SEAS in the News

Photonics and Nanowerk quoted Qiaoqiang Gan, professor of electrical engineering, in a story reporting an advancement of a chemical sensing chip that could lead to handheld devices that detect trace chemicals, everything from illicit drugs to pollution, as quickly as a breathalyzer identifies alcohol.

Science Daily, Science Codex and Science Magazine quoted Qiaoqiang Gan, professor of electrical engineering, in a story reporting an advancement of a chemical sensing chip that could lead to handheld devices that detect trace chemicals, everything from illicit drugs to pollution, as quickly as a breathalyzer identifies alcohol.

Gizmodo quotes Albert Titus, professor and chair of biomedical engineering, in a story asking experts to explain whether wearable technologies accurately track calorie-burn.

Panagiotis Anastasopoulos served as an expert in a story on insurance issues for high-risk drivers published on Wallet Hub.

An article at Interesting Engineering about accidental inventions and innovations includes the invention of the implantable pacemaker, developed by Wilson Greatbatch while working at UB as an assistant professor in electrical engineering.

IEEE Spectrum interviews Huamin Li, assistant professor of electrical engineering, about new transistor technology. The article reports that by combining graphene and molybdenum disulfide, researchers have made a transistor that operates at half the voltage and has a higher current density than any state-of-the-art 2D transistor previously under development.