a Fellow of the Higher Education Academy. Tony studied biology and chemistry at Ulster at undergraduate level, obtaining a 1st class honours degree and studied his DPhil in chemistry at Ulster under the supervision of Dr Brian Eggins. He continued his research career at Ulster and was appointed as a lecturer in the School of Engineering in 2005. He was rapidly promoted and made Professor in 2012. Tony's research is focused on photocatalytic nanomaterials for use in environmental remediation and renewable energy applications. He also has an interest the fabrication and characterisation of nanomaterials, focusing mainly on metal oxides. Tony leads the Photocatalysis Research team at Ulster. He is a Fellow of the Royal Society of Chemistry and serves on the committee of the RSC Northern Ireland Section Committee and the Chemical Nanoscience and Nanotechnology Interest Group. He is a founding Board Member of the Northern Ireland Science Festival.
Resumo do projeto de pesquisa ICA\R1\201373
663 milhões de pessoas no mundo não têm acesso à água potável, assim, essa população precisa de tecnologias de baixo custo que atendam às suas necessidades e limitações. Os filtros lentos domiciliares podem ser considerados uma tecnologia de tratamento de água promissora para uso doméstico em áreas não atendidas por redes de distribuição. Neste contexto, a Ulster University (Reino Unido) e a EESC/USP (Brasil) irão avaliar o desempenho de sistemas integrados de filtros lentos domiciliares acoplados a reatores de UV-LED em climas temperados e tropicais. Essa pesquisa irá contribuir no desenvolvimento de tecnologias de baixo custo e adaptadas ao contexto local que forneçam água potável em regiões descentralizadas.
Mais informação:
• sobre inscrição: emanueljr@usp.br (Emanuel Júnior Silva Soares)
• sobre a visita: lysaboga@sc.usp.br (Profa. Lyda)