Dr. Masliyah is also credited with establishing unique
academia-industry partnerships, based on research collaborations and
technology development and the transfer of complex knowledge from the
classroom into the field and vice versa.
He says industry’s support and
long-term funding of his team’s research are testimony of the
industry’s willingness to embrace good science to improve operations.
It also improves business outcome.
Among his most cherished roles
are mentoring and teaching, both to his university students and to
practitioners in the field. Dr. Masliyah attributes collaboration with
students inside and out of the lab and with the workers in the field to
the success of his research and its practical applications.