SEAS in the News

An article on the website of the American Society of Safety Engineers about how time changes impact worker fatigue and safety interviews Lora Cavuoto, assistant professor of industrial and systems engineering.

An article in USA Today about the collapse of a pedestrian bridge in Miami that had only been put in place Saturday interviews Amjad Aref, professor of civil, structural and environmental engineering, who said the designers would have created temporary supports for it until it was connected permanently to the structure’s columns and foundation.

An article in EdTech Magazine about the one-of-a-kind security that biometrics can provide reports Wenyao Xu, assistant professor of computer science and engineering, is working on a project that uses a 3D image of an individual’s heart, obtained using low-level Dopler radar, for authentication.

A story on WKBW-TV about Amherst residents who are unhappy with the technology that is needed to bring 5-G device connectivity into the town interviews Josep Jornet, assistant professor of electrical engineering.

An article on AAAS's Eureka Alert reports on the International Conference on Embedded Wireless Systems and Networks (EWSN), which was held last month in Spain and co-organized by Dimitrios Koutsonikolas, associate professor in the Department of Computer Science and Engineering. The conference focused on research at the intersection of embedded systems and wireless networking.

An article on the website of the National Science Foundation reports on new research by Thomas Grant, research assistant professor in UB's Department of Structural Biology and Department of Materials Design and Innovation, and Hauptman-Woodward Medical Research Institute, that will dramatically improve how scientists “see inside” molecular structures in solution, allowing for much more precise ways to image data in various fields, from astronomy to drug discovery.