TriboTEX is a machine coating nanotechnology for engines, transmissions, and gearboxes. Reverse wear with drop-in treatments that restore and defend your vehicle. Our dual-sided nanoparticles fuse to at-risk metals to reverse wear, improving performance, increasing fuel efficiency, and extending longevity.
Founded in 2008 by Dr. Pavlo Rudenko, PhD, TriboTEX offers a clean alternative to currently available lubricants and additives. With support from various institutions including NASA, NSF, DOE, DOD, and the U.S. Air Force, we developed a product that reverses wear in mechanical devices with a self-assembling coating. TriboTEX is pursuing industry partnerships to reduce friction, conserve energy, and reduce waste around the world. Viable for a broad range of applications, smart formulations developed by TriboTEX can be added to currently available lubricating blends to offer valuable solutions for the automotive, industrial, military, and wind power sectors.
Our Team
Dr. Pavlo “Pasha” Rudenko, Ph.D.
Founder & Chief Technology Officer
An award-winning tribologist and Chief Technology Officer of TriboTEX, Pavlo Rudenko is known as “Pasha” to his friends. After founding TriboTEX in 2008, Rudenko has received numerous awards, fellowship opportunities, and funding partnerships from companies and institutions around the globe. In his limited spare time, Pasha enjoys reading, exploring entrepreneurial opportunities, and a good slice of pizza.
Brian Hanson
Lead Engineer
A biofuels engineer with a background in mechanical engineering and combustion, Brian Hanson was brought on board to develop a non-toxic solvent for the TriboTEX product line, which will be launched in the coming months. On the weekends you’ll find Hanson exploring the woods of North Idaho in his jeep, on his snowmobile, or his motorcycle.