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UB leads $3.7 million project to improve MRI technology
10/28/20
Xiaoliang Zhang, SUNY Empire Innovation Professor in the Department of Biomedical Engineering, is leading a team of researchers to develop imaging tools that can detect damage to connective tissues, such as ligaments, tendons and bone.
Turning a coronavirus protein into a nanoparticle could be key for COVID-19 vaccine
10/28/20
Changing makeup of a specific protein has the potential to neutralize the virus.
Improving medication use among older adults
10/26/20
UB’s Team Alice will evaluate a video designed to encourage de-prescribing talks with doctors and assess its impact on medication use.
Solar still research gets $1.4 million boost from Army
10/26/20
A UB-led team is developing a sun-powered water purifier that could provide drinking water in resource-scarce environments.
UB team to improve wood stoves, save energy
10/22/20
UB engineers Paul DesJardin and Joseph Mollendorf are collaborators on a $2.5 million project funded by the Department of Energy to develop and test low-emission, high-efficiency residential wood-fueled heaters.
UB researchers develop new molecular ferroelectric metamaterials
10/21/20
The work could advance smart materials, soundproofing materials, shock absorbers, elastics cloaks and more.
UB awarded $8.5 million to improve ‘hybrid’ space rockets
10/20/20
Researchers will simulate and help design safe, low-cost motors to propel nanosatellites, other vehicles into space.
SEAS forms center to advance cell, gene and tissue engineering research
10/20/20
A team of University at Buffalo researchers in chemical, biological and biomedical engineering have joined forces to develop innovative technologies for regenerative medicine and educate future leaders in the field.

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SEAS Commencement Student Speaker Competition Winners and Finalists

Molly Dreyer is a master’s student in environmental and water resources engineering from Amherst, N.Y.

Sanu Tharayil Raju is a master’s student in Industrial Engineering/ Engineering Management from Pathanamthitta, India.

Dakota Handzlik is a senior in the Department of Computer Science and Engineering from Lakeview, N.Y.

Shanelle Ileto is a senior computer science and engineering student from Buffalo, N.Y.

Marsha Maredia is a senior biomedical engineering student from Buffalo, N.Y.

Jonathan Bessette is a senior mechanical engineering student and Fulbright scholar from Johnson City, N.Y.

Kevin Wall is a senior electrical engineering major.

Preethi Sivaswaamy Mohana is a graduate student in the Department of Biomedical Engineering.

Akash Tambe is a senior mechanical engineering major.

Shahmahmood Faizi is a graduate student in the Department of Civil, Structural and Environmental Engineering.

Elakkiya Jayaraman is a graduate student in the Department of Biomedical Engineering.

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Improving water quality: Researchers explore new method of treating wastewater
12/16/19
Environmental engineering faculty and students collaborated with the Erie County Division of Sewerage Management and PeroxyChem to explore a novel and more sustainable method of wastewater management.
Engineering the perfect tribute: Alumni use engineering skills to memorialize young woman
12/16/19
A group of community-minded civil engineering alumni teamed up with the Alix Rice Foundation to build a state-of-the-art skatepark.
Engineering + Theatre: Students combine skills to build sets for international competition
12/16/19
UB students got the opportunity of a lifetime: to build two sets for the Prague Quadrennial (PQ ), an international event showcasing the best in performance design, scenography and theatre architecture.
50 PhD students and counting: Rajan Batta honored for mentoring students
12/16/19
Many colleagues, current and former students, and staﬀ members joined together to celebrate Rajan Batta’s career achievement of mentoring 50 PhD students.