Research Topics: Cardiopulmonary physiology; Cardiovascular Disease; Metabolism; Molecular and Cellular Biology; Molecular Basis of Disease; Research Lab; Signal Transduction; Vascular Medicine
Stephen E. Still Chair of Transportation Engineering and Associate Professor
Department of Civil, Structural and Environmental Engineering
School of Engineering and Applied Sciences
Director
Engineering Statistics and Econometrics Applications (ESEA) Research Laboratory
School of Engineering and Applied Sciences
Research Topics: Statistical/Econometric modeling, methods and applications in engineering problems, traffic safety, reliability/sustainability of infrastructure systems, crisis management, public-private partnerships, transportation planning, and engineering economics.
Director, UB Initiative on Plastics Recycling and Innovation, a NYS Center of Excellence (April 2022 – to date)
University at Buffalo
Founding Director, The RENEW Institute (Jan 2015-July 2021)
University at Buffalo
Research Topics: Heteroepitaxial Growth of Functional Materials & Devices; Strain-driven Self-Assembly of Advanced Materials; Advanced Energy and Electronic Materials; Clean Energy Technologies.
New York State Center of Excellence in Materials Informatics (CMI)
Research Topics: Thin film nanostructured multifunctional materials; heteroepitaxial growth and processing-structure-property relationship of thin films; synthesis, characterization, and application of nanostructured multifunctional materials; monolithic integration of thin film materials with complimentary functionalities for devices
Research Topics: Future generation communication systems; optical networks; survivable/resilient protocols; wireless and mobile networks (including sensor networks)
Research and Education in Energy, Environment and Water (RENEW)
Research Topics: Novel physical, chemical, and biological detection using micro and nano mechanical sensors and electrical power delivery using the single wire concept
Research Topics: Novel techniques for advanced MRI instrumentation; multi-modal biomedical imaging; novel MR imaging formation technology; MR imaging at high and ultrahigh fields; novel device and method development for structural, functional and metabolic imaging using proton and heteronuclear MRI; parallel imaging and compressed sensing based fast imaging methodology; new hardware technology for MR imaging, microimaging, cancer imaging, fetal and neonatal imaging; interventional MRI; PET-MRI in health and cancerous conditions; technical development of high intensity focused ultrasound (HIFU) or magnetic resonance guided focused ultrasound (MRgFUS) in small animal models and humans
Specialty/Research Focus: Energy storage/conversion materials and devices; nano-materials and devices fabrication and characterization; solid-state thin film deposition and optoelectronic devices; nonlinear optics
