IBE News

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Xiao Liang.
Artificial intelligence in bridge inspection
5/10/19
Research assistant professor Xiao Liang shared his work on several different bridge topics at two separate events last month.
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An Office Atop the Williamsburg Bridge
4/30/19
An article in the Wall Street Journal features an interview with UB alumnus Seth Medwick, associate vice president and department head of bridge inspection at HNTB. Medwick discusses his career and some of the desirable traits for bridge inspectors.
Negar Elhami Khorasani.
Enhancing fire engineering and ASCE standards
4/25/19
An assistant professor in the Department of Civil, Structural and Environmental is the academic advisor on a grant exploring a performance-based structural fire engineering design in accordance with ASCE/SEI 7-16.
From left to right: UB students Ramla K. Qureshi, Elizabeth Quaye, Julia Quebral and Benjamin Carlson.
Influencing STEM policy in Washington, D.C.
4/17/19
"We have a growing gap between scientists and policy-makers," says Ramla K. Qureshi, a PhD candidate in the Department of Civil, Structural and Environmental Engineering, "there needs to be frequent conversation letting them know why our research is important, and why it needs their continuous support."
Teng Wu.
Wu shares thoughts on bridge engineering with IASBE
4/16/19

Assistant Professor Teng Wu was interviewed in a recent edition of the Structural Engineering International Journal.

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It's not the Ivy League school that has the heart of this UB, Princeton grad
3/22/19
A front-page column in the Buffalo News featured alumnus Stephen Still (BS civil '76) who described how his transformational experiences as a UB undergraduate set him on a path toward a graduate degree at Princeton University and a successful management career in fleet and network planning for major airlines.
Arvid Masud receives oversized check from assistant professor Pinar Okumus.
Environmental engineering student wins Department poster competition
3/20/19
An environmental engineering PhD, and two civil PhD students earned the top three spots at the 2019 Civil, Structural and Environmental Engineering Department’s Poster Competition.
Ramla Qureshi.
Fullbright scholar, PhD candidate and founder of Women Engineers Pakistan to represent UB's School of Engineering in Washington, D.C.
3/5/19
Ramla Qureshi was nominated by UB’s School of Engineering and Applied Sciences to represent the school at the Advancement of Science and Association of Public and Land-grant Universities’ (AAAS) Catalyzing Advocacy in Science and Engineering (CASE) workshop in the nation’s capital.