Dr. Melanie Hazlett, PhD, PEng

Education

2016: PhD Chemical Engineering, University of Houston, United States
2012: BASc Honours Chemical Engineering, Co-operative Program, Univerity of Waterloo, Canada

Past Experience

2019-2020: Lecturer, Department of Chemical Engineering, University of Waterloo, Canada
2017-2018: Postdoctoral Associate, Department of Chemical and Petroleum Engineering, University of Calgary, Canada

Recent Teaching Experience

CHME 6021: Advanced Chemical Engineering Thermodynamics
CHME 6911/CHEM 646: Industrial Catalysis
CHME 6981: Chemical Engineering Research Protocols and Safety
ENGR 213: Applied Ordinary Differential Equations

Past Teaching Experience

- Equilibrium Stage Operations
- Physical Chemistry
- Chemistry for Engineers
- Chemical Engineering Process Calculations
- Computers and Problem Solving
- Chemical Engineering Thermodynamics

Selected Journal Publications

• Saikat, I.M., Roy, A., Mayer, A., Moreau, C., Hazlett, M., Stoyanov, P., "Effect of water vapor on tribological performance of Inconel 718 at different conditions for next-generation gas turbine engine", Proceedings of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers, Part J: Journal of Engineering Tribology, (2025).

• El Helou, M., Khojasteh-Salkuyeh, Y., Hazlett, M.J., "Development and analysis of two innovative physical and chemical CO2 absorption systems to achieve a more effective CCU process", Journal of Environmental Chemical Engineering, vol 13 (2025), 115309.

• Pinheiro Patrício, P.C., Hazlett, M.J., De Visscher, A. "Modified orthogonal collocation for accurate flux-based material balance calculations in slab, cylindrical, and spherical geometries", Chemical Engineering Research and Design, vol 215 (2025), 408-418.

• Lotfollahzade Moghaddam, A., Ghavipour, M., Kopyscinski,J., Hazlett, M. J., “Tuning RHO Zeolite Crystallization Time and Precursors for Stable and Improved Methanol Conversion to Dimethyl Ether Compared to Conventional Catalysts”, ACS Sustainable Chemistry & Engineering, vol 12 (2024), 7478-7486.

• Lotfollahzade Moghaddam, A., Ghavipour, M., Kopyscinski,J., Hazlett, M. J., “Methanol dehydration to dimethyl ether over KFI zeolites. Effect of template concentration and crystallization time on catalyst properties and activity”, Applied Catalysis A: General, vol 672 (2024) 119594.

• Byun, S. W., Shin, H., Bae, W. B., Hazlett, M. J., Kim,Y. J., Lee, S. J., Kim, M., Kang, S. B. “Dry Synthesis of Alumina-supported Cobalt Catalyst for Highly Enhanced Catalytic Oxidation”, Chemical Engineering Journal, vol 481 (2024) 148316.

• Song, Y., Svadlenak, S., Bathena, T., Hazlett, M. J.,Epling, W. S., Goulas, K. A., Grabow, L. C., “PdCu Alloy Catalyst forInhibition-free, Low-temperature CO Oxidation”, ChemCatChem, vol 16 (2024)e202301024.

• Bae, W. B., Kim, D. Y., Byun, S. W., Lee, S. J., Kuk, S.K., Kwon, H. J., Lee, H. C., Hazlett, M. J., Liu, C., Kim, Y. J., Kim, M., Kang, S. B., “Direct NO Decomposition over Rh-supported Catalysts for Exhaust Emission Control”, Chemical Engineering Journal, vol 475 (2023) 146005.

• Lotfollahzade Moghaddam, A., Hazlett, M. J., “Methanol Dehydration Catalysts in Direct and Indirect Dimethyl Ether (DME) Production and the Beneficial Role of DME in Energy Supply and Environmental Pollution”, Journal of Environmental Chemical Engineering, vol 11 (2023) 110307.

• Park, J., Kim, D., Byun, S. W., Shin, H., Ju, Y., Min, H., Kim, Y. J., Heo, I., Hazlett, M. J., Kim, M., Kang, S. B. “Impact ofPd:Pt ratio of Pd/Pt bimetallic catalyst on CH4 oxidation”, Applied Catalysis B: Environmental, vol 316 (2022) 121623.

• Byun, S. W., Bae, W. B., Hazlett, M. J., Tesfaye,B., Park, P. W., Kang, S. B., “High N2 selectivity of co-impregnated Pt-V-W/TiO2 catalyst for simultaneous NH3 and CO oxidation”, Chemical Engineering Journal, vol 444, (2022) 136517.

• Bae, W. B., Kim, D. Y., Byun, S. W., Hazlett, M.J., Yoon, D. Y., Jung, C., Kang, S.B. “Emission of NH3 and N2O during NO reduction over commercial aged three-way catalyst (TWC): role of individual reductants in simulated exhausts”, Chemical Engineering Journal Advances, vol 9(2022) 100222.

• Hazlett, M. J., Epling, W. S. “Mechanistic Effectsof Water on Carbon Monoxide and Propylene Oxidation on Platinum and Palladium Bimetallic Catalysts”, Catalysis Today, vol 360 (2021), 401-410.

• Huang, Q., Schafranski, A.S., Hazlett, M. J., Xiao,Y., Hill, J. M. “Nitric Acid Functionalization of Petroleum Coke to Access Inherent Sulfur”, Catalysts, 10(2) (2020) 259.

• Hazlett, M. J., Epling W. S. “HeterogeneousCatalyst Design: Zoned and Layered Catalysts in Diesel Vehicle After-treatment Monolith Reactors”, Canadian Journal of Chemical Engineering, vol 97 (2019) p188-206.

• Kang, S., Hazlett, M. J., Balakotaiah, V.,Kalamaras, C., and Epling, W. S. “Effect of Pt:Pd Ratio on CO and Hydrocarbon Oxidation”, Applied Catalysis B: Environmental, vol 223 (2018) p 67-75.

• Hazlett, M. J., Moses-Debusk, M., Parks II, J. E.,Allard, L., and Epling, W. S. “Kinetic and Mechanistic Study of Bimetallic Pt-Pd/Al2O3 Catalysts for CO and C3H6 Oxidation”, Applied Catalysis B: Environmental, vol202 (2017) p 404-417.

• Hazlett, M. J., Epling, W. S. “Coupled Homogeneous and Heterogeneous Hydrocarbon Oxidation in Low Temperature Combustion Exhaust”, Emission Control Science and Technology, vol 3 (2017) p 5-17. 

• Hazlett, M. J., Epling, W. S. “Spatially Resolving CO and C3H6 Oxidation Reactions in a Pt/Al2O3 Model Oxidation Catalyst”, Catalysis Today, vol 267 (2016) p 157-166.

Book Chapter

• Hazlett, M. J., Arnold, R. A., Montes, V., Xiao, Y., Hill, J. M. “Carbonaceous Catalysts from Biomass”, Production of Materials from Sustainable Biomass Resources, Springer Book Series - Biofuels and Biorefineries edited by Fang, Z., Smith, R. L., and Tian, X. (2019), p 185-231.