Doctoral Thesis Defenses 2020

“HYDROGENOLYSIS OF GLYCEROL PROMOTED BY REPLACED HYDROTALCYTES”

Author: Eder Valdir de Oliveira

Date: 01/22/2020

Advisor: Prof. Dr. Elizabeth Jordan

Examining Board: Prof. Dr. Gustavo Paim Valença; Dr. Eduardo de Britto Perez; Dr. Marcio Henrique dos Santos Andrade; Dr. Cristiane Barbieri Rodella.

“DEVELOPMENT OF PERFORMANCE INDICATORS FOR MANAGING WATER AND ENERGY CONSUMPTION IN A CLEAN IN PLACE SYSTEM”

Author: Rodrigo Sislian

Date: 02/11/2020

Advisor: Prof. Dr. Flávio Vasconcelos Da Silva

Co-advisor: Dr. Marco Antonio Coghi

Examining Board: Dr. Ademar Gonçalves da Costa Junior; Dr. Angel Pontin Garcia; Dr. Wanderson de Oliveira Assis; Dr. Filipe Alves Coelho.

“MATHEMATICAL MODELING AND NUMERICAL SIMULATION OF BUBBLING FLUIDIZED BED REACTORS AND INCORPORATION IN A COMMERCIAL PROCESS SIMULATOR”

Author: Mauro Junior Aires de Oliveira

Date: 02/12/2020

Advisor: Prof. Dr. Maria Teresa Moreira Rodrigues

Examining Board: Prof. Dr. Raphael Soeiro Suppino; Prof. Dr. Roger Josef Zemp; Dr. Andrea Selene Embirassu Xavier; Dr. Adilson Jose de Assis

“STRATEGIES FOR OPTIMIZING SECOND GENERATION ETHANOL PRODUCTION BY UNCONVENTIONAL YEASTS ASSESSED BY MATHEMATICAL MODELING”

Author: Luiz Eduardo Biazi

Date: 02/14/2020

Advisor: Prof. Dr. Aline Carvalho da Costa

Examining Board: Prof. Dr. Rubens Maciel Filho; Dr. Cintia Regina Sargo; Dr. Anderson de Souza Sant’ana; Dr. Bethany Hoss Lunelli.

“DEVELOPMENT OF PARTICLES FROM THE BENDA OF SERICINE AND ALGINATE FOR INCORPORATION AND MODIFIED RELEASE OF ANTI-INFLAMMATORY KETOPROFEN AND NAPROXENE”

Author: Emanuelle Dantas De Freitas

Date: 02/20/2020

Advisor: Prof. Dr. Melissa Gurgel Adeodato Vieira

Co-advisor: Dr. Paulo Cesar Pires Rosa

Examining Board: Prof. Dr. Liliane Maria Ferrareso Lona; Dr. Wanderley Pereira de Oliveira; Dr. Laura de Oliveira Nascimento; Dr. Igor Tadeu Lazzarotto Bresolin.

“MATHEMATICAL MODELING OF CELULASE PRODUCTION AND CONTINUOUS ENZYME PRODUCTION UNDER TRICHODERMA HARZIANUM P49P11 LIMITED CARBON CONDITIONS”

Author: Lucas Gelain

Date: 02/24/2020

Advisor: Prof. Dr. Aline Carvalho da Costa

Co-advisors: Dr. Luuk A.M. van der Wielen; Dr. José Geraldo da Cruz Pradella

Examining Board: Dr. Antonio Riul Junior; Dr Walter Van Gulik; Dr. Patricia osseweijer.

“DEVELOPMENT OF THERMOS-SENSITIVE POLYMERIC HYDROGELS CONTAINING BIOACTIVE AGENTS FOR CARTILAGINOUS TISSUE ENGINEERING”

Author: Cecilia Buzatto Westin

Date: 02/27/2020

Advisor: Prof. Dr. Angela Maria Moraes

Co-advisor: Dr. Daniel John Kelly

Examining Board: Prof. Dr. Ana Rita Morales; Dr. Daniele Ribeiro de Araújo; Dr. Alexandre Leite Rodrigues de Oliveira; Dr. Mariana Agostini de Moraes.

