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Nikolaos K. Kazantzis

Associate Professor

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Office: Goddard Hall, 224A
Phone: +1-508-831-5666
Fax: +1-508-831-5853
nikolas@wpi.edu

Educational Background

Ph.D., University of Michigan - Ann Arbor, 1997

Research & Teaching Interests

Analysis; sustainable design and control of chemical processes, environmental and energy systems; Process safety and chemical risk analysis; Process performance monitoring and industrial risks; Adsorption studies in environmental systems; Environmental technologies and policy; Regulation and management of chemicals; Regulatory uses of molecular modeling techniques

IQP Advising Interests

Environmental and energy policy; Regulation of chemicals; Environmental health; System dynamics and complexity.

Recent Publications

R.R. Kotdawala, N. Kazantzis and R. W. Thompson, 2008, "Molecular simulation studies of adsorption of hydrogen cyanide and methyl ethyl ketone on zeolite NaX and activated carbon", Journal of Hazardous Materials, Vol. 159, pp. 169-176
A. Lewis, N. Kazantzis, I. Fishtik and J. Wilcox, 2007, "Integrating Process Safety and Molecular Modeling - Based Risk Assessment of Chemicals Within the REACH Regulatory Framework: Benefits and Future Challenges ", Journal of Hazardous Materials, vol. 142, pp. 592-602.
R. R. Kotdawala, A. O. Yazaydin, N. Kazantzis and R. W. Thompson, 2007, " A Molecular Simulation Approach to the Study of Adsorption of Hydrogen Cyanide and Methyl Ethyl Ketone in Silicalite, Mordenite, and Zeolite Beta Structures", Molecular Simulation, vol. 33, pp. 843-850
C. Kravaris, V. Sotiropoulos, C. Georgiou, N. Kazantzis, M. Xiao, and A. J. Krener, 2007, " Nonlinear Observer Design for State and Disturbance Estimation", Systems and Control Letters, vol. 56, pp. 730-735.
R. R. Kotdawala, N. Kazantzis and R. W. Thompson, 2007, "Molecular Simulation Studies on the Adsorption of Mercuric Chloride" , Environmental Chemistry, vol. 4, pp. 55-64.

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Honors & Awards

National Science Foundation Career Award (2001/2002)

Professional Experience & Activities

Technical Advisory Committee Member and Adjunct Professor, MKOC Process Safety Center, Texas
Associate Editor, IEEE Transactions on Control Systems Technology
Associate Editor, Systems and Control Letters
IEEE-Control Systems Society, Conference Editorial Board, Member
National expert (Greece), United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC), Clean Development Mechanism (CDM)
Contributor, 2007 Belgrade Report: Environment for Europe, Hazardous Chemicals, European Environment Agency, United Nations Economic Commission for Europe (UNECE).

Professional Societies/Memberships

Water Research Center, Bioengineering Institute, WPI
Environmental Engineering Program, WPI
Safer World Action Network (NTI)
International Panel on Chemical Pollution
Cambridge Union Society
Fuel Cell Center, WPI

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