HELPING DRIVE INNOVATION & ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT PROBLEM: SOLUTION: RESEARCH: AWARD: NEXT STEP: Environmental conditions and reactions can negatively impact the mechanical properties of glass fibers having adverse impacts on industry pollution and safety. Recently awarded a $40,000 CoFunded Project with UB's New York State Center of Excellence in Materials Informatics. Develop processes to understand environmental reactions and in turn further develop less biopersistent fiber products that can break down in the body to mitigate occurrence and impact. Guide the design of ceramic materials for desired water adsorption properties that offer thermal protection and mechanical support. Unifrax is a global specialty fibers company focused on providing innovative thermal management solutions for a variety of end markets and applications, with a goal of helping customers save energy, reduce pollution and improve fire safety. Unifrax will partner with UB's Associate Professor of Chemical and Biological Engineering, Dr. Marina Tsianou, to guide the design for desired water adsorption properties to provide directions for synthesis and processing of new improved ceramic materials that withstand environmental conditions such as operating temperatures. buffalo.edu/cmi Marina Tsianou, PhD, Associate Professor, UB's Department of Chemical & Biological Engineering
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HELPING DRIVE INNOVATION & ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT
PROBLEM:
SOLUTION:
RESEARCH:
AWARD:
NEXT STEP:
"Unifrax and our customers will greatly benefitfrom a deeper understanding of fundamentalmaterials properties." - Joseph A. Fernando, PhD, Unifrax
Environmental conditions and reactions can negatively impact the mechanical
properties of glass fibers having adverse impacts on industry pollution and safety.
Recently awarded a $40,000 CoFunded Project
with UB's New York State Center of Excellence in
Materials Informatics.
Develop processes to understand
environmental reactions and in turn further
develop less biopersistent fiber products that
can break down in the body to mitigate
occurrence and impact.
Guide the design of ceramic materials for desired water adsorption properties that
offer thermal protection and mechanical support.
Unifrax is a global specialty fibers company focused on providing innovative
thermal management solutions for a variety of end markets and applications, with
a goal of helping customers save energy, reduce pollution and improve fire safety.
Unifrax will partner with UB's Associate Professor of Chemical and Biological
Engineering, Dr. Marina Tsianou, to guide the design for desired water adsorption
properties to provide directions for synthesis and processing of new improved
ceramic materials that withstand environmental conditions such as operating
temperatures.
buffalo.edu/cmi
Marina Tsianou, PhD, Associate Professor,
UB's Department of Chemical & Biological Engineering
BIOGRAPHIES
buffalo.edu/cmi
Unifrax is a global leader in hightemperature and highperformance specialty products. Thecompany’s goal is to help customers save energy, reduce pollution and improve fire safety.
Unifrax’s high quality products are sold globally in more than 80 countries and used by many
industries in a diverse group of applications, such as fire protection and thermal insulation for Iron
and Steel industries and Aerospace, support mat for Automotive and specialty fibers for Filtration.
Unifrax has a proven history of strategic growth through product innovation, market innovation and
geographic expansion, employing more than 2,500 worldwide.
Marina Tsianou is an Associate Professor in the Department of Chemical and BiologicalEngineering at the University at Buffalo (UB). She joined UB in 2007, after receiving a PhD in
Chemistry from Lund University, Sweden, a Master’s in Chemical Engineering from Tufts
University, Medford, Massachusetts, a Diploma in Chemical Engineering from the National
Technical University of Athens, Greece, and after working in industry. Tsianou’s research
interests and activities involve the design, development, and characterization of molecularly
engineered nanomaterials with desirable functionalities. Tsianou is focused on understanding
the utilization of these nanomaterials in products and processes and improving the quality of life
by contributing to advanced materials, better health, or a cleaner environment. Her research
focuses on thermodynamic and kinetic aspects of polymer mediated crystallization, bioinspired
material synthesis, nano and mesoscale organization and structure, complex fluids and soft
interfaces, and nanostructured polymers in films and on surfaces. She has been active with the
American Institute of Chemical Engineers (AIChE) and the American Chemical Society (ACS).
Tsianou currently serves as the chairelect of AIChE Area 2B “Crystallization and Evaporation”.
Marina Tsianou, PhD, Associate Professor,
UB's Department of Chemical & Biological Engineering