“PHOTODEGRADATION OF DYES IN THE TEXTILE INDUSTRY: RB 19, RB 21 AND RY 145, USING HETEROGENEOUS CATALYSIS IN PHOTOREACTORS: EXPERIMENTAL, MATHEMATICAL MODELING OF SYSTEMS AND OPTIMIZATION”

Author: Jorge do Carmo RodriguesDate: 03/05/2020

Advisor: Prof. Dr. Elias Basile Tambourgi

Examining Board: Prof. Dr. Lucimara Gaziola de La Torre; Prof. Dr. Reginaldo Guirardello; Dr. Eduardo de Britto Perez; Dr. Roberta Kalil Sadi.

“DISSOLUTION OF LIGNINE IN PROTIC IONIC LIQUIDS”

Author: Rafael Macedo Dias

Date: 06/03/2020

Advisor: Prof. Dr. Mariana Conceição da Costa

Examining Board: Prof. Dr. Roberta Ceriani; Dr. Andre Luis Ferraz; Dr. Veronica Maria de Araujo Calado; Dr. Marcus Bruno Soares Strong.

“ADAPTATION AND CULTIVATION STRATEGIES OF RHODOTORULA TORULOIDES AIMING THE PRODUCTION OF MICROBIAL OIL FROM HEMICELLULOSIC HYDROLYSATES”

Author: Helberth Junnior Santos Lopes

Date: 20/03/2020

Advisor: Prof. Dr. Everson Alves Miranda

Examining Board: Prof. Dr. Adriano Pinto Mariano; Dr. William James Nogueira Lima; Dr. Sindelia Freitas Azzoni; Dr. Roberto Da Silva.

“MICROFLUIDICS AS A TECHNOLOGICAL PLATFORM FOR PRODUCTION OF MICRO AND LIPID NANOCARRIERS FOR NANOMEDICINE APPLICATIONS”

Author: Amanda da Costa e Silva from Noronha Pessoa

Date: 07/04/2020

Advisor: Prof. Dr. Lucimara Gaziola de La Torre

Examining Board: Dr. Adriano Rodrigues Azzoni; Dr. Rosiane Lopes da Cunha; Dr. Sang Won Han |; Dr. Mario Ricardo Gongora Rubio.

“DESIGN AND TECHNICAL ANALYSIS OF SUGARCANE BAGGAGE GASIFICATION FOR APPLICATION IN BIOMASS-TO-LIQUIDS ROUTES”

Author: Ingrid Lopes Motta

Date: 14/04/2020

Advisor: Prof. Dr. Maria Regina Wolf Maciel

Examining Board: Prof. Dr. Adriano Pinto Mariano; Dr. Tania Forster Carneiro; Dr. Bethany Hoss Lunelli; Dr. Clovis Augusto Ribeiro.

“STUDY OF THE BUBBLE-PARTICLE INTERACTION MECHANISMS IN THE SOLID LIQUID SEPARATION PROCESS BY DISSOLVED AIR FLOTATION”

Author: Jose Pedro Thompson Junior

Date: 06/05/2020

Advisor: Prof. Dr. Flávio Vasconcelos da Silva

Examining Board: Prof. Dr. Ronierik Pioli Vieira; Dr. Robson da Silva Rocha; Dr. Andre Augusto Gutierrez Fernandes Beati; Dr. Edson Aparecido Abdul Nour.

“REMOVAL OF THE PHARMACEUTICAL CONTAMINANT LOSARTAN POTASSIUM AQUEOUS SOLUTION BY ADVANCED PROCESSES: ADSORPTION WITH ORGANOPHILIC CLAY AND CATALYTIC OXIDATION WITH POROUS CARBON AND PEROXYMONOSULFATE”

Author: Julia Resende de Andrade

Date: 7/17/2020

Advisor: Prof. Dr. Melissa Gurgel Adeodato Vieira

Examining Board: Dr. Adriano Luiz Tonetti; Dr. Marcus Bruno Soares Strong; Dr. João Jorge Ribeiro Damasceno; Dr. Guilherme Luiz Dotto.

