SEAS in the News

Silicon Republic reports that a UB-led research team has found a way to induce “artificial magnetic texture” in graphene, which could lead to new tech developments.

An NBC News story quotes ergonomics expert Lora Cavuoto, associate professor of industrial and systems engineering, in a story about how standing desks work and where to find them.

Local news outlets including WKBW, WGRZ, The Lockport Journal and WIVB report that UB spinoff company POP Biotechnologies and biotech company EuBiologics have developed a COVID-19 vaccine candidate that has entered clinical trials in South Korea.

Nature reports a UB-led research team led by Qiaoqiang Gan has developed a prototype hybrid device that can not only cool buildings drastically without using electricity, but also capture solar energy to heat water.

Buffalo Business First quoted Kemper Lewis, dean of the School of Engineering and Applied Sciences, and Carl Lund, chair of the school’s Department of Engineering Education, in a story about engineering education during the pandemic.

MSN ran a story from Popular Science reporting on the factors, many of which have been years in the making, that led to the power outages in Texas. “In all my studies and my discussions with utilities, I have found that there is a false sense of security,” says Sayanti Mukherjee, an energy grid expert and assistant professor in UB’s Department of Industrial and Systems Engineering.