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Departamento de Ingenierías Química y Biomolecular - Universidad de Cantabria

El Departamento de Ingenierías Química y Biomolecular de la Universidad de Cantabria está formado por más de 60 profesores e investigadores. DOCENCIA
Imparte docencia a nivel de grado en 6 titulaciones: Grado en Ingeniería de los Recursos Energéticos, Grado en Ingeniería de los Recursos Mineros, Grado en Ingeniería en Tecnologías Industriales, Grado en Ingeniería Mecánica, Grado en Ingeniería Química y Grado en Ciencias Biomédicas, y a nivel de posgrado en 3 Máster Universitarios: Master en Ingeniería Química, Máster en Ingeniería de Minas y Máster en Ingeniería Industrial y el Programa de Doctorado en Ingeniería Química, de la Energía y de Procesos. INVESTIGACIÓN
El objetivo es desarrollar investigación para avanzar en la sostenibilidad e innovación de los procesos productivos, energéticos y medioambientales. Dentro del Departamento existen 4 grupos de investigación:
1) Desarrollo de Procesos Químicos y Control de Contaminantes (DEPRO), liderado por el profesor Ángel Irabien.
2) Procesos Avanzados de Separación (PAS), liderado por la profesora Inmaculada Ortiz.
3) Tecnologías Ambientales y Bioprocesos (TAB), liderado por la profesora Ane Urtiaga.
4) Ingeniería de Procesos Sostenibles (IPS), liderado por la profesora Raquel Ibañez.

16/10/2026

ELECTROMET Project Meeting

Dr. Guillermo Díaz Sainz and Dr. Jose Antonio Abarca recently participated in the 3rd General Meeting of the project “Direct CO₂ ELECTROcatalysis for Renewable METhane Production (ELECTROMET)”, held online on October 15, 2026. The project is funded by a European grant under the Clean Energy Transition Partnership (CETPartnership Programme).

The ELECTROMET project is coordinated by CTC - Centro Tecnológico de Cantabria (Spain) and developed in collaboration with University of Porto (Portugal), Politecnico di Torino (Italy), the University of Cantabria (Spain), Hidritec (Spain), Dreven (Greece), and Ecodualba (Spain). The consortium also includes two key stakeholders: Envitec (Germany) and Nortegas (Spain).

Within this project, the University of Cantabria leads one of the work packages. The main objective of ELECTROMET is to develop a sustainable, safe, and cost-effective solution for the production of renewable methane from carbon dioxide (CO₂) through direct electroreduction, enabling its integration as a renewable fuel into the gas market and contributing to the decarbonization of the energy sector.

16/10/2026

Participation in PhD Thesis Committee

Dr. Guillermo Díaz Sainz participated as a member of the evaluation committee for the defense of the Doctoral Thesis entitled “Advanced Porous Materials for Energy Transition: Synthesis and Characterization of Electrocatalysts for Electrochemical Reduction of CO2 and O2” presented by Mitra Bagherikerachi on October 14th, 2026. This thesis was developed in the Department of Applied Science and Technology (DISAT) at the Politecnico di Torino University under the supervision of Prof. Candido Pirri, Prof. Juqin Zeng and Dr. Adriano Sacco.

16/10/2026

Congress: MELPRO 2026

Prof. Raquel Ibañez and PhD students Emilia Fouquet and Álvaro Martín participated in the International Conference MELPRO 2026, focused on membrane and electromembrane processes, held in Prague (Czech Republic) from October 4 to 7, 2026.

01/10/2026

Scientific Paper

The scientific work “Performance evaluation of vacuum-assisted CO2 desorption from ionic liquids using hollow-fiber membrane contactors” developed by Lucía Gómez, Ángel Irabien and Guillermo Díaz, developed in collaboration with researchers from Babes-Bolyai University (Romania), has been recently published in the scientific journal Journal of Environmental Chemical Engineering.

The article is available at the following link:
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2213343726042703?via%3Dihub

01/10/2026

Research Stay: Eva Martínez Ibáñez

PhD student Eva Martínez Ibáñez is currently undertaking a predoctoral research stay at the Department of Environmental Science and Policy (ESP) at the University of Milan (UniMi), from September 7 to December 6, 2026.

