UB scientists are working with startup Garwood Medical Devices to evaluate a medical device that utilizes UB-licensed technology and bring it a step closer to clinical use in amputees.

Four UB professors have been elected fellows of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS), the world's largest general scientific society and publisher of the journal Science.

UB awarded $2 million NSF grant to advance sorting methods, and develop processing technologies to make discarded plastic easier to reuse.

Mentorship, creativity and information dissemination are just some of the values that define the UB student chapter of the Human Factors and Ergonomics Society – and this year, are why the group received the Outstanding Student Chapter Award from the national organization. 

Located on North Campus, the enclosed structure will enable professors, students and external partners to work in a safe, controlled environment.

Participants include Fortune 500 companies, the chairman of the FCC, military leaders and community development officials.

Chemical engineer James Tran was recognized for his work on membrane-based separations with a Graduate Student Research Award by the Separations Division of the American Institute of Chemical Engineers (AIChE).

Seyed Omid Sajedi, a civil engineering PhD student studying automated systems for structural inspections and health monitoring will use an award from the Mark Diamond Research Fund (MDRF) to support his research and experiments.