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UB Engineering News
| UB’s Bruneau Wins 2012 T.R. Higgins Award from the American Institute of Steel Construction | | 2/10/12 Michel Bruneau, PhD, professor of civil, structural and environmental engineering in the University at Buffalo's School of Engineering and Applied Sciences, is the 2012 recipient of the prestigious American Institute of Steel Construction (AISC) T.R. Higgins Lectureship Award. » More |  | | The American Institute of Steel Construction is recognizing UB’s Bruneau for outstanding contributions to engineering literature on fabricated structural steel. |
| In Solar Cells, Tweaking the Tiniest of Parts Yields Big Jump in Efficiency | | 1/20/2012 Company led by university researchers employs charged quantum dots to increase the efficiency of solar cell technology... » More |  | | Electrical engineer Vladimir Mitin and colleagues have significantly increased the electrical output of solar cells by embedding charged quantum dots in them. |
| UB’s MCEER Sets Foundation for Rebuilding Haiti, One Engineer at a Time | | 1/10/12 New Port-au-Prince building was constructed with seismic design principles » More |  | | UB’s Filiatrault and Fouche pose with seminar students in front of the new Port-au-Prince building, an example of how Haiti’s engineers are learning to rebuild, using seismic design principles |
| Whittaker Elected MCEER Director | | December 16, 2011 Andrew S. Whittaker, PhD, a University at Buffalo professor and an internationally recognized expert in earthquake and blast engineering, has been elected to a two-year term as director of MCEER, a national center of excellence focused on multi-hazard engineering. » More |  | | Andrew Whittaker is the new director of MCEER, a national center of excellence focused on multi-hazard engineering. |
| “Green Routing” Can Cut Car Emissions Without Significantly Slowing Travel Time, Buffalo Study Finds | | December 14, 2011 Researcher says GPS systems could one day enable drivers to choose the "greenest" path to their destination » More |  | | Transportation systems expert Adel Sadek says “green routing” is an easy way to significantly reduce carbon monoxide emissions, and one that can be implemented today. |
| White House to Honor UB Alumna, Founder of Popular ’Tech-Savvy‘ Program for Girls at UB |
| 12/9/12 Engineering Grad Tamara Brown is honored as a ”Champion of Change,“ one of just 12 nationwide. When chemical engineer Tamara E. Brown launched the Tech Savvy program in Buffalo in 2004, her goal was to convince middle-school girls that they, too, could enjoy being in a science, technology, engineering or mathematics (STEM) field. » More |
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| The White House is honoring UB engineering grad Tamara E. Brown, who created a technology program for girls. The program is hosted by UB.
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| Treatment Wall at Western New York Nuclear Site Receives 2011 Ground Water Remediation Award | | 11/01/2011 AMEC Geomatrix of Amherst, N.Y., has received the National Ground Water Association's 2011 Ground Water Remediation Award for an innovative nuclear waste cleanup project that the company completed with University at Buffalo researchers. » More |  | | UB professor Alan Rabideau worked on the West Valley groundwater remediation project with UB alumnus Rick Frappa of AMEX Geomatrix and UB PhD candidate Shannon Seneca. |
| UB's Srihari Wins Major International Computer Science Award | | 10/19/2011 Sargur N. Srihari, director of the University at Buffalo's Center of Excellence in Document Analysis and Recognition (CEDAR) and SUNY Distinguished Professor of Computer Science and Engineering, has won the 2011 International Conference on Document Analysis and Recognition (ICDAR) Outstanding Achievements award. » More |  | | Srihari won the ICDAR award partly for his work in the field of machine learning, in which he says, Buffalo and UB have played a significant role. |
| National Student Conference on Green Tech to be Hosted by UB | | 10/18/2011 The University at Buffalo will host the 2011 Engineers for a Sustainable World (ESW) national conference Oct. 20-23 on the UB North Campus. The conference theme is "Green Tech: Sustainable Cities in the 21st Century." » More | | |
| Media Advisory: UB Faculty Inventor to Discuss his Solar Technology at Advanced Energy 2011 Session on Emerging Companies | | 10/12/2011 A session on emerging energy companies at this week's Advanced Energy 2011 conference will feature a University at Buffalo inventor: Vladimir Mitin, who is looking to commercialize a new and highly efficient solar cell technology that he developed through his research. The session will take place Thursday (Oct. 13) at 9 a.m. in the Niagara Room of the Hyatt Regency Buffalo at 2 Fountain Plaza in Buffalo, starting with a welcome and introduction from UB Vice President of Research Alex Cartwright. » More | | |
| UB mourns death of Wilson Greatbatch | | 09/29/2011 The UB community is mourning the loss of Wilson Greatbatch, a UB alumnus, former engineering faculty member and inventor of the implantable cardiac pacemaker who died on Tuesday at age 92. Click here to go to Memorial Page » More |  | | Wilson Greatbatch had an enormous impact on UB over the years. |
