SEAS in the News

An article on The University Network reports a team of researchers, led by Wenyao Xu, assistant professor of computer science and engineering, has developed a biometric scanner that verifies a computer user’s identity by recognizing the geometry of their heart.

An article in The Conversation by Kemper Lewis, professor and chair of mechanical and aerospace engineering, looks at the future of manufacturing and why focusing on what the U.S. made yesterday will only go so far in saving American manufacturing today.

An article on the website of the National Science Foundation reports a UB-led team has developed a computer security system using the dimensions of an individual’s heart as an identifier.

Public reports that Jun Zhuang, associate professor of industrial and systems engineering, is among recipients of National Science Foundation grants devoted to studying the effect of recent hurricanes.

A podcast on Scientific American reports UB scientists led by Wenyao Xu, assistant professor of computer science and engineering, have constructed a computer security system that works by scanning the dimensions of the user’s heart and using the pattern as an identifier.

An article in the Buffalo News  reports Stephen Still, an engineer who credits UB with changing his life when he studied civil engineering here, has made a $4 million gift to the university in support of the Institute for Sustainable Transportation and Logistics.