SEAS in the News

  • Protecting your smartphone from voice impersonators
    7/20/17
    CBS News reported on a story by Kui Ren, professor of computer science and engineering, about the limitations of using voice-based authentication to secure a smartphone and research he is conducting to overcome those limitations.
  • Scientists break world record with 3-D printed graphene aerogel
    7/20/17
    An article on Ceramics, the website of the American Ceramic Society, reports a 3D printed graphene aerogel developed by Chi Zhou has been recognized by the Guinness World Records as the world’s lightest 3D printed structure.
  • Protecting your smartphone from voice impersonators
    7/19/17
    An article in The Conversation by Kui Ren, professor of computer science and engineering in the School of Engineering and Applied Sciences, about the limitations of using voice-based authentication to secure a smartphone looks at research he is conducting to overcome those limitations.
  • The 10 Largest Base-Isolated Buildings in the World
    7/19/17
    An article on Engineering News-Record about the 10 largest base-isolated buildings in the world quotes Michael Constantinou, professor of civil, structural and environmental engineering in the UB School of Engineering and Applied Sciences.  
  • IIT-Kanpur signs MoU with UB for research projects
    7/19/17
    An article on Business Standard reports the Indian Institute of Technology in Kanpur has signed a memorandum of understanding with UB to promote joint research in cybersecurity and environment-related issues. The article appeared in news outlets throughout India.
  • Buffalo welcomes scientists worldwide to EDISON conference
    7/17/17
    A story on WBFO-FM reports an estimated 120 experts in semiconductor technology are in Buffalo this week for the Electron Dynamics in Semiconductors, Opto-Electronics and Nano-Structures – or EDISON – conference, and interviews Jonathan Bird, professor and chair of electrical engineering in the School of Engineering and Applied Sciences.