| Following Tropical Storm Irene, Scientists Assess Damage in Flooded New York Communities | | 09/22/2011 In the aftermath of heavy flooding caused by Tropical Storm Irene, University at Buffalo researchers are conducting a damage assessment that could help hard-hit communities in New York plan for future disasters. » More |  | | Chris Renschler and a team of geographers visited areas devastated by floodwaters from Tropical Storm Irene to conduct a damage assessment that could help plan for future disasters. |
| Peace Bridge Will Light Up True Blue and White to Honor Inauguration of UB's 15th President | | 09/16/2011 The Peace Bridge Authority will bathe the Peace Bridge in blue and white lights from 8 p.m. Sept. 19 to 2 a.m. Sept. 20 to salute the inauguration of Satish K Tripathi, PhD, 15th president of the University at Buffalo, and in recognition of Inauguration Week at UB, Sept. 19-24. » More |  | | The Peace Bridge will be lit with blue and white lights in honor of the inauguration of Satish K. Tripathi as UB's 15th president. |
| UB Workshop to Explore Spin, Quantum Optics and Optical Metamaterials | | 09/13/2011 "Beyond the Imagination of Nature: Spin, Quantum Optics and Metamaterials," a workshop for researchers studying metamaterials and transformation optics will be presented by the University at Buffalo and the U.S. Army Research Office on Sept. 19-20 in Buffalo. » More | | |
| UB Again Ranked Among Top Universities by U.S. News | | 09/13/2011 The University at Buffalo is one of the best universities in the country, according to the annual "Best Colleges" rankings released today by U.S. News and World Report. » More |  | | UB's academic reputation was a major factor in its ranking as one of the best national universities in the U.S. |
| New York's Older Brick Buildings Are Especially Vulnerable to Extreme Events, such as Earthquakes and Hurricanes | | 08/26/2011 To get a better idea of just how much damage even a moderate earthquake would cause to unreinforced masonry buildings, earthquake-engineering researchers in the University at Buffalo's MCEER are reconstructing brick walls like those in New York City buildings that are approximately 100 years old. » More |  | | Gilberto Mosqueda and co-researchers are investigating how old brick buildings in New York City would stand up to an earthquake or other extreme event. |
| Earthquake + Hurricane = Powerful Reminders of the Vulnerability of Eastern Infrastructure, Say MCEER Engineers | | 08/25/2011 As communities prepare for the hurricane, with many in the southeast evacuating, the earthquake that hit Virginia and the possibility that Hurricane Irene could hit the eastern U.S. serve as important reminders about the vulnerability of structures in these areas to the full range of extreme events, from earthquakes to hurricanes and terrorist attacks, say engineers at the University at Buffalo's MCEER (Multidisciplinary Center for Earthquake Engineering Research). » More |  | | "The earthquake and the potential for Hurricane Irene to hit the eastern U.S. are unsettling reminders of just how vulnerable our communities are," Filiatrault says. |
| East Coast Earthquake was Moderate but Significant, says UB Earthquake Researcher | | 08/23/2011 "The earthquake was moderate but significant because we haven't had very many earthquakes of this magnitude in the eastern United States or eastern Canada," said Andre Filiatrault, PhD, director of the University at Buffalo's MCEER (Multidisciplinary Center for Earthquake Engineering Research). » More | | | UB earthquake engineer Andre Filiatrault, PhD, said today's 5.9 magnitude earthquake was moderate but signficant. |
| 'Hacktivist' Groups Like 'Anonymous' are not the Biggest Threat to Cybersecurity, says UB Information Assurance Expert | | 08/15/2011 UB Professor Shambhu Upadhyaya teaches and conducts research in the area of computer security. With hacker collectives carrying out high-profile cyber attacks -- most recently claiming to have stolen a large trove of data including personal information from U.S. law enforcement agencies -- Upadhyaya comments on how much of a threat these groups really pose to cybersecurity. » More |  | | Professor Shambhu Upadhyaya is a cybersecurity expert; his research center studies ways to protect the nation's information technology systems. |
| American Water Enterprises $60,000 Grant to Support Science and Technology Students | | 08/09/2011 Buffalo-area Engineering Awareness for Minorities (BEAM), the University at Buffalo's program dedicated to increasing minorities and females entering the engineering and technical professions, has received $60,000 from American Water Enterprises Inc. » More | | |
| Department of Defense Funds Two UB Researchers | | 08/09/2011 University at Buffalo researchers Jason Corso and Natalia Litchinitser have been awarded funding from the U.S. Department of Defense (DoD) to conduct research into technologies that could help save the lives of American soldiers. » More |  | | UB computer scientist Jason Corso is engineering robots that could detect potential threats and help keep American soldiers at a safe distance. |