“LIQUID-LIQUID BALANCE AND PARTITION OF BOVINE WHEY AND LYSOZYME ALBUMINE IN TWO-PHASE AQUEOUS SYSTEMS INVOLVING PEG AND SALTS”

Author: Amanda Cristina de Oliveira

Date: 07/28/2020

Advisor: Prof. Dr. Roberta Ceriani

Co-advisor: Dr. Elias de Souza Monteiro Filho

Examining Board: Prof. Dr. Sonia Maria Alves Bueno; Dr. José Guilherme Lembi Ferreira Alves; Dr. Cintia Bernardo Gonçalves; Dr. Hosiberto Batista de Santana.

“OBTAINING AND CHARACTERIZING NANOSTRUCTURED COATINGS COMPOSED OF HYALURONIC ACID AND CHITOSAN FOR THE CAPTURE OF CIRCULATING TUMOR CELLS.”

Author: João Batista Maia Rocha Neto

Date: 08/03/2020

Advisor: Prof. Dr. Marisa Masumi Beppu

Co-advisor: Dr. Hernandes Faustino De Carvalho

Examining Board: Prof. Dr. Lucimara Gaziola de La Torre; Prof. Dr. Everson Alves Miranda; Dr. Jorge Vicente Lopes da Silva; Dr. Osvaldo Novais de OliveiraJunior.

“HEMICELLULOSIC HYDROLYSATE: DETOXIFICATION, CHARACTERIZATION OF PHENOLIC COMPOUNDS AND EVALUATION OF THE FERMENTATION PROCESS FOR E2G PRODUCTION”

Author: Viviane Marcos Nascimento Vicente

Date: 08/03/2020

Advisor: Prof. Dr. Rubens Maciel Filho

Co-advisor: Dr. Sarita Candida Rabelo

Examining Board: Prof. Dr. Aline Carvalho da Costa; Dr. Daniel Ibraim Pires Atala; Dr. Rafael Ramos de Andrade; Dr. Adilson Roberto Gonçalves.

“MICROFLUIDIC SYSTEMS FOR THE INCORPORATION OF SMALL INTERFERING RNA (SIRNA) INTO CATIONIC LIPOSOMES AND TRANSFECTION OF TUMOR SPHEROIDS INTO THE MICROCHIP”

Author: Ismail Es

Date: 12/08/2020

Advisor: Prof. Dr. Lucimara Gaziola de La Torre

Examining Board: Dr. James Albertini Balbino; Dr. Marco Paulo Cardoso Marques; Dr. Camilla Foged; Dr. Rosiane Lopes da Cunha.

“CATALYTIC CONVERSION OF LIGNIN AND LIGNOCELLULOSIC BIOMASS DERIVATIVES”

Author: Henrique Fernandes Figueira Brazil

Date: 08/27/2020

Advisor: Prof. Dr. Gustavo Paim Valença

Examining Board: Prof. Dr. Telma Teixeira Franco; Prof. Dr. Raphael Soeiro Suppino; Dr. Marcio Henrique dos Santos Andrade; Dr. João Batista Oliveira dos Santos

“POLY (ETHYLENE OXIDE) MEMBRANES AND ELECTROPHICED THROMBINE FOR REPAIRING TISSUE INJURIES”

Author: Larissa Giorgetti dos Santos

Date: 08/28/2020

Advisor: Prof. Dr. Lucia Helena Innoctini May

Examining Board: Prof. Dr. Elias Basile Tambourgi; Prof. Dr. Ronierik Pioli Vieira; Dr. Rodrigo Lambert Orefice; Dr. Elizabeth Ferreira Martinez.

“REMOVING NICKEL FROM DEACTIVATED BATHS FROM GALVANOPLASTY USING INDUCED CODEPOSITION FOR THE FORMATION OF CORROSION RESISTANT Ni-W METAL ALLOYS”

Author: Mariana Borges Porto

Date: 08/31/2020

Advisor: Prof. Dr. Ambrósio Florêncio de Almeida Neto

Examining Board: Prof. Dr. Ronierik Pioli Vieira; Dr. Onelia Aparecida Bassoli Andreo; Dr. Adriano Luiz Tonetti.

“DEVELOPMENT OF A COMPUTATIONAL AND EXPERIMENTAL SYSTEM FOR CHARACTERIZATION OF EMULSIONS THROUGH THE ULTRASONIC SPECTROSCOPY TECHNIQUE”

Author: Carlos Adriano Moreira da Silva

Date: 15/09/2020

Advisor: Prof. Dr. Ana Maria Frattini Fileti

Examining Board: Dr. Vanessa Cristina Bizotto Guersoni; Dr. Marcelo Moreira Tiago; Dr. Fabiana Perrechil Bonsanto; Dr. Eduardo Tavares Costa.

