Environmental and Chemical 
Process Systems Engineering

MSc. in Chemical Engineering

Project: Process Intensification of bioject production using Jatropha Curcas

Supervisor: A. Bonilla-Petriciolet

2021 - 2023

Ph.D. in Engineering

Project: Development of a sustainable process for the production of biofuels using sewage sludges

Research stay: Water Research Institute, Italy, 2022

Supervisor: H.E. Reynel-Ávila

2018 - 2022

MSc. in Chemical Engineering

Project: Synthesis of metal-organic based catalysts for the production of biodiesel

Research stay: Pavol Jozef Safarik University, Slovak Republic, 2022

Supervisor: H.E. Reynel-Ávila

2020 - 2022

Ph.D. in Engineering

Project: Optimization of hydrothermal carbonization for the production of adsorbents for the removal of water pollutants

Supervisor: A. Bonilla-Petriciolet

2017 - 2022

MSc. in Chemical Engineering

Project: Evaluation of the removal capacity of emerging pharmaceuticals using adsorbents obtained from Opuntia robusta plant    

Supervisor: D.I. Mendoza-Castillo 

2019 - 2022

MSc. in Chemical Engineering

Project: Thermodynamic models improved with artificial intelligent tools for the prediction of surface tension of fatty acids and refrigerants    

Supervisor: A. Bonilla-Petriciolet

2020 - 2022

MSc. in Chemical Engineering

Project: Recovery of bio-alcohols using carbon-based adsorbents: experimental analysis and computational chemistry calculations  

Supervisor: H.E. Reynel-Ávila

2020 - 2022

MSc. in Chemical Engineering

Project: Synthesis and characterization of adsorbents for the multicomponent adsorption of emerging pollutants  

Supervisor: D.I. Mendoza-Castillo

2020 - 2022

MSc. in Chemical Engineering

Project: Synthesis of MOFs for the adsorption of textile dyes    

Supervisor: D.I. Mendoza-Castillo

2019 - 2022

MSc. in Chemical Engineering

Project: Synthesis of MOFs-carbon hybrid materials for the adsorption of emerging pollutants  

Supervisor: D.I. Mendoza-Castillo

2019 - 2021

MSc. in Chemical Engineering

Project: Synthesis and characterization of advanced magnetic-carbon materials from cigarette filters and their evaluation as catalysts for the biodiesel production    

Supervisor: H.E. Reynel-Ávila

2019 - 2021

MSc. in Chemical Engineering

Project: Removal of dyes from aqueous solution using lignocellulosic wastes

Supervisor: D.I. Mendoza-Castillo

2019 - 2021

MSc. in Chemical Engineering

Project: Comparative analysis of the performance of artificial neural network-based hybrid and conventional models for the prediction of multicomponent adsorption data 

Supervisor: D.I. Mendoza-Castillo

2019 - 2021

MSc. in Chemical Engineering

Project: Production of biodiesel using lipids contained in effluents from dairy industry

Supervisor: H.E. Reynel-Ávila

2019 - 2021

MSc. in Chemical Engineering

Project: Development and evaluation of group contribution models for the prediction of critical properties and normal boiling points of pure compounds

Supervisor: A. Bonilla-Petriciolet

2019 - 2021

MSc. in Chemical Engineering

Project: Development of processes for the arsenic adsorption from multi-component systems

Supervisor: D.I. Mendoza-Castillo

Research stay: Universidad Autónoma de Madrid, Spain, 2019

2018 - 2021

Ph.D. in Engineering

Project: Adsorption of water pollutants from water using lignocellulosic materials 

Supervisor: D.I. Mendoza-Castillo

Research stay: Water Research Institute, Italy, 2019

2016 - 2021

Ph.D. in Engineering

Project: Synthesis and evaluation of heterogeneous catalysts for biofuels production

Supervisor: H.E. Reynel-Ávila

Research stay: Water Research Institute, Italy, 2019

2016 - 2020

Ph.D. in Engineering

Project: Intensification of mercury adsorption processes in water solutions

Supervisor: A. Bonilla-Petriciolet

Research stay: Universidad Nacional de San Luis, Argentine, 2019

2017 - 2020

MSc. in Chemical Engineering

Project: Intensification of distillation processes for the production of alcoholic beverages

Supervisor: A. Bonilla-Petriciolet 

2018 - 2020

MSc. in Chemical Engineering

Project: Synthesis of adsorbents for the recovery of the biofuel methyl ethyl ketone 

Supervisor: H.E. Reynel-Ávila 

2018 - 2020

MSc. in Chemical Engineering

Project: Modeling of the extraction of added-value compounds from biomasses using supercritical fluids  

Supervisor: A. Bonilla-Petriciolet 

2018 - 2020

MSc. in Chemical Engineering

Project: Numerical characterization and classification of phase stability problems for the evaluation of stochastic global optimization methods  

Supervisor: A. Bonilla-Petriciolet 

2018 - 2020

MSc. in Chemical Engineering

Project: Obtainment of solid catalysts using hydrothermal process and their application in biofuels production  

Supervisor: H.E. Reynel-Ávila 

2018 - 2020

MSc. in Chemical Engineering

Project: Modeling of multicomponent adsorption of pharmaceuticals from aqueous solution

Supervisor: D.I. Mendoza-Castillo

2018 - 2020

MSc. in Chemical Engineering

Project: Development of hybrid thermodynamic model based on artificial neural networks for the reliable prediction of liquid-liquid and vapor-liquid equilibria

Supervisor: A. Bonilla-Petriciolet-Ávila

2018 - 2020

MSc. in Chemical Engineering

Project: Recovery of bioalcohols using adsorption as an energetically sustainable method

Supervisor: H.E. Reynel-Ávila

2017 - 2019

MSc. in Chemical Engineering

Project: Comparative study of solid catalysts employed on the production of biodiesel

Supervisor: H.E. Reynel-Ávila

Research stay: University of Southern Denmark, Denmark, 2019

2017 - 2019

Ph.D. in Engineering

Project: Development of intensified adsorption processes and models for the removal of pollutants from aqueous solution

Supervisor: A. Bonilla-Petriciolet

Research stay: Universidade Federal de Santa Maria, Brazil, 2018

2015 - 2019

MSc. in Chemical Engineering

Project: Development of new numerical strategies for phase stability analysis of multicomponent systems

Supervisor: A. Bonilla-Petriciolet

Research stay: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, Bulgaria, 2018

2016 - 2018

MSc. in Chemical Engineering

Project: Theoretical and experimental study of the lipids extraction from sewage sludge of water treatment plant

Supervisor: A. Bonilla-Petriciolet

Research stay: Water Research Institute, Italy, 2017

2016 - 2018

MSc. in Chemical Engineering

Project: Functionalization of carbons with metallic salts for the removal of fluoride and arsenic from aqueous solution

Supervisor: H.E. Reynel-Ávila

Research stay, Universidad de Extremadura, Spain, 2018

2016 - 2018

MSc. in Chemical Engineering

Project: Development of a neural network model for the adsorption of heavy metals with bone char packed bed columns

Supervisor: A. Bonilla-Petriciolet

2015 - 2018

Ph.D. in Engineering

Project: Development of stochastic global optimization methods for the modeling and process design in chemical engineering

Supervisor: A. Bonilla-Petriciolet

2013 - 2017

Ph.D. in Engineering

Project: Design and intensification of separation processes using multi-objective optimization

Supervisor: A. Bonilla-Petriciolet

Research stay: Universidade Federal do Parana, Brazil, 2016

2013 - 2017

MSc. in Chemical Engineering

Project: Synthesis of carbons from avocado seeds and the evaluation of their defluoridation properties

Supervisor: H.E. Reynel-Ávila

Research stay: Universidad de Extremadura, Spain, 2017

2015 - 2017

MSc. in Chemical Engineering

Project: Application of stratified columns for the adsorption of heavy metals using bone char

Supervisor: A. Bonilla-Petriciolet

Research stay: Universidad de Extremadura, Spain, 2016

2015 - 2017

MSc. in Chemical Engineering

Project: Fluoride adsorption from water using bone char modified with cerium salts

Supervisor: A. Bonilla-Petriciolet

2014 - 2017

Ph.D. in Engineering

Project: Optimization of the synthesis and adsorption properties of bone char for water defluoridation processes

Supervisor: A. Bonilla-Petriciolet

Co-supervisor: J. Silvestre-Albero, Universidad de Alicante

Research stay: Universidad de Alicante, 2014, 2015

2012 - 2017

MSc. in Chemical Engineering

Project: Multi-objective modeling of vapor-liquid equilibrium data for binary systems

Supervisor: A. Bonilla-Petriciolet

2014 - 2017

MSc. in Chemical Engineering

Project: Sorption of heavy metals from aqueous solution using the biomass of persea americana (avocado)

Supervisor: A. Bonilla-Petriciolet

Co-supervisor: D.I. Mendoza-Castillo, H.E. Reynel-Ávila

2013 - 2015

MSc. in Chemical Engineering

Project: Application of artificial neural networks as a black-box model for adsorption processes

Supervisor: A. Bonilla-Petriciolet

2012 - 2015

MSc. in Chemical Engineering

Project: Intensification of adsorption processes for heavy metal removal using helical coil packed bed columns

Supervisor: A. Bonilla-Petriciolet

Research stay: University of Cagliari, Italy, 2014

2012 - 2014