Education

• Ph.D. Chemical and Biological Engineering, University of British Columbia,                         2018 – 2022

• M.Sc. Mechanical Engineering, University of British Columbia                     2016 – 2018

• B.Sc. Chemical Engineering, University of Tehran                                                 2011 - 2015

Professional Experience

• Project Manager, Wastewater Treatment Engineer, Weaver Technical Corp. 2022 - Present

• Adjunct Professor, University of British Columbia 2022 – present

• Engineering consultant and independent contractor 2019 - 2022

• Research and Teaching Assistant, University of British Columbia 2016 - 2022

• Co-Founder/manager, Flamingo Mobility LTD . 2019 - 2020

Teaching Experience

Instructor

• Computer Flowsheeting (Aspen plus), Adjunct Professor, University of British Columbia 2022 – present

• Capstone Process and Product Design, Adjunct Professor, University of British Columbia 2022 – present

• APSC TA Training workshop, Instructor/Facilitator, University of British Columbia 2020 – 2022

• SALA TA Training workshop, Instructor/Facilitator, University of British Columbia 2021 – 2022

• Engineering Economics, Guest Lecturer, University of British Columbia 2020

• Fundamental programming with MATLAB, Instructor, University of Tehran 2015 - 2016

Teaching Assistant

• Senior Teaching Assistant, Faculty of Applied Science, University of British Columbia: 2016 – 2022

- Computer Flowsheeting (Aspen Plus) - Material and Energy Balance  

- Matter and Energy II - Modeling and Optimization (Hysys)

- Petroleum Process Modelling - Alternative Energy Systems

- Chemical Engineering Laboratory - Engineering Drawing (Solidworks)

• Teaching Assistant, Chemical Engineering, University of Tehran: 2015 - 2016

- Process Simulation - Reactor Design

Certificates

• “CIRTL Associate”, Centre for Teaching and Learning, University of British Columbia 2021

• “Foundation of Pedagogy (FoP)”, Centre for Teaching and Learning, University of British Columbia 2021

• “Instructional Skills Workshop (ISW)”, Centre for Teaching and Learning, University of British Columbia 2020

• “Teaching foundations credential”, University of British Columbia 2016

Publication

• M. Montazeri, A. Hejazi, F. Taghipour. “Modeling of an electrochemical advanced oxidation process photoreactor for the degradation of organic contaminants”, Environmental Chemical Engineering. (2023)

• M. Montazeri, F. Taghipour, “Operation of a high-flow UV-LED water treatment reactor with secondary effluent for stress testing”, Chemical Engineering Journal. (2023)

• M. Montazeri, F. Taghipour, “Virtual prototyping and characterization of a point-of-entry UV-LED water disinfection reactor with the synergic effect of radiation, hydrodynamics, and inactivation kinetics”, Water research. (2023)

• M. Montazeri, F. Taghipour, “Developing an optical module for large-scale UV-LED water disinfection reactors by numerical modeling”, Journal of Photochemistry and Photobiology A: Chemistry. (2022)

• Hossein Montazerian; M. G. A. Mohamed; Mahyar Mohaghegh Montazeri; Sina Kheiri; A. S Milani; Keekyoung Kim; Mina Hoorfar, “Permeability and mechanical properties of gradient porous PDMS scaffolds fabricated by 3D-printed sacrificial templates designed with minimal surfaces”, Acta Biomaterialia journal. (2019)

• Yavarinasab, A., Janfaza, S., Montazeri, M. M., Tasnim, N.,... & Hoorfar, M. “A graphene-based chemical sensor for hydrogen sulfide measurement in water” 2019 IEEE SENSORS. (2019)

• M. Mohaghegh Montazeri, A. O’Brien, M. Hoorfar, “Understanding microfluidic-based gas detectors: a numerical model to investigate fundamental sensor operation, influencing phenomena and optimum geometries”, Sensors and Actuators B: Chemical journal. (2019)

• M. Mohaghegh Montazeri, N. De Vries, A. Afantchao, A. O’Brien, P. Kadota, M. Hoorfar, “Development of a sensing platform for nuisance sewer gas monitoring: hydrogen sulfide detection in aqueous versus gaseous samples”, IEEE Sensors Journal. (2018)

• Abdollahzadeh, Yousef, et al. "A molecular collision based Lattice Boltzmann method for simulation of homogeneous and heterogeneous reactions." Chemical Engineering Research and Design (2018).

Conference presentations

• M. Montazeri, F. Taghipour, “Computer-aided engineering and laboratory characterization of UV-LED water disinfection reactors”, Canadian Chemical Engineering Conference 2022

• M. Montazeri, F. Taghipour, “Modeling, design, and field testing of a high flow UV-LED water disinfection system”, 2022 IUVA Research Symposium.

• M. Montazeri, F. Taghipour, “Design challenges of UV-LED Point-of-entry water disinfection systems”, 2021 IUVA Congress. 

• M. Montazeri, F. Taghipour, “Employment of computational tools for optimization of high flow UV-LED water disinfection systems”, ICULTA 2021. 

• A. Yavarinasab, S. Janfaza, M. Montazeri, ... and M. Hoorfar. “A graphene-based chemical sensor for hydrogen sulfide measurement in water” 2019 IEEE SENSORS. (2019)

• M. Barriault, M. Montazeri, A. O’Brien, H. Najjaran and M. Hoorfar, “Quantitative Natural Gas Discrimination For Pipeline Leak Detection Through Time-Series Analysis of MOS Sensor Response”, CSME 2018 Conference, Toronto, Canada (2018).

• P. Mehrabi, J. Hui, M. Montazeri, K. Tien Nguyen, A. Logel, A. O'Brian and M. Hoorfar, “Smelling through microfluidic olfaction technology”, CSME 2018 Conference, Toronto, Canada (2018).

• M. Montazeri, N. De Vries,A. Afantchao, P. Mehrabi, E. Kim,A. O’Brien, P. Kadota, H. Najjaran, M. Hoorfar, “A Sensor for Nuisance Sewer Gas Monitoring”, IEEE Sensors 2017 conference, Glasgow, UK (2017).

• N. Ajayebi, Z. Mansourpour, M. Montazeri, Y. Abdollahzadeh, “Evaluating Lattice Boltzmann Method for Solving the Standard Case Test- Lid Driven Cavity flow”, The 7th National Conference on CFD Applications, Kerman, Iran (2016).

• M. Montazeri, N. Ajayebi, B. Nazyab. “Modeling and sizing of a Solar-Hydrogen energy generation system for domestic usage”, second novel and clean energy management conference, Hamedan, Iran (2015).