Costas Tzoganakis, a professor of chemical engineering, is a winner of the 2022 En-Hui Yang Engineering Research Innovation Award. The award is bestowed by Waterloo Engineering to outstanding faculty members each year.
Professor Tzoganakis’ research has significantly advanced sustainability within the global tire industry. He developed a unique chemical-free process for rubber devulcanization which can break down end-of-life tires turning them into Tire Derived Polymer (TDP), a value-added rubber compound.
This groundbreaking research creates a useful path for waste tires, which might otherwise be burned for their energy value. Instead, through this process, they may be used in the form of recycled rubber material to manufacture new tires.
Professor Costas Tzoganakis, Waterloo Engineering, wins Engineering Research Innovation Award.
“I am honoured and humbled to win this prestigious award as I know that there are many worthy candidates making impressive contributions to the body of innovative research work carried out at the University of Waterloo,” said Tzoganakis, a professor in the Department of Chemical Engineering. “This award represents an acknowledgment of the importance of my group’s work in developing an economically feasible solution to the environmental issue of end-of-life rubber tires.”
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