Profile
Joined the Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering (DEQB) of Coimbra Institute of Engineering (ISEC) in 1994 and since then, she is responsible for the teaching of several disciplines in the area of transport phenomena and chemical reactors (Fluid Mechanics, Heat and Mass Transfer, Unit Operations and Chemical Reactions Engineering) in various undergraduate and postgraduate courses at ISEC.
Between 2001 and 2005, she was president of the Scientific Committee of DEQB at ISEC, and between 2007 and 2009, she was head of department. Since 2009, she was the coordinate of the Master’s Course in Chemical and Biological Engineering at ISEC.
She integrate the research team of the Transport Phenomena Research Center (CEFT) since its foundation in the 90’s. Currently, she is Coordinate Professor at DEQB of ISEC and member of the Scientific Committee of Applied Research Institute (IIA – Instituto de Investigação Aplicada) of the Polytechnic of Coimbra.
Research interests
Selected publications
- R.O. Madaleno, L.M. Castro and M.N. Coelho Pinheiro
Drying kinetics of granulated cork: Effect of air drying stream conditions and granule size
Biomass and Bioenergy, 107 (pp. 8-19, 2017.
- L.M.M.N. Castro and M.N.C. Pinheiro
A simple data processing approach for drying kinetics experiments
Chemical Engineering Communications, 203 (2), pp. 258-269, 2016.
- A.D.S.M.R. Pascoal, P.M. da Silva and M.N. Coelho Pinheiro
Drug dissolution profiles from polymeric matrices: Data versus numerical solution of the diffusion problem and kinetic models
International Communications in Heat and Mass Transfer, 61 (pp. 118-127, 2015.
- L.M.T. Santos and M.N. Coelho Pinheiro
Flow around individual Taylor bubbles rising in a vertical column with water: Effect of gas expansion
International Journal of Multiphase Flow, 63 (pp. 39-51, 2014.
- A.S.G. Silva and M.N.C. Pinheiro
Diffusion coefficients of timolol maleate in polymeric membranes based on methacrylate hydrogels
Journal of Chemical and Engineering Data, 58 (8), pp. 2280-2289, 2013.
- L.M.T. Santos, M.T.M. Sena Esteves and M.N. Coelho Pinheiro
Effect of gas expansion on the velocity of individual Taylor bubbles rising in vertical columns with water: Experimental studies at atmospheric pressure and under vacuum
Chemical Engineering Science, 63 (18), pp. 4464-4474, 2008.
- A. Pinto, M. Pinheiro, S. Nogueira, V. Ferreira and J. Campos
Experimental study on the transition in the velocity of individual Taylor bubbles in vertical upward co-current liquid flow
Chemical Engineering Research & Design, 83 (A9), pp. 1103-1110 (1108), 2005.
- M.N. Coelho Pinheiro
Stripping in a bubbling pool under vacuum-contribution of the interfacial tension to the pressure inside the bubbles
International Communications in Heat and Mass Transfer, 28 (8), pp. 1053-1063, 2001.
- A.M.F.R. Pinto, M.N.C. Pinheiro and J.B.L.M. Campos
Coalescence of two gas slugs rising in a co-current flowing liquid in vertical tubes
Chemical Engineering Science, 53 (16), pp. 2973-2983, 1998.
- M.N. Coelho Pinheiro, J.R.F. Guedes de Carvalho
Coalescence of two gas slugs rising in a co-current flowing liquid in vertical tubes
Chemical Engineering Science, 49, pp. 2689-2698, 1994.