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The Stevenses Support UB Engineering Scott Stevens (BS CIE ’79), a licensed, structural engineer and a director on the Concrete Reinforcing Steel Institute’s board, works on a grand scale through his successful concrete reinforcing steel business, Dimension Fabricators, Inc. (Schenectady, N.Y.). Dimensions’ nearly 40 employees create spiral cylinders, rebar, cages, threading, and coupling for bridges, commercial buildings, and tunnels. The company has been a welcome presence in the Mohawk River region for over 20 years. -
Cybersecurity Scholarships and Jobs An NSF Federal CyberService Award to the UB Center of Excellence in Information Systems Assurance Research and Education (CEISARE) will fund full scholarships for 10 undergraduate and graduate students over the next four years. The award is part of a national effort to train cybersecurity professionals to fight cyberterrorism and strengthen Internet security. -
AE Senior Richard Linares Wins with Team Spirit AE senior Richard Linares was named top participant in the Society of Hispanic Professional Engineers’ (SHPE) Extreme Engineering Challenge, in Phoenix. Linares displayed his engineering ingenuity and leadership qualities while working as part of the winning Intel sponsored team to have created a water supply system for impoverished Latin American regions. The “Playground H2O” team, which competed against seven others, had 24 hours to “think green” while designing the water supply system. Both the individual and the team honors awarded Linares with a separate monetary prize.
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BEAM’s Success is EPIC Buffalo-area Engineering Awareness for Minorities (BEAM) won a prestigious U.S. Department of Labor 2008 Exemplary Public Interest Contribution (EPIC) Award for promoting equal employment opportunity. BEAM’s Executive Director Marilyn Helenbrook accepted the award from Labor Secretary Elaine L. Chao in Washington, D.C -
Duchscherer: UBEAA 2009 Engineer of the Year David Duchscherer, P.E., is president of Wendel Duchscherer Architects and Engineers, Amherst, N.Y., a nationally recognized specialist in public transportation facility design and planning. He directs the firm's public transportation group, and has been a professional engineer for nearly 40 years, licensed in 17 states. The award was made during UB Engineering’s 2009 Engineers Week celebrations. -
Generosity Expressed to School: Cobham plc – Carleton, Bird Technologies Group, and the Lynches Carleton Technologies, a subsidiary of Cobham plc, has made a four-year commitment to the School of Engineering with a generous gift supporting student MAE scholarships, the Dean’s Scholars program, and numerous other engineering programs and events. A classroom in the new engineering building will be named after Carleton.
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