Prof. N. Kazantzis
Email
nikolas@wpi.edu
Office
Goddard Hall, 121
Phone
+1 (508) 8315000 x5666
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
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) 8315000 x5666

Scholarly Work

R. P. Narayanan, N. K. Kazantzis, M. H. Emmert, 2019, Process for Scandium Recovery from Jamaican Bauxite Residue: A Probabilistic Economic Assessment, Materials Today, vol. 9, pp. 578-586 2019

V. Kazantzi, M. K. Kazi, F. Eljack, M. M. El-Halwagi and N. Kazantzis, 2019, " A pinch analysis approach to environmental risk management in industrial solvent selection ", Clean Technologies and Environmental Policy, vol. 21, pp. 351-366. 2019

M.K. Kazi, F. Eljack, N. Kazantzis and V. Kazantzi, 2019, " Application of i-SDT for Safer Flare Management Operation ", Process Safety and Environmental Protection, vol. 132, pp. 249-264. 2019

R. P. Narayanan, L-C. Ma, N. K. Kazantzis and M. H. Emmert, 2018, Cost Analysis as a Tool for the Development of Sc Recovery Processes from Bauxite Residue (Red Mud), ACS Sustainable Chemistry and Engineering, vol. 6, pp. 5333-5341. 2018

K. de Jesus Guillen-Cuevas, A. P. Ortiz-Espinoza, E. Ozinan, A. Jiménez-Gutiérrez, N. Kazantzis, and M. M. El-Halwagi, 2018, Incorporation of Safety and Sustainability in Conceptual Design Via a Return on Investment Metric, ACS Sustainable Chemistry and Engineering, vol. 6, pp. 1411-1416. 2018

R. P. Narayanan, N. K. Kazantzis and M. H. Emmert, 2018, Selective Process Steps for the Recovery of Scandium from Jamaican Bauxite Residue (Red Mud), ACS Sustainable Chemistry and Engineering, vol 6, pp. 1478-1488. 2018

Professional Highlights & Honors
2001 NSF Career Award
National Science Foundation

News

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Green Business Journal
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.