Preface: IX International Congress “Engineering, Environment and Materials in Process Industry”—EEM2025 ^†

1. Introduction

1.1. Overview

The IX International Congress “Engineering, Environment and Materials in Process Industry”—EEM2025 took place in Ethno Village Stanišići, Bijeljina, Republic of Srpska, Bosnia and Herzegovina, from 2 to 4 April 2025. The EEM2025 Congress provides a platform for scientists, technologists, and professionals to share recent advancements and research findings across various fields, including chemical technology and engineering, food technology and engineering, environmental engineering, materials science, and renewable energy and sustainable development. The event encourages participation from academia, industry, and public administration, representing a great opportunity to connect these sectors. We can conclude that EEM2025 was a highly successful and impactful event. It reinforced the importance of collaboration, knowledge exchange, and the ongoing advancement of research, while setting a benchmark for the quality of the presented science—a standard we will strive to maintain and improve upon in the upcoming 10th anniversary edition, scheduled for 2027.

1.2. Organizers

The EEM2025 Congress is organized by University of East Sarajevo, Faculty of Technology Zvornik, in co-organization with Institute “Dr. Josif Pančić”; University of Banja Luka, Faculty of Technology; Faculty of Technology and Metallurgy, University of Belgrade; Josip Juraj Strossmayer University of Osijek, Faculty of Food Technology Osijek; University of Belgrade, Institute of Physics; University of Novi Sad, Faculty of Technology; and Union of Engineers and Technicians of Serbia. The Congress is endorsed by ISEKI Food Association, under the auspices of the Academy of Sciences and Arts of the Republic of Srpska and the Government of the Republic of Srpska.

1.3. Scopes and Topics

The EEM2025 Congress is open to anybody who wants to present recent and original results on any of the following topics:

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Chemical and Electrochemical Engineering;

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Food Engineering and Biotechnology;

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Environmental Engineering;

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Materials and Material Characterization;

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Inorganic Chemistry and Technology;

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Organic Chemistry and Technology, Polymers;

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Plasma Technology;

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Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy Sources;

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Textile Engineering;

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Corrosion and Protection of Materials and Thermal Power Plants;

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Metallurgy;

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Management in the Process Industry;

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Aluminosilicate Materials and Technology;

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General Sections.

1.4. Program and Schedule

Please see the following link: https://eem.tfzv.ues.rs.ba/page/program.

2. Committee Members

2.1. Organizing Committee

• Dragan Vujadinović, EEM2025 Chair,

Faculty of Technology Zvornik, University of East Sarajevo, Republic of Srpska, Bosnia and Herzegovina;

• Vesna Gojković Cvjetković, EEM2025 Secretary,

Faculty of Technology Zvornik, University of East Sarajevo, Republic of Srpska, Bosnia and Herzegovina.