| Students Build Satellite for Space Launch | | 07/27/2011 Many of the lights in the night sky are not stars, but actually man-made satellites, and those satellites could soon be joined by one built by University at Buffalo students. A team of students from UB has been chosen to participate in the United States Air Force-sponsored University Nano-satellite Program. » More |  | | UB's student nano-satellite team (l. to r.): Dan Kozlowski, Michael D'Angelo, Dan Pastuf, Lisa Alagna, Zachary Pace, Calvin Lau, Jonathan Gambacorta, Nick Sinno, Yang Li, Nathan Ohmit, Alex Wende and Mathew Bowers. |
| UB's TCIE Announces Business Improvement Course Lineup | | 07/20/2011 The University at Buffalo's TCIE will offer business improvement workshops and certification courses this summer and fall for professionals striving to save money and boost efficiency in their organizations. » More | | |
| Narrowest Bridges of Gold Are Also the Strongest, Study Finds | | 07/13/2011 At an atomic scale, the tiniest bridge of gold -- that made of a single atom -- is actually the strongest, according to new research by engineers at the University at Buffalo's Laboratory for Quantum Devices. » More |  | | A single-atom bridge: A bridge made of a single atom of gold has twice the strength of bulk gold, according to new UB research. |
| Dynamic Eye Partners with UB to Develop "Smart" Sunglasses that Block Blinding Glare | | 07/12/2011 The days of being blinded by glare from the sun, despite the $300 sunglasses straddling your face, may soon be over. Chris Mullin, PhD, a formerly local inventor and entrepreneur, has teamed up with the University at Buffalo to develop sunglasses that detect bright spots of light and darken specific parts of the lens to protect sunglasses wearers from blinding glare. » More |  | | UB electrical engineer Albert Titus worked with Mullin to improve the speed at which a sensor in his "smart" sunglasses was able to detect glare. |
| Cyber Engineering Workshop Offered for Young Women | | 06/28/2011 Local female high school students entering grades 10-12 will participate in a Cyber Engineering Workshop for Young Women to be held Aug. 15-19 to explore all the opportunities that the world of engineering has to offer. » More |  | | Students attending the Cyber Engineering Workshop for Young Women will use UB's driving simulator to run experiments exploring how a car interacts with the road. |
| Passage of NYSUNY 2020 Legislation is a Major Achievement for UB 2020 | | 06/24/2011 University at Buffalo President Satish K. Tripathi today praised the passage of Gov. Andrew Cuomo's NYSUNY 2020 bill as a major accomplishment in the pursuit of academic excellence at UB and for economic development efforts vital to Western New York. » More |  | | University at Buffalo President Satish K. Tripathi said the NYSUNY 2020 bill will have a transformative effect on the university and spur regional economic development. |
| UB Student Wins National Science Foundation Fellowship | | 06/09/2011 Claire Lochner, who graduated from the University at Buffalo this spring with a degree in electrical engineering and mathematics, has been chosen to take part in the National Science Foundation's Graduate Research Fellowship. » More |  | | Claire Lochner Wins National Science Foundation Fellowship |
| Faculty Honored for Mentoring Undergraduate Research and Creative Activity at UB | | 5/20/2011 The University at Buffalo has announced the first recipients of a new award that recognizes faculty whose commitment to mentoring gives UB's undergraduates opportunities to conduct research and scholarship that are not routinely available at many institutions. » More |  | | Jennifer Zirnheld is being recognized for her supervision of undergraduates in multiple settings: in her lab, student clubs and programs for minorities. |
| UB Professor Kemper Lewis is Named ASME Fellow | | 5/20/2011 Kemper Lewis, PhD, professor of mechanical and aerospace engineering at the University at Buffalo's School of Engineering and Applied Sciences and executive director of UB's New York State Center for Engineering Design and Industrial Innovation (NYSCEDII), has been named a Fellow of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers. » More |  | | Kemper Lewis has been named a Fellow of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers. |
| Surgeon-Engineer Team Debuts Procedure-Specific Modules for Robot-Assisted Surgery | | 5/12/2011 First-of-their-kind training tools available for four common robot-assisted surgery procedures » More |  | | Guru and Kesavadas (pictured), inventors of the Robotic Surgical Simulator, have now developed training modules for robot-assisted surgery procedures. |
| Sustainable Transportation is Focus of IBM Grant Won by UB Professor | | 5/5/2011 Each year, American drivers waste an estimated 3.7 billion hours, or the equivalent of five days, sitting in traffic, burning 2.3 billion gallons of fuel. Students at the University at Buffalo will soon be learning how to reduce that waste, creating less congestion and cleaner air, thanks to an IBM grant to Adel Sadek, PhD, UB associate professor of civil, structural and environmental engineering. » More | | | Adel Sadek has been awarded an IBM Smarter Planet Faculty Innovation Grant to develop a new course in sustainable transportation. |
