Kang Sun, assistant professor in environmental engineering, is playing a crucial role in a NASA-funded project to quantify the impact that different nitrogen emissions have on productivity and air quality.
The project, supported by Sens. Chuck Schumer and Kirsten Gillibrand, will tap UB’s expertise in materials science, advanced manufacturing, AI and more.
This year’s projects center on hydrogen production, anti-ice coatings for wind turbines, infectious biofilm resistant orthopedic implants, among others.
UB students in Kristin Poinar's Glacier Modeling Lab are mixing fieldwork with the latest developments in AI to map and understand the ever-changing glacial ice in Greenland.
Using satellite images and a unique archive of historical photos, researchers compiled the most complete picture of Greenland’s outlying glaciers to date.
Overuse of antibiotics are a major cause of the public health threat, but other chemicals that leak into the environment may be exacerbating the problem.
Karla Rosalia Sanchez Lievanos and Emmanuel M. Nsengiyumva will conduct research and outreach on ‘forever chemicals’ and carbon capture technology, respectively.
The consequences of improving communications are enormous, as civic leaders incorporate climate scientists’ risk assessments into major planning efforts.
Research on wastewater finds that a spike in acetaminophen — the active ingredient in medications like Tylenol — preceded a spike in viral RNA during one COVID-19 wave in Western New York.
High school students from around the world traveled to Western New York for the event, which was hosted by the Lewiston-Porter Central School District.
Research comes after China’s National Sword policy set strict contamination limits and restrictions on recyclable materials, throwing the U.S. recycling market into disarray.
The powerful technique, which combines combinatorial synthesis and high-throughput analysis, could lead to new electrical and electronic materials and devices.
UB researchers are part of a multidisciplinary team calling for the implementation of a communication plan that would improve understanding and trust of COVID-19 information for speakers of all world languages.
Deborah D.L. Chung, a professor in the Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, was recently named one of the best material scientists worldwide, according to the 2020 Stanford University ranking.
SUNY Distinguished Professor and SUNY Empire Innovation Professor Amit Goyal is the principal investigator on a research project funded by the Office of Naval Research that has the potential to revolutionize the electric grid of the 21st century.
With NSF funding, ice sheet and computer scientists have created a new online platform that aims to reduce bottlenecks in research on ice sheets and sea level rise.
Sophie Nowicki is one of 18 lead authors on a chapter about ocean, cryosphere and sea level change, reflecting a decade of leadership on international collaborations
Chemical engineering professor Thomas Thundat has been elected Fellow of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) for his contributions to multi-modal microelectromechanical systems for chemical and biological sensors.
The Director of the University at Buffalo’s RENEW Institute, Amit Goyal, has been appointed to the National Materials and Manufacturing Board of the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering and Medicine.
Sophie Nowicki, an expert on ice sheet modeling, is a global leader in the effort to understand the impact that a warming world will have on sea level rise.
Working with American Superconductor, the findings unlock data for enabling higher performance superconducting wires for large-scale applications in applied magnetic fields.
UB engineer Shenqiang Ren partners with Buffalo companies to develop cooling clothing to improve human performance when exerting energy in warm environments.
UB sociologist interviewed 32 biologists, ecologists, engineers, industry experts and government officials about their inability to guarantee whether or not Asian carp would invade the Great Lakes.
Results are based on an extensive, 18-year study involving more than 7,000 people and a detailed examination of the air pollution they encountered between 2000 and 2018.
People who narrowly avoid disaster do not necessarily escape tragedy unharmed, and their knowledge of the victims’ fate shapes how survivors respond to traumatic events, according to the results of a new paper by a UB psychologist.
International Glaciological Society symposium — with several events open to the public — highlights UB’s growing visibility in climate change research.
