Science and Technology

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  • How Elastic Are Proteins? UB Physics Professor Receives CAREER Award to Find Out
    5/20/04
    Andrea Markelz, Ph.D., assistant professor of physics in the University at Buffalo College of Arts and Sciences, has received a prestigious Faculty Early Career Development Award from the National Science Foundation to develop a technique for measuring the elasticity -- or "bounciness" -- of biomolecules, such as proteins, using ultrafast optical methods.
  • More Science Faculty "Kick the Lecture Habit" in Favor of Case Studies Method Developed at University at Buffalo
    5/14/04
    Want to make college science faculty really nervous? Tell them to stop lecturing and start telling stories, instead. That's the advice that science faculty hear when they participate in one of the "Case Studies in Science" workshops at the University at Buffalo.
  • GIS Assessment Tool Will Help Foresters Target Where and When to Implement Wildfire Prevention Efforts
    5/14/04
    As parts of the Western and Southwestern United States prepare for wildfire season, which experts predict again will be severe, researchers at the University at Buffalo and the U.S. Department of Agriculture are developing a new software tool to use geographic information systems (GIS) to help forest managers optimize efforts to prevent wildfires.
  • UB's Shibley Receives More National Recognition
    5/14/04
    Robert Shibley, Ph.D., professor of architecture at the University at Buffalo School of Architecture and Planning and founding director of the school's Urban Design Project, was an invited participant on April 23 in the Bruner-Lobe Forum, "Transforming Community through the Arts" in Chattanooga, Tenn.
  • NYSTAR Faculty Development Grant Helps UB Recruit World-Class Scientist in Nanoelectronics
    5/12/04
    The New York State Office of Science, Technology and Academic Research (NYSTAR) has awarded a $750,000 Faculty Development award to the University at Buffalo to recruit Jonathan Bird, Ph.D., as a professor to its Department of Electrical Engineering in the School of Engineering and Applied Sciences (SEAS).
  • UB's Millard Fillmore College to Hold Summer Computer Workshops
    5/11/04
    Interested in building and repairing your own computer? Looking for a morning workshop for someone who is fairly new to using computers? Thinking of creating a Web page for your church group or sports team? Millard Fillmore College at the University at Buffalo will present a series of workshops this summer for adults with little or no computer experience.
  • Three at UB Named SUNY Distinguished Professors
    5/11/04
    Three faculty members at the University at Buffalo have joined the ranks of distinguished professors appointed by the State University of New York Board of Trustees.
  • Rapid Prototyping Machine to Assist UB Biomedical Researchers
    5/7/04
    University at Buffalo biomedical engineers have acquired a rapid-prototyping machine to aid their groundbreaking efforts to manufacture living tissues and organs, and fabricate customized implants and prostheses, among other projects.
  • More Than $50,000 at Stake in Final Round of Technology Entrepreneur Competition
    4/30/04
    Four teams of students and alumni from the University at Buffalo will compete for cash and services in excess of $50,000 in the final round of the inaugural Technology Entrepreneur Competition from 4-6 p.m. on May 7 in the Jacobs Executive Development Center, 672 Delaware Ave.
  • From Recycling Microfilm to Reducing Fume Hood Use, UB "Green Partners" Find Innovative Ways to Conserve
    4/21/04
    A computing division is teaching students how to put their computers to "sleep." A chemistry department found ways to reduce fume hood use without affecting classes or research. A library department found a way to recycle microfiches and microfilms. These are just a few of the University at Buffalo's environmental efforts being celebrated this Earth Day (April 22) as part of the new Green Partners program, organized by faculty, staff and students of UB's Environmental Task Force.