| Rainbow-Trapping Scientist Now Strives to Slow Light Waves Even Further | | 4/12/2011 UB researcher explains: "It's as though I can hold the light in my hand." Qiaoqiang Gan, an electrical engineer at the University at Buffalo, who previously demonstrated experimentally the "rainbow trapping effect" -- a phenomenon that could boost optical data storage and communications -- is now working to capture all the colors of the rainbow. » More |  | | New nanomaterials created by Qiaoqiang Gan allow for the trapping of different wavelengths of light, which could boost data storage and |
| Media Advisory: Exceptional UB Students and their Research to be Showcased | | 4/4/2011 The academic achievements and research of UB's most talented undergraduate and graduate students will be showcased at the university's annual Celebration of Student Academic Excellence, to be held Wednesday, April 6 in the Center for the Arts on the UB North Campus. » More |  | | Gary Iacobucci is one of dozens of UB undergraduate students performing research with faculty mentors like Shermali Gunawardena. |
| Cartwright leads UB’s research effort | | 3/31/2011 Alexander Cartwright officially became vice president for research after serving in an interim capacity since last July. He also has been serving as acting executive director of UB’s New York State Center of Excellence in Bioinformatics and Life Sciences since September. » More |  | | After serving as a researcher, teacher and administrator since joining the UB faculty in 1995, Alexander Cartwright brings a comprehensive perspective of the university and its work to his role as vice president for research. |
| Japanese Tsunami’s Effects Will Change How and Where Future Nuclear Power Plants are Built | | 3/15/2011 The design of next-generation nuclear power plants and other critical energy facilities will undoubtedly be influenced by the Japanese tsunami and its devastating effects on Japan's nuclear reactors, says Michael C. Constantinou, PhD, professor of civil, structural and environmental engineering at the University at Buffalo. » More |  | | Seismically isolated platform in the North Pacific demonstrates how power plants can be built to withstand extreme conditions, says Constantinou of UB. |
| To Learn How to Rebuild, Haitian Engineers from Government and Industry Attend Earthquake Engineering Seminars in Record Numbers | | 3/17/2011 The outcome of Haiti’s March 20 presidential election will determine much of the country’s political future, but this week, more than 250 Haitian architects and engineers will take the future of Haiti’s reconstruction into their own hands when they attend the third UniQ-UB/MCEER Earthquake Engineering Seminar in Port-au-Prince. » More |  | | According to Dr. Andè Filiatrault, the rebuilding of Haiti will require a massive overhaul of its engineering practices, including building codes, licensing and examination procedures for architects and engineers and more comprehensive engineering curricula. |
| UB’s School of Engineering and Applied Sciences continues to be ranked in the U.S. News top tier, earning a No. 52 ranking among 200 schools of engineering considered by the magazine. | | 3/15/2011 UB’s engineering school also distinguished itself in the U.S. News ranking of engineering disciplines: No. 26 in industrial engineering; No. 27 in civil engineering; No. 41 in chemical engineering; No. 67 in mechanical engineering; and No. 75 in electrical engineering. » More |  |
| Computer Scientists Develop Smart, Less Obtrusive Tracking System | | 3/3/11 Researchers at the University at Buffalo and Amrita University in India have developed the framework for a smart environment that can track people's whereabouts without the use of invasive technologies such as constant filming or radio frequency identification (RFID) tags. The new tracking method could improve safety and security in nursing homes, hospitals and other closed spaces while providing occupants with freedom from continuous surveillance. » More |  | | The team that developed the tracking system included Bharat Jayaraman, professor of computer science and engineering at UB, Vivek Menon, an assistant professor of information systems at Amrita University in India, and Venu Govindaraju, a SUNY Distinguished Professor of computer science and engineering at UB. |
| UB Battery Researcher with More Patents than Any Other Woman is Inducted Into the National Inventors Hall of Fame | | 3/3/11 Esther Takeuchi, PhD, SUNY Distinguished Professor and Greatbatch Professor of Advanced Power Sources at the University at Buffalo, will be one of nine living inductees into the National Inventors Hall of Fame, according to an announcement today by the NIHF, which honors legendary inventors whose innovations have changed the world. » More |  | | ”Individuals with different backgrounds are the core of innovation. By not involving huge segments of society, such as women, we lose out on potential progress,“ says UB’s Esther Takeuchi. |
