SEAS in the News

WKBW and WGRZ reported that UB has constructed a 24,000 square-foot research complex to test drones. The facility, called Structure for Outdoor Autonomy Research (SOAR) is located on the North Campus.

Fox 8 TV news in Cleveland reports on the danger of deepfakes and includes commentary from Siwei Lyu, Empire Innovation Professor in the Department of Computer Science and Engineering, who studies digital forensics.

3Dprinting.com covers UB engineering research on 3D-printed molecular ferroelectric metamaterial led by Shenqiang Ren, professor in the Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering.

Campus Technology Magazine reports on higher education having to reconfigure learning spaces quickly in response to the pandemic. Lisa Stephens, assistant dean for digital education in the School of Engineering and Applied Sciences, said “practically overnight, faculty have been, in a manner or speaking, thrust into online learning.”

Another article in Technology.org reported on research by UB biomedical engineers Ruogang Zhao and Yun Wu that may help discover new drugs to treat pulmonary fibrosis, a severe lung disease that can be life-threatening.

A story in the Niagara Gazette reports on UB spinoff Sunny Clean Water receiving a $1.4 million boost from the U.S. Army.