Luis C. Herrera
Department: Electrical Engineering
Award amount: $500,000
Award year: 2024
"Robust Data Based Control and Estimation for Resilient DC Microgrids"
Making an Impact Around the World
21 of our early career faculty members have received national awards in the past 5 years.
Andrew Olewnik
Department: Engineering Education
Award amount: $530,351
Award year: 2024
"Recognizing Engineering Formation: Learning Experiences as a Catalyst for Transformation (REFLECT) from Student to Professional Engineer"
Craig Snoeyink
Department: Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering
Award amount: $581,088
Award year: 2024
"Understanding Dielectrophoretic Molecular Transport"
Kang Sun
Department: Civil, Structural and Environmental Engineering
Award amount: $643,562
Award year: 2024
"Timely Estimation of Nitrogen Oxides Emissions for Improved Monitoring and Simulation of Atmospheric Chemical Processes"
Yinyin Ye
Department: Civil, Structural and Environmental Engineering
Award amount: $580,393
Award year: 2024
"Bacterial extracellular vesicles in wastewater systems: Persistence and production to disseminate virulence proteins"
Zhuoyue Zhao
Department: Computer Science and Engineering
Award amount: $599,977
Award year: 2024
"Speedy and Reliable Approximate Queries in Hybrid Transactional/Analytical Systems"
Shaofeng Zou
Department: Electrical Engineering
Award amount: $520,000
Award year: 2024
"Robust Reinforcement Learning Under Model Uncertainty: Algorithms and Fundamental Limits"
Courtney Faber
Department: Engineering Education
Award amount: $590,963
Award year: 2023
"The Overlooked Barrier – Exploring How Engineering Education Research Teams Negotiate Epistemic Differences"
Mingchen Gao
Department: Computer Science and Engineering
Award amount: $578,519
Award year: 2023
"Deploying Transferable Medical Imaging Diagnosis System in Diverse Environments"
Prathima Nalam
Department: Materials Design and Innovation
Award amount: $667,017
Award year: 2023
"Understanding 2D confinement driven phase transitions of non-polar liquids"
A. Erdem Sariyuce
Department: Computer Science and Engineering
Award amount: $555,821
Award year: 2023
"Temporal Network Analysis: Models, Algorithms, and Applications"
Sangwoo Shin
Department: Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering
Award amount: $500,000
Award year: 2023
"Phoretic Transport of Membrane-Bound Biological Colloids in Complex Environments"
Ziming Zhao
Department: Computer Science and Engineering
Award amount: $564,748
Award year: 2023
"SaTC: Rethinking Trusted Execution Environments for Embedded and IoT Systems"
Nirupam Aich
Department: Civil, Structural and Environmental Engineering
Award amount: $500,000
Award year: 2022
"3D Printed Carbon-Metal Nanohybrid Aerogels for Highly Efficient Adsorptive/Catalytic Removal of PFASs"
Kenny Joseph
Department: Computer Science and Engineering
Award amount: $574,710
Award year: 2022
"Promoting Equal Opportunities through Measurement, Simulation, and Education"
Danial Faghihi
Department: Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering
Award amount: $595,593
Award year: 2022
"Reliable Superinsulated Building Envelopes via Predictive Multiphysics Modeling"
Baishakhi Mazumder
Department: Materials Design and Innovation
Award amount: $642,450
Award year: 2022
"Atomic scale understanding of the doping incorporation and transport properties in ultrawide band gap semiconductors"
Minghui Zheng
Department: Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering
Award amount: $571,087
Award year: 2021
"Facilitating Autonomy of Robots Through Learning-Based Control"
Souma Chowdhury
Department: Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering
Award amount: $500,000
Award year: 2021
"Automated Design of Decentralized Robust and Explainable Swarm Systems"
Frank Lagor
Department: Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering
Award amount: $450,000
Award year: 2020
Towards Real-Time, 3D Coherent Structure Estimation for Flow Over Finite Wings
Huamin Li
Department: Electrical Engineering
Award amount: $500,000
Award year: 2020
Investigating novel quantum nanoelectronic devices that can operate with faster switching speeds and less energy consumption.
Here at UB's School of Engineering and Applied Sciences, we are attracting some of the world's brightest young researchers to the Buffalo Niagara region. Our national award-winning junior faculty are among the most promising and talented researchers in the country.
With recognition from highly competitive federal research programs such as the National Science Foundation CAREER Award Program and the Department of Defense Young Investigator Programs, they are building a foundation for a lifetime of leadership in integrating education and research.
What is a National Science Foundation CAREER Award?
The CAREER Award is the National Science Foundation's most prestigious award in support of junior faculty. The awards are given to outstanding scientists who exemplify the role of teacher-scholars through research, education, and the integration of education and research.
The award comes with a federal grant for research and education activities for five consecutive years. The National Science Foundation (NSF) grants these awards once a year. The reviewing, award and selection process is one of the most competitive within the NSF.
What are Department of Defense Young Investigator Program Awards?
The Department of Defense offers early career research awards through the Air Force, Army and Navy. Known as the Young Investigator Program (YIP), the awards support academic scientists who have received a PhD or equivalent degree within the last five years and who show exceptional promise for doing creative research.
