Ting Tsui |
Associate Professor
Raymon
Michael Tam |
Professor, Waterloo Research Chair
Costas Tzoganakis |
Professor
Aiping Yu |
Assistant Professor
Michael Tam is actively researching in the field of sustainable
nano materials from renewable resources. Collaborating with
Celluforce Inc., a company that operates the first cellulose
nanocrystals pilot plant production facility, Michael’s research
focuses on the functionalization of cellulose nanocrystals for water
treatment, cosmetics, personal care, coatings, food, and more.
With colleagues from Waterloo and McMaster, he is working to
organize a symposium on sustainable nano materials at the 2014
Canadian Chemical Engineering Conference.
Ting Tsui began a research collaboration with Frank Gu in 2013,
working to understand how bacterial cells interact with metal
nanopillars. The goal is to develop new nanometer scale surface
features that can reduce the adhesion strength between metals
and bacterial cells, in turn reducing the chance of infection after
metal implantation surgeries.
In 2013, Ting attended the International Symposium on Plasticity,
and presented his works in the effects of nanopillar cross-section
geometries on the mechanical strengths of nanocrystalline cobalt.
In addition to his teaching and reserach duties, Costas Tzoganakis
serves as Chief Technology Officer of Tyromer Inc., a UWaterloo
start-up company, working to commercialize a patented technol-
ogy on rubber devulcanization. In 2013, he coordinated major
scale-up experiments, assisted by AirBoss of America in the
preparation of rubber compounds for field validation with their
customers. Costas was invited to present this technology to
Goodyear Tire and Rubber, as well as several European rubber
recyclers.
Costas’ research group is currently engaged in polymer reactive
extrusion operations for polymer modification.
Aiping Yu’s primary reserach interest is in materials development
for energy storage and conversion, photocatalysts, and nano-
composites. She has published over 40 peer-reviewed papers,
holds four patents, and is the co-author of a book on superca-
pacitors. Aiping is also the editor-in-chief for Supercapacitor.
