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Cobham plc – Carleton

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.

The gift will also fund sponsorships for the Engineering Career Institute, a unique credit-bearing program supplementing a strong technical curriculum and increasing students' on-the-job effectiveness; UB's National Engineers Week celebration; the Order of the Engineer Induction Ceremony; the Tau Beta Pi Engineering Honors Employment Dinner; and several other UB Engineering programs and events.

Carleton Technologies is based in Orchard Park, with another facility in Westminster, Md. It is a leading designer and manufacturer of high pressure pneumatic components and systems for the aerospace and defense industries, specializing in a range of life support and pneumatic control products.

Bird

A generous gift advancing UB Engineering’s RF/microwave systems program will establish the Bird Technologies Group Fellowship Program and name the Bird Technologies Group Microwave Laboratory, to be located in the new engineering building.

EE Professor James Whalen and EE Assistant Professor Yong-Kyu Yoon will lead the fellowship program, to provide support for three EE students working with faculty on RF research.

Bird Technologies Group, headquartered in Solon, Ohio, is a global supplier of radio frequency (RF) products, systems, services, and educational solutions. TX RX Systems, located in Angola, N.Y., is its communications systems division.

Tom and Arlane Lynch Donation

DAC member Thomas Lynch (BS CE ‘76) and his wife, Arlane, donated a significant gift to the School of Engineering, to recognize the quality engineering education he received. Lynch, who also earned a UB MBA in 1985, attributes his personal and professional success to the “fine practical and academic training” he received at UB, where he acquired the interpersonal, technical, and business skills that gave him “a competitive start and a strong foundation for his life and his career.”

Tom is Vice President of the Americas Operations for Bureau Veritas Consumer Products Services (BVCPS) (Amherst, NY), a leading quality assurance provider for global markets. Tom and Arlane reside in East Amherst. They have two children, Dr. Joshua J. Lynch (BS ’04 Psychology) and Kelly Lynch.

Said Lynch, “As a DAC member I am pleased to respond to the Engineering School’s special need for a new building, and recognize its importance in launching the School to a new level of development and growth.”

Dean Stenger lauded the generosity of the Lynch’s gift. “We express our gratitude to Tom and Arlane Lynch. Generous sponsorship of the new building is a key element in the Engineering School’s expansion and the growth of our region and New York State.”