SEAS in the News

Popular Mechanics interviewed Javid Bayandor, associate professor of mechanical and aerospace engineering, for an article on why people should not throw coins into airplane engines.

Nature News highlights the work of Qiaoqiang Gan, associate professor of electrical engineering, in a feature story on “The super-cool materials that send heat to space.”

Nature India reports on MindEye, a project that uses eye-tracking tech to detect mild cognitive impairment. The tool, a collaboration between scientists in India and Anirban Dutta, assistant professor of biomedical engineering, could help in early diagnosis of Alzheimer’s disease.

An opinion piece in The MIT Press Reader cites UB research in arguing that journalists need to get better at interpreting statistics and research studies.

An article posted on Technology.org reporting on a $2 million grant to study brain, motor-skill learning quotes project’s lead investigator Rudiyanto Gunawan, associate professor of chemical and biological engineering.