SEAS in the News

  • UB's new robot dog can sit, roll over and help students explore the future
    10/31/22
    The Buffalo News reported on Yubie, the robotic dog the School of Engineering and Applied Sciences recently acquired as a learning and research platform that will enable faculty and students to explore new frontiers in robotics, autonomous vehicles, computer science, artificial intelligence and other fields.
  • How Baby Shark is endangering the US midterms
    10/31/22
    Yahoo was among the news outlets to quote Siwei Lyu, SUNY Empire Innovation Professor in the Department of Computer Science and Engineering, in a story that reports on the increase in deepfake videos and their potential effect on elections, such as one showing President Biden singing the Baby Shark song.
  • How we'll explore the unknown Universe
    10/28/22
    An article in BBC Science Focus magazine on the future of exploring the universe cites the work of Javid Bayandor, associate professor of mechanical and aerospace engineering. Bayandor’s lab, Crashworthiness for Aerospace Structures and Hybrids (CRASH), is working with NASA to build a spacecraft called BREEZE that would explore Venus.
  • Engineers studying damage left behind from Hurricane Ian for lessons we can learn as we rebuild
    10/28/22
    Fox News in Southwest Florida quoted Michel Bruneau, SUNY Distinguished Professor in the Department of Civil, Structural and Environmental Engineering, in a story about how to rebuild Southwest Florida stronger following Hurricane Ian.
  • Alumna Profile: Deborah Chung
    10/24/22
    Caltech interviewed Deborah Chung (BS '73, MS '73) as part of its alumni profile series. She was the first woman to graduate from Caltech with a major in Engineering and Applied Science, and she is best known for her invention of smart concrete.
  • Report accuses chess grandmaster of understating extent of his cheating
    10/18/22
    The New York Times quotes Kenneth Regan, professor of computer science and engineering, in a story on the ongoing chess cheating scandal involving grandmaster Hans Niemann, who admitted to cheating in some online matches but never during face-to-face matches.