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  • Research Areas
    • Computational Engineering Mechanics
    • Geomechanics, Geotechnical, and Geoenvironmental Engineering
    • Bridge Engineering
    • Environmental and Water Resources Engineering
    • Structural Engineering, Mechanics and Materials
    • Transportation Systems Engineering
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Research Highlights

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  • Rain rate graph.
    Wu develops analytical framework to estimate rain rate during tropical cyclones
    8/2/18

    Teng Wu, an assistant professor in the Department of Civil, Structural and Environmental Engineering, and his PhD student, Red Snaiki developed an analytical framework to estimate rain rate during tropical cyclones. 

    • 4/3/18 Learn more about the analysis here
  • PhD student Ketan Ragalwar stands next to specimen in the earthquake lab.
    PhD candidate receives research grant from national association
    8/2/18

    Ketan Ragalwar, a PhD student working with assistant professor Ravi Ranade, received a grant to partially fund his research on concrete filled steel tubes used in bridges and piles in seismically active regions. 

    • 2/26/18 Read about Ragalwar's research at this link
  • Environmental engineering PhD student Abdulrahman Hassaballah presents research at conference in New York City.
    Environmental Engineers present solutions to water and wastewater challenges
    1/13/20

    MS environmental engineering student Kristina Macro, PhD environmental engineering student Abdulraham Hassaballah and environmental engineering undergraduate student Jeremy Nyitrai presented research on water and wastewater at the 2018 NYWEA conference. The group was advised by environmental engineering faculty members Lauren Sassoubre and Ning Dai

    • 3/13/18 Learn more about their research here
  • Ramla Qureshi stands at the SWE15 event, the world's largest conference for women engineers.
    PhD structural engineering student receives funding for fire research
    8/2/18

    Ramla Qureshi, a PhD structural engineering student, working with assistant professor Negar Elhami Khorasani, received an award from the Mark Diamond Research Fund to support part of her research in fire engineering and multi-hazard analysis.

    • 2/28/18 Learn about Qureshi's research here
  • Jorge Cueto with his invention Smart Walls.
    Telescopic walls could rise on demand to stop flood waters
    6/27/18

    PhD candidate Jorge Cueto devised a patent-pending system of telescoping rectangular fiber-reinforced concrete boxes that he hopes will be the basis for "rise on demand" flood walls. 

  • Twitter data can make roads safer during inclement weather.
    Twitter data can make roads safer during inclement weather
    8/4/16

    A UB study involving faculty members Adel Sadek and Qing He examined how weather-related tweets can be analyzed to bolster computer models that recommend safe driving speeds and routes during inclement weather.

  • Hospital constructed with a ductile moment resisting steel frame in Christchurch.
    Christchurch shifts from concrete to steel in post-earthquake rebuild
    8/2/18

    Michel Bruneau, a Professor in UB's Department of Civil, Structural and Environmental Engineering co-authored a reporting highlighting the reconstruction of Christichurch, the largest city in the South Island of New Zealand, following a 2010-11 earthquake series. 

    • 1/9/18 Learn more about the report here
  • A research team led by CSEE Professor Cemal Basaran has been awarded a $800,000 grant from the Office of Naval Research to develop graphene nanoribbons that may someday revolutionize how power is controlled in ships, smartphones and other devices.
    Navy eyes graphene nanoribbon for ultimate power control system
    6/27/18

    A research team led by CSEE Professor Cemal Basaran received a $800,000 grant from the Office of Naval Research to develop graphene nanoribbons that may revolutionize how power is controlled in ships, smartphones and other devices. 

  • Figure from research conducted by Maria Fedorova, a PhD student in the Department of Civil, Structural and Environmental Engineering at UB.
    Vehicle-track-structure analysis
    8/3/18

    Maria Fedorova, a PhD student advised by associate professor Sivaselvan, recently presented her research on one of the critical considerations during the design process of rails for high-speed trains.

