Faculty Honors and Awards

Globally recognized for world-class research, we offer students a wide variety of excellent instruction from a growing body of award-winning faculty.

Kemper Lewis
Lewis named inaugural Moog Professor of Innovation
1/28/19
Kemper Lewis, chair of the Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, has been named the first Moog Professor of Innovation.
Portrait of Stelios Andreadis
Andreadis receives Excellence in Graduate Student Mentoring Award
1/16/19
Stelios Andreadis received the 2018-19 Excellence in Graduate Student Mentoring Award, presented by the Graduate School to recognize UB faculty for their support and development of graduate students through their mentoring activities.
Jun Zhuang received the volunteer service award from INFORMS
UB takes home four awards at the 2018 INFORMS conference
12/31/18
Faculty and students from UB’s Department of Industrial and Systems Engineering received four awards at the 2018 INFORMS Annual Meeting and Analytics Conference.
portrait of Rajan Batta
Batta receives Koopman Prize from the Military Applications Society of INFORMS
12/20/18

Rajan Batta, SUNY Distinguished Professor in the Department of Industrial and Systems Engineering and SEAS associate dean for faculty affairs, human resources and diversity, recently won the 2018 Koopman Prize from the Military Applications Society of INFORMS.

Quanxi Jia
Quanxi Jia named Fellow of the National Academy of Inventors
12/19/18

A world-renowned expert in materials science and technology, Jia holds 49 U.S. patents.

Portrait photo of Michel Bruneau
Bruneau named SUNY Distinguished Professor
11/30/18
Michel Bruneau has been named a SUNY Distinguished Professor, the highest faculty rank in the SUNY system. He was among 14 SUNY faculty members appointed to the distinguished professor ranks by the SUNY Board of Trustees at its meeting on Nov. 15.