2.2. Scientific Committee

• Prof. Milorad Tomić, University of East Sarajevo, Faculty of Technology Zvornik, Republic of Srpska, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Chair of Scientific Committee;
• Prof. Mirjana Kijevčanin, Faculty of Technology and Metallurgy Belgrade, Serbia;
• Prof. Muhammed Ernur Akiner, Vocational School of Technical Sciences, Akdeniz University, Antalya, Turkey;
• Prof. Safia Akram, National University of Sciences and Technology, Islamabad, Pakistan;
• Prof. Sanja Armaković, University of Novi Sad, Faculty of Sciences, Department of Chemistry, Biochemistry and Environmental Protection, Novi Sad, Serbia;
• Prof. Stevan Armaković, University of Novi Sad, Faculty of Sciences, Department of Physics, Novi Sad, Serbia;
• Prof. Jurislav Babić, Josip Juraj Strossmayer University of Osijek, Faculty of Food Technology, Osijek, Croatia;
• Prof. Milica Balaban, University of Banja Luka, Faculty of Natural Sciences and Mathematics, Banja Luka, Bosnia and Herzegovina;
• Prof. Goran Anačkov, University of Novi Sad, Faculty of Sciences, Department of Biology and Ecology, Novi Sad, Serbia;
• Prof. Branko Bugarski, University of Belgrade, Faculty of Technology and Metallurgy, Belgrade, Serbia;
• Prof. Dragica Chamovska, “Ss. Cyril and Methodius University in Skopje”, Faculty of Technology and Metallurgy, Skopje, North Macedonia;
• Prof. Rui Costa, Polytechnic Institute of Coimbra, Portugal;
• Dr. Jasmina Stevanović, Institute of Chemistry, Technology and Metallurgy, Belgrade, Serbia;
• Dr. Milan Lukić, “Institute Dr Josif Pančić”, Belgrade, Serbia;
• Dr. Victoria Custodis, Zeochem AG, Rüti, Switzerland;
• Dr. Julijana Cvjetinović, Skolkovo Institute of Science and Technology, Moscow, Russia;
• Prof. Željko Đurić, University of East Sarajevo, Faculty of Production and Management, Trebinje, Bosnia and Herzegovina;
• Prof. George Dedoussis, Harokopio University, Department of Nutrition and Dietetics, Athens, Greece;
• Prof. Vesna Gojković Cvjetković, University of East Sarajevo, Faculty of Technology Zvornik, Bosnia and Herzegovina;
• Prof. Mirjana Šipovac, University of East Sarajevo, Faculty of Technology Zvornik, Bosnia and Herzegovina;
• Prof. Aleksandar Došić, University of East Sarajevo, Faculty of Technology Zvornik, Bosnia and Herzegovina;
• Prof. Mikhail A. Egorov, Moscow State University, Veterinary and Sanitary Evaluation and Biological Safety Department, Russia;
• Prof. Radislav Filipović, University of East Sarajevo, Faculty of Technology Zvornik, Bosnia and Herzegovina;
• Prof. Kerstin Forsberg, Royal Institute of Technology, Dept. of Chemical Engineering, Stockholm, Sweden;
• Dr. Matteo Gherardi, University of Bologna, Alma Mater Studiorum, Bologna, Italy;
• Prof. Miladin Gligorić, University of East Sarajevo, Faculty of Technology Zvornik, Bosnia and Herzegovina;
• Prof. Regina Fuchs-Godec, University of Maribor, Faculty of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Maribor, Slovenia;
• Prof. Dragana Grujić, University of Banja Luka, Faculty of Technology, Banja Luka, Bosnia and Herzegovina;
• Prof. Sebahattin Gurmen, Istanbul Technical University, Istanbul, Turkey;
• Dr. Aleksandra Jovanović, University of Belgrade, Institute for the Application of Nuclear Energy INEP, Serbia;
• Prof. Murat Kaya, Istanbul Technical University, Faculty of Science and Letters, Istanbul, Turkey;
• Dr. Elif Emil Kaya, Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Trondheim, Norway;
• Prof. Dragana Kešelj, University of East Sarajevo, Faculty of Technology Zvornik, Bosnia and Herzegovina;
• Prof. Birol Kılıç, Suleyman Demirel University, Department of Food Engineering, Isparta, Turkey;
• Prof. Gülden Başyiğit Kılıç, Mehmet Akif Ersoy University, Faculty of Engineering-Architecture, Burdur, Turkey;
• Dr. Konan Edouard Kouassi, Felix Boigny University, Côte d’Ivoire;
• Prof. Časlav Lačnjevac, The Union of Engineers and Technicians of Serbia, Belgrade, Serbia;
• Prof. Dragica Lazić, University of East Sarajevo, Faculty of Technology Zvornik, Bosnia and Herzegovina;
• Prof. Borislav Malinović, University of Banja Luka, Faculty of Technology, Banja Luka, Bosnia and Herzegovina;
• Prof. Vladan Mićić, University of East Sarajevo, Faculty of Technology Zvornik, Bosnia and Herzegovina;
• Prof. Marija Mitrović, University of East Sarajevo, Faculty of Technology Zvornik, Bosnia and Herzegovina;
• Prof. Nenad Mitrović, University of Belgrade, Faculty of Mechanical Engineering, Belgrade, Serbia;
