Environmental and Chemical 
Process Systems Engineering

Our paper "Lipase-catalyzed synthesis of cetyl palmitate in the presence of n-hexane and ethyl ether" has been published in Int. J. Chem. Eng.   

Our paper "Sustainable removal of caffeine and acetaminophen from water using biomass waste-derived activated carbon: synthesis, characterization and modelling" has been published in Chemosphere.   

Our paper "A closed-loop biorefinery approach for the valorization of winery waste: the production of iron-sulfonated magnetic biochar catalysts and 5-hydroxymethyl furfural from grape pomace and stalks" has been published in Catalysts.   

Our paper "Assessment and modeling of mercury adsorption on carbon-based adsorbent prepared from Jacaranda Mimosifolia and Guava biomass via pyrolysis and hydrothermal carbonization" has been published in Water Practice Technol.   

Prof. A. Bonilla-Petriciolet, Prof. D.I. Mendoza-Castillo and Prof. H.E. Reynel-Avila have joined Cakotanú association.

Our paper "Application of waste biomass for the production of biofuels and catalysts: a review" has been published in Clean Technol. Envir.   

EnvChemPSE has participated at Kick-off meeting of Cleanwater project "Multifunctional sustainable adsorbents for water treatment assisted with plasma technologies and for health protection from xenobiotics", organized by Universidad de Alicante in Alicante, Spain. 

Our paper "An emerging application of chitosan and chitosan/spirulina films for Pb2+ adsorption: new physicochemical insights via experimental and theoretical studies" has been published in Sep. Purif. Technol.

Our student Michael Stiven Castaño-Toro has graduated from Instituto Tecnológico de Aguascalientes (México) with a degree of MSc. in Chemical Engineering. 

Our paper "Sodium alginate-modified alkali-activated eggshell/Fe3O4 nanoparticles: a magnetic bio-based spherical adsorbent for cationic dyes adsorption" has been published in Int. J. Biol. Macromol. 

EnvChemPSE has presented several posters at Twitter Latinx Chem Twitter Poster Conference 2023.

Prof. A. Bonilla-Petriciolet has been included in the 2023 ranking of World´s Top 2% Scientists in the field of Chemical Engineering. 

Prof. Hilda Elizabeth Reynel-Ávila was a plenary speaker in the “Encuentro PSPB Retos y Oportunidades Rumbo al Net-Zero 2030” organized by Universidad Autónoma de Querétaro, Mexico.

Our paper "Novel films prepared from spirulina and chitosan for textile pollutant removal: experiments and theoretical study of adsorption equilibrium via an advanced theoretical approach" has been published in Sep. Purif. Technol.

Our project "EULAC for energy transition: Research infrastructures cooperation for energy transition between Europe and Latinamerican and the Caribbean countries" has been granted funding from Horizon Europe - EU. This project is coordinated by Organización de Estados Iberoamericanos (OEI).

Our paper "Calculation of liquid Cp of pure compounds using an improved thermodynamic model based on group contributions and artificial neural networks" has been published in Fluid Phase Equilibr.

Our paper "Extraction methods of algae oils for the production of third generation biofuels – a review" has been published in Chemosphere.

Our paper "Preparation of Tetra Pak-based hydrochars for cleaning water polluted by heavy metal ions: physicochemical properties and removal mechanism" has been published in Int. J. Chem. Eng.

EnvChemPSE has presented several posters at Twitter Latin American Conference on Environmental and Chemical Process Systems Engineering.

Several graduate students have joined EnvChemPSE for a summer research stay. These academic exchanges are related to Delfín program.

Prof. Didilia I. Mendoza-Castillo and Prof. Adrián Bonilla-Petriciolet have started a research stay at Instituto Superior Técnico, Portugal. This academic exchange is related to IProPBio project.

Our project "CleanWater: Multifunctional sustainable adsorbents for water treatment assisted with plasma technologies and for health protection from xenobiotics" has been granted funding from Horizon Europe Framework Programme (HORIZON). This project is coordinated by Universidad de Alicante (Spain).

Our paper "Comparison of adsorption performance of nanocomposite materials of whey protein nanofibrils, polycaprolactone and activated carbon for mercury removal" has been published in Env. Nanotechno. Monitor. Manage.

Our project "Preparación de nuevos materiales modificados con litio para el almacenamiento de energía y aplicaciones de remediación ambiental" has been granted funding from Tecnológico Nacional de México, México.

Our paper "Green b-cyclodextrin nanosponges for the efficient adsorption of light rare earth elements: cerium and lanthanum" has been published in Chem. Eng. J.

Our paper "Characterization, evaluation and mechanism analysis of the functionalization of kaolin with a surfactant for the removal of diclofenac from aqueous solution" has been published in Chem. Eng. J.

Prof. Juan Carlos Moreno Pirajan  (Universidad de los Andes, Colombia) have joined EnvChemPSE for a resarch stay of 2 weeks. This academic exchange is related to IBERBIOMASA project.

Our paper "Biodiesel production from wastewater scum of dairy industry: lipid extraction studies and reaction routes" has been published in Fuel. 

Our paper "Valorization of biowastes for clean energy production, environmental depollution and soil fertility" has been published in J. Environ. Manage. 

Vasileios Sotiriou (University of Patras, Greece) has joined EnvChemPSE for a resarch stay of two months. This academic exchange is related to IProPBio project.

Prof. D.I. Mendoza-Castillo and Prof. H.E. Reynel-Ávila have been accepted as regular members of the Academia Mexicana de Ciencias. 

EnvChemPSE has presented several posters at Twitter #LatinXChem22.

Our students Rosa María Fonseca Pérez and Octavio del Mazo Alvarado have started a research stay of four months at Universidad de Salamanca, Spain. This academic exchange is related to IProPBio project.

Our paper "Effective removal of Cr(VI) and methyl orange by nano magnetite loaded starch/muscovite biocomposite: characterization, experiments, advanced modeling and physicochemical parameters interpretation" has been published in Int. J. Biol. Macromol.

Prof. A. Bonilla-Petriciolet has been included in the 2022 ranking of World´s Top 2% Scientists in the field of Chemical Engineering. 

Prof. Ana Catarina Braz and Ph.D. Ana Sofia Amorim  (Instituto Superior Técnico, Portugal) have joined EnvChemPSE for a resarch stay of one month. This academic exchange is related to IProPBio project.

Our paper "Adsorption of emerging pollutants on lignin-based activated carbon: Analysis of adsorption mechanism via characterization, kinetics and equilibrium studies" has been published in Chem. Eng. J.

Our paper "Activated carbon manufacturing via alternative mexican lignocellulosic biomass and their application in water treatment: preparation conditions, surface chemistry analysis and heavy metal adsorption properties" has been published in Chem. Eng. Res. Des. 

Our paper "Preparation and characterization of an electrospun whey protein/polycaprolactone nanofiber membrane for chromium removal from water" has been published in Nanomaterials. 

Mateo Andrés Gallardo Salas (Universidad de la Sabana, Colombia) has joined EnvChemPSE for a resarch stay of two months.

EnvChemPSE has presented several posters at Twitter Latin American Conference on Environmental and Chemical Process Systems Engineering.

Prof. Maria Papadaki (University of Patras, Greece) has joined EnvChemPSE for a resarch stay of two months. This academic exchange is related to IProPBio project.

Our student Luis Enrique Hernández Hernández has graduated from Instituto Tecnológico de Aguascalientes (México) with a degree of PhD. in Engineering. 

Our paper has been awarded as one of the best paper presented during the International Conference “Advances in renewable and clean energy Technologies”.

Our paper "Synthesis and preparation of acid capped CdSe nanocrystals as successful adsorbent and photocatalyst for the removal of dyes from water and its statistical physics analysis" has been published in Env. Sci. Pollut. Res. 

Prof. D.I. Mendoza-Castillo has joined the Editorial Board of International Journal of Analytical Chemistry as Academic Editor. 

Our paper "Enhanced adsorption of ketoprofen and 2,4-dichlorophenoxyactic acid on Physalis peruviana fruit residue functionalized with H2SO4: adsorption properties and statistical physics modeling" has been published in Chem. Eng. J. 

Our paper "Cellulose, clay and sodium alginate composites for the removal of methylene blue dye: Experimental and DFT studies" has been published in Int. J. Biol. Macromol. 

Our paper "Thermodynamics and mechanism of the adsorption of heavy metal ions on keratin biomasses for wastewater detoxification" has been published in Adsorpt. Sci. Technol. 

EnvChemPSE has presented several posters at "2022 #RSCPoster Twitter Conference".

Our paper "New insights into the selective adsorption mechanism of cationic and anionic dyes using MIL-101(Fe) metal-organic framework: modeling and interpretation of physicochemical parameters" has been published in J. Contam. Hydrol. 

Our student Aymara Rodríguez Carrillo has graduated from Instituto Tecnológico de Aguascalientes (México) with a degree of MSc. in Chemical Engineering.

Our paper "Fast and effective catalytic degradation of an organic dye by eco-friendly capped ZnS and Mn-doped ZnS nanocrystals" has been published in Env. Sci. Pollut. Res. 

Our paper "Outstanding performance of a new exfoliated clay impregnated with rutile TiO2 nanoparticles composite for dyes adsorption: experimental and theoretical studies" has been published in Coatings. 

EnvChemPSE has presented several posters at "2nd International Adsorption Society Twitter Poster Conference"

Our paper "A study of single and quaternary adsorption of Cu2+, Co2+, Ni2+ and Ag+ on sludge modified by alkaline fusion" has been published in Chem. Eng. J. 

Our paper "Engineered biochar: A way forward to environmental remediation" has been published in Fuel. 

EnvChemPSE has presented several posters at "II Virtual Pre-IV Workshop of Adsorption, Catalysis and Porous Materials".

Our paper "Adsorption of methylene blue from aqueous solution on activated carbons and composite prepared from an agricultural waste biomass: A comparative study by experimental and advanced modeling analysis" has been published in Chem. Eng. J. 

EnvChemPSE has presented several posters at LatinXChem 2021 Twitter Conference.

Our paper "Adsorptive recovery of butanol, propanol, and ethanol using activated carbon based on residual sludge industrial (ACRS)" has been published in J. Mol. Liq.

Our student Blanca Paloma Escalera Velasco has graduated from Instituto Tecnológico de Aguascalientes (México) with a degree of MSc. in Chemical Engineering.

Our student Fátima Gisela Quintero-Álvarez has graduated from Instituto Tecnológico de Aguascalientes (México) with a degree of MSc. in Chemical Engineering.

Our project "Mantenimiento de la infraestructura del TecNM-Instituto Tecnológico de Aguascalientes para la realización de ciencia de frontera y atención de problemas nacionales en las temáticas de agua, energía, agentes tóxicos y procesos contaminantes" has been granted funding from CONACYT.

Our projects "Producción de biodiesel a partir de los lípidos residuales de la industria láctea de Aguascalientes: uso de una materia alternativa para la generación de energía renovable", "Preparación de nuevos materiales para el tratamiento de bajo costo y efectivo del agua de pozo contaminada por arsénico y fluoruros en el estado de Aguascalientes" and "Reciclado y aprovechamiento de residuos de Tetra Pak para la recuperación de aluminio y otros productos de valor agregado en el estado" de Aguascalientes has been granted funding from Fondo de Innovación Tecnológica del Estado de Aguascalientes.

Our student Aymara Rodríguez-Carrillo  has been awarded with the poster prize winner of #PSEFundComp at Twitter Latin American Conference on Environmental and Chemical Process Systems Engineering. 

Several graduate students have joined EnvChemPSE for a summer research stay. These academic exchanges are related to several mexican agencies to promote science and technology.

Our paper "Optimization of flamboyant-based catalysts functionalized with calcium for fatty acid methyl esters production via transesterification" has been published in Fuel.    

Prof. D.I. Mendoza-Castillo participated as member of the Technical Committee of 2021 AMIDIQ Annual Meeting, México. 

Our paper "Nut shells as adsorbents of pollutants: research and perspectives" has been published in Front. Chem. Eng.   

Our student Evelyn M. Valdés-Rodríguez has been awarded with the first prize poster at online webinar on “Materials of the Future: Smart Applications in Science and Engineering” organized by Qatar University and Springer. 

Our paper "Cr(VI) adsorption onto a new composite prepared from Meidum black clay and pomegranate peel extract: Experiments and physicochemical interpretations" has been published in J. Environ. Chem. Eng.   

Our paper "Adsorption of ibuprofen on cocoa shell biomass-based adsorbents: interpretation of the adsorption equilibrium via statistical physics theory" has been published in  J. Mol. Liq. 

Our paper "Three-dimensional mass transport modeling of pharmaceuticals adsorption inside ZnAl/biochar composite" has been published in  Colloid. Surface. A. 

Our student Daniela Escobar-Pineda has graduated from Instituto Tecnológico de Aguascalientes (México) with a degree of MSc. in Chemical Engineering.

Our student Coset Abreu-Jaureguí has graduated from Instituto Tecnológico de Aguascalientes (México) with a degree of MSc. in Chemical Engineering.

Prof. A. Bonilla-Petriciolet has participated in the Ph.D. defense committee of Somaris Elena Quintana Martinez from Universidad Autónoma de Madrid, España.

Our paper "Application of a heterogeneous physical model for the adsorption of Cd2+, Ni2+, Zn2+ and Cu2+ ions on flamboyant pods functionalized with citric acid" has been published in Chem. Eng. J. 

Prof. A. Bonilla-Petriciolet was member of reviewer committee of FONDECYT calls from Consejo Nacional de Ciencias, Tecnología e Innovación Tecnológica, Perú.

Our student Liliana Lizbeth Díaz-Muñoz has graduated from Instituto Tecnológico de Aguascalientes (México) with a degree of PhD. in Engineering. 

Our paper "Novel biochar and hydrochar for the adsorption of 2-nitrophenol from aqueous solutions: An approach using the PVSDM model" has been published in Chemosphere.

Dr. Francisco Villanueva-Mejia (UMSNH, México) has joined EnvChemPSE for a postdoctoral stay of one year. CONACYT was the sponsor of this research stay.

Our paper "Adsorption of methylene blue on silica nanoparticles: Modelling analysis of the adsorption mechanism via a double layer model" has been published in J. Mol. Liq.

Our paper "Understanding the adsorption mechanism of Ag+ and Hg2+ on functionalized layered double hydroxide via statistical physics modeling" has been published in Appl. Clay Sci. 

Our paper "Statistical physics interpretation of the adsorption mechanism of Pb, Cd and Ni on chicken feathers" has been published in J. Mol. Liq.

Our student Ricardo Alfredo Quevedo-Amador has graduated from Instituto Tecnológico de Aguascalientes (México) with a degree of MSc. in Chemical Engineering. 

Prof. A. Bonilla-Petriciolet was a plenary speaker in the XIV Cátedra Internacional de Ingeniería, Colombia.

Our paper "Exfoliated Clay Decorated with Magnetic Iron Nanoparticles for Crystal Violet Adsorption: Modeling and Physicochemical Interpretation" has been published in Nanomaterials.

Our paper "Synthesis and characterization of nanostructured calcium oxides supported onto biochar and their application as catalysts for biodiesel production" has been published in Renew. Energ.

Prof. A. Bonilla-Petriciolet has been invited to perform the external evaluation of a PhD's thesis proposal from the Anna University, India.

Our paper "Kinetic, thermodynamic and mechanism study of the adsorption of phenol on Moroccan clayKinetic, thermodynamic and mechanism study of the adsorption of phenol on Moroccan clay" has been published in J. Mol. Liq.

Our paper "A novel multifunctional adsorbent of pomegranate peel extract and activated anthracite for Mn(VII) and Cr(VI) uptake from solutions: experiments and theoretical analysis" has been published in J. Mol. Liq.

Prof. Adrián Bonilla-Petriciolet has started a short research stay at Universidade Federal de Santa Maria, Brazil.

Our paper "Novel hybrid multifunctional composite of chitosan and altered basalt for barium adsorption: experimental and theoretical studies" has been published in Colloid. Surface. A.

Our paper "Residual mexican biomasses for bioenergy and fine-chemicals production: correlation between composition and specific applications" has been published in Biomass. Convers. Bior.

Angélica Fátima Mantelli Streit (Universidade Federal de Santa Maria, Brazil) has joined EnvChemPSE for a resarch stay of five months. 

EnvChemPSE has collaborated in the registration of a national patent with Universidad Autónoma de Tamaulipas, Mexico.

Our paper "Preparation and characterization of a novel mountain soursop seeds powder adsorbent and its application for the removal of crystal violet and methylene blue from aqueous solutions" has been published in Chem. Eng. J.

Our student Oslery Becerra-Pérez has graduated from Instituto Tecnológico de Aguascalientes (México) with a degree of MSc. in Chemical Engineering. 

Our paper "Adsorption of dyes brilliant blue, sunsent yellow and tartrazine from aqueous solution on chitosan: analytical interpretation via multilayer statistical physics model" has been published in Chem. Eng. J.

Our paper "Phase stability analysis of multicomponent systems using alternative stochastic optimization methods" has been published in Bulg. Chem. Commun.

Our paper "Recovery of bioalcohols with potential as biofuels using an energetically sustainable separation strategy" has been published in Bulg. Chem. Commun.

Our paper "Avocado seeds valorization as adsorbents of priority pollutants from water" has been published in Bulg. Chem. Commun.

Our paper "Adsorption of dyes acid red 1 and acid green 25 on grafted clay: modeling and statistical physics interpretation" has been published in J. Mol. Liq.

Our paper "Adsorption of amoxicillin and tetracycline on activated carbon prepared from durian shell in single and binary systems: experimental study and modeling analysis" has been published in Chem. Eng. J.

Our paper "Adsorption of crystal violet on biomasses from pecan nutshell, para chestnut husk, araucaria bark and palm cactus: experimental study and theoretical modeling via monolayer and double layer statistical physics models" has been published in Chem. Eng. J.

Our paper "Lanthanum- and cerium-based functionalization of chars and activated carbons for the adsorption of fluoride and arsenic ions" has been published in Int. J. Environ. Sci. Technol.

EnvChemPSE has presented several papers at Conference "XVI Congreso de la Mujer en la Ciencia", Guanajuato, México.

Our student Daniela Escobar Pineda has started a research stay of two months at Universidad Autónoma de Madrid, Madrid, Spain. 

Our paper "Adsorption of ibuprofen on organo-sepiolite and on zeolite/sepiolite heterostructure: synthesis, characterization and statistical physics modeling" has been published in Chem. Eng. J.

Our student Ninfa Marisol Zuñiga Muro has started a research stay of three months at Universidad Nacional de San Luis, San Luis, Argertine. 

Our paper "Monolayer and multilayer adsorption of pharmaceuticals on activated carbon: application of advanced statistical physics models" has been published in J. Mol. Liq.

Our paper "Adsorption in water treatment" has been published in Reference Module in Chemistry, Molecular Sciences and Chemical Engineering.

Our paper "Dynamic optimization for the enzymatic production of acylglycerols" has been published in Chem. Eng. Commun.

Our paper "A novel route for preparation of chemically activated carbon from pistacho wood for highly efficient Pb(II) sorption" has been published in J. Environ. Manage.

Our paper "Iron-modified composite adsorbent coating for azo dye removal and its regeneration by photo-Fenton process: synthesis, characterization and adsorption mechanism interpretation" has been published in Chem. Eng. J.

Prof. A. Bonilla-Petriciolet has been recognized as an outstanding reviewer of Journal of Industrial and Engineering Chemistry from Elsevier.

Prof. A. Bonilla-Petriciolet has joined the International Adsorption Society (IAS). 

Our paper "Adsorption of phenol on microwave-assisted activated carbons: modelling and interpretation" has been published in J. Mol. Liq.

Prof. A. Bonilla-Petriciolet has been recognized as an outstanding reviewer of Energy Conversion and Management from Elsevier.

Prof. A. Bonilla-Petriciolet was a plenary speaker in the 3° Congreso Nacional de Ingeniería, Reynosa, Tamaulipas.

Prof. H. Elizabeth Reynel-Ávila and Prof. Didilia I. Mendoza-Castillo have attended a training seminar on ionic and liquid chromatography at León, Guanajuato, México. 

Our student Felipe Villalobos-Delgado has graduated from Instituto Tecnológico de Aguascalientes (México) with a degree of MSc. in Chemical Engineering. 

Dra. Karla I. Camacho-Aguilar (CINVESTAV, México) and Dr. Herson A. González-Ponce (UAA, México) have joined EnvChemPSE for a postdoctoral stay of one year. CONACYT was the sponsor of these research stays. 

Our paper "Synthesis and characterization of a novel amphoteric adsorbent coating for anionic and cationic dyes adsorption: Experimental investigation and statistical physics modelling" has been published in Chem. Eng. J.