SEAS in the News

UB has been awarded a $1.25 million grant to create a clean energy research hub with The Center for Accelerated Innovation through Materials (AIM), led by Krishna Rajan. 

The Baltimore Banner quoted Siwei Lyu in a fact-checking article reporting that a Baltimore County principal’s racist comments were faked by AI, with Lyu confirming that there were signs of editing.

The Buffalo News quoted Darrell Kaminski in an article discussing the possibility that a ship collision could cause a bridge collapse in Western New York. 

The National Desk quoted Darrell Kaminski in a story featuring explanations from engineering experts about why the Francis Scott Key Bridge in Baltimore collapsed after one of its pillars was struck by a cargo ship.

Dataconomy quoted Siwei Lyu in a story noting that deepfake detection is a critical challenge that demands both advanced technology and human judgment to combat the spread of synthetic media.

Khalifa University Science and Tech Review featured John Crassidis in an article about cleaning up space debris, with Crassidis saying, “I really think that we’ll be in trouble in 50 years or less if we keep putting objects up in space like we are doing now.”