Space Daily reported on a UB research team’s $8.5 million grant to study hybrid rockets, a technology that could provide a safer and less expensive way to explore space compared to conventional rockets.
Advanced Science News ran a story about a research team led by biomedical engineer Jonathan Lovell that has discovered a technique that could help increase the effectiveness of vaccines against the novel coronavirus, the virus that causes COVID-19.
Buffalo Rising profiles UB startup Sunny Clean Water, led by Qiaoqiang Gan, PhD, professor of electrical engineering, which received $1.4 million in federal funding to boost its solar still water purification system.
The Buffalo News reported that the Buffalo Innovation Seed Fund – the first-ever venture capital fund administered by the University at Buffalo – has made its first investment. The fund has invested $250,000 in Buffalo Automation, an artificial intelligence startup founded by former UB students.
John L. Crassidis, SUNY Distinguished Professor and Samuel P. Capen Chair Professor in the Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, appeared on WION, an English language news outlet based in India.
The Niagara Gazette reports that UB has been awarded $8.5 million to improve hybrid space rockets. The story quotes Kemper Lewis, dean of UB’s School of Engineering and Applied Sciences.