Zaher Hashisho, PhD, P.Eng.

Professor, Faculty of Engineering - Civil and Environmental Engineering Dept
Associate Dean (Graduate Students), Faculty of Engineering - Civil and Environmental Engineering Dept

Contact

Professor, Faculty of Engineering - Civil and Environmental Engineering Dept
Email
hashisho@ualberta.ca
Phone
(780) 492-0247
Address
7-241 Donadeo Innovation Centre For Engineering
9211 116 St
Edmonton AB
T6G 2H5

Associate Dean (Graduate Students), Faculty of Engineering - Civil and Environmental Engineering Dept
Email
hashisho@ualberta.ca

Overview

Area of Study / Keywords

Engineering Department Executive Environmental Engineering and Science Adsorption Adsorbents Greenhouse Gas Emission Quantification Emission Control Air Pollution Air Quality


About

Professional experience

  • Associate Dean Graduate Students (CEE), July 2022 – present 
  • Program coordinator, Environmental Engineering Option, 2020 – present
  • McCalla Professor, September 2019 – ­ August 2021
  • Professor, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, July 2017 – present 
  • Associate Professor, July 2013 – June 2017
  • Assistant Professor, August 2007 – June 2013

Education

University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign (UIUC), 2001 – 2007

  • Ph.D. in Environmental Engineering in Civil Engineering, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering (CEE), 2007
  • M.S. in Mechanical Engineering, Department of Industrial and Mechanical Engineering, 2007

American University of Beirut, 1995 – 2000

  • M.S. in Environmental Technology, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, 2000
  • B.S. in Physics, Department of Physics, 1998

Awards and honors

  • McCalla Professor, September 2019-August 2021.
  • NSERC Discovery Accelerator Supplement grant, 2018.
  • Teaching Excellence Appreciation Award, Delta Chi Fraternity, University of Alberta, 2018.
  • Teaching Excellence Appreciation Award, Delta Chi Fraternity, University of Alberta, 2009.
  • Young Alumnus Achievement Award, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Civil and Environmental Engineering Alumni Association, 2009.
  • Engelbrecht Fellowship, Environmental Engineering and Science Program, UIUC, 2006
  • CEE Alumni Teaching Fellowship, CEE, UIUC, 2006.
  • Mavis Memorial Fund Scholarship, College of Engineering, UIUC, 2006.
  • Journal of Environmental Engineering’s Editor Award for Service, 2004.

Directed Research Awards

  •  First place Master Thesis Award, A&WMA, awarded to graduate student Keivan Rahmani, 2022.
  • Second place-tie Doctoral Student Dissertation Award, A&WMA, awarded to graduate student Arman Peyravi, 2022.
  • First place Doctoral Student Dissertation Award, A&WMA, awarded to graduate student Pooya Shariaty, 2019.
  • First place Master Thesis Award, A&WMA, awarded to graduate student Seyed Mojtaba Hashemi, 2018.
  •  First place Doctoral Student Dissertation Award, A&WMA, awarded to graduate student Masoud Jahandar Lashaki, 2016.
  •  First place Master Thesis Award, A&WMA, awarded to graduate student Saeid Niknaddaf, 2016.
  • First place Master Thesis Award, A&WMA, awarded to graduate student Dereje Tamiru Tefera, 2014.
  • Second place Master Thesis Award, A&WMA, awarded to graduate student Christina Small, 2011.

Professional service:

  • Associate editor (2020-2021), Editor (2022- present), Journal of Hazardous Materials (Impact factor: 14.224).
  • Associate Editor, ASCE Journal of Environmental Engineering. American Society of Civil Engineers, 2018-present.
  • Associate Editor, Journal of the Air and Waste Management Association (JA&WMA), 2018-present.
  • Member of the editorial board for Sustainable Environment Research, 2016-present.

Research

Research interests

Pollution control

  • Adsorption, preparation, characterization, modification, and regeneration of adsorbents (activated carbon, polymer, zeolites, and MOF) for pollution control applications
  • Control of VOC emissions from industrial sources
  • Microwave and resistive heating regeneration of adsorbents

Air quality characterization

  • Occupational and indoor air quality
  • Filtration, and masks/filter material
  • Greenhouse gases emission quantification
  • Measuring emissions from area sources such as oil sands tailings ponds and wastewater lagoons
  • Air quality impacts of Alberta oil sands developments