| Media Advisory: May the Best Bot Win! | | 2/24/11 Bot Wars are back! Homemade, remote-controlled robots constructed by students in the University at Buffalo's School of Engineering and Applied Sciences will duke it out on Friday Feb. 25, in the lobby of the Student Union on the UB North Campus. » More |  | | Big Blue is a creation of UB Robotics (UBR), an undergraduate club of the University at Buffalo, dedicated to engineering excellence in the field of robotics, and is an example of the expertise that will be evidenced at the Bot Wars Competition. |
| Be ‘Ready for Takeoff,’ Career Guru Tells Students in Book |
| 1/14/11 Few engineering schools have anything like the University at Buffalo's Engineering Career Institute (ECI), which teaches engineering students about job-hunting and important, professional success skills. That's why Dean Millar, ECI director at UB, wrote, "Ready for Takeoff: A Winning Process for Launching Your Engineering Career (Prentice-Hall, 2010). » More |
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| “Ready for Takeoff!” widely distributes to a national audience the critical job-hunting and career advice that was previously only available to students enrolled in UB’s Engineering Career Institute.
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| Double Engineering Major is a Double Threat on the Court and in the Classroom | | 2/11/14 There's never been a dull University at Buffalo moment for Kourtney Brown. Standing 6-feet-tall, Brown is a star athlete on the women's basketball team, as her recent record-breaking 35-point scoring night against Miami of Ohio shows. » More |  | | “I came here for engineering first and foremost,” says UB star student-athlete Kourtney Brown, a double engineering major and UB's all-time leading scorer and rebounder. |
| New Study to Use Smart Phones to Track Air Pollution Exposure |
| 2/8/11 University at Buffalo researchers are creating a new and unusual "app" for the smart phone: tracking air pollution. Murat Demirbas, PhD, and Atri Rudra, PhD, of the UB Department of Computer Science and Engineering are co-invesitigators on the grant received by Carole Rudra, PhD, of Social and Preventive Medicine, » More |
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| Carole Rudra has received an NIH grant to assess a person's exposure over time to pollutants in an urban area -- using their smart phones.
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| UB Professor Robert Wetherhold Is Named a Fellow of ASME |
| 2/4/11 Robert C. Wetherhold, PhD, professor of mechanical and aerospace engineering at the University at Buffalo's School of Engineering and Applied Sciences, has been named a Fellow of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers. » More |
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| Robert C. Wetherhold, UB professor of mechanical and aerospace engineering, has been named a Fellow of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers.
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| Three Faculty Members Receive National Science Foundation CAREER Awards |
| 1/31/2011 Two University at Buffalo physicists and one engineer have received the National Science Foundation's (NSF) most prestigious award for junior investigators, bringing nearly $1.5 million in new research dollars to Buffalo. » More |
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| Sheldon Park’s research aims to design peptide and protein inhibitors that regulate kinase activity more effectively than small molecule drugs, reducing unwanted side effects and minimizing resistance to treatment.
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| Lessons from Afghanistan: Fulbright Scholar at UB, an Afghan Native, Seeks to Popularize Earthquake-Engineering Technology He Learned While Building Army Bases |
| 1/26/2011 The area along the Pakistan-Afghanistan border that underwent a magnitude 7.2 earthquake last week is one that University at Buffalo graduate student and Fulbright scholar Mustafa Mashal knows well. » More |
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| Mustafa Mashal, now a UB graduate student in civil engineering, worked in Afghanistan for a contractor for the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers; here he is shown at a site for military aircraft at Kabul International Airport.
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| With Cloud Computing, the Mathematics of Evolution May Get Easier to Learn in College...and Easier to Teach in High School |
| 1/21/2011 An innovative, educational computing platform developed by University at Buffalo faculty members and hosted by the cloud (remote, high-capacity, scalable servers) is helping UB students understand parts of evolutionary biology on an entirely new level. Soon, high-school and middle-school students will benefit from the same tool as well. » More |
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| (From left) Bina Ramamurthy, Jessica Poulin and Katharina Dittmar say Pop! World's visual appeal makes the mathematical analysis of evolution more captivating for students than conventional representations.
