Using AI for innovations in drug delivery and energy storage, and helping robots interact with one another are just some of the projects that students in UB’s School of Engineering and Applied Sciences will work on thanks to the SUNY Research and Creative Activities for Undergraduates Program.

Kaihang Shi will create microporous polymers to make natural gas processing more energy efficient.

Kaihang Shi, who joined the Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering as an assistant professor in 2023, received a Doctoral New Investigator grant from the American Chemical Society (ACS) Petroleum Research Fund (PRF). 

The new faculty bring expertise and interest in areas ranging from theoretical computer science to next-generation solar cells.