Creating a Better Future Through Sustainability

Faculty Q&A

Each month in UB Sustainability News, UB faculty are interviewed. These interviews provide a glimpse into the professional, and sometimes personal, lives of professors and researchers, and reveal how their work supports UB's sustainability initiatives.

Martha Bohm, assistant professor of architecture

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Alan Rabideau, professor of civil, structural and env. engineering

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Jessica Owley, associate professor of law

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Himanshu Grover, assistant professor of urban and regional planning

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Jim Jensen, professor of civil, structural and env. engineering

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Research Spotlight

Sustainable Futures

10/25/12

Started in 1991, “Sustainable Futures,” an eight-week program created by UB, has developed community projects in Monteverde, Costa Rica focused on sustainable architecture and planning.
Smart Bicycles

10/25/12

Students in Alex Bitterman’s studio worked on developing a plan for “Radial Bikes,” an innovative bicycle sharing concept for downtown Buffalo.
Virtual Disasters

10/25/12

In the Department of Geography, Dr. Christian Renschler uses images from Google Earth and the Virtual Disaster Viewer to assess damage sustained during natural disasters.
Climate Change

10/25/12

Along with students from UB’s Paleoclimate Lab housed within the Department of Geology, Jason Briner, an associate professor in geology, engage in global climate change research funded by the National Science Foundation.
Pollution Prevention

10/25/12

Alan Rabideau, a professor of civil, structural and environmental engineering, focuses on mathematical modeling of flow and reactive contaminant transport in groundwater, subsurface remediation and environmental ethics.
Mapping Change

10/25/12

Chris Lowry from the Department of Geology is leading a study with researchers from three universities to create a new, high-tech tool for mapping changing plant patterns at Tuolumne Meadows, a mountain meadow in Yosemite National Park.
Food Security

10/25/12

Samina Raja, associate professor in the Department of Urban Planning in the School of Architecture and Planning is known nationally for her work in food security and Health Impact Asssessments.