SEAS in the News

An article in the Olean Times Herald reported on joint agreement between UB and Alfred State College where Alfred graduates can continue their education to pursue a master’s degree in electrical engineering at UB.

An article in Men’s Health reporting on a Netflix docuseries on the seven crew members killed about the Challenger spacecraft in 1986 discussed Greg Jarvis, a payload specialist who received a bachelor’s degree in electrical engineering from UB.

An article on Technology reports on UB’s RENEW Institute “reporting new findings concerning high-temperature superconducting wires, a field of study with implications in medical imaging, transportation and numerous other sectors,” according to the article.  

An article in PV (photovoltaics) magazine reporting on companies racing to find new materials to replace toxic or otherwise unsafe elements in PV modules includes research by Krishna Rajan, a materials informatics expert in the Department of Materials Design and Innovation (MDI).

Several news outlets — including WKBW, NEWS10 ABC, the Dunkirk Observer, LocalSYR and Buffalo Rising — reported on a $1.9 million grant UB’s RENEW Institute received from the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation to conduct a multidisciplinary study of the plastics recycling industry.

Wallet Hub reports on the best and worst cities to own a car in. The report, which places Buffalo at No. 30 for best cities, quotes Adel Sadek, professor in the Department of Civil, Structural and Environmental Engineering, on a variety of issues including autonomous vehicles.