Prof. N. Kazantzis
Email
nikolas@wpi.edu
Office
Goddard Hall, 121
Phone
+1 (508) 8315666
By-Fellow and Senior Member, Hughes Hall, University of Cambridge
Education
PhD Chemical Engineering University of Michigan, Ann Arbor 1997

I believe strongly in the primacy of the quality of the student-teacher relationship, its mutually precious intellectual and emotional rewards, and its key role in the attainment of educational objectives such as the development of the student's critical thinking, the capacity for self-exploration, and independence of judgment. Furthermore, at WPI both undergraduate and graduate curricula are creatively designed to highlight the many nuanced forms and features of the inherently complex, value conflict-laden and contextually rich interaction between science, technology, culture, and society. As a result, the prospect of a singular educational experience is offered to our students as they prepare themselves to responsibly and confidently deal with the great problems of our time.

Prof. N. Kazantzis
Email
nikolas@wpi.edu
By-Fellow and Senior Member, Hughes Hall, University of Cambridge
Education
PhD Chemical Engineering University of Michigan, Ann Arbor 1997

I believe strongly in the primacy of the quality of the student-teacher relationship, its mutually precious intellectual and emotional rewards, and its key role in the attainment of educational objectives such as the development of the student's critical thinking, the capacity for self-exploration, and independence of judgment. Furthermore, at WPI both undergraduate and graduate curricula are creatively designed to highlight the many nuanced forms and features of the inherently complex, value conflict-laden and contextually rich interaction between science, technology, culture, and society. As a result, the prospect of a singular educational experience is offered to our students as they prepare themselves to responsibly and confidently deal with the great problems of our time.

Office
Goddard Hall, 121
Phone
+1 (508) 8315666
Research Interests
Energy and Environmental Systems Analysis, Monitoring and Control
Process Systems Techno-Economic Performance Assessment Under Uncertainty
Sustainable Engineering, Process Economics and Intensification
Energy/Environmental Policy Analysis
Systems Science
Risk Analysis and Regulation of Chemicals

Scholarly Work

E. R. Belden, A. Brown, R. C. Paffenroth, N. Kazantzis and M. T. Timko, 2024. " Data-Driven Discovery of Reaction Pathways for Modeling Catalytic Cracking of Hydrocarbons ", Industrial and Engineering Chemistry Research, vol. 63, pp. 17889-17900.

M. Shahabuddin, N. Kazantzis, A. R. Teixeira, M. T. Timko, 2024, Instant Prediction of Hydrothermal Liquefaction Economic Performance With a Machine Learned Analytic Equation, Energy Conversion and Management: X, vol. 24, 100756.

H. Vargas Alvarez, G. Fabiani, I. Kevrekidis, N. Kazantzis and C. Siettos, 2024, " Nonlinear Discrete-Time Observers With Physics-Informed Neural Networks ",  Chaos, Solitons & Fractals, vol. 186, 115215.

M. R. Reed, E. R. Belden, N. Kazantzis, M. T. Timko and B. Castro-Dominguez, 2024, Thermodynamic and Economic Analysis of a Deployable and Scalable Process to Recover Monomer-Grade Styrene from Waste Polystyrene, Chemical Engineering Journal, vol. 492, 152079.

S. Herrera Ovando, Arturo Jimenez-Gutierrez, N. Kazantzis and M. M. El-Halwagi, 2024,  A Probabilistic Assessment Framework for the Safety Profile of the Fischer-Tropsch Process, The Canadian Journal of Chemical Engineering, Featured Article, vol. 102, pp. 548-560.

C. K. Chyong, E. Italiani and N. Kazantzis, 2023, Implications of the Inflation Reduction Act on the Deployment of Low-Carbon Ammonia Technologies, Working Paper Series: WP 2023-21, MIT Center on Energy and Environmental Policy Research (CEEPR), Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA.

Professional Affiliations
By-Fellow and Senior Member, Hughes Hall, University of Cambridge (UK)
Educator Associate/Academic Full Member, American Psychoanalytic Association (A…
Academic Partner/Member, Boston Psychoanalytic Institute (BPSI)
Centre for Climate Engagement, University of Cambridge
Technical Advisory Committee, MKOC Process Safety Center, Texas A&M University …
Associate Editor, Journal of Loss Prevention in the Process Industries
Associate Editor, IEEE Transactions on Automatic Control (2014-2017)
Associate Editor, IEEE Transactions on Control Systems Technology (2006-2010)
Associate Editor, Systems and Control Letters (2001-2017)
Associate Editor, European Journal of Control (2009-2015)
Technical Committee, Nonlinear Control Systems, International Federation of Aut…
Professional Highlights & Honors
2001 NSF Career Award
National Science Foundation

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Big breakthrough for polystyrene recycling

The Green Business Journal in the United Kingdom reported on an analysis authored by faculty and PhD students in the Department of Chemical Engineering and researchers from the University of Bath. It found a simple and scalable technology could increase the viability of recycling products like food packaging and packing peanuts.