Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering Department Fund

UB Chemical and Biological Engineering professor Eli Ruckenstein.

Help engineers solve many of the technical, environmental and societal problems facing humanity by supporting this fund.

In the Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering (part of the School of Engineering and Applied Sciences), we realize that mechanical and aerospace engineers have the opportunity to change the world.

Our mission includes preparing our students for careers or advanced study in mechanical engineering, aerospace engineering or other relevant fields; and impacting significant technical, societal, and environmental challenges through innovative research, transformative education and leadership.

At UB, we welcome students from New York State and around the world to work on innovative science, interdisciplinary technologies, and advanced systems design, and to receive first-rate training in fundamental and applied aspects of mechanical or aerospace engineering. Our award-winning faculty and exceptional students make our department an ideal setting to prepare students for successful careers.

Here, we strive to attract, support and retain the very best faculty we can, as we foster excellence in teaching and student experiences within and beyond our field, continuously improve infrastructure, and create best-in-practice operations to support faculty scholarship.

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    UB is ranked among the nation’s top public universities and is a cited as one of the nation’s “best values” in U.S. News & World Report’s Best Colleges rankings, released today.
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    3/4/20

    “The quality of the education you get is in your hands,” Jahmil Campbell (BS ‘07, MS ‘10 electrical engineering) regularly tells students, whether it’s in groups or one-on-one. “People are invested in you and want you to succeed, but it’s up to you to plot your own adventure.”

  • Research rolls on despite COVID
    9/25/20

    A university-wide team led by the Office of the Vice President for Research and Economic Development began making plans to reopen labs, studios and other learning environments weeks after the pandemic forced their closure in March.

  • Batta receives award from the Military Operations Research journal
    7/20/20
    The Military Operations Research Society recently gave the 2020 MOR Journal Award to Rajan Batta and his former student, Michael Moskal II for their paper on real-time routing of UAVs to collect threat information.
  • CSE student wins best paper award at MobiSys’20
    7/1/20

    Aditya Singh Rathore, a PhD student in computer science and engineering, received the best paper award at the Association for Computing Machinery’s International Conference on Mobile Systems, Applications and Services (MobiSys'20).

  • UB human factors and ergonomics club earns gold
    11/23/20

    Mentorship, creativity and information dissemination are just some of the values that define the UB student chapter of the Human Factors and Ergonomics Society – and this year, are why the group received the Outstanding Student Chapter Award from the national organization. 

  • In Memoriam: William J. Rae
    8/22/20
    William J. Rae, who was a SUNY Distinguished Teaching Professor Emeritus in the Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, died on July 15 at the age of 90.