  • Assistant professor Negar Elhami Khorasani.
    Fire protection for railway tunnels
    2/12/20

    This research examines the expected structural damage in a tunnel during a fire event, and concludes that, although safety may not be compromised, significant damage to the tunnel structure could be incurred.

    • 4/19/18 Learn about fire protection at this link
  • Figure from research conducted by Nirupam Aich and his AichLENS group.
    Nanomaterials underground and the effect of dimensionality on water treatment
    8/2/18

    Assistant professor Nirupam Aich and his AichLENSE lab group collaborated with the United States Environmental Protection Agency on projects dealing with nanomaterials

    • 5/22/18 Read more about Aich's research here
  • Peace Birdge lit up during homecoming week for UB.
    IBE joins University Transportation Center
    2/10/20

    UB's Institute of Bridge is part of a team of researchers selected by the United States Department of Transportation (DOT0 to become a University Transportation Center for DOT Region 2.

  • Professor Andrew Whittaker.
    Incorporating seismic technologies and nuclear energy
    8/2/18

    Andrew Whittaker will work with the Electric Power Research Institute (EPRI) on the seismic isolation of nuclear power plants and their internal structures, systems and components.

    • 5/21/18 Learn about this new research incorporating seismic technologies and nuclear energy
See all research highlights

Environmental and Water Resources Engineering

Test tube with water and algae.

EWRE research seeks to (1) better understand the physical, chemical and biological processes that influence the health of our environment, and (2) develop innovative engineering solutions for its protection. 

Faculty

  • Nirupam Aich
  • John D. Atkinson
  • Joseph F. Atkinson
  • Ian Bradley
  • Ning Dai
  • Igor Jankovic
  • James N. Jensen
  • Alan J. Rabideau
  • Kang Sun
  • A. Scott Weber - Vice President of Student Life
  • Yinyin Ye
  • Zhenduo Zhu

Centers and Labs

  • Environmental Engineering and Environmental Fluid Mechanics Laboratories
  • Great Lakes Program
  • RENEW

Featured Research Projects

  • 4/30/18 Impacts of Marine Algal Blooms on Disinfection Byproduct Formation in Seawater Desalination
  • 1/11/17 Innovative Applications of Peracetic Acid for Wastewater Recycling
  • 4/30/18 Pesticide Transformation by Nitrogen Oxides on Leaf Surfaces
  • 4/30/18 The Effect of Nonideal Sorption on Contaminant Transport in Groundwater and Vapor: Statistical and Modeling Tools
  • 8/4/16 Advancing Groundwater Restoration Through Qualitative Analysis
  • 4/26/17 Phytoremediation of Groundwater at the Machias Gravel Mine
  • 1/13/20 Microbial Pollution in Lake Erie: Using Next-Generation Sequencing to Examine Microbial Community Interactions and their Relationship to Flow Patterns
  • 12/20/17 Numerical Modeling of Contaminant Tailing in Physically and Chemically Heterogeneous Formations
  • 12/20/17 Horizontal Ground Source Heat Pump Modeling and Performance Enhancement via Employment of Tire Derived Aggregate to Form a Non-homogenous Soil Profile

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Research Highlights

previous next
  • Professor Andrew Whittaker.
    Incorporating seismic technologies and nuclear energy
    8/2/18

    Andrew Whittaker will work with the Electric Power Research Institute (EPRI) on the seismic isolation of nuclear power plants and their internal structures, systems and components.

    • 5/21/18 Learn about this new research incorporating seismic technologies and nuclear energy
  • Twitter data can make roads safer during inclement weather.
    Twitter data can make roads safer during inclement weather
    8/4/16

    A UB study involving faculty members Adel Sadek and Qing He examined how weather-related tweets can be analyzed to bolster computer models that recommend safe driving speeds and routes during inclement weather.

