SEAS in the News

An article in Engineering News-Record reports on research, co-led by UB earthquake engineer Michel Bruneau, that examines how a new wall-building system could transform how office towers are constructed.

A story on WXXI-AM in Rochester about a program that helps people with disabilities to kayak and participate in other activities in the Great Lakes region interviews Victor Paquet, associate professor of industrial and systems engineering and a member of UB’s IDeA Center – short for Inclusive Design and Environmental Access.

The Innovation of the Week column in the Boston Globe features research by Wenyao Xu, assistant professor of computer science and engineering, who developed a computer security system that uses radar to read an individual’s personal heart rate signature.

An article on Medical Device and Diagnostic Industry about research to enable pacemakers to be powered by longer-lasting sustainable energy quotes M. Amin Karami, assistant professor in the Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering.

An article on Gizmodo reports on UB research on the potential to use cardiac scanning software to unlock electronic devices such as computers and phones, and quotes Wenyao Xu, assistant professor of computer science and engineering.

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.