UB’s program in civil engineering was ranked No. 7 among engineering schools in the United States and No. 16 worldwide in the 2017 global rankings of the Academic Ranking of World Universities (ARWU), also referred to as the Shanghai Ranking.
Austin Powers and Caleb Walters, both mechanical engineering students who graduated this past May, did more than just engineer something spectacular —they created something that deeply impacts someone’s life.
Ten students from UB’s School of Engineering and Applied Sciences took a long drive from Buffalo to the desert of New Mexico in late June this year, with a rocket called Volans Tauri in tow.
Josh VanDeMortel is overseeing the care of up to 5,000 apple tree seedlings this summer, carefully recording data and making sure that each seedling has enough sun and water to thrive.
A group of 40 enthusiastic middle school students took mock computer science courses this summer as part of the University at Buffalo’s Liberty Partnership Program’s “I Can” residential summer program.
Sixty high school students worked on an engineering design project and learned more about STEM careers during the annual UB/National Grid Leadership Camp.
