Doctoral Thesis Defenses 2019

"EXPERIMENTAL AND THEORETICAL STUDY OF THE SOLUBILITY OF SODIUM SALTS IN BLACK LIQOR IN THE EVAPORATION PROCESS”

Author: Melissa Tatiana Andreuccetti

Data: 17/01/2019

Advisor: Prof. Dr. José Vicente Hallak Dangelo

Co-advisor: Prof. Dr. Roger Josef Zemp

Examination Board: prof. Drag. Ana Maria Frattini Fileti; Dr. Vinicius Bohrer Lobosco Gonzaga de Oliveira; Drag. Francine de Mendonça Fábrega; Drag. Danyella Oliveira Perissotto.

"EXPERIMENTAL DETERMINATION OF THE POWER NUMBER OF STRAIGHT BLADE IMPELLERS”

Author: Jefferson Luiz Grangeiro da Silva

Data: 22/01/2019

Advisor: Prof. Dr. Jose Roberto Nunhez

Examination Board: Prof. Dr. Antonio Carlos Luz Lisbôa; Prof. Dr. Guilherme José de Castilho; Dr. Edimilson Souza; Dr. Nicolas spogis.

"DEVELOPMENT OF AN INTENSIFIED SEPARATION AND CHEMICAL REACTION SYSTEM WITH THE APPLICATION OF INTERNAL HEAT INTEGRATION CONCEPTS"

Author: Jeffrey Leon Pulido

Data: 14/02/2019

Advisor: Prof. Dr. Jose Roberto Nunhez

Examination Board: Dr. Nicolas spogis, Dr. Lucrécio Fabio dos Santos; Dr. Diener Volpin Ribeiro Fontoura; Prof. Dr. Antonio Carlos Luz Lisbôa.

"RESEARCH ON ANAEROBIC BIODIGESTION OF SWINE FARMING AND RICE HULL EFFLUENT"

Author: Sibele Augusta Ferreira Leite

Data: 22/02/2019

Advisor: Prof. Dr. José Vicente Hallak Dangelo

Co-advisor: Prof. Dr. Roger Josef Zemp

Examination Board: prof. Drag. Aline Carvalho da Costa; prof. Drag. Ana Maria Frattini Fileti; prof. Drag. Renata Piacentini Rodriguez; Prof. Dr. Marcelo Zaiat.

"PERFORMANCE ANALYSIS OF SEPARATION AND PURIFICATION PROCESSES OF HYALURONIC ACID PRODUCED BY FERMENTATION"

Author: André Delano Domingos Cavalcanti

Data: 25/02/2019

Advisor: prof. Drag. Maria Helena Andrade Santana

Examination Board: Dr. Reinaldo Gaspar Bastos; Drag. Gisella Maria Zanin; prof. Drag. Ana Silvia Prata Soares; Dr. Adriano Rodrigues Azzoni.

"IN VITRO AND IN VIVO STUDIES OF ORAL ADMINISTRATION OF HYALURONIC ACID IN FREE AND NANOSTRUCTURED FORMS"

Author: Alexandro Barbosa De Souza

Data: 26/02/2019

Advisor: prof. Drag. Maria Helena Andrade Santana

Co-advisor: Dr. Marco Vinicius Chaud

Examination Board: Drag. Gisella Maria Zanin; Drag. Carolina Alves dos Santos; Drag. Giuliana Piovesan Alves; Drag. Carolina Caliari Oliveira, Dr. Reinaldo Gaspar Bastos.

"BIOADSORÇÃO MULTICOMPOSTAS DE CHROME(III), NICKEL(II) AND ZINC(II) USING RESIDUE FROM THE EXTRACTION OF ALGINATE FROM THE ALGA SARGASSUM FILIPENDULA AS A BIOADSORBENT"

Author: Camila Stefanne Dias Costa

Data: 11/03/2019

Advisor: prof. Drag. Melissa Gurgel Adeodato Vieira

Examination Board: prof. Drag. Liliane Maria Ferrareso Lona; Prof. Dr. Ronierik Pioli Vieira; Drag. Regina de Fátima Peralta Muniz Moreira; Drag. Maria Helena de Araujo.

"STUDY OF THE INFLUENCE OF OPERATING CONDITIONS ON GAS-SOLID DRAINAGE AND FCC RISER YIELD VIA CFD AND STATISTICAL ANALYSIS”

Author: Daniel Cícero Pelissari

Data: 01/04/2019

Advisor: Prof. Dr. Milton Mori

Examination Board: Dr. Henry França Meier; Dr. Waldir Pedro Martignoni; Dr. João Lameu da Silva Júnior; Drag. Gabriela Cantarelli Lopes.

"DEVELOPMENT OF SERICINE AND ALGINATE-BASED PARTICLES FOR INCORPORATION OF SODIUM DICHLOPHENAC AND IBUPROFEN”

Author: Jacyara Moreira Martins Vidart

Data: 22/04/2019

Advisor: prof. Drag. Meuris Gurgel Carlos da Silva

Co-advisor: prof. Drag. Melissa Gurgel Adeodato Vieira

Examination Board: prof. Drag. Maria Regina Wolf Maciel, Prof. Dr. Ronierik Pioli Vieira; Dr. João Jorge Ribeiro Damasceno; Dr. Marcelino Luiz Gimenes.