During this period, Eva will work on the development of an integrated methodology to incorporate ecosystem services into Life Cycle Assessment (LCA), considering both the environmental impacts and the positive contributions of agroecosystems.

The research stay is being carried out under the supervision of Prof. Jacopo Bacenetti, leader of the Sustainability LCA Group.

01/10/2026

PLAST4H2 Project Meeting

On 24–25 September, 2026, the PLAST4H2 consortium came together at the Université de Bretagne Occidentale (UBO) in Brest, France, for the project’s 5th Project Meeting. Prof. Alfredo Ortiz, Dr. Marina Martínez and Dr. Gonzalo Moral represented UC at this meeting.

With the final closing meeting coming up in April 2027, this was the last project meeting before entering the final months of PLAST4H2. It was therefore a great opportunity to take stock of the progress made across the different work packages and coordinate the activities still ahead.

- Research results
- New protocols and methodologies
- Outreach and communication activities
- Project deliverables and outcomes

From research and technical developments to outreach and dissemination, the meeting showcased the wide range of work carried out by the PLAST4H2 partners throughout the project.

But the focus was not only on wrapping things up. Partners also discussed how to make the knowledge, tools and results developed through PLAST4H2 accessible to stakeholders and the wider public, helping the project’s impact continue beyond its official end.

01/10/2026

European Researchers´ Night 2026

Researchers of the Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering Department at the University of Cantabria participated in the “European Researchers´ Night 2026”, that took place in the Alfonso XIII Square of Santander, last September 25, 2026. The event was coordinated by the Scientific Culture and Innovation Unit of the University of Cantabria.

As every year, the Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, through its four officially recognised research groups, took part in the event with a range of science outreach activities, particularly aimed at younger audiences:

- De aire y mar: Soluciones para el CO2 y la pesca (DePro) + Gestión de residuos sostenible: Taller Haz tu propio biodigestor (Cátedra MARE)
- ¡Supermembranas! (TAB)
- Te ponemos las pilas (IPS)
- Fotoquímica e hidrógeno verde (PAS)

A huge thank you to everyone who participated for their effort, commitment and dedication in making this event possible and helping to bring science closer to the people of Cantabria.

01/10/2026

CAPTUS Project Meeting

Prof. Ángel Irabien, Dr. Guillermo Díaz Sainz, and Dr. Aitor Marcos Madrazo recently participated in the General Assembly Meeting of the Demonstrating Energy-Intensive Industry-Integrated Solutions to Produce Liquid Renewable Energy Carriers from Captured Carbon Emissions (CAPTUS) project, held virtually on 29 September, 2026. Funded by the European Union’s Horizon Europe programme, CAPTUS aims to develop and demonstrate innovative solutions for integrating energy-intensive industries with technologies that convert captured carbon emissions into liquid renewable energy carriers. The project brings together a consortium of 18 partners from eight countries, fostering international collaboration to advance the transition towards sustainable energy systems.

25/09/2026

TrANsMIT Final Conference

Dr. Guillermo Díaz-Sainz and Dr. Cristina González-Fernández attended to the final conference of the COST Action “Techno-economic analysis of carbon mitigation technologies (TrANsMIT)” held in Warsaw (Poland) from 17 to 18 September, 2026. During the conference, Dr. Guillermo Díaz-Sainz delivered the oral presentation entitled “Integration of CO2 Capture and Conversion in a CO2 Recycling Power Plant” and Dr. Cristina González-Fernández contributed with the oral presentation “Multiphysics Modelling of CO2 Electroreduction to Formate as a Digital Tool for Carbon Utilization”.

25/09/2026

Congress: CAPE Forum 2026

Prof. Inmaculada Ortiz and PhD students Eric Norman and Miguel Viar participated in the Computer Aided Process Engineering (CAPE) Forum 2026, held at the University of Salamanca from September 16 to 18, 2026. Prof. Ortiz delivered the plenary lecture entitled “Unlocking the Potential of Membrane Technologies for a Low-Carbon Future”. Eric and Miguel presented their research works, “Optimal Design of Green Hydrogen Supply Chains for the Decarbonization of Hard-to-Abate Industrial Sectors” and “Design and Optimization of an Integrated Membrane-Absorption Process Using Ionic Liquids for the R-410A Separation”, respectively.

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