43rd JOHANNESBURG International Conference on Chemical, Biological and Environmental Engineering: JCBEE-26

JCBEE-26


Chemical & Material Sciences (General) Biomedical Technology



TRACKS (JCBEE-26)



JCBEE-26 accepts all papers related with the following tracks:




  • Biological and Biomedical Sciences

  • Mining, Water and Waste Management

  • Agriculture and Soil Sciences

  • Environmental and Ecological Engineering

  • Applied Mathematics and Computer Applications 



Please see the detailed list of some of the potencial topics below:



Chemical Engineering





  • Transport Phenomena: Fluid mechanics, heat transfer mechanisms, mass transfer kinetics, boundary layer theory.




  • Chemical Reaction Engineering: Homogeneous and heterogeneous kinetics, ideal reactor design (CSTR, PFR, Batch), catalyst design, reactor safety systems.




  • Thermodynamics & Phase Equilibria: Equations of state, chemical reaction equilibria, vapor-liquid equilibria (VLE), chemical potential.




  • Unit Operations: Distillation columns, liquid-liquid extraction, crystallization, drying processes, filtration systems.




  • Process Control & Dynamics: Feedback and feedforward loops, PID controllers, transfer functions, dynamic process simulation.





Biological Engineering





  • Bioprocess & Fermentation Technology: Microbial growth kinetics, upstream process optimization, bioreactor design and scale-up, downstream separation.




  • Cellular & Tissue Engineering: Stem cell differentiation, scaffold design, biomaterials, 3D bioprinting, regenerative medicine.




  • Enzyme Kinetics & Catalysis: Michaelis-Menten dynamics, enzyme immobilization, industrial enzymatic synthesis, biocatalysis.




  • Synthetic & Molecular Biology: Metabolic pathway engineering, CRISPR-Cas system applications, recombinant DNA technology, protein engineering.




  • Biomedical Engineering Systems: Targeted drug delivery mechanisms, biosensor technology, artificial organs, microfluidic lab-on-a-chip devices.





Environmental Engineering





  • Water & Wastewater Treatment: Primary physical treatment, biological secondary treatment, advanced membrane filtration, sludge management, desalination.




  • Air Pollution Control: Particulate matter scrubbers, catalytic converters, industrial emissions monitoring, volatile organic compound (VOC) treatment.




  • Solid & Hazardous Waste Management: Landfill engineering, hazardous waste neutralization, thermal treatment, waste reduction strategies.




  • Environmental Chemistry & Ecotoxicology: Bioaccumulation kinetics, transport of pollutants in soil/water, heavy metal speciation, risk assessment.




  • Hydrology & Water Resource Systems: Surface water modeling, groundwater remediation, watershed management, transport of environmental contaminants.





Interrelated Topics (Cross-Disciplinary Integration)



Chemical + Biological Engineering (Biochemical Engineering)





  • Industrial Biotechnology: Large-scale bio-manufacturing, continuous fermenter control, bio-based chemical production, industrial enzyme production.




  • Metabolic Engineering & Synthetic Biology: Redesigning metabolic networks for chemical yields, cellular factory design, flux balance analysis.




  • Biopharmaceutical Processing: Cleanroom process validation, monoclonal antibody purification, vaccine manufacturing dynamics, protein stabilization.





Chemical + Environmental Engineering (Green & Sustainable Engineering)





  • Green Chemistry & Sustainable Processing: Atom economy, non-toxic solvent selection, energy-efficient chemical routes, process intensification.




  • Carbon Capture, Utilization, & Storage (CCUS): Direct air capture, chemical looping combustion, solvent-based carbon dioxide absorption, geological sequestration.




  • Pollutant Separation & Clean Technology: Membrane separation of toxic waste streams, heterogeneous photocatalysis, clean fuel synthesis, alternative energy storage.





Biological + Environmental Engineering (Environmental Biotechnology)





  • Bioremediation & Phytoremediation: Microbial degradation of hydrocarbons, heavy metal extraction using plants, bio-augmentation of contaminated sites.




  • Anaerobic Digestion & Waste-to-Energy: Methanogenesis kinetics, biogas purification, organic municipal waste digestion, bio-hydrogen production.




  • Ecological Engineering: Engineered wetlands for wastewater treatment, bio-filters for air quality control, natural attenuation systems.





Integrated Synthesis: Chemical + Biological + Environmental Engineering





  • Circular Bioeconomy: Converting agricultural waste streams into platform chemicals and biodegradable plastics using engineered microbes and low-impact processing.




  • Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) & Sustainable Design: Evaluating environmental impact from raw material extraction to disposal, techno-economic analysis of bio-refineries, cradle-to-cradle engineering design.




  • Advanced Biorefineries: Processing complex biomass feedstocks via thermochemical and biochemical routes to produce renewable fuels, polymers, and value-added materials.