Mission

The mission of the Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering (DEQB) is to lead in education, research, and societal engagement in the fields of Chemical, Biological, Physical, and Environmental Engineering, with professionalism, competence, and a critical and ethical approach.

Dimension

DEQB comprises 46.5 teaching staff, 74.5 researchers, and 21 technical FTE, occupying around 6000 square metres of floor space for teaching and research laboratories and support services.

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 the undergraduate and master’s  in Engineering Physics. It actively participates in the undergraduate and master’s in Environmental Engineering.

At the third cycle level, DEQB is responsible for the directing the Doctoral Program in Chemical and Biological Engineering  and the Doctoral Programme in Physical Engineering, and participates significantly in the Doctoral Programme in Environmental Engineering and in the the Doctoral Programme in Refining, Petrochemical and Chemical Engineering.

Research and Development

DEQB 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 PhD, in post-doctoral researcher’s activities or in the first period of their research training.

Services to the community

The Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering 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 deqbdir@fe.up.pt