Science and Technology

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  • UB Students to 'Explore Mars' in Utah
    4/3/03
    University at Buffalo doctoral student Brent Garry has always wanted to go to Mars, but for now he'll settle for Utah. For the next 10 days, he and Abby Semple, another UB doctoral student, will be part of a small team that is simulating the living and working conditions on Mars by donning space suits, exploring the geology of the very "Mars-like" canyons of Utah.
  • 'Physics for (Future) CEOs' Will Provide UB Students with a More Pragmatic Approach to Newton's Science
    4/3/03
    OK, "Physics for Poets." Move over. In what is perhaps a sign of the times, University at Buffalo students will be able to fulfill their undergraduate science requirement by taking "Physics for CEOs and Other Decision Makers: the Energy Perspective," a new course focusing on energy issues that will debut in the fall.
  • UB Geologist Studies How to Manage Precious Water Amid Volatile Middle-East Politics
    4/2/03
    Middle East oil may have center stage right now, but because many scientists and policymakers fear that water will be at the center of future regional disputes, a University at Buffalo professor is studying the environmental impact of the region's hydrology resources and projects.
  • HPCwire Picks Miller as One of Its 'Top People to Watch' in Global High-Performance Computing
    3/25/03
    HPCwire, the top Web publication dedicated to news in high-performance computing, has named Russ Miller, Ph.D., Distinguished Professor in the Department of Computer Science and Engineering at the University at Buffalo, as one of its 2003 "top people to watch" in the field.
  • Hutson Receives NYSTAR Faculty Development Grant
    3/21/03
    Alan D. Hutson, associate professor and chief of the Division of Biostatistics in the School of Public Health and Health Professions at the University at Buffalo, has been awarded a Faculty Development grant from the New York State Office of Science, Technology and Academic Research (NYSTAR) in recognition of academic excellence in the field of bioinformatics.
  • National Award Honors UB Chemist Whose Classes Help Communities Resolve Environmental Problems
    3/10/03
    Joseph A. Gardella, Ph.D., professor of chemistry and associate dean for external affairs in the University at Buffalo College of Arts and Sciences, this week will receive a national award recognizing his efforts working with communities affected by environmental hazards and using them as a backdrop against which he teaches undergraduate students about politics, society and analytical chemistry.
  • New GIS Tool Helps Foresters Curb Damage from Wildfires and Target Conservation Cost-Effectively
    3/4/03
    A robust, new geographic information systems (GIS) software tool developed by a University at Buffalo geographer is helping the U.S. Forest Service to more quickly and accurately assess and contain the devastation wrought by forest fires.
  • Adhesive Bond Used on Columbia Space Shuttle Known to be Less Heat Resistant, Says UB Materials Engineer
    3/3/03
    The adhesive-bonding method used to secure heat-resistant ceramic tiles to the body of the Space Shuttle Columbia is known for its inability to withstand high temperatures, and should not be used exclusively in the construction of new space shuttles, according to a materials engineer at the University at Buffalo.
  • UB Researchers, Versed in Sanskrit and Computer Science, Develop Tools to Bridge the Digital Divide
    2/25/03
    Funded by the National Science Foundation, University at Buffalo researchers are taking a major step toward boosting online access to documents written in ancient Sanskrit, modern Hindi and dozens of Indian and South Asian languages that are based on the beautiful, intricate symbols of the Devanagari script.
  • UB Researchers Use Computer Cluster to Create Model of Contaminant Flow in Groundwater
    2/20/03
    When engineers conduct research on groundwater, the water that flows beneath Earth's surface, they usually think of "large-scale" as one watershed -- an area of land where all of the water on it or under it drains into the same place, such as a lake and its tributaries. Using a 300-node Dell high-performance computing cluster (HPCC) in the Center for Computational Research (CCR) at the University at Buffalo, researcjers are working to turn that definition on its head.