University of Trieste research unit is composed by one Full Professor (prof. Ian Kaspar) and a research fellow. UNITS is responsable for reaction to fire and fire resistance tests on the EoLHM panels. Tests will be performed according to EN-ISO 11925-2 and EN ISO 1182 respectively. Addition of flame-retardants to improve fire resistance will also be considered in order to obtain modified-fire resistant EoLHM to be used in the panel preparation.
Prof. Ian Kaspar - Jan Kašpar is a full professor in Industrial and Technological Chemistry at the University of Trieste, Department of Chemical and Pharmaceutical Sciences. He has spent periods as a visiting researcher in USA (Polytechnic University, New York), NIH (Bethesda), and Spain (University of Cadiz). He is co-author of over 120 publications and six patent applications/patents in the fields of homogeneous, heterogenised and heterogeneous catalysis (H-index of over 50, cit. > 11400). In particular, the research in the heterogeneous catalysis has been focused on innovative catalytic systems for the abatement of the automotive exhausts, using nanostructured CeO2-ZrO2 mixed oxides as oxygen storage promoters in the automotive three-way catalysts. In the last years, research concerning the Environmental aspects was focused on the problems of the abatement of emissions from ships: the group was part of the ECOMOS project led by Fincantieri S.p.A. aimed at developing a combined strategy for PM, NOx and SOx removal. In addition to this extensive industrial co-operation, he has coordinated a number of Italian and EU projects. He has been invited to give series of lectures at international conferences, leading automotive and catalyst industries, in addition to a number of invited reviews and papers contributed to international journals. He has been a member of the editorial board of Catalysis Today and Journal of Rare Earths (ISI journals). He has been a member of the executive board of the former Interuniversity Consorzium "Chemistry for the Environment" (INCA) that jointed research groups from 32 Italian Universities working in the field on Environmental/Sustainable Chemistry.