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| UB’s Govindaraju Is Elected a AAAS Fellow |
| 1/14/2010 Venu Govindaraju, PhD, SUNY Distinguished Professor in the Department of Computer Science and Engineering in the University at Buffalo School of Engineering and Applied Sciences, has been elected a fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS), the world’s largest general scientific society and publisher of the journal Science. » More |
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| UB computer scientist Venu Govindaraju has been elected a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science.
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| UB Engineering Building to be Named for Jack and Barbara Davis |
| 1/11/2011 The University at Buffalo School of Engineering and Applied Sciences will name its new building Barbara and Jack Davis Hall to honor the Western New York couple who has given $5 million toward the construction and enhancement of the facility. » More |
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| The new UB engineering building will be named Barbara and Jack Davis Hall to honor the couple who have given $5 million toward the facility
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| One Year Later, Haiti’s Engineers Are Acquiring Tools to Begin Rebuilding the Right Way |
| 1/10/2011 As Haitian citizens struggle to achieve some normalcy a year after the devastating Jan. 12, 2010, earthquake, its structural engineers and architects are demonstrating an unwavering resolve to rebuild the country the right way, despite the daily challenges. » More |
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| MCEER’s Andre Filiatrault and colleagues are teaching Haitian engineers and architects about seismic mitigation in design and construction to help prevent damage to buildings in the event of future earthquakes in Haiti.
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| UB’s TCIE Kicks Off Spring 2011 Business Improvement Course Lineup |
| 1/6/11 Western New York business professionals striving to save money and boost efficiency in their organizations can register now for a variety of business improvement workshops and training courses being offered this spring by the University at Buffalo's Center for Industrial Effectiveness (TCIE) » More |
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| TCIE: Forging a dynamic link between the University at Buffalo’s technical resources and the business community.
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| Computing for a Cause: UB's Geeks Help Disabled Veterans Talk, Surf the Web, Gain Independence |
| 12/21/10 Computer science might not be the obvious major for students looking to change the world. But two teams of University at Buffalo students are proving that programming can translate into compassion. » More |
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| “It’s satisfying, just to enable somebody to do what I take for granted every day.” - Matthew Taylor
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| How Rare is that Fingerprint? Computational Forensics Provides the First Clues |
| 12/7/10 UB computer scientist Professor Sargur Srihari has developed a way to computationally determine the rarity of a particular fingerprint and, thus, how likely it is to belong to a particular crime suspect. » More |
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| UB computer scientist Sargur Srihari has developed the first computational method of determining the rarity of fingerprints
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| Top UB Engineering Students Won’t Pay a Dime From Freshman Year Through the PhD |
| 12/8/10 To attract and retain the most intellectually gifted students, the University at Buffalo's School of Engineering and Applied Sciences and the UB Honors College have announced the Presidential Scholarship/Doctoral Fellowship, which will provide full scholarships for qualified UB engineering students from freshman year through completion of their doctoral degrees. » More |
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| New scholarships for qualified engineering students will total an average of $200,000 per student
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| Snow and Traffic: UB Transportation Project Could Help Region Better Manage Traffic During Bad Weather |
| 12/3/10 Powerful, localized snowstorms can snarl traffic for hours or days, as Western New York saw this week when a section of the New York State Thruway closed for 24 hours. That’s exactly the kind of scenario that University at Buffalo engineers hope to prevent when they complete a computer simulation of the area’s roadways. » More |
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| UB transportation engineer Adel Sadek, PhD, is developing a system to help the region better manage traffic during inclement weather conditions.
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| Gift to Support Advanced Visualization Laboratory in New Engineering Building
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| 11/29/10 The University at Buffalo School of Engineering and Applied Sciences has received a $100,000 gift to name the advanced visualization networking systems laboratory in the school's new building, slated for completion in 2011. » More |
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| Govindaraju Named SUNY Distinguished Professor |
| 11/11/10 Venugopal Govindaraju of Williamsville, University at Buffalo Distinguished Professor in the Department of Computer Science and Engineering, School of Engineering and Applied Sciences, has been named a SUNY Distinguished Professor, the highest faculty rank in the State University of New York system. » More |
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| Venugopal Govindaraju has been named a SUNY Distinguished Professor, the highest faculty rank in the State University of New York system.
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| UB Professor Tarunraj Singh Is Named a Fellow of ASME |
| 11/11/10 Tarunraj Singh, PhD, professor of mechanical and aerospace engineering at the University at Buffalo, has been named a Fellow of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers. Fellowship, which is the highest elected grade of membership in ASME, is conferred upon members with at least 10 years of active engineering practice who have made significant contributions to the profession. » More |
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| Tarunraj Singh has been named a Fellow of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers.
