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Department of Chemical and Agricultural Engineering and Agrifood Technology (EQATA)

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Departament d'Enginyeria Química, Agrària i Tecnologia Agroalimentaria
Edifici politècnica I i Facultat de ciències
Campus de Montilivi mapa de situacio
17071 GIRONA
Tel. +34 972 41 84 38
Fax +34 972 41 83 99
seceqata@eps.udg.edu
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Research groups

The research groups of the Department are:

  • Laboratory of Chemical and Environmental Engineering (LEQUIA)
    Research Head: Dr. Manel Poch Espallargas
    manel@lequia.udg.edu
    http://lequia.udg.edu
    Research topics: Study and optimization of the management of the processes of wastewater treatment, application of the best technology available to minimize waste generation and transference of these knowledges to the implied sectors.
  • Laboratory of Paper Engineering and Polymer Materials (LEPAMAP)
    Research Head: Dr. Pere Mutjé Pujol
    pere.mutje@udg.edu
    http://lepamap.udg.edu
    Research topics: Paper technology, Optimization of the primary treatment of deinking effluents, Simulation of the processes of paper production, Deinking of paper waste.
  • Plant Pathology
    Research Head: Dr. Emili Montesinos Seguí
    (emonte@intea.udg.edu)
    http://www.udg.edu/cidsav
    Research topics: Epidemiology and control of bacterial and fungous diseases that have economic significance in fruit production and post harvest.
  • Soil Science Unit
    Research Head: Dr. Maria A. Gispert Negrell
    maria.gispert@udg.edu
    http://www.udg.edu/deqata/ucs
    Research topics: Effect of land use and abandonment on physical, chemical and biological characteristics of soils. Use of food industries wastes in soils.
  • Upgrading Food Industry By-products
    Research Head: Dr. Dolors Parés Oliva
    dpares@intea.udg.edu
    http://intea.udg.edu/
    Research topics: Production of functional and nutritional food ingredients with porcine blood from the commercial slaughter of meat-producing animals Development of molecular techniques of identification and quantification of pathogens and modified genetically micro organisms in foods.
  • Metals and Environment
    Research Head: Dr. Isabel Villaescusa Gil
    isabel.villaescusa@udg.edu
    http://www.udg.edu/deqata/mma
    Research topics: Upgrading of plant wastes from food industries for concentrating and removing of metallic ions of aqueous dissolutions. Evaluation of the toxicity of metallic ions through the use of different biological models. Building and evaluation of selective ions electrodes.
  • Agricultural Engineering
    Research Head: Dr. Francesc Ramírez de Cartagena Bisbe
    francisco.ramirez@udg.edu
    http://bas.udg.edu/~agroeng [url en procés de reforma]
    Research topics: Efficiency in the use of water for irrigation (irrigation with regenerated effluents, drip irrigation, surface irrigation and nitrogen fertilization, management of water resources in agriculture). Efficiency and quality of cattle productions.
  • Composites Plastics Materials
    Research Head: Dra. Fabiola Vilaseca Morera
    fabiola.vilaseca@udg.edu
    Research topics: Modification of the cellulose fibers from annual plants and production of composites.

Besides, several members of the Department belong to the Institute of Food and Agricultural Technology (http://intea.udg.edu) and to the Institute of Environment (http://insma.udg.edu).