Interdisciplinary Initiatives

UB's Communities of Excellence and our interdisciplinary initiatives are an innovative and integrated approach to addressing critical societal challenges through impactful interdisciplinary research, education and engagement.

COVID-19 Research and Community Support
1/26/23
Faculty, students and staff in the School of Engineering and Applied Sciences are collaborating with colleagues across the University, the region and the world, sharing their expertise to address critical issues related to the pandemic.
RENEW: Research and Education in eNergy, Environment and Water
11/21/22
UB RENEW (Research and Education in eNergy, Environment and Water) Institute is university-wide and interdisciplinary, focusing on complex energy and environmental issues, as well as the social and economic ramifications. It helps develop and coordinate innovative research, education and outreach programs.
SMART: Sustainable Manufacturing and Advanced Robotic Technologies
11/21/22
The Sustainable Manufacturing and Advanced Robotic Technologies (SMART) Community of Excellence is using design, smart materials and automation to transform advanced manufacturing. Industry leaders, faculty and students are focused on innovative and sustainable ways to bring customizable products to market.
Global Health Equity
11/21/22
Health inequity is one of the defining issues of the 21st century. The Community for Global Health Equity brings transdisciplinary solutions to complex problems that affect population health-child survival, infectious disease, non-communicable disease and refugee health.
Quantum Science and Technologies
11/21/22
Researchers in the School of Engineering and Applied Sciences at the University at Buffalo are actively engaged in research that is laying the groundwork for future technologies, whose performance is accelerated by exploiting the strangeness of the quantum realm.
Transportation