- RESEARCH LINE: BIOENGINEERING AND BIOTECHNOLOGY
Description: Development and kinetic characterization of microbial and enzymatic processes. Alcoholic fermentation. Waste treatment. Biochemical reactors – design and operation. Modeling, simulation, and control of biochemical processes.
- RESEARCH LINE: PROCESS ENGINEERING IN THE FOOD INDUSTRY
Description: Development of new products and processes; Engineering and optimization; Economic viability; Physical properties of foods; Microencapsulation; Biofilm development; Membrane Technology.
- RESEARCH LINE: ECOLOGICAL ENGINEERING AND ECO-DEVELOPMENT
Description: Studies on the interaction health-diet-environment, using general system theory, energy balances, modeling, and simulation. Proposals for equipment selection, and system design (integrated production systems) and policies for sustainable development.
- RESEARCH LINE: REFRIGERATION
Description: Evaluation of the heat and mass transfer mechanisms in the product and its effect on cooling, freezing, and food storage. Energy recovery and conservation in heat pumps and thermal accumulation.
- RESEARCH LINE: PHYSICAL SEPARATION
Description: Phase equilibrium and application in the separation process; Phase equilibrium for supercritical fluid extraction; Processing food and by-products at high pressures; High turbulence extraction assited by ultrasound and supercritical fractionation for processing an stabilization of plant extracts aiming to obtain functional foods and by-products at high pressures.