Research and Development

The R&D activity of Faculty and investigators envolves a wide-spectrum of areas, directly related, or with great affinity, to chemical engineering, under the perspective of both applied and fundamental research.

In terms of organization, the national research system is based on Laboratories that formally constitute Research & Development Units that dependend on a Host Institution and on the Ministry of Science and Technology.

Five Research & Development Units work under scientific coordination of department's Faculty members and have the Faculty of Engineering as host institution. The majority of the department's Faculty develops scientific activity within these Units, while the rest works either in R&D Units external to the Faculty of Engineering or autonomously.

R&D Units that have the Faculty of Engineering as host institution

	Unit designation	Coordinator	Secretariat
	Laboratory of Separation and Reaction Engineering	Prof. Alírio Rodrigues	Susana Cruz Office: E 422 Phone: 22 508 1669 E-mail: spc@fe.up.pt
	Laboratory of Catalysis and Materials	Prof. José Luis Figueiredo	Elisa Duarte Almeida Office: E 325 Phone: 22 508 1998 E-mail: elisad@fe.up.pt
Laboratory of Process, Environmental and Energy Engineering		Prof. Luis Melo	Maria de Fátima Faustino Office: E 225  Phone: 22 508 1687 E-mail: fribeiro@fe.up.pt
Laboratory of Fluid Mecanics / Mass and Heat Transfer / Combustion, integrated in Centro de Estudos de Fenómenos de Transporte		Prof. João Campos	Maria de Fátima Faustino Office: E 225  Phone: 22 508 1687 E-mail: fribeiro@fe.up.pt

Workgroups integrated in R&D Units external to the Faculty of Engineering

Unit of R&D where is integrated	Group designation	Dept. coordinator(s)	Secretariat
CBQF Centro de Biotecnologia e Química Fina	Laboratory for Applied Thermodynamics  (CBQF - FEUP)	Prof. João Mendonça	Elisa Duarte Almeida Office: E 325 Phone: +351 22 508 1998 E-mail: elisad@fe.up.pt
Laboratório Associado para a Química Verde – Tecnologias e Processos Limpos	Laboratory of Food Engineering and Rheology	Prof. Alberto Sereno Prof. Maria Pilar Gonçalves	Maria de Fátima Faustino Office: E 225 Phone: +351 22 508 1687 E-mail: fribeiro@fe.up.pt
	Laboratory of Applied and Environmental Chemistry	Prof. Helena Soares	Elisa Duarte Almeida Office: E 325 Phone: +351 22 508 1998 E-mail: elisad@fe.up.pt

Autonomous work groups