Faculty of Engineering

Notable Projects

• Development of ceramic matrix composite biomaterials for cell growth platforms with controlled antibiotics release for applications such as bone implants.
• Mechanical characterization by indentation of coatings made through plasma thermal spraying from nanometric suspensions.
• Development of ceramic or metal/ceramic coating systems for thermal insulation of steel pipelines transporting hot fluids.
• Implementation of mining waste in formulations of mixtures for the elaboration of ceramic brick.

Main Research Results

• The potential of La-containing spent catalysts from fluid catalytic cracking as feedstock of mullite based refractories. DOI: 10.1016/j.jeurceramsoc.2020.04.051, 2020.
• Influence of Atmospheric Plasma Spraying Parameters on Porosity Formation in Coatings Manufactured from 45S5 Bioglass® poder. DOI: 10.1007/s11666-019-00952-3. 2020.
• Pelletisation by tumbling as an alternative method of agglomerating nanometric particles for use as feedstock in bi-modal structured flame sprayed ceramic coatings. DOI: 10.1016/j.ceramint.2019.07.083. 2019
• Solid-state synthesis of alpha tricalcium phosphate for cements used in biomedical applications, DOI: 10.1016/j.bsecv.2019.11.004. 2019

Research Portafolio