SEAS in the News

  • Workplace fatigue costing $130 billion in lost productivity
    1/4/19
    A story on iHeart Radio interviews Lora Cavuoto, associate professor of industrial and systems engineering, about her research that shows the value of wearable technology in the workplace, which can be used to monitor fatigue levels to reduce injuries and increase productivity, and could help prevent as much as $130 billion per year in health-related productivity losses.
  • These Buffalo clean-tech startups show promise
    1/3/19
    An article in Business First about Buffalo’s growing collection of startup companies that see an opportunity to build scalable tech while having a positive environmental impact includes Sunny Clean Water., a technology that uses sunlight to generate clean water.
  • The Opening Bell 1/3/19: Businesses are losing $130 billion per year from health-related productivity loss
    1/3/19
    A story on WGN-AM in Chicago interviews Lora Cavuoto, associate professor of industrial and systems engineering, about her research that shows the value of wearable technology in the workplace, which can be used to monitor fatigue levels to reduce injuries and increase productivity, and could help prevent as much as $130 billion per year in health-related productivity loss.  
  • R&D Special Focus: 3D printing
    12/20/18
    An article on Research & Development about 3D printing reports on new research from the UB School of Engineering and Applied Sciences that can “fingerprint” the specific printer that a 3D-printed item originated from, enabling law enforcement agencies to track the origin of 3D-printed guns, counterfeit products and other goods.
  • Trump signs memo directing Pentagon to establish Space Command
    12/20/18
    An article on Fox News about a memorandum signed by President Trump officially establishing an interstellar armed forces interviews John Crassidis, professor of mechanical and aerospace engineering in the UB School of Engineering and Applied Sciences.
  • UB research suggests 3D guns could be traced through 'fingerprints'
    12/17/18
    An article in the Buffalo News article reports on research conducted by Wenyao Xu, associate professor of computer science and engineering, and colleagues that showed that 3D printers leave “fingerprints” specific to the printer that a 3D-printed item originated from, enabling law enforcement agencies to track the origin of 3D-printed guns, counterfeit products and other goods.