Alumni News

Despite no national or regional competitions this year, UB’s American Society of Civil Engineers (UB ASCE) found success in a number of accolades from the national association. Club leadership will remember this year for a different kind of accomplishment.

The School of Engineering and Applied Sciences has named Rajan Batta as associate dean for faculty affairs and diversity, and appointed Francine Battaglia as chair of the Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering.

Darrell Kaminski, a UB alumnus and assistant professor of practice in the Department of Civil, Structural and Environmental Engineering will join the Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) technical working group (TWG) to help advance the administration’s Every Day Counts Five initiative.

Startups Innosek and Tresca Design are working to deliver personal protective equipment in the fight against COVID-19.

Sabrina Casucci, an assistant professor of teaching in the Department of Industrial and Systems Engineering and director of the Engineering Management Program, was named a 2020 Open SUNY Online Teaching Ambassador.

A micro-distillery on the Niagara Wine Trail co-owned by a UB staff member and a UB alumnus is helping Western New Yorkers stay healthy by turning spirits into hand sanitizer.