SEAS in the News

  • How engineering earthquake-proof buildings could save lives
    9/28/17
    An article on Futurism about how engineering earthquake-proof buildings could have saved lives in the Sept. 20 earthquake in Mexico City interviews Andrew Whittaker, professor of civil, structural and environmental engineering.
  • Is face time over? New biometric tech identifies you through your ‘heartprint’
    9/28/17
    An article on Yahoo Sports reports on UB research to develop a computer security system that uses radar to read your personal heart rate signature, and quotes Wenyao Xu, assistant professor of computer science and engineering.
  • UB researchers working on watch that can detect developing cancer
    9/27/17
    A story on WHEC-TV in Rochester reports on research by Josep Jornet, assistant professor of electrical engineering, to develop technology that combines implantable sensors, a wearable device and software to better identify and monitor conditions such as lung cancer.
  • Heart scan could be next for biometric security
    9/27/17
    An article in England's Daily Mail quotes Wenyao Xu, assistant professor of computer science and engineering, about a computer authentication system that uses an individual’s heart shape and size to sign in, utilizing low-level Dopler radar to continuously scan the heart’s dimensions, and granting access as long as the user is in the right place.
  • Researchers can use the size of your heart to unlock a PC
    9/26/17
    An article on Engadget reports UB researchers led by Wenyao Xu, an assistant professor in the Department of Computer Science and Engineering, have created a computer authentication system that uses an individual’s heart shape and size to sign in, utilizing low-level Dopler radar to continuously scan the heart’s dimensions, and granting access as long as the user is in the right place.
  • Thin photodetector increases performance without adding bulk
    9/25/17
    An article on NASA Tech Briefs reports on a new sensor developed by Qiaoqiang Gan, associate professor of electrical engineering, that uses infrared absorption spectroscopy technology to make drug-detecting sensors more sensitive and versatile, as well as less expensive to manufacture.