  • Environmental engineering PhD student Abdulrahman Hassaballah presents research at conference in New York City.
    Environmental Engineers present solutions to water and wastewater challenges
    1/13/20

    MS environmental engineering student Kristina Macro, PhD environmental engineering student Abdulraham Hassaballah and environmental engineering undergraduate student Jeremy Nyitrai presented research on water and wastewater at the 2018 NYWEA conference. The group was advised by environmental engineering faculty members Lauren Sassoubre and Ning Dai

    • 3/13/18 Learn more about their research here
  • Hospital constructed with a ductile moment resisting steel frame in Christchurch.
    Christchurch shifts from concrete to steel in post-earthquake rebuild
    8/2/18

    Michel Bruneau, a Professor in UB's Department of Civil, Structural and Environmental Engineering co-authored a reporting highlighting the reconstruction of Christichurch, the largest city in the South Island of New Zealand, following a 2010-11 earthquake series. 

    • 1/9/18 Learn more about the report here
  • Figure from research conducted by Maria Fedorova, a PhD student in the Department of Civil, Structural and Environmental Engineering at UB.
    Vehicle-track-structure analysis
    8/3/18

    Maria Fedorova, a PhD student advised by associate professor Sivaselvan, recently presented her research on one of the critical considerations during the design process of rails for high-speed trains.

  • Peace Birdge lit up during homecoming week for UB.
    IBE joins University Transportation Center
    2/10/20

    UB's Institute of Bridge is part of a team of researchers selected by the United States Department of Transportation (DOT0 to become a University Transportation Center for DOT Region 2.

  • Assistant professor Negar Elhami Khorasani.
    Fire protection for railway tunnels
    2/12/20

    This research examines the expected structural damage in a tunnel during a fire event, and concludes that, although safety may not be compromised, significant damage to the tunnel structure could be incurred.

    • 4/19/18 Learn about fire protection at this link
  • Figure from research conducted by Nirupam Aich and his AichLENS group.
    Nanomaterials underground and the effect of dimensionality on water treatment
    8/2/18

    Assistant professor Nirupam Aich and his AichLENSE lab group collaborated with the United States Environmental Protection Agency on projects dealing with nanomaterials

    • 5/22/18 Read more about Aich's research here
  • Jorge Cueto with his invention Smart Walls.
    Telescopic walls could rise on demand to stop flood waters
    6/27/18

    PhD candidate Jorge Cueto devised a patent-pending system of telescoping rectangular fiber-reinforced concrete boxes that he hopes will be the basis for "rise on demand" flood walls. 

  • Rain rate graph.
    Wu develops analytical framework to estimate rain rate during tropical cyclones
    8/2/18

    Teng Wu, an assistant professor in the Department of Civil, Structural and Environmental Engineering, and his PhD student, Red Snaiki developed an analytical framework to estimate rain rate during tropical cyclones. 

    • 4/3/18 Learn more about the analysis here
  • Ramla Qureshi stands at the SWE15 event, the world's largest conference for women engineers.
    PhD structural engineering student receives funding for fire research
    8/2/18

    Ramla Qureshi, a PhD structural engineering student, working with assistant professor Negar Elhami Khorasani, received an award from the Mark Diamond Research Fund to support part of her research in fire engineering and multi-hazard analysis.

    • 2/28/18 Learn about Qureshi's research here
  • PhD student Ketan Ragalwar stands next to specimen in the earthquake lab.
    PhD candidate receives research grant from national association
    8/2/18

    Ketan Ragalwar, a PhD student working with assistant professor Ravi Ranade, received a grant to partially fund his research on concrete filled steel tubes used in bridges and piles in seismically active regions. 

    • 2/26/18 Read about Ragalwar's research at this link
  • A research team led by CSEE Professor Cemal Basaran has been awarded a $800,000 grant from the Office of Naval Research to develop graphene nanoribbons that may someday revolutionize how power is controlled in ships, smartphones and other devices.
    Navy eyes graphene nanoribbon for ultimate power control system
    6/27/18

    A research team led by CSEE Professor Cemal Basaran received a $800,000 grant from the Office of Naval Research to develop graphene nanoribbons that may revolutionize how power is controlled in ships, smartphones and other devices. 

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