Faculty Honors and Awards

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Kwang Oh receives Meyerson mentoring award from UB

5/20/19

Kwang Oh is one of three UB faculty members to be named a recipient of the 2019 President Emeritus and Mrs. Meyerson Award for Distinguished Undergraduate Teaching and Mentoring, UB’s highest honor given for undergraduate mentoring.

Lewis receives ASME Zwiep Innovation in Education Award

5/6/19

Kemper Lewis is the recipient of the 2019 ASME Donald N. Zwiep Innovation in Education Award, which recognizes those who have demonstrated exemplary contributions to the advancement of mechanical and multidisciplinary project-based engineering education.

Battaglia named Fellow of ASTFE

4/22/19

Francine Battaglia, a professor in the Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, has been named a Fellow of the American Society of Thermal and Fluids Engineers (ASTFE).

Gang Wu named a Highly Cited Researcher by Clarivate Analytics

3/4/19

Gang Wu, an associate professor in the Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering, was named a 2018 Highly Cited Researcher by Clarivate Analytics, in recognition of his contribution of multiple highly cited papers that ranked in the top 1% in Web of Science.

UB engineer receives Qualcomm Faculty Award

2/22/19

Kwang W. Oh, professor of electrical and biomedical engineering, has been awarded a 2019 Qualcomm Faculty Award (QFA) for research that “inspires students and sparks new approaches in key technology areas.”