Mission The Department of Chemical Engineering is one of the nine Departments of the Faculty of Engineering of the University of Porto, that governs the human, material and financial resources, necessary for the activities of teaching, research and development in the area of chemical engineering and related topics.
Dimension Within the Department 33 Ph.D. members of the teaching staff, supported by 18 administrative and technical staff, develop their activities of teaching, research, management and services to the community. The Department of Chemical Engineering is located in Building E of the Faculty of Engineering Campus. It occupies a net area of 6000 m2, including laboratories for teaching and research.
Teaching Regarding first and second cycles, the Department of Chemical Engineering has primary responsibility for the teaching the undergraduate and master’s in Chemical Engineering, is co-responsible for the undergraduate and master’s in Bioengineering and participates actively in the undergraduate and master’s in Environmental Engineering.
At the third cycle level, the Doctoral Program in Chemical and Biological Engineering is under direction of the DEQ teaching staff. Some members of this staff are also currently involved in other postgraduate courses like the Doctoral Program in Environmental Engineering and the Doctoral Program in Refining, Petrochemical and Chemical Engineering.
Research and Development DEQ is a Department of R&TD - Research and Technological Development - this designation includes the important component of Innovation.
Its mission is to ensure the logistic support to the R&D activity of teachers and researchers, both in terms of infrastructures and services. This activity is developed in a broad spectrum of areas directly related or with great affinity to chemical and biological engineering, and it is framed in R&D Units financed by the Foundation for Science and Technology, 3 of which have FEUP as host institution:
- LSRE-LCM - Laboratory of Separation and Reaction Engineering (LSRE) and Laboratory of Catalysis and Materials (LCM)
- LEPABE -Laboratory of Process Engineering, Environment, Biotechnology and Energy
- CEFT -Transport Phenomena Research Center
These three research laboratories joined in consortium to form ALiCE, the largest Portuguese Associated Laboratory in Chemical Engineering and with a very relevant intervention in the areas of Biological Engineering and Environmental Engineering.
Most of the department's members develops scientific activity within these units, while the rest develops his activity either in R&D units external to Faculty. Within these structures several students are working for their Ph.D., in post-doctoral researcher’s activities or in the first period of their research training.
Services to the community The Chemical Engineering Department has an important asset, both in laboratory equipment and pilot-plant with an high level of sophistication, as well as in computer tools and documentation for community services. There is also a significant activity connected to the industry, particularly in laboratory analysis services, engineering design or consulting.
Entities interested in more information may contact directly the specific R & D Labs above or contact the Director of the DEQ through the email address deqdir@fe.up.pt |