Dr. Melanie Hazlett, PhD, PEng

Associate Professor and Undergraduate Program Director, Chemical and Materials Engineering

Research areas: environmental catalysis, sustainable processes, green fuel production, heterogeneous catalysis

Contact information

Email:

melanie.hazlett@concordia.ca

Website:

Hazlett Lab at Concordia University

Biography

Education

2016: PhD Chemical Engineering, University of Houston, United States
2012: BASc Honours Chemical Engineering, Co-operative Program, Univerity of Waterloo, Canada

Past Experience

2019-2020: Lecturer, Department of Chemical Engineering, University of Waterloo, Canada
2017-2018: Postdoctoral Associate, Department of Chemical and Petroleum Engineering, University of Calgary, Canada

Teaching activities

Recent Teaching Experience

CHME 6021: Advanced Chemical Engineering Thermodynamics
CHME 6911/CHEM 646: Industrial Catalysis
CHME 6981: Chemical Engineering Research Protocols and Safety
ENGR 213: Applied Ordinary Differential Equations

Past Teaching Experience

- Equilibrium Stage Operations
- Physical Chemistry
- Chemistry for Engineers
- Chemical Engineering Process Calculations
- Computers and Problem Solving
- Chemical Engineering Thermodynamics

Publications

Journal Publications

Bae, W. B., Kim, D. Y., Go, J. Y., Bang, J., Hong, J. W.,Hazlett, M. J., Kang, S. B., “Synergistic enhancement of photocatalytic NOoxidation: Ag2S doped on TiO2 mixed with Na-ZSM-5”, Journal of Industrial andEngineering Chemistry, in press (2024).
Lotfollahzade Moghaddam, A., Ghavipour, M., Kopyscinski,J., Hazlett, M. J., “Tuning RHO Zeolite Crystallization Time and Precursors forStable and Improved Methanol Conversion to Dimethyl Ether Compared toConventional Catalysts”, ACS Sustainable Chemistry & Engineering, vol 12(2024), 7478-7486.
Lotfollahzade Moghaddam, A., Ghavipour, M., Kopyscinski,J., Hazlett, M. J., “Methanol dehydration to dimethyl ether over KFI zeolites.Effect of template concentration and crystallization time on catalystproperties and activity”, Applied Catalysis A: General, vol 672 (2024) 119594.
Byun, S. W., Shin, H., Bae, W. B., Hazlett, M. J., Kim,Y. J., Lee, S. J., Kim, M., Kang, S. B. “Dry Synthesis of Alumina-supportedCobalt Catalyst for Highly Enhanced Catalytic Oxidation”, Chemical EngineeringJournal, vol 481 (2024) 148316.
Song, Y., Svadlenak, S., Bathena, T., Hazlett, M. J.,Epling, W. S., Goulas, K. A., Grabow, L. C., “PdCu Alloy Catalyst forInhibition-free, Low-temperature CO Oxidation”, ChemCatChem, vol 16 (2024)e202301024.
Bae, W. B., Kim, D. Y., Byun, S. W., Lee, S. J., Kuk, S.K., Kwon, H. J., Lee, H. C., Hazlett, M. J., Liu, C., Kim, Y. J., Kim, M.,Kang, S. B., “Direct NO Decomposition over Rh-supported Catalysts for ExhaustEmission Control”, Chemical Engineering Journal, vol 475 (2023) 146005.
Lotfollahzade Moghaddam, A., Hazlett, M. J., “MethanolDehydration Catalysts in Direct and Indirect Dimethyl Ether (DME) Productionand the Beneficial Role of DME in Energy Supply and Environmental Pollution”,Journal of Environmental Chemical Engineering, vol 11 (2023) 110307.
Kim, D. Y., Bae, W. B., Byun, S. W., Kim, Y. J., Yoon, D.Y., Jung, C., Kim, C. H., Kang, D., Hazlett, M. J., Kang, S. B., “PtSubstitution in Pd/Rh Three-way Catalyst for Improved Emission Control”, KoreanJournal of Chemical Engineering, vol 40 (2023) 1606-1615.
Park, J., Kim, D., Byun, S. W., Shin, H., Ju, Y.,Min, H., Kim, Y. J., Heo, I., Hazlett, M. J., Kim, M., Kang, S. B. “Impact ofPd:Pt ratio of Pd/Pt bimetallic catalyst on CH4 oxidation”, Applied CatalysisB: Environmental, vol 316 (2022) 121623.
Byun, S. W., Bae, W. B., Hazlett, M. J., Tesfaye,B., Park, P. W., Kang, S. B., “High N2 selectivity of co-impregnatedPt-V-W/TiO2 catalyst for simultaneous NH3 and CO oxidation”, ChemicalEngineering Journal, vol 444, (2022) 136517.
Bae, W. B., Kim, D. Y., Byun, S. W., Hazlett, M.J., Yoon, D. Y., Jung, C., Kang, S.B. “Emission of NH3 and N2O during NOreduction over commercial aged three-way catalyst (TWC): role of individualreductants in simulated exhausts”, Chemical Engineering Journal Advances, vol 9(2022) 100222.
Hazlett, M. J., Epling, W. S. “Mechanistic Effectsof Water on Carbon Monoxide and Propylene Oxidation on Platinum and PalladiumBimetallic Catalysts”, Catalysis Today, vol 360 (2021), 401-410.
Huang, Q., Schafranski, A.S., Hazlett, M. J., Xiao,Y., Hill, J. M. “Nitric Acid Functionalization of Petroleum Coke to AccessInherent Sulfur”, Catalysts, 10(2) (2020) 259.
Hazlett, M. J., Epling W. S. “HeterogeneousCatalyst Design: Zoned and Layered Catalysts in Diesel Vehicle After-treatmentMonolith Reactors”, Canadian Journal of Chemical Engineering, vol 97 (2019) p188-206.
Kang, S., Hazlett, M. J., Balakotaiah, V.,Kalamaras, C., and Epling, W. S. “Effect of Pt:Pd Ratio on CO and HydrocarbonOxidation”, Applied Catalysis B: Environmental, vol 223 (2018) p 67-75.
Hazlett, M. J., Moses-Debusk, M., Parks II, J. E.,Allard, L., and Epling, W. S. “Kinetic and Mechanistic Study of Bimetallic Pt-Pd/Al2O3Catalysts for CO and C3H6 Oxidation”, Applied Catalysis B: Environmental, vol202 (2017) p 404-417.
Hazlett, M. J., Epling, W. S. “Coupled Homogeneousand Heterogeneous Hydrocarbon Oxidation in Low Temperature Combustion Exhaust”,Emission Control Science and Technology, vol 3 (2017) p 5-17.
Hazlett, M. J., Epling, W. S. “Spatially ResolvingCO and C3H6 Oxidation Reactions in a Pt/Al2O3 Model Oxidation Catalyst”,Catalysis Today, vol 267 (2016) p 157-166.

Book Chapter

Hazlett, M. J., Arnold, R. A., Montes, V., Xiao, Y., Hill, J. M. “Carbonaceous Catalysts from Biomass”, Production of Materials from Sustainable Biomass Resources, Springer Book Series - Biofuels and Biorefineries edited by Fang, Z., Smith, R. L., and Tian, X. (2019), p 185-231.