"STANDARDIZATION OF L-PRP AND FORMATION OF SEMI-INTERPENETRATED POLYMER NETWORKS OF HYALURONIC ACID AND L-PRP FIBRIN IN THE CHONDROGENIC AND OSTEOGENIC DIFFERENTIATION OF HUMAN ADIPOSE TISSUE CELLS”

Author: Bruna Alice Gomes de Melo

Data: 24/04/2019

Advisor: prof. Drag. Maria Helena Andrade Santana

Examination Board: Drag. Angela Cristina Malheiros Luzo; Dr. William Dias Belangero; Dr. Bradley David Olsen; Drag. Maria Helena Ambrosio Zani; Drag. Ana Luiza Garcia Millas Massaguer.

"DEVELOPMENT OF A NEURAL MODEL-BASED PREDICTIVE DISTRIBUTED CONTROL FOR A SECOND GENERATION ETHANOL PRODUCTION UNIT”

Author: Felipe Luiz de Assunção Bezerra

Data: 07/05/2019

Advisor: Prof. Dr. Rubens Maciel Filho

Examination Board: Dr. Arioston Araújo de Morais Júnior; Dr. Eduardo Coselli Vasco de Toledo; Prof. Dr. Leonardo Vasconcelos Fregolente; Prof. Dr. Adriano Pinto Mariano.

“PULSED ELECTRODEPOSITION FOR THE REMOVAL AND REUSE OF COPPER FROM INDUSTRIAL EFFLUENTS AND THE FORMATION OF CORROSION-RESISTANT NiCu COATINGS”

Author: Thayane Carpanedo de Morais Nepel

Data: 20/05/2019

Advisor: Prof. Dr. Ambrósio Florêncio de Almeida Neto

Co-advisor: prof. Drag. Melissa Gurgel Adeodato Vieira

Examination Board: Drag. Onelia Aparecida Andreo dos Santos; Drag. Ana Paula Brescancini Rabelo; prof. Drag. Maria Regina Wolf Maciel; Prof. Dr. Gustavo Doubek.

"QUANTIFICATION OF ELAEIS GUINEENSIS PALM BIOACTIVE COMPOUNDS BY CHROMATOGRAPHY WITH ULTRA HIGH EFFICIENCY SUPERCRITICAL FLUID AND BY INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY WITH FOURIER TRANSFORMATION”

Author: Luciana de Souza Guedes

Data: 27/06/2019

Advisor: Prof. Dr. Cesar Costapinto Santana

Co-advisor: prof. Drag. Marisa Masumi Beppu

Examination Board: prof. Drag. Carla Beatriz Grespan Bottoli; Dr. Adalberto Pessoa Junio; Drag. Priscilla Carvalho Veggi; Dr. Maurice Ariel Rostagno.

"AGLOMATION OF GUM ARABIC IN FLUIDIZED BED: ANALYSIS OF THE PROCESS PARAMETERS AND THE FEASIBILITY OF USING INULIN AS A BINDER”

Author: Juliana Gomes Rosa

Data: 01/07/2019

Advisor: Prof. Dr. Osvaldir Pereira Taranto

Examination Board: Prof. Dr. Rafael Augustus de Oliveira; Prof. Dr. Guilherme José de Castilho; Dr. Marcello Nitz da Costa; Dr. Wanderley Pereira de Oliveira.

"STUDY OF PBAT FILMS FOR SOIL COVERING (MULCHING): FOTODEGRADAÇÃO, BIODEGRADATION AND ECOTOXICOLOGICAL EFFECTS”

Author: Patricia Moraes Sinohara Souza

Data: 23/07/2019

Advisor: prof. Drag. Ana Rita Morales

Co-advisor: Drag. Maria Aparecida Marin Morales

Examination Board: Dr. Guilhermino José Macêdo Fechine; Drag. Silvia Pierre Irazusta; Drag. Elisabete Maria Saraiva Sanchez; Dr. Matheus Mantuanelli Roberto.

"INDUSTRY 4.0: AN OVERVIEW OF DIGITAL TRANSFORMATION IN THE PAPER AND PULP INDUSTRIES IN BRAZIL"

Author: Alessandro Rodrigues Frias

Data: 28/08/2019

Advisor: Prof. Dr. Flávio Vasconcelos da Silva

Examination Board: Dr. Song Won Park; Dr. Afonso Henrique Teixeira Mendes; Dr. Marco Antonio Coghi; Dr. Tarcisio Soares Siqueira Dantas.

