Profesor Manuel Pinelo, ekspert procesów membranowych pracujący na co dzień w Technical University of Denmark (DTU) odwiedzi Politechnikę Poznańską w dniach 12-17 czerwca br. w ramach programu „Inicjatywa Doskonała Współpraca Międzynarodowa - wizyty krótkoterminowe”. Celem tego programu jest intensyfikowanie międzynarodowej działalności badawczej i dydaktycznej w Politechnice Poznańskiej. 
W programie wizyty zaplanowano między innymi:

• wykład w Szkole Doktorskiej – 12 czerwca od godz. 16.00 -17.30 (sala 102 C budynek A28 Wydział Technologii Chemicznej) 
• wykład otwarty – 15 czerwca 2026 r od godz. 12.00-13.30 (sala 123 Centrum Wykładowe) 

Future of Chemical Engineering: Reconciling Economic Feasibility with Environmental Responsibility

This lectures will explore the future direction of chemical and biochemical engineering in a world where process performance must be evaluated not only by economic feasibility but also by its environmental and societal impact. The discipline is undergoing a fundamental transformation driven by the need to design processes that minimise energy use, valorise side streams, integrate biological pathways and operate with circularity rather than linear throughput. The challenge is no longer to choose between economic growth and sustainability, but to engineer systems where both are mutually reinforcing: processes that are inherently resource efficient, that rely on renewable feedstocks, that integrate biocatalysis, membrane separations and electrified unit operations, and that use digital tools to optimise environmental footprints in real time. This opens the door to intelligent hybrid processes where biology, chemistry and material science converge, where new solvent systems and reactor designs reduce waste by orders of magnitude, and where techno economic and life cycle assessments are embedded from the start to ensure that innovation is both competitive and environmentally responsible. Exploring how the next generation of chemical engineers can design such resilient, low footprint, economically viable production systems would provide an intellectually rich and socially relevant theme for the entire university.