Tezel, F. Handan
Vice Dean (Research) and Professor
Ph.D. (New Brunswick)
M.Sc.E. (New Brunswick)
B.Sc. (Worcester Polytechnic Institute)
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Web
http://by.genie.uottawa.ca/~tezel/tezel.html
Research Interests:
Adsorption
Adsorbent Membranes for Gas Separations,
Carbon Capture,
Energy Storage for Solar Energy and Excess Thermal Energy Applications,
Environmental Engineering,
Nanomaterials,
Production Bio-Ethanol (from Agricultural Waste) to be Blended into Gasoline,
Sustainable Development
Biography:
Professor F. Handan Tezel was born in Ankara, Turkey. She started her undergraduate studies in Chemical Engineering at the Middle East Technical University in Ankara and later transferred to Worcester Polytechnic Institute (WPI) in Massachusetts where she received her undergraduate degree in Chemical Engineering in 1979.
She then moved to Canada to continue her graduate work, receiving her M.Sc.E. and Ph.D. degrees from University of New Brunswick in 1981 and 1986, respectively, under the supervision of Professor Douglas M. Ruthven. Professor Tezel joined University of Ottawa in 1988, following two years of Post-Doctoral studies at the University of New Brunswick. Professor Tezel is currently the Vice Dean (Research) for the Faculty of Engineering at the University of Ottawa.
Professor Tezel has been collaborating with a variety of companies and government agencies in Canada, the USA and overseas, including Air Products and Chemicals Inc., Rio-Tinto Alcan, IOGEN Corporation, Menova Energy, KOBE Steel (in Japan), Environment Canada, CECA Arkema Group (France), SAIC (Science Applications International Corporation) Canada, Beltech Engineering, Wastewater Technology Centre, ESTAC (Environmental Science and Technology Alliance Canada), NRCan (Natural Resources Canada), MMO (Materials and Manufacturing Ontario), Ontario Centres of Excellence (OCE).
In 2004, Professor Tezel has spent a sabbatical leave at Air Products and Chemicals, Inc. in Allentown, Pennsylvania, as a Research Engineer working in their Adsorption Technology Center. She has been elected to serve on the board of International Adsorption Society. She is also representing Canada on the International Energy Agency (IEA) Task Force for Solar Energy and Thermal Heat Storage (Task 4224).