The 9th International Conference on Energy and Environment Research Greening Energy to Shape a Sustainable Future

Nídia Caetano:

Nídia Caetano was born on November 1964. She completed degree in Chem. Eng. FEUP, in 1987 and Ph.D. in Chem. Eng. during March 1996. She is Coordinator Professor at the School of Engineering (ISEP) of the Polytechnic Institute of Porto (IPP), External Researcher with LEPABE/FEUP and Collaborator at CIETI/ISEP, and Sub-Director of the Chemical Engineering Department of ISEP for the Infrastructures and Facilities (2014-2016). She has authored or co-authored +150 conference and journal papers with referee process, 11 chapters, and was Keynote Speaker or Invited Lecturer of several conferences. She has organized several international conferences (ICEER series, from 2016, TEEM, JTIR, Beacon conference in Luanda and in Lobito, etc.). Her research interests include biofuels production, biorefineries, waste and biomass valorization, microalgae production and valorization, LCA, and education on sustainability.

Manuel Carlos Felgueiras:

Manuel Carlos Felgueiras received the B.S. and Ph.D. degrees in electrical and computer engineering from the Faculty of Engineering, University of Porto, Porto, Portugal, in 1987 and 2008, respectively. He started his professional career in 1987 as Electronic Designer for automation systems. Later he was invited to supervise a test laboratory for verifying the accomplishment of European Standards in thermoelectric household appliances. He started the teaching activity in 1994 as Assistant Professor and later on as Adjunct Professor and Researcher with the Department of Electrical Engineering, School of Engineering, Polytechnic Institute of Porto (P.Porto), Portugal. His research interests include design for debug and test of mixed signals, remote experimentation in e-learning, renewable energy sources, and smart buildings. He is Member of the Portuguese Engineers Association and the Global Online Laboratory Consortium (GOLC). He has published around 90 papers and includes the scientific committeeof several conferences.