Weifeng Su, a professor in UB’s Department of Electrical Engineering, has been elevated to Fellow of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE).
“To be surrounded by like-minded, driven women was awe-inspiring. It was thrilling to recognize that, unlike what the statistics say, there are definitely women in computer science,” said Doris Kwan, co-director of UB’s Scientista.
Blaine Pfeifer has been named a Fellow of the American Institute for Medical and Biological Engineering (AIMBE). He will be inducted into the College of Fellows Class of 2018 this spring as part of AIMBE’s Annual Event, to be held April 8-9 in Washington, D.C.
The International Conference on Embedded Wireless Systems and Networks (EWSN) kicks off next month in Spain, and UB’s Dimitrios Koutsonikolas will be leading the effort.
The good news kept coming for Swetank Saha, a PhD student in the Department of Computer Science and Engineering, whose top-notch work on next generation wireless networks earned him three awards this past semester.
"I want to see more women in engineering, and I hope that our leadership roles encourage more women to feel like that invisible barrier that is ever-present in the STEM majors will be just a little bit less daunting," said Margaret Donnelly, president of UB's Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers student chapter.