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| UB’s Alexandridis to Receive 2010 Schoellkopf Award |
| 11/8/10 Paschalis Alexandridis, PhD, a UB distinguished professor and the director of graduate studies in the Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering in the UB School of Engineering and Applied Sciences, has been chosen to receive the 2010 Jacob F. Schoellkopf Award. » More |
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| The Western New York section of the American Chemical Society has chosen Paschalis Alexandridis to receive the 2010 Jacob F. Schoellkopf Award.
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| For Technological Achievements, Govindaraju Wins Trio of Awards from Academic Groups, Industry |
| 10/26/10 Venu Govindaraju, PhD, UB Distinguished Professor in the Department of Computer Science and Engineering in the School of Engineering and Applied Sciences, has received three major awards in recognition of his continued record of achievement in technological innovation. » More |
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| Computer scientist Venu Govindaraju has received three important awards recognizing his record of achievement and contributions to the field.
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| Radioactivity from Groundwater Will Be Filtered for Decades by Volcanic Rocks at Western New York Nuclear Waste Site |
| 10/21/10 A massive treatment wall under construction this week at a Western New York nuclear waste cleanup site will stop radioactive contamination in its tracks for literally decades, according to University at Buffalo engineers who modeled and tested the wall's material. » More |
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| UB professor Alan Rabideau says that the models he and colleagues developed show the treatment wall at West Valley will continuously remove strontium-90 from groundwater for at least 10-20 years and possibly much longer.
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| From Handwritten Captchas to "Smart Rooms", Tech Solutions Start With Pattern Recognition |
| 10/21/10 Buy something online, enter your credit card number and mailing address. Simple. Then you come to the box with the CAPTCHA, the Completely Automated Public Turing Test to Tell Computers and Humans Apart. Here, the website attempts to confirm that you're a human, not some robot about to commit a cybercrime. You dutifully copy down the warped, watery-looking letters. » More |
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| Venu Govindaraju and his students at the Center for Unified Biometrics and Sensors are developing ways to simulate handwritten captchas.
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| Engineered Stem Cells Overcome Major Barrier to Regenerative Medicine |
| 10/7/10 UB biomedical researchers have engineered adult stem cells that scientists can grow continuously in culture, a discovery that could speed development of cost-effective treatments for such diseases as heart disease, diabetes, immune disorders and neurodegenerative diseases. » More |
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| “The cells we have engineered grow continuously in the laboratory, which brings down the price of treatments.” - Techung Lee, Associate Professor of Biochemistry and Biomedical Engineering
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Local Nanomaterials Start-Up Spins UB Technology Into Jobs and More Than $600,000 in State and Federal Funding9/22/10 Graphene Devices, a Niagara Falls-based start-up, has secured more than $600,000 in state and federal awards to explore novel uses for graphene, a carbon nanomaterial, and ways to optimize its production using processes a University at Buffalo research team invented. » More
A Less Toxic, More Efficient Dispersant is Scientist's Goal
9/21/10 After the failure of the Deepwater Horizon oil well last spring, nearly 2 million gallons of dispersant were released into the Gulf of Mexico to contain the spill. While preliminary reports suggest that it successfully dispersed much of the oil, the long-term effect of such a massive volume of dispersant on ecosystems, wildlife and humans remains to be seen. » More
What Have Engineers Learned from Katrina?
8/26/10 Five years after Hurricane Katrina devastated New Orleans, James N. Jensen, PhD, University at Buffalo professor of civil, structural and environmental engineering, says that probably the biggest lesson learned from that disaster was that municipalities and citizens now take orders to evacuate much more seriously. Jensen was one of six UB researchers that visited the Gulf Coast soon after Katrina hit, as part of a National Science Foundation-funded reconnaissance mission organized by UB's Multidisciplinary Center for Earthquake Engineering Research. » More
UB Undergraduate Team Explores Weightlessness, Courtesy of NASA
8/10/10 A team of University at Buffalo students, all members of the UB student chapter of the American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics, was selected by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration to spend a week in Houston in June at NASA's Johnson Space Center to test an experiment the students had designed in simulated weightlessness. » More
Data mining on the Web is shaping our world. Are we ready for it?