“UNDERSTANDING THE ROLE OF ELECTROLYTE AND ELECTRODE IN THE LI-AR BATTERY THROUGH MOLECULAR DYNAMICS SIMULATION”

Author: Juliane Fiates

Date: 09/16/2020

Advisor: Prof. Dr. Gustavo Doubek

Co-advisor: Prof. Dr. Luis Fernando Mercier Franco

Examining Board: Prof. Dr. Raphael Soeiro Suppino; Prof. Dr Hudson Young Zanin; Dr. Eudes Eternal Fileti; Dr. Pedro De Alcantara Pessoa Son

“NON-SPHERIC PARTICLE MODELING: MONTE CARLO SIMULATIONS AND STATE EQUATIONS BASED ON DISTURBANCE THEORY”

Author: Joyce Tavares Lopes

Date: 10/19/2020

Advisor: Prof. Dr. Luis Fernando Mercier Franco

Examining Board: Dr. Marcelo castier; Dr. Jarrell Richard Elliott Jr.; Dr Thomas Lafitte; Dr. Achille Giacometti.

“STUDY OF THE CHEMICAL, STRUCTURAL AND THERMAL COMPOSITION OF BAGASSEAND SUGAR CANE STRAW AND ITS PELLETS CONSIDERING THE FUSIBILITY CHARACTERISTICS OF ITS ASHES”

Author: Kelly Roberta de Palma

Date: 10/20/2020

Advisor: Prof. Dr. Edson Tomaz

Co-advisor: Prof. Dr. Maria Aparecida Silva

Examining Board: Dr. Waldir Antonio Bizzo; Dr. Adriano Viana Teach; Dr. Sarita Candida Rabelo; Dr. Marcelo Modesto da Silva.

“DEVELOPMENT OF FERMENTATION TECHNOLOGY FOR THE PRODUCTION OF BUTANOL FROM HEMICELLULOSIC HYDROLYSATE OF CANE BAGGAGE: INTEGRATING CELLULAR IMMOBILIZATION AND REPEATED FED BATCH”

Author: Suranny Jimenez Chacon

Date: 10/29/2020

Advisor: Prof. Dr. Adriano Pinto Mariano

Examining Board: Dr. Marco Antonio Zachia Ayub; Dr. Carlos Eduardo Vaz Rossell; Dr. Ariovaldo José da Silva; Dr. Jonas Contiero.

“PROPOSITION AND EVALUATION OF A NEW CONFIGURATION OF CHICANS IN HULL AND TUBES TYPE HEAT EXCHANGER AIMING TO REDUCE PRESSURE OSCILLATIONS: EXPERIMENTAL AND CFD STUDY”

Author: Celso Murilo dos Santos

Date: 10/30/2020

Advisor: Prof. Dr. Dirceu Noriler

Examining Board: Prof. Dr. Leonardo Vasconcelos Fregolente; Prof. Dr. Guilherme José de Castilho; Dr. Waldir Pedro Martignoni.

“OBTAINING AND PURIFICATION OF α AND ß-AMIRINE FROM UVAIA LEAVES (Eugenia pyriformis Cambess)”

Author: Elissandro Jair Klein

Date: 10/30/2020

Advisor: Prof. Dr. Melissa Gurgel Adeodato Vieira

Examining Board: Dr. Vladimir Ferreira Cabral; Prof. Dr. Roberta Ceriani; Prof. Dr. Mariana Conceição da Costa; Dr. Jaqueline Hoscheid.

“DEVELOPMENT OF ADVANCED FERMENTATION TECHNOLOGY FOR THE PRODUCTION OF N- BUTANOL, ISOPROPANOL AND ETHANOL FROM SUGARCANE BAGASSE”

Author: Carla Ferreira dos Santos Vieira

Date: 10/30/2020

Advisor: Prof. Dr. Adriano Pinto Mariano

Examining Board: Dr. Ariovaldo José da Silva; Dr. Rafael Ramos de Andrade; Dr. Kassandra Sussi Mustafe Oliveira; Dr. Carlos Eduardo Vaz Rossell.

