Greenbiz.com published an article on the progress of the Collaboratory for a Regenerative Economy (CoRE), which was formed to use big data tools to help manufacturers embed human health and environmental criteria into the design of materials and products.

PV Magazine was among outlets that carried a piece co-authored by Krishna Rajan, Erich Bloch Chair of the Department of Materials Design and Innovation on the Collaboratory for a Regenerative Environment (CoRE), an innovative partnership between MDI, Clean Production Action and Niagara Share.

An article in PV (photovoltaics) magazine reporting on companies racing to find new materials to replace toxic or otherwise unsafe elements in PV modules includes research by Krishna Rajan, a materials informatics expert in the Department of Materials Design and Innovation (MDI).

UB faculty members John Crassidis and Krishna Rajan have been named SUNY Distinguished Professors, the highest faculty rank in the SUNY system.