Evaluation Report Publications of the Academy of Finland 1/11

Research environment
The unit is one of seven laboratories of the Department of Process and Environmental 
Engineering. Contacts with the laboratories of the Department of Chemistry are not 
mentioned.
Recommendations
Considering the documents available, this unit was in a lethargic state at the end of 
the mandate of its former director: concentration was on a few basic topics in quite 

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theoretical chemical engineering with very limited contacts to either industry or 
international science. Since this period, the unit has evolved in a positive way, and the 
efforts made by UO to strengthen it may hopefully lead to success. However, the unit 
has to work intensely in order to get better known abroad by adopting a more 
aggressive publication policy. It could also work with neighbouring colleagues to 
define applications in which the unit’s know-how can be applied.