“EFFECT OF ACID TREATMENTS APPLIED TO NIÓBUM-BASED CATALYST ON THE CATALYTIC PERFORMANCE IN THE DEHYDRATION REACTION OF XYLOSE TO FURFURAL”

Author: Letícia Franzo de Lima

Date: 11/20/2020

Advisor: Prof. Dr. Raphael Soeiro Suppino

Examining Board: Prof. Dr. Gustavo Paim Valença; Prof. Dr. Gustavo Doubek; Dr. João Batista Oliveira dos Santos; Dr. Marco André Fraga.

“STUDY OF THE HEALING BEHAVIOR, MORPHOLOGY AND MECHANICAL PROPERTIES OF EPOXY RESIN NANOCOMPOSITES WITH CELLULOSE NANOCRYSTALS OBTAINED FROM MICROCRYSTALLINE CELLULOSE”

Author: Nayra Reis do Nascimento

Date: 11/27/2020

Advisor: Prof. Dr. Ana Rita Morales

Examining Board: Dr. Roger Hoel Bello; Dr. Renato Carajelescov Nonato; Dr. Julio Roberto Bartoli; Dr. Paulo Henrique da Silva Leite Coelho.

“DEVELOPMENT OF CO-W, AG-CO AND ZN-CO ELECTROCATALYST FOR OXYGEN REDUCTION/EVOLUTION REACTIONS IN LI O2 AND ZN-AR BATTERIES”

Author: Josiel Martins Costa

Date: 11/27/2020

Advisor: Prof. Dr. Ambrósio Florêncio de Almeida Neto

Examining Board: Prof. Dr. Mariana Conceição da Costa; Prof. Dr. Rubens Maciel Filho; Dr. Vanessa de Freitas Cunha Lins; Dr. Marcelino Luiz Gimenes.

“ENVIRONMENTALLY FRIENDLY HIGH PERFORMANCE NANOMATERIALS FOR ACTIVE PACKAGING AND BONE TISSUE ENGINEERING”

Author: Filipe Vargas Ferreira

Date: 12/01/2020

Advisor: Prof. Dr. Liliane Maria Ferrareso Lona

Examining Board: Prof. Dr. Angela Maria Moraes; Prof. Dr. Rubens Maciel Filho; Dr. Luiz Antonio Pessan; Dr. Luiz Henrique Capparelli Mattoso

“PHASE BALANCE AND MISCIBILITY OF POLYMER BENDS FORMED BY SILK FIBROIN AND SODIUM ALGINATE”

Author: Laise Maia Lopes

Date: 12/14/2020

Advisor: Prof. Dr. Marisa Masumi Beppu

Examining Board: Prof. Dr. Ana Rita Morales; Prof. Dr. Mariana Conceição da Costa; Dr. Pedro de Alcântara Pessoa Filho; Dr. Mariana Altenhofen da Silva.

“OPTIMIZATION OF SUSTAINABILITY OF THE THERMO-BIOCHEMICAL ROUTE FOR SECOND GENERATION ETHANOL PRODUCTION”

Author: Elisa Magalhães de Medeiros

Date: 12/15/2020

Advisor: Prof. Dr. Rubens Maciel Filho

Examining Board: Prof. Dr. Adriano Pinto Mariano; Dr. John Alexander Posada Duke; Dr. Anton Alexandru Kiss; Dr. Edwin Zondervan; Dr. Patricia osseweijer; Dr. Andrea Ramirez Ramirez.

“DEVELOPMENT, CHARACTERIZATION AND PERFORMANCE OF HYALURONIC ACID HYALURONIC ACID HYALURONIC ACID AND RETICULATED WITH ADIPIC DIHYDRAZIDE IN MESENCHIMAL CELL PROLIFERATION IN ADIPOSE TISSUE”

Author: Carla Giometti France

Date: 12/16/2020

Advisor: Prof. Dr. Maria Helena Andrade Santana

Examining Board: Prof. Dr. Marcos Akira D’Ávila; Dr. Angela Cristina Malheiros Luzo; Dr. Amanda Gomes Marcelino Perez; Dr. Patricia Severino.