• Dr. Alexander Mitrasinovic, University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada;
• Prof. Marwen Moussa, Paris-Saclay University, AgroParisTech INRAe, Paris, France;
• Dr Humberto Cabrera Morales, The Abdus Salam International Centre for Theoretical Physics, Italy;
• Dr. Ali Reza Nejadmohammd Namaghi, Agricultural and Natural Resources Research and Training Center of Khorasan Razavi Province, Iran;
• Prof. Sehliselo Ndlovu, University of Arizona, Tucson, Arizona, USA;
• Prof. Aleks Nikoloski, Murdoch University, Australia;
• Prof. Vaso Novaković, University of East Sarajevo, Faculty of Technology Zvornik, Bosnia and Herzegovina;
• Prof. Zoran Obrenović, University of East Sarajevo, Faculty of Technology Zvornik, Bosnia and Herzegovina;
• Prof. Božana Odžaković, University of Banja Luka, Faculty of Technology, Banja Luka, Bosnia and Herzegovina;
• Prof. Dimitris Panias, National Technical University of Athens, Athens, Greece;
• Prof. Miomir Pavlović, University of East Sarajevo, Faculty of Technology Zvornik, Bosnia and Herzegovina;
• Prof. Darja Pečar, University of Maribor, Faculty of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Maribor, Slovenia;
• Prof. Svetlana Pelemiš, University of East Sarajevo, Faculty of Technology Zvornik, Bosnia and Herzegovina;
• Prof. Eva Pellicer, Autonomous University of Barcelona, Sciences Faculty, Barcelona, Spain;
• Prof. Mitar Perušić, University of East Sarajevo, Faculty of Technology Zvornik, Bosnia and Herzegovina;
• Prof. Zoran Petrović, University of East Sarajevo, Faculty of Technology Zvornik, Bosnia and Herzegovina;
• Dr. Nevena Puač, University of Belgrade, Institute of Physics, Belgrade, Serbia;
• Prof. Snežana Radulović, University of Novi Sad, Faculty of Sciences, Department of Biology and Ecology, Novi Sad, Serbia;
• Prof. Ivan Ristić, University of Novi Sad, Faculty of Technology, Department of Materials Engineering, Novi Sad, Serbia;
• Prof. Andrei Rotaru, University of Craiova, Department of Biology and Environmental Engineering, Craiova, Romania;
• Dr. Maria Savanović, University of Novi Sad, Faculty of Sciences, Novi Sad, Serbia;
• Prof. Anastasia Semenova, Center for Food Systems of Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow, Russia;
• Prof. Milenko Smiljanić, University of East Sarajevo, Faculty of Technology Zvornik, Bosnia and Herzegovina;
• Prof. Slavko Smiljanić, University of East Sarajevo, Faculty of Technology Zvornik, Bosnia and Herzegovina;
• Prof. Jordi Sort, Autonomous University of Barcelona, Sciences Faculty, Barcelona, Spain;
• Dr. Ana Stojanović, Zeochem AG, Rüti, Switzerland;
• Prof. Srećko Stopić, IME Process Metallurgy and Metal Recycling, Aachen, Germany;
• Dr. Nikola Škoro, University of Belgrade, Institute of Physics, Belgrade, Serbia;
• Prof. Goran Tadić, University of East Sarajevo, Faculty of Technology Zvornik, Bosnia and Herzegovina;
• Prof. Renjith Thomas, St Berchmans College (Autonomous), Department of Chemistry, Kerala, India;
• Prof. Igor Tomašević, University of Belgrade, Faculty of Agriculture, Belgrade, Serbia;
• Prof. Vladimir Tomović, University of Novi Sad, Faculty of Technology, Novi Sad, Serbia;
• Prof. Dragan Tošković, University of East Sarajevo, Faculty of Technology Zvornik, Bosnia and Herzegovina;
• Prof. Petar Uskoković, University of Belgrade, Faculty of Technology and Metallurgy, Belgrade, Serbia;
• Prof. Ljubica Vasiljević, University of East Sarajevo, Faculty of Technology Zvornik, Bosnia and Herzegovina;
• Prof. Đenđi Vaštag, University of Novi Sad, Faculty of Sciences, Novi Sad, Serbia;
• Prof. Elena Velickova, University of Ss Cyril and Methodius of Skopje, Faculty of Technology and Metallurgy, Macedonia;
• Prof. Dragan Vujadinović, University of East Sarajevo, Faculty of Technology Zvornik, Bosnia and Herzegovina;
• Prof. Milan Vukić, University of East Sarajevo, Faculty of Technology Zvornik, Bosnia and Herzegovina;
• Prof. Darko Vuksanović, University of Montenegro, Faculty of Metallurgy and Technology, Podgorica, Montenegro;
• Prof. Magdalena Parlinska-Wojtan, Polish Academy of Sciences, The Henryk Niewodniczanski Institute of Nuclear Physics, Krakow, Poland;
• Prof. Rafael Zambelli, Federal University of Minas Gerais (UFMG), Department of Physical Therapy, Belo Horizonte, Brazil;
• Prof. Sanja Oručević-Žuljević, University of Sarajevo, Faculty of Agriculture and Food Sciences, Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina.

