Research Groups

The Advanced Process Applications Group (GAAP) transforms science into solutions and innovation for industry, working in the areas of Machine Learning, phenomenological and hybrid modeling, process optimization, life cycle analysis, techno-economic evaluation of processes, and software development.

Location: Basement of the Leme building at PUC-Rio.

Partnerships:

  • BioBeads;
  • Chimica Edile Group;
  • University of Alberta;
  • PEQ/COPPE/UFRJ;
  • Hochschule Ruhr West University of Applied Sciences

Responsible: Prof. Amanda Lemett Teixeira Brandão

Website address: https://gaap.deqm.puc-rio.br

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/gaap-pucrio/

Developed activities:

  • Microstructural characterization of diverse materials using optical microscopy, electron microscopy, and X-ray microtomography.
  • Automatic quantification through Digital Image Processing and Analysis.
  • Application of AI techniques for 2D and 3D image analysis.

Location:

  • Microscopy Center, pilotis of the Cardinal Leme Building. LPDI – Digital Image Processing Lab, Leme Building, Fifth Floor (entrance through room 501L).

Partnerships:

  • Vale, ArcelorMittal, CENPES/Petrobras, Haliburton, USP, UFMG

Website address

  • https://micdigi.deqm.puc-rio.br
    The website contains detailed information, photos and specifications of the equipment, team, publications and partnerships.

Research focus: Construction of computational tools and development of databases for strongly non-ideal systems from the application of group contribution models and predictive methods for chemical activity coefficients with a view to describing equilibrium data involving fluid phases (liquid-vapor equilibrium and liquid-liquid equilibrium), with application in the design of equipment aimed at typical purification operations used in industry such as distillation columns, absorption towers and solvent extraction units.

Partnerships: TU – Berlin (Institute of Process Engineering).

Responsible: Professor Rogério Navarro Correia de Siqueira.

Synthesis and characterization of nanostructured electroceramics and nanocomposites with applications in the area of ​​energy generation and storage, as well as for sensing and environmental remediation.

Partnerships:

  • Institute for Research in Science and Technology of Materials (INTEMA, Argentina).
  • National University of Mar del Plata (UNMdP, Argentina).
  • National University of the Center of the Province of Buenos Aires (UNICEN, Argentina).
  • Faculty of Engineering and Sciences, UNESP, Guaratinguetá.
  • Center for the Development of Functional Materials (CDMF, UFSCar).
  • National Hydrogen Center (CNH2, Spain)
  • Multi-user Laboratory for Nanofabrication and Characterization of Nanomaterials (NANOFAB, UERJ)

Responsible: Prof. Leandro Rocha

Developed activities:

Partnerships:

International partnerships:

Dalhousie University, Canada,

Universiat Politecnica de Catalunya, Spain,

Brno University of Technology, Czech Republic

Institute of Technical Sciences of Serbian Academy of Sciences and Arts, Serbia,

University of Porto, Portugal,

Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, Belgium

National Polytechnic School, Ecuador,

National University of Córdoba, Argentina

Heriot Watt University, Dubai campus, UAE

National partnerships:

Federal University of Rio de Janeiro (UFRJ)

Federal University of Pará

State University of Northern Rio de Janeiro (UENF)

Federal University of Minas Gerais (UFMG)

ResponsibleProfessor Bojan Marinkovic