Student News

ASCE steel bridge team practices building outside of Davis Hall on north campus
UB ASCE build success at Upstate New York Conference
5/11/18
The UB American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE) student club qualified for the national conference and earned a top five spot in four different competitions at the ASCE Upstate New York regional conference, held at the Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (RPI) last month.
Hui Meng, PhD, and Vincent M. Tutino, PhD
Discovery May Help Identify Potential Brain Aneurysms
5/8/18

Vincent M. Tutino, PhD, a recent graduate of the doctoral program in biomedical engineering, is first author on a published study in PLOS ONE showing that circulating cells in the blood carry a gene expression “signature” that may predict if someone has a brain aneurysm. 

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Engineer is steering Buffalo into the driver-less boat field
5/3/18
A story on WIVB-TV interviews Thiru Vikram a UB student turned CEO of Buffalo Automation, about technology he is working on to develop a self-driving boat.
Philip Odonkor, a PhD candidate in the Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, won first place in UB Sustainability's Transforming Our Tomorrow clean energy pitch competition April 23 for an algorithm he designed to monitor and respond to a homeowner's clean energy usage. Odonkor is flanked by UB Sustainability Engagement Coordinator Derek Nichols (left) and Chief Sustainability Officer Ryan McPherson.
Contest showcases clean energy
5/3/18

The pitch competition was part of a Sustainability Month effort to get students engaged in the clean energy field.

2018 SEAS graduate student poster competition winners
Environmental engineer wins SEAS Graduate Student Poster Competition
5/1/18
Abdulrahman Hassaballah, a PhD candidate in the Department of Civil, Structural and Environmental Engineering, won first place for his research poster in the annual SEAS Graduate Student Poster Competition.
Shane Nolan and Ryan Jaquin present at the 2018 Henry A. Panasci Jr. Technology Entrepreneurship Competition. Photo: Nancy J. Parisi
Panasci winners top New York Business Plan Competition
5/1/18

A team of UB electrical engineering and MBA students took the $20,000 grand prize.