The Workshop on Simulation and Optimization for Sustainable Engineering is held in Santander (September 28th-29th) on the occasion of the visit of Prof. Ignacio Grossmann to the Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering of the Universidad de Cantabria in the framework of the Fulbright U.S. Specialist Program. This workshop is organized in collaboration with AQUIQÁN, the Association of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering of Cantabria, with the aims of serving both as a forum of discussion of the recent advances in the topic and a meeting point of the closest collaborators of Prof. Grossmann in Spain over the last years. Overall, 30 researchers will take part in this event coming from several universities (Alicante, Cantabria, Rovira i Virgili, Salamanca, Sevilla, and Valladolid) and the IMDEA Materials Institute. The program includes a plenary lecture imparted by Prof. Grossmann, one keynote presentation representative of each institution and around 15 oral presentations from young researchers.

En este libro, se incluyen los enunciados y la estrategia de resolución de las cuestiones tipo test y problemas que formaron las diferentes pruebas de la Olimpiada y de la Miniolimpiada de Química de Cantabria del año 2020. Así, este libro pretende ayudar a los estudiantes de Química preuniversitaria, tanto de Bachillerato como de Educación Secundaria Obligatoria (ESO), a preparar futuras pruebas tanto de la Olimpiada como de la Miniolimpiada, respectivamente. Esta obra también será útil para ayudar a profundizar en el currículo de la disciplina de Química a aquellos alumnos de Bachillerato o ESO con un mayor interés o dominio de esta materia, puesto que las cuestiones y problemas incluidos poseen un nivel de dificultad más elevado que el que generalmente se propone en los centros educativos. De manera más general, este libro puede resultar de interés como material de apoyo para estudiantes universitarios de cualquier asignatura de Química general en titulaciones de grado. Por último, y desde el punto de vista del profesorado, además de poder encontrar en este libro material didáctico con el que facilitar la preparación de su alumnado para ambas competiciones, puede facilitarles también atender a la diversidad del mismo para satisfacer las necesidades educativas del alumnado de mayor capacidad o interés en la materia. This book includes the exam questions and the strategies to solve test questions and problems that formed the Chemistry Olympiad and Mini-olympiad exams of Cantabria in 2020. Therefore, the aim of this book is to help pre-university Chemistry students, both in Baccalaureate and Compulsory Secondary Education (ESO), to prepare future exams of the Olympiad and the Mini-olympiad, respectively. This work will also be useful to help deepen in the Chemistry curriculum to those students of Baccalaureate or ESO who show more interest or more knowledge in this subject, since the test questions and problems included have a higher level of difficulty than exercises usually proposed in high schools. More generally, this book can be interesting as support material for university students of any basic subject of Chemistry in an undergraduate course. Finally, from the point of view of the teaching staff, in this book teachers will find instructional materials not only for preparing their students for these competitions, but also for providing an adequate diversity outreach that satisfies educational needs of students with higher ability or interest in Chemistry.