"CHARACTERIZATION OF PINEAPPLE RESIDUE AND ITS USE IN THE BIOSSURFACTANTS PRODUCTION PROCESS BY BACILLUS SUBTILIS”

Author: Daniela Diniz Ehrhardt

Data: 25/09/2019

Advisor: Prof. Dr. Elias Basile Tambourgi

Examination Board: Prof. Dr. Flávio Vasconcelos da Silva; Drag. Patricia Bernardi Leite da Silva; Drag. Elisângela de Jesus Cândido Moraes; prof. Drag. Priscila Gava Mazzola.

"TOLUENE OXIDATION IN A BUBBLE REACTOR WITH UV/H2O2 ASSOCIATED TO PRE- OZONE OXIDATION FOR ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION CONTROL”

Author: Tânia Miyoko Fujimoto

Data: 11/10/2019

Advisor: Prof. Dr. Edson Tomaz

Examination Board: Prof. Dr. Gustavo Paim Valença; Prof. Dr. Gustavo Doubek; Dr. Antonio Carlos Silva Costa Teixeira; Dr. Jose Luis de Paiva.

"ECONOMICAL ANALYSIS OF MBR AIR LIFT AND MBR CROSS FLOW EFFLUENT TREATMENT FOR REUSE PROCESSES”

Author: Carlos Eduardo Lucchini

Data: 18/10/2019

Advisor: Prof. Dr. Wagner dos Santos Oliveira

Examination Board: Prof. Dr. Elias Basile Tambourgi; Prof. Dr. Roger Josef Zemp; Prof. Dr. Afonso Rodrigues de Aquino; Prof. Dr. Helio Wiebeck.

"MPC NEURAL CONTROLLER WITH REAL TIME ADAPTING OF THE MODEL APPLIED TO pH CONTROL AND LEVEL CONTROL WITH COMMUNICATING TANKS”

Author: Homer Hyacinth Sena

Data: 18/10/2019

Advisor: Prof. Dr. Ana Maria Frattini Fileti

Examination Board: prof. Drag. Luz Adriana Alvarez Toro; Prof. Dr. Matheus Souza; Dr. Antonio José Gonçalves da Cruz; Dr. Ruy de Souza Junior.

"EVALUATION OF THE PRE-TREATMENT PROCESS OF SUGARCANE BAGASSE WITH PROTIC IONIC LIQUIDS FOR THE PRODUCTION OF CELLULOSIC ETHANOL”

Author: Pedro Yoritomo Souza Nakasu

Data: 31/10/2019

Advisor: prof. Drag. Aline Carvalho Costa

Co-advisor: Drag. Sarita Candida Rabelo

Examination Board: Drag. Simone Coelho Nakanishi; Drag. Lívia Beatriz Brenelli de Paiva; prof. Drag. Camila Alves de Rezende; Dr. Rafael Ramos de Andrade.

"FUNDAMENTALS OF THE ESSENTIALLY NON-OSCILATORY WEIGHTED SCHEME BASED ON THE MACH NUMBER”

Author: Sena Ferreira Junior Helmet

Data: 19/11/2019

Advisor: Prof. Dr. Sávio Souza Venâncio Vianna

Co-advisor: Dr. Rogério Gonçalves dos Santos

Examination Board: Dr. Maicon Ribeiro Correa; Drag. Maria Luisa Bambozzi de Oliveira; Dr. Nicolas spogis; Dr. João Lameu da Silva Junior.

"OPTIMIZATION OF THE PRODUCTION AND OBTAINING OF LEVULINIC ACID FROM SUGAR CANE BAGASE AND MOLASSES”

Author: Emilia Savioli Lopes

Data: 02/12/2019

Advisor: Prof. Dr. Rubens Maciel Filho

Co-advisor: Drag. Laura Plazas Tovar

Examination Board: Prof. Dr. Adriano Pinto Mariano; Drag. Bethany Hoss Lunelli; Dr. George Jackson de Moraes Rocha; Dr. Adilson Roberto Gonçalves.

"MODELING, SIMULATION AND OPTIMIZATION OF A FIXED BED FOR ANHYDRO ETHANOL PRODUCTION BY ADSORPTION”

Author: Lucas Stinguel

Data: 06/12/2019

Advisor: Prof. Dr. Reginaldo Guirardello

Examination Board: Prof. Dr. Leonardo Vasconcelos Fregolente; prof. Drag. Maria Regina Wolf Maciel; Drag. Juliana Pedrilho Foltin; Dr. Antonio Carlos Daltro de Freitas.

"STUDY OF THE PARTIAL POLICY REPLACEMENT(ADIPATE-CO-TEREPHTHALATE DE BUTYLENE) BY WHEY PROTEIN ISOLATE: INCORPORATION OF MATERIALS FROM RENEWABLE SOURCES IN POLYMERIC BENDS”

Author: Marina Fernandes Cosate de Andrade

Data: 13/12/2019

Advisor: prof. Drag. Ana Rita Morales

Co-advisor: Dr. Mathias strauss

Examination Board: prof. Drag. Liliane Maria Ferrareso Lona; Dr. Antonio Rodolfo Junior; Dr. Jefferson Lopes Alves; Dr. Leo Ricardo Bedore Dos Santos.