Applications where the diffusive and advective time scales are of similar order give rise to advectiondiffusion phenomena that are inconsistent with the predictions of parabolic Fickian diffusion models. Non-Fickian diffusion relations can capture these phenomena and remedy the paradox of infinite propagation speeds in Fickian models. In this work, we implement a modified, frame-invariant form of Cattaneo's hyperbolic diffusion relation within a spacetime discontinuous Galerkin advection-diffusion model. An hadaptive spacetime meshing procedure supports an asynchronous, patch-by-patch solution procedure with linear computational complexity in the number of spacetime elements. This localized solver enables the selective application of optimization algorithms in only those patches that require inequality constraints to ensure a non-negative concentration solution. In contrast to some previous methods, we do not modify the numerical fluxes to enforce non-negative concentrations. Thus, the element-wise conservation properties that are intrinsic to discontinuous Galerkin models are defined with respect to physically meaningful Riemann fluxes on the element boundaries. We present numerical examples that demonstrate the effectiveness of the proposed model, and we explore the distinct features of hyperbolic advection-diffusion response in subcritical and supercritical flows. Ã q D Kr ;and show that the resulting hyperbolic system exhibits finite propagation velocities and is Galileaninvariant. We refer to (5) as the modified Maxwell-Cattaneo (mMC) model and use it as our reference hyperbolic model for advection-diffusion from here on. This paper is concerned with a finite element method for solving hyperbolic advection-diffusion problems, such as (5). A survey of the literature on numerical methods that address hyperbolic diffusion, for both pure diffusion [14,[19][20][21], and combined advection-diffusion [1,22,23], can be found in [24]. For the pure diffusion case, numerical models based on discontinuous Galerkin (DG) finite element methods, [22,25], are most relevant to the method proposed here. In particular, the adaptive spacetime DG method described in [26] is a direct antecedent to the method advanced in this work. For the mMC advection-diffusion problem, the DG method in [22] is the closest HYPERBOLIC ADVECTION-DIFFUSION WITH NON-NEGATIVITY CONSTRAINT Unconditional stability for linear systems, such as (5). Falk and Richter prove stability of SDG solutions for linear, symmetric hyperbolic systems in [44], and Lowrie et al. report similar findings in [43] for linear systems of conservation laws, such as the one in this work. Compact computational stencils that do not expand with higher-order approximations; cf. discussion in first paragraph in Section 4. Element-wise conservation with respect to computed Riemann fluxes.