UNESCO Chairs and UNITWIN Networks; 2009 - unesdoc - Unesco

Fields/Disciplines:
Chemical engineering.
Angola
UNESCO Chair in Chemical and Environmental Engineering (1994)
ID Chair (2)
Host institution: Agostinho Neto University
Objective:
To develop a centre of excellence for advanced research and postgraduate studies in the field of
chemical and environmental engineering.
Major activities:
Education/Research
The Chair prepares and assists its students in the preparation and presention of their respective
research degrees. This has allowed for several “Licenciatura” and Ph.D. theses to be presented.
In addition, the Chair has sponsored several other independent research projects which are being,
or have been, led in 2005-2006.
Training
The LESRA permanent staff benefits from training in several laboratorial procedures used to
physically and chemically characterize waters. Each PhD research project also has a working
group which integrates the PhD student and the LESRA permanent staff and allows this staff to
benefit from complementary on-job training.
Conferences/Congresses/Meetings
The Chair hosted and/or participated in several such meetings, including the following:
- “New Directions in Chemical Engineering Education”, Lecture given by Prof. Anabela
Leitão in the Opening Ceremony of the Academic Year 2006, Agostinho Neto
University, April 2006.
- “Foundations for Fundamental Research in Angola”, Lecture given by Prof. Anabela
Leitão in the Colloquy on Higher Education and Scientific Research, Luanda, October
2006.
- “Scientific Research in LESRA”, Conference given by Prof. Anabela Leitão, Faculty of
Engineering, Agostinho Neto University, November 2006.
Publications
The Chair also produced the following publications:
- Ferreres, F., Sousa, C., Justin, M., Valentão, P., Andrade, P., Llorach, R., Rodrigues, A.,
Seabra, R. & Leitão, A., "Characterization of Boerhaavia Diffusa L. Phenolic Profile by
HPLC-DAD-MS-ESI as a Tool for Quality Control", Phytochemical Analysis, 16 (6),
451-458, 2005.
- Leitão, A. & Serrão, R., "Adsorption of Phenolic Compounds from Water on Activated
Carbon: Prediction of Multicomponent Equilibrium Isotherms using Single Component
Data", Adsorption Journal, 11 (2), 167-179, 2005.
Interuniversity Exchanges
Dr. Rui Boaventura, Researcher of the University of Porto in Portugal, visited LESRA in 2005,
from September 30 to October 10, with the purpose of evaluating the work undertaken by one of
the PhD students and to discuss some organizational issues connected with the MSc course in
Environmental Engineering.
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