PhD candidate receives research grant from national association
6/27/18
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.
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.
Christchurch shifts from concrete to steel in post-earthquake rebuild
6/27/18
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.
Wu develops analytical framework to estimate rain rate during tropical cyclones
6/27/18
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.
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.
Geomechanical effects from petroleum operations substantial on resiliency of offshore platforms
6/27/18
Assistant professor Kamelia Atefi Monfared and her former student Jackub Rybicki published a paper presenting a novel assessment of flow-induced geomechanics in a poroelastic layer.
Nanomaterials underground and the effect of dimensionality on water treatment
6/27/18
Assistant professor Nirupam Aich and his AichLENSE lab group collaborated with the United States Environmental Protection Agency on projects dealing with nanomaterials
Environmental Engineers present solutions to water and wastewater challenges
6/27/18
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
PhD structural engineering student receives funding for fire research
6/27/18
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.
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.
Fire protection for railway tunnels
6/27/18
This research examines the expected struvtural 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.
Incorporating seismic technologies and nuclear energy
6/27/18
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.
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.
