Ian Bradley, assistant professor in the Department of Civil, Structural and Environmental Engineering, and a core faculty member in the UB RENEW Institute, spoke to WBFO about UB’s efforts tracking COVID-19 through wastewater.
Brian Smist, PhD student in environmental and water resources engineering, won the Christiansen-Roller-White-Miles Founders’ Scholarship from the New York State Association for Solid Waste Management (NYSASWM).
A team made up of recent University at Buffalo engineering alumnus and current student, advised by assistant professor in civil, structural and environmental engineering, Xiao Liang, won the 2021 International Project Competition for Structural Health Monitoring.
The School of Engineering and Applied Sciences has named Moises Sudit as associate dean for research and graduate education, and appointed Alan Rabideau as chair of the Department of Civil, Structural and Environmental Engineering. Both appointments began on July 1, 2022.
Futurity report on the UB wastewater pilot project that found that a spike in acetaminophen levels preceded a COVID-19 outbreak in Western New York, suggesting that levels of medications in wastewater could add another level to disease monitoring efforts. Ian Bradley and Yinyin Ye are co-authors of the study.
Ian Bradley and Yinyin Ye were quoted in a Science Magazaine story on a UB pilot project that suggests that measuring the concentrations of medicines in wastewater could add another layer to disease-monitoring efforts.
Research on wastewater finds that a spike in acetaminophen — the active ingredient in medications like Tylenol — preceded a spike in viral RNA during one COVID-19 wave in Western New York.
