Research Projects

No. Project Title Coordinator / member Doctoral Students
1 Emerging Two-phase Expansion Power Generation Technology – Unlocking the Potential of Geothermal and Industrial Waste Heat Utilization (EMPOWER), Horizon Europe, No. 101192974, 2025–2028 Petrescu Letiția
Cormoș Călin Cristian
Alessandra-Diana Selejan
2 Integration and optimization of CO2 capture and utilization technologies using renewable energy sources in the copper production process (More4LessCu), CETP-FP-2023-00394 | ERANET-CETP-More4LessCu-114/2025 (Mineral Optimization driving Renewable Energy applications in Low Energy CO2 Capture and Utilization in Copper Processing, ERANET More4LessCu), 2025–2027 Cormoș Ana-Maria Alexandru Bozonc
3 Sustainable development of industrial processes through decarbonization using calcium looping technology (Sustainable development of decarbonized industrial processes using calcium looping technology), Horizon Europe Excellence Award Project for Institutions, PN-IV-P8-8_1-PRE-HE-ORG-2024-0228, 2025–2026 Cormoș Călin Cristian
Cristea Vasile Mircea
Cormoș Ana-Maria
Arthur-Maximilian Bathori
4 Advanced multi-enzymatic synthesis bioprocesses and purification of furan-structured derivatives – ASPIRE (Advanced (multi)-enzymatic synthesis and purification processes for biobased furan derivatives – ASPIRE), Project Code PNRR-III-C9-2022-I8-CF 25, Contract No. 760042, 2023–2026 Cristea Vasile Mircea Norbert Botond Mihály
5 REcycling of spent Li-ion batteries and end-of-life photovoltaic panels: From the development of metal recovery processes to the implementation of a START-up – RESTART, COFUND-LEAP-RE Project, No. 221/2022, 2022–2025 Szabolcs Fogarasi
Cormoș Ana-Maria
 
6 Calcium Looping to capture CO2 from industrial processes by 2030, Horizon Europe, 2022–2025 Cormoș Călin Cristian Alexandru-Constantin Bozonc
Ștefan-Cristian Galușnyak
7 Advanced thermo-chemical systems for time-flexible energy conversion and storage applications with low carbon dioxide emissions, PN-III-P4-ID-PCE-2020-0032, 2021–2023 Cormoș Călin Cristian
Cormoș Ana-Maria
Vlad-Cristian Sandu
Ștefan-Cristian Galușnyak
Ionela-Dorina Dumbravă
8 Integrating process intensification methods with advanced control strategies for improved performance of CO2 capture systems, Exploratory Research Project, Contract 181/2021, Project PN-III-P4-ID-PCE-2020-0632, 2021–2023 Cormoș Ana Maria
Cormoș Călin Cristian
Alessandra-Diana Selejan
Flavia-Maria Ilea
9 Artificial Intelligence-based Digital Twins for Process Intensification Technologies, Project Code CNFIS-FDI-2021-0061, 2021 Cristea Vasile Mircea Norbert Botond Mihály
10 Hybrid Solvent – Membrane for post-combustion CO2 capture and utilization, NO Grants Call for Proposals 2019 - CRPs, RO-NO-2019-0379, 2020–2023 Cormoș Călin Cristian Ionela-Dorina Dumbravă
Flavia-Maria Ilea
11 Validation of innovative energy-efficient calcium looping technology for decarbonization of fossil fuel-intensive industrial applications (INNOCAL), PN-III-P2-2.1-PED-2019-0181, 2020–2022 Cormoș Călin Cristian
Cormoș Ana-Maria
Vlad-Cristian Sandu
12 Carbon valorisation in energy efficient green fuels, Project Code PN-III-P3-36-H2020-2020-0058, Contract No. PN-III-P3-3_6-H2020-2020-0058, 2020–2022 Cristea Vasile Mircea Luca Alexandra Veronica
13 RESTORE: Renewable Energy based seasonal Storage Technology in Order to Raise Economic and environmental sustainability of DHC, Horizon 2020, No. 101036766 Petrescu Letiția
Cormoș Călin Cristian
 
14 CONVERGE: Carbon valorisation in energy-efficient green fuels, Horizon 2020, No. 818135, 2018–2022 Petrescu Letiția
Cormoș Călin Cristian
Ștefan-Cristian Galușnyak
15 ROSE Project: “Say Yes to a Chemist’s Career” – Innovative actions to reduce dropout among students of the Faculty of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Project Code SGU/NC/II, Contract No. AG164, 2019–2022 Cristea Vasile Mircea  
16 AGC competitiveness support grants awarded by UBB:
  • 4 grants in 2025
  • 1 grant in 2024
  • 5 grants in 2023
  • 1 grant in 2022
  • 3 grants in 2021
Cristea Vasile Mircea PhD student Luca Alexandra Veronica
PhD student Bíborka Boga
PhD student Norbert Botond Mihály
PhD student Simon-Várhelyi Melinda