On February 27, 2026, PhD student Leonardo Antonio Cáceres Avilez successfully passed his qualifying examination, during which he presented the project entitled “Optimization-based Process Synthesis Applied to Hydrogen Production via Ammonia Decomposition,” under the supervision of Professor Rita Maria de Brito Alves. The examination committee was composed of Professor Ofélia de Araújo (UFRJ), Professor Karen […]

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Between November 2 and 6, 2025, PhD students Lucas Alves and Leonardo Avilez, postdoctoral researcher Morgana Rosset, and Professor Rita Maria de Brito Alves, coordinator of the laboratory, participated in the AIChE Annual Meeting 2025, held in Boston, Massachusetts. The AIChE Annual Meeting is the leading international forum for chemical engineers seeking innovation, learning, and […]

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On September 12, 2025, Magno Fonseca Santos defended his doctoral thesis in the Chemical Engineering Graduate Program at the Polytechnic School of USP. The thesis was developed under the supervision of Prof. Dr. Rita Maria de Brito Alves, with co-supervision from Prof. Dr. Luiz Alexandre Kulay and Dr. Antonio Esio Bresciani. Titled “Carbon dioxide hydrogenation […]