SEAS in the News

A story in the Buffalo News reports that a team led by Javid Bayandor, associate professor of mechanical and aerospace engineering, has  invented a stingray-shaped planetary exploration spacecraft that is being backed by NASA in hopes it will eventually fly to Venus.

Before It’s News quoted Shenqiang Ren, a professor in the Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, for a story about a new study that shows how magnetic material can be used to help monitor the amount of life left in a rechargeable battery before it needs to be recharged.

Technology.org reported on how research by Gang Wu may be able to help reduce the cost of fabricating hydrogen fuel cells.

PolitiFact quoted Siwei Lyu, SUNY Empire Innovation Professor in the Department of Computer Science and Engineering and director of the UB Media Forensic Lab, in an article fact-checking a misleading video that appeared to show President Joe Biden speaking slowly and slurring his speech during his speech on July 4.

VERIFY interviewed Siwei Lyu, SUNY Empire Innovation Professor in the Department of Computer Science and Engineering and director of the UB Media Forensic Lab, for an article that fact checks the false claim that deepfake videos and images can be used to unlock smartphones and other devices that use facial recognition.

NBC Today quoted John Crassidis in a report that newly released photos show the damage from an unidentified rocket body that crashed into the moon’s surface and left an “unexpected” double crater.