Recent Journal articles

  • Davarpanah, M., Hashisho, Z., Crompton, D., Anderson, J.E. Modeling the performance of a metal-organic framework (MIL-101) for the adsorption of toluene in an industrial fluidized bed adsorber and comparison to other adsorbent materials. Separation and Purification Technology, 288, No. 120685, 2022.
  • Davarpanah, M., Rahmani, K., Kamravaei, S., Hashisho, Z., Crompton, D., Anderson, J.E. Modeling the effect of humidity and temperature on VOC removal efficiency in a multistage fluidized bed adsorber. Chemical Engineering Journal, 431, No. 133991, 2022.
  • Hernandez-Maldonado, A.J., Atkinson, J.D., Hashisho, Z., Saleh, N., Deng, Y., Bae, S., Xiao, F., Georgi, A. Current and future trends in adsorption for environmental separations. Journal of Hazardous Materials, 433, No. 128776, 2022.
  • Peyravi, A., Ahmadijokani, F., Arjmand, M., Hashisho, Z. Graphene oxide enhances thermal stability and microwave absorption/regeneration of a porous polymer. Journal of Hazardous Materials, 433, No. 128792, 2022.
  • Peyravi, A., Feizbakhshan, M., Hashisho, Z., Crompton, D., Anderson, J.E. Purge gas humidity improves microwave-assisted regeneration of polymeric and zeolite adsorbents. Separation and Purification Technology, 288, No. 120640, 2022.
  • Peyravi, A., Hashisho, Z., Crompton, D., Anderson, J.E. Porous carbon black-polymer composites for volatile organic compound adsorption and efficient microwave-assisted desorption. Journal of Colloid and Interface Science, 612, pp. 181-193, 2022.
  • Rahmani, K., Mamaghani, A.H., Hashisho, Z., Crompton, D., Anderson, J.E. Prediction of heel build-up on activated carbon using machine learning. Journal of Hazardous Materials, 433, No. 128747, 2022.
  • Davarpanah, M., Feizbakhshan, M., Hashisho, Z., Crompton, D. Process intensification in binary adsorption of VOC-water vapor on zeolite in a countercurrent fluidized bed adsorber. Chemical Engineering Journal, 423, No. 130225, 2021. (Impact Factor=13.273)
  • Peyravi, A., Hashisho, Z., Crompton, D., and Anderson, J. E. Enhanced Microwave Regeneration of a Polymeric Adsorbent through Carbon Nanotubes Deposition. Separation and Purification Technology, 278, No. 119616, 2021. (Impact Factor= 7.31)
  • Liu, Y., Li, C., Peyravi, A., Sun, Z., Zhang, G., Rahmani, K., and Hashisho, Z. Mesoporous MCM-41 derived from natural Opoka and its application for organic vapors removal. Journal of Hazardous Materials, 408, No. 124911, 2021. (Impact Factor=10.58)
  • Davarpanah, M., Shi, H., Nikrityuk, P., Hashisho, Z. Verification of semi-empirical relations for predicting fluidization in a fluidized bed using CFD. Chemical Engineering Research and Design, 173, pp. 289-304, 2021. (Impact Factor= 3.739)
  • Awad, R., Haghighat Mamaghani, A., Boluk, Y., Hashisho, Z. Synthesis and characterization of electrospun PAN-based activated carbon nanofibers reinforced with cellulose nanocrystals for adsorption of VOCs. Chemical Engineering Journal, 410, No. 128412, 2021. (Impact Factor=13.273)
  • Davarpanah, M., Hashisho, Z., Crompton, D., Anderson, J. E. Mathematical correlations in two-phase modeling of fluidized bed adsorbers. Journal of Hazardous Materials, 423, 127218, 2022. (Impact Factor=10.58)
  • Feizbakhshan, M., Amdebrhan B., Hashisho, Z., Phillips, J.H., Crompton D., Anderson, J.E., Nichols, M. Effects of oxygen impurity and desorption temperature on heel build-up in activated carbon. Chemical Engineering Journal, 409, No. 128232, 2021. (Impact Factor=13.273)
  • Davarpanah, M., Hashisho, Z., Phillips, J.H., Crompton, D., Anderson, J.E., Nichols, M. Modeling VOC Adsorption in Lab- and Industrial-Scale Fluidized Bed Adsorbers: Effect of Operating Parameters and Heel Build-Up. Journal of Hazardous Materials, 400, No. 123129. 2020. (Impact Factor=10.58)
  • Peyravi, A., Hashisho, Z., Crompton, D., Anderson, J.E. Enhanced microwave regeneration of a polymeric adsorbent through carbon nanotubes deposition. Separation and Purification Technology, 278, No. 119616, 2022
  • Davarpanah, M., Feizbakhshan, M., Hashisho, Z., Crompton, D. Process intensification in binary adsorption of VOC-water vapor on zeolite in a countercurrent fluidized bed adsorber. Chemical Engineering Journal, 423, No. 130225, 2021.
  • Davarpanah, M., Shi, H., Nikrityuk, P., Hashisho, Z. Verification of semi-empirical relations for predicting fluidization in a fluidized bed using CFD. Chemical Engineering Research and Design, 173, pp. 289-304, 2021
  • Awad, R., Haghighat Mamaghani, A., Boluk, Y., Hashisho, Z. Synthesis and characterization of electrospun PAN-based activated carbon nanofibers reinforced with cellulose nanocrystals for adsorption of VOCs. Chemical Engineering Journal, 410, No. 128412, 2021.
  • Liu, Y., Li, C., Peyravi, A., Sun, Z., Zhang, G., Rahmani, K., Zheng, S., Hashisho, Z. Mesoporous MCM-41 derived from natural Opoka and its application for organic vapors removal. Journal of Hazardous Materials, 408, No. 124911, 2021.
  • Feizbakhshan, M., Amdebrhan B., Hashisho, Z., Phillips, J.H., Crompton D., Anderson, J.E., Nichols, M. Effects of oxygen impurity and desorption temperature on heel build-up in activated carbon. Chemical Engineering Journal, 409, No. 128232, 2021.

Patents

  • Choi, P., Hashisho, Z., Khalkhali, R., Peyravi, A. Microwave-Assisted Removal of Organic Solvent From Oil Sands Gangue. Filed on February 2022.
  • Hashisho, Z., and Shariaty, P. Method for Tailoring Electrical Resistivity of Molecular Sieve Adsorbents for Resistive Heating Application. US patent application No 15/807285, Filed on November 8, 2017.
  • Hashisho, Z., and Shariaty, P. Method for Tailoring Electrical Resistivity of Molecular Sieve Adsorbents for Resistive Heating Application. US Provisional patent application No 62/419,798, Filed on November 9, 2016.
  • Hashisho, Z., and Chen, H. Method for Preparation of Activated Carbon, U.S. Patent No 8,563,467. October 2013.
  • Rood, M., Hay, J., Kim, B., Emamipour, H., and Hashisho, Z. Steady State Tracking Desorption System and Method. U.S. Patent US8080095, December 2011.