SEAS News

William Rapaport is the recipient of the 2015 Barwise Prize from the American Philosophical Association (APA).

A paper published by UB researchers in the journal Science examines how nonlinear optics is poised to deliver breakthroughs in medicine, energy, electronics and other areas.

UB robotics expert Venkat Krovi has been named a fellow of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers.

Retired UB faculty member Deb Walters is making a 2,500-mile solo kayak trip to support the children living in and around a huge garbage dump in Guatemala City.

Go ahead, rant about the snow on Twitter. It can ease traffic on slippery, congested roads.

It’s “Snowing like CRAZY up in here” and other tweets can boost computer models that guide traffic.

This past summer, the country was thrilled by incredible images of Pluto from the New Horizons spacecraft.

Seven people and one organization were honored for their service and support of BEAM, the Buffalo-area Engineering Awareness for Minorities (BEAM) program, at its annual awards breakfast.

Less than 3,500 of ASME’s approximate 140,000 members have received the honor.

A research team including Megan Russ, a doctoral student in the medical physics program within the Department of Physiology and Biophysics, has developed a process to create patient-specific 3-D phantoms that can be used to practice vascular procedures.