Lakehead graduate student earns best poster at Canadian Chemical Engineering Conference

A Lakehead University student was awarded best poster presentation at the Canadian Chemical Engineering Conference held in Vancouver in October.

Hamid Mortazavi is doing his PhD in Biotechnology at Lakehead University under the supervision of Dr. Leila Pakzad. He also has a bachelor's and master's in Chemical Engineering from Sharif University in Iran.
 
His research project is the Study of Multi-phase Flow in Oscillatory Baffled Reactors. On this subject under Dr. Pakzad's supervision, he has published two journal papers; one article is under journal review, and two more manuscripts are in progress.
 
The Natural Sciences and Engineering Council of Canada (NSERC) provided the funding for this research. In addition, Dr. Pakzad is very grateful for the supercomputer and technical assistance provided by Lakehead University.