8/17/10 Each day, we exchange a mess of content through Facebook, Twitter, blogs, discussion boards and other online forums. What does this digital information reveal about our real selves, and how are companies and other organizations using our data? Rohini Srihari, who teaches classes on Web search and mining, understands the potential of data mining -- and the complicated concerns it raises. » More
Haiti’s Engineers Begin New Chapter of Study: Seismic Design and Construction
7/15/10 Before the devastating Jan. 12 earthquake, Haiti's engineers and architects had received little, if any, formal training in seismic design and construction principles. Haitian universities didn't offer any courses or programs that were dedicated to earthquake engineering. » More
Working Toward the Next Battery Breakthrough
7/7/10 If battery-making is an art, then University at Buffalo scientist Esther Takeuchi is among its most prolific masters, with more than 140 U.S. patents, all in energy storage. » More
Haiti Takes Major Step toward Earthquake Resilience, with Help from UB’s MCEER
Last weekend at a university campus in Port-au-Prince, where not a single building withstood the January earthquake, more than 200 Haitian engineers, architects and other professionals gathered in tents in temperatures hovering near 100 degrees F to begin learning the principles of earthquake-resistant design. » More
Can a Bridge Built in Days, Not Months, Survive a Major Earthquake?
5/18/10 The major earthquake that "struck" a 70-ton, 60-foot-long concrete bridge today in the University at Buffalo's Structural Engineering and Earthquake Simulation Laboratory will help engineers evaluate if a fast, new construction method results in bridges strong enough to withstand seismic activity. » More
Weber Named Vice Provost and Dean of Undergraduate Education
5/18/10 A. Scott Weber, PhD, has been named vice provost and dean of undergraduate education at the University at Buffalo after an internal search, UB Provost Satish K. Tripathi announced today. » More
New York State Approves New Biomedical Engineering Undergraduate Program At UB
4/14/10 The University at Buffalo has obtained New York State Department of Education approval to offer its Bachelor of Science degree in Biomedical Engineering. The new academic program is a joint effort between the School of Engineering and Applied Sciences and the School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences. » More UB Undergrad Students Selected for Scholar Showcase in Albany3/30/10 Four University at Buffalo undergraduate students have been selected to participate in "SUNY Undergraduates Shaping New York's Future: A Showcase of Scholarly Posters at the Capitol," to be held April 13 in the Legislative Office Building in Albany. » More UB's Ecosystem Experts to Discuss Why West Seneca Wetland Should Be Restored3/22/10 An important 14-acre wetland and wildlife habitat that is being donated to the town of West Seneca this week is a unique and valuable ecosystem in an urban setting that should be preserved, according to University at Buffalo graduate students and researchers who have developed a restoration plan for it. » More UB Engineer Heads to Chile to See How Hospitals and Their Contents Fared3/04/10 The University at Buffalo engineer who developed the world's first apparatus designed to realistically test how building contents, architectural components and equipment (called nonstructural components) fare during earthquakes will leave for Chile on March 5 on a week-long reconnaissance mission to see firsthand what kind of damage hospitals and tall, engineered buildings sustained during Saturday's powerful, 8.8 magnitude earthquake. » More Introducing RoSS, a "Flight Simulator" for Robotic Surgery2/25/10 A collaboration between the Center for Robotic Surgery at Roswell Park Cancer Institute and the University at Buffalo's School of Engineering and Applied Sciences has produced one of the world's first simulators that closely approximates the "touch and feel" of the da Vinci robotic surgical system. » More Silver Nanoparticles May One Day Be Key to Devices That Keep Hearts Beating Strong and Steady2/10/10 Diamonds and gold may make some hearts flutter on Valentine's Day, but in a University at Buffalo laboratory, silver nanoparticles are being designed to do just the opposite. » More UB Earthquake Engineer Reports from Haiti1/26/10 Days after arriving in earthquake-ravaged Port-au-Prince, a team of French-speaking structural engineers led by Andre Filiatrault, PhD, University at Buffalo civil engineering professor and director of the Multidisciplinary Center for Earthquake Engineering Research (MCEER), headquartered at UB, was appointed by the United Nations as its interim lead coordinating team for organizing and initiating building assessments. » More UB Engineer Leads AIDG-MCEER Mission to Meet "Dire" Need for French-Speaking Engineers in Haiti1/21/10 The powerful aftershock that hit the already devastated city of Port au Prince on Jan. 20 has only intensified Haiti's need for French-speaking structural engineers who can immediately determine which of the structures left standing may still pose a threat to human safety. » More UB Reaches Out to Haiti through Work of Earthquake Engineering Lab and University Relief Effort1/19/10 The University at Buffalo's world-renowned earthquake engineering faculty, and the internationally diverse students who come here to train in this critical field, are always intensely interested in any earthquake that occurs. But for Pierre Fouche, who is working on his doctorate in earthquake engineering, the earthquake in Haiti had enormous personal significance. Fouche is Haitian and his family lives there. » More Virtual Clay Software Developed in UB Lab "Jumpstarts" Design Process1/05/10 A 3-D virtual clay sculpting software package that came on the market this week was developed out of research conducted by University at Buffalo mechanical engineers who wanted to speed up computational design of complex, organic shapes. » More
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