Faculty Honors and Awards

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Crassidis named Samuel P. Capen Professor

3/14/18

"Being back at my alma mater is my obvious inspiration. I know that UB is one of best in the world. Every day when I leave my office, I think to myself, 'I hope what I did today made UB a better place,' said John Crassidis, who was recently recognized with the celebrated Samuel P. Capen professorship.

Amit Goyal in front of UB's Solar Strand

Amit Goyal elected to National Academy of Engineering

2/8/18

Director of UB’s RENEW Institute and SUNY Empire Innovation Professor, Goyal was cited for advances in materials science and superconducting materials.

Zhang named ACM Fellow

2/7/18

Aidong Zhang, a SUNY Distinguished Professor in the Department of Computer Science and Engineering, is one of 54 computer scientists named a 2017 Fellow of the Association for Computing Machinery (ACM). Zhang is being recognized for her contributions to bioinformatics and data mining.

Su elected Fellow of IEEE

2/1/18

Weifeng Su, a professor in UB’s Department of Electrical Engineering, has been elevated to Fellow of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE).

Pfeifer named Fellow of AIMBE

1/30/18

Blaine Pfeifer has been named a Fellow of the American Institute for Medical and Biological Engineering (AIMBE). He will be inducted into the College of Fellows Class of 2018 this spring as part of AIMBE’s Annual Event, to be held April 8-9 in Washington, D.C.