Dr. Ebrahim Rezaei, PhD, P.Eng.
BSc, Chemical Engineering/Petrochemical Engineering, Sahand University of Technology
MSc, Chemical Engineering/Process Design and Integration, Sahand University of Technology
PhD, Chemical Engineering/Heterogeneous Catalysis, University of Saskatchewan
- Catalytic total oxidation of organic pollutants in gas/liquid phase by ozone
- Modelling, simulation, and optimization of chemical engineering processes
- Low carbon footprint hydrogen production by liquid metal bubble reactors
- Environmental and techno-economic analyses of reformation of greenhouse gases to value-added products
- Removal of inorganic gaseous pollutants by adsorption
Dr. Rezaei obtained his BSc, MSc, and PhD degrees in chemical engineering. His BSc was majored in petrochemical engineering and his MSc was in process design and optimization. Dr. Rezaei’s MSc thesis was on solving mixed-integer non-linear programming problems to retrofit heat exchanger networks. The focus of his PhD at the University of Saskatchewan was on synthesizing heterogeneous catalysts for low temperature oxidation of organic indoor air pollutants using ozone. After completing his PhD, Dr. Rezaei worked as a postdoctoral fellow at the University of Saskatchewan and the University of Ottawa, developing materials for odour removal by adsorption processes and for conversion of greenhouse gases to value-added products. Dr. Rezaei’s current research at Lakehead University focuses on process system engineering and heterogeneous catalysis including modelling, simulation, and optimization of liquid metal bubble reactors for CO2-free hydrogen production by CH4 decomposition; design, optimization, and techno-economic assessment of environmentally friendly processes for the reformation of CO2 to intermediate and final products; catalytic ozonation of water and wastewater pollutants; and catalytic conversion of biomass to value-added products.
Research laboratory:
https://www.lakeheadu.ca/programs/departments/chemical-engineering/resea...