3. Speakers

3.1. Plenary Speakers

• Prof. Alexey Salimon, Skolkovo Institute of Science and Technology, Moscow, Russia

“Materials Performance Indices for Engineering Applications: multi-scale structuring and Emerging Hierarchical Materials”;

• Prof. Aleksandar Nikoloski, Murdoch University, Perth, Australia

“The production of lithium from ores, brines, and end-of-life batteries considered from technological-ecological perspectives”;

• Prof. Stevan Armaković, University of Novi Sad, Faculty of Sciences, Department of Physics, Novi Sad, Serbia

“Frontiers in atomistic calculations: advances and applications in materials science”;

• Prof. Petros Samaras, Department of Food Science and Technology, International Hellenic University, Greece

“Valorization of biogas digestate through microalgae: a sustainable approach”;

• Prof. Antun Jozinović, Faculty of Food Technology Osijek, Croatia

“Challenges in the production and application of biopolymers as packaging materials”;

• Prof. Srećko Stopić, IME Process Metallurgy and Metal Recycling, Aachen, Germany

“Advances in understanding the use of basic operations in metallurgy for processing of bauxite residues”;

• Prof. Nuno Gama, University of Aveiro, Aveiro, Portugal

“Connecting Industry and Academia for a Sustainable Future”;

• Dr. Monica Magueranu, National Institute for Lasers, Plasma and Radiation Physics, Magurele, Romania

“Potential of non-thermal plasma as water cleaning technology”;

• Prof. Čedomir Beljić, Mining and Geology Faculty, University of Belgrade, Belgrade, Serbia

“The new underground “green” mines, sustainable solution or utopia”.

3.2. Invited Speakers

• Dr. Nenad Crnomarković, Vinča Institute of Nuclear Sciences, National Institute of the Republic of Serbia, Serbia;
• Dr. Nikola Škoro, Institute of Physics, Belgrade, Serbia.

4. Winners of Best Poster Award

Following a thorough evaluation of the presented posters, the Best Poster Award was granted to the following:

• The poster presenting the paper titled “SYNTHESIS AND CHARACTERISATION OF CONDUCTIVE POLYANILINE BASED BIOCOMPOSITES FOR SENSOR APPLICATIONS” authored by Ivan Ristić, Marija Krstić, Darko Manjenčić, and Senka Popović, and presented by Marija Krstić;
• And the poster presenting the paper titled “MATHEMATICAL MODELING OF NICKEL REMOVAL BY COAGULATION AND FLOCCULATION PROCESS” authored by Tijana Đuričić, Dajana Dragić, Sanda Pilipović, Aleksandra Borković, Dijana Drljača, Draženko Bjelić, and Borislav Malinović, and presented by Dajana Dragić.

5. Sponsors

The EEM2025 Congress is sponsored by Zeochem, the City of Zvornik, NLB Banja Luka, Rio Tinto, Astrinex Lab, Shimadzu, AIDASCO, and ZP Komerc.