1) Abel Ferreira Gomes Neto

Defense Date: 03/10/2015

Title: DENSITY FUNCTIONAL THEORY APPLIED TO THE CHEMICAL REACTIVITY OF FUELS AND BIOFUELS IN THE GAS PHASE: GASOLINE, ETHANOL AND GASOLINE-ETHANOL.

Research Line: Organic Process Engineering

Advisors: Prof. Dr. Nélio Teixeira Machado and Prof. Dr. Antônio Maia de Jesus Chaves Neto

2) André Luis Mileo Ferraioli Silva

Defense Date: 05/12/2015

Title: INFLUENCE OF POLYMERIC ADDITIVES ON THE MECHANICAL AND RHEOLOGICAL BEHAVIOR OF MORTARS WITH INDUSTRIAL WASTE.

Research Line: Inorganic Processes

Advisors: Prof. Dr. José Antonio da Silva Souza and Prof. Dr. Augusta Maria Paulain Ferreira Felipe

3) André Luiz Bonelar dos Santos

Defense Date: 07/02/2015

Title: SIMULATION OF THE DEACIDIFICATION PROCESS OF THE ORGANIC LIQUID PRODUCT FROM CATALYTIC THERMAL CRACKING OF PALM OIL

Research Line: Organic Process Engineering

Advisors: Prof. Dr. Nélio Teixeira Machado and Prof. Dr. Marilena Emmi Araújo

4) Cassia Karina Teixeira Girard

Defense Date: 07/08/2015

Title: MODELING AND SIMULATION OF UPWARD VERTICAL DIRECTIONAL SOLIDIFICATION OF BINARY ALLOYS: SOLUTION VIA THE LINES METHOD

Research Line: Inorganic Process Engineering

Advisor: Prof. Dr. Emanuel Negrão Macêdo

5) Darllan do Rosário Pinheiro

Defense Date: 09/30/2015

Title: ADSORPTION OF Cu2+ ON TRANSITION ALUMIN OBTAINED FROM A MIXTURE OF GIBBSITE AND ALUMINUM HYDROXIDE GEL

Research Line: Inorganic Process Engineering

Advisor: Prof. Dr. Marlice Cruz Martelli

6) Elenilson Tavares Cabral

Defense Date: 08/18/2015

Title: COMPUTATIONAL MODELING AND SIMULATION OF THE METHANE DRY REFORMING PROCESS.

Research Line: Inorganic Process Engineering

Advisor: Prof. Dr. Emanuel Negrão Macêdo

7) Fábio de Andrade Pontes

Defense Date: 06/26/2015

Title: INTEGRAL TRANSFORM HYBRID SOLUTIONS FOR MAGNETOHYDRODYNAMIC FLOW WITH HEAT TRANSFER IN PARALLEL PLATE CHANNELS.

Research Line: Inorganic Process Engineering

Advisor: Prof. Dr. João Nazareno Nonato Quaresma

8) Hellen Carvalho Barros

Defense Date: 10/16/2015

Title: DRYING PROCESS OF Morinda citrifolia L. IN A RADIATION DRYER WITH REFLECTOR LAMPS, USING ROTATIONAL CENTRAL COMPOUND PLANNING.

Research Line: Organic Process Engineering

Advisors: Prof. Dr. Lênio José Guerreiro de Faria and Prof. Dr. Davi do Socorro Barros Brasil

9) Igor José do Carmo Coimbra

Defense Date: 04/10/2015

Title: HYPERBOLIC HEAT CONDUCTION MODEL APPLIED TO THERMAL LENS SPECTROSCOPY.

Research Line: Inorganic Process Engineering

Advisor: Prof. Dr. Emanuel Negrão Macêdo

10) Izabela de Nazaré Souza da Fonseca Reis

Defense Date: 11/13/2015

Title: INFLUENCE OF GRANULOMETRY ON THE RHEOLOGICAL PROPERTIES OF BAUXITE PULP POST PROCESSING

Research Line: Inorganic Process Engineering

Advisors: Prof. Dr. José Antonio da Silva Souza and Prof. Dr. Augusta Maria Paulain Ferreira Felipe

11) Janaina Guedes Eid

Defense Date: 07/02/2015

Title: STUDY OF THE APPLICATION OF RED MUD AS A CATALYST IN THE CATALYTIC THERMAL CRACKING REACTION OF GREASE TRAP WASTE.

Research Line: Organic Process Engineering

Advisors: Prof. Dr. Nélio Teixeira Machado and Prof. Dr. Luiz Eduardo Pizarro Borges

12) Josiel Lobato Ferreira

Defense Date: 02/27/2015

Title: THE INTEGRAL TRANSFORM TECHNIQUE APPLIED IN MASS TRANSPORT MODELS IN POROUS MEDIA.

Research Line: Inorganic Process Engineering

Advisor: Prof. Dr. Emanuel Negrão Macêdo

13) Karen Marcela Barros da Costa

Defense Date: 04/16/2015

Title: DEACIDIFICATION OF DISTILLED FRACTIONS OF ORGANIC LIQUID PRODUCT FROM THE THERMO-CATALYTIC CRACKING OF VEGETABLE OILS VIA ADSORPTION IN g-ALUMINE AND ACTIVATED RED MUD.

Research Line: Organic Process Engineering

Advisors: Prof. Dr. Nélio Teixeira Machado and Prof. Dr. Luiz Eduardo Pizarro Borges

14) Luiz Eduardo Chaves de Azevedo

Defense Date: 10/14/2015

Title: ADSORPTION OF BASIC DYES USED IN THE TEXTILE INDUSTRY BY CLAY: KINETICS AND EQUILIBRIUM PROFILE

Research Line: Organic Process Engineering

Advisors: Prof. Dr. Samira Maria Leão de Carvalho and Prof. Dr. Melissa Gurgel Adeodato Vieira

15) Marcilene Paiva da Silva

Defense Date: 08/11/2015

Title: SIMULATION OF COUNTERCURRENT COLUMN FRACTIONATION OF FISH OIL AND AQUEOUS SOLUTION WITH SUPERCRITICAL CARBON DIOXIDE.

Research Line: Organic Process Engineering

Advisor: Prof. Dr. Marilena Emmi Araújo

16) Onesimo Amorim Corrêa

Defense Date: 07/03/2015

Title: PRODUCTION OF BIOFUELS AT DIFFERENT SCALES VIA CATALYTIC THERMAL CRACKING OF GREASE TRAP WASTE WITH Na2CO3 CATALYST

Research Line: Organic Process Engineering

Advisors: Prof. Dr. Nélio Teixeira Machado and Prof. Dr. Luiz Eduardo Pizarro Borges

17) Rafael Martins Lourenço

Defense Date: 05/29/2015

Title: STUDY OF THE THERMOCATALYTIC CRACKING PROCESS OF PALM OIL (Elaeis guineensis) WITH CALCINED RED MUD AND ACTIVATED ALUMINE IN BENCH AND BATCH REACTORS.

Research Line: Organic Process Engineering

Advisors: Prof. Dr. Nélio Teixeira Machado and Prof. Dr. Luiz Eduardo Pizarro Borges

18) Renato Macedo Cordeiro

Defense Date: 09/28/2015

Title: OBTAINING FAT FROM UCUÚBA SEEDS (Virola surinamensis) BY EXTRACTION WITH CO2 IN SUPERCRITICAL STATE: GLOBAL YIELD, KINETIC DATA, TOTAL FATTY ACIDS AND ANTIMICROBIAL ACTIVITY

Research Line: Organic Process Engineering

Advisor: Prof. Dr. Raul Nunes de Carvalho Junior

19) Rosiane Fernandes Moreira

Defense Date: 07/07/2015

Title: STUDY OF ENZYME MIXTURES (CELLULASIC COMPLEX, ENZYME COMPLEX, XYLANASE, β-GLUCANASE AND XYLANASE, β-GLUCOSIDASE AND GLUCOAMYLASE) IN THE BIOCONVERSION OF SUGAR CANE BAGASS INTO ETHANOL.

Research Line: Organic Process Engineering

Advisor: Prof. Dr. Nélio Teixeira Machado