ROBOCOOP-EU is a HORIZON EUROPE and CIRCULAR BIO_BASED EUROPE co-funded project, proposing a breakthrough cultural change in the agro-food sector: Deploying effective regional and circular bio-based Business Models for the valorization of waste streams from 3 agricultural sectors: grape, olive and stone fruit. The Kick off Meeting for ROBOCOOP-EU was held in Badajoz, Spain in June 2023. NTUA… Read More »
The IRISS Thematic Session on “Safe and Sustainable by Design”, held during the 33rd European Symposium on Computer–Aided Process Engineering (ESCAPE-33) Athens on Tuesday, June 20th, concluded with over 50 registered attendees and over 40 physically and digitally present. The open session kicked off with Dr Eva Schillinger, representing SusChem ETP, who took the floor remotely to… Read More »
Αφορμή της στρατηγικής συνεργασίας ΕΜΠ – ΣΕΧΒ αποτελεί το έργο IRISS, που δρομολογεί τη δημιουργία ενός μόνιμου δικτύου για τη διασφάλιση της ασφάλειας και της αειφορίας των χημικών, των υλικών και των διεργασιών παραγωγής τους ήδη από το στάδιο του σχεδιασμού τους. Αθήνα, 28 Ιουνίου 2023 Ο Σύνδεσμος Ελληνικών Χημικών Βιομηχανιών (ΣΕΧΒ), ως ιδρυτικό μέλος του Ελληνικού Εθνικού… Read More »
National Finals for BISC-E Competition took place on Friday June 9th with two teams from National Technical University participating and presenting their innovative ideas to the Jury consisting of three Members (two from Academia and one from Industry). The winning team was decided unanimously and is proceeding to the European Finals that will be held on September 8th.… Read More »
Design of Lignocellulosic plants Purpose: integrate novel paths to biofuels and biochemicals with a combination of modelling, optimization, process integration and process intensification (www.biocore-europe.org). Research involves collaboration with plants in France, Denmark and Holland. It includes patentable technologies to valorize lignin, novel fermentation to ABE/IBE and MCFA, and the integration of biochemical and thermochemical paths (HTL, pyrolysis, syngas… Read More »
Major EU initiative launched to accelerate the transition to safe and sustainable materials, products and processes To ensure that materials are sustainable for humans and the environment, to increase recycling and use resources in a more efficient way, efforts are required from an early stage of design and manufacturing. Thus, the EC has launched a major initiative, IRISS,… Read More »
The first on-site workshop for RENESENG II took place in Toulouse, France on the 15th of June, 2022, as a special session in ESCAPE32 Conference. Partners had the opportunity to meet and exchange valuable knowledge and know how presenting their work on morning sessions in parallel to ESCAPE32 Conference. “Modelling of unconventional substrates: the case of HTL” Prof… Read More »
Professor A. Kokosis was elected Visiting Professor at the School of Chemical Engineering of the Imperial College of Science, Technology and Medicine. In the context of his new role, he will be able to supervise doctoral dissertations, postgraduate and diploma theses, some of which provide funding.
SusChem Greece’s first Brokerage Event was held on 15th October in Athens, with encouraging participation by industry. The event started off with introductions by Prof. Kokossis (NTUA) and priming presentations by Drs Stelios Bikos (NTUA) and Christos Michalopoulos (NTUA) on the history, deeds and plans of SusChem Greece, the Horizon2020 framework programme for funded Research and Innovation and… Read More »
The first Thematic Workshop οf Monday 29th – Tuesday 30th of January 2018 on Βio-products with packaging, coating, paint, varnish and adhesives applications has been cancelled. New dates will be announced soon. SusChem GR is seeking to discover the wants and the needs of the Greek industry (“Greek priorities”) with respect to research and development, so SusChem GR… Read More »
We are really excited to announce that during the 10th World Congress of Chemical Engineering held in Barcelona (Spain) from 1st to 5th October, 2017, the lecture titled: “Use of decision trees in life cycle impact assessment of bio – based processes at early design stages” of Prof Stavros Papadokonstantakis (Chalmers University), Mrs Paraskevi Karka and Prof Antonios… Read More »
David R. Atkinson Center for a Sustainable Future empowers faculty to think outside of their departments and across disciplines when it comes to tackling the world’s greatest challenge—creating a vital and resilient future for the global community. By providing start-up funding for cross-college collaborations, emergency research, and partnerships with non-profits, government, and industry, the Atkinson Center supports the… Read More »
SusChem Greece participated for the second time since its birth in the annual Stakeholder Event of the European Technological Platform SusChem, in Brussels, on 8th June. SusChem Greece was represented in the event by Professor Kokossis, whose IPSEN unit at the National Technical University of Athens hosts the national platform and runs its secretariat. SusChem Annual Stakeholder Events… Read More »
IPSEN continues its tradition of supporting conferences organised by the Hellenic Chemical Engineers’ Association, where chemical engineering research work is mainly showcased annually, which has been carried out in Greek research and technology organisations or by Greek chemical engineers abroad. This year, IPSEN participated with four oral presentations: The first presentation, delivered by Aikaterini Mountraki and… Read More »
The 4th Executive Board Meeting and the 2nd General Assembly Meeting RESYNTEX took place in Baveno, Italy on the 16th and 17th of May 2017 respectively. There has been an Introduction to the Review Report by IOS and an extended discussion on the Work Status & Feedback on Review Report Recommendations. Two technical workshops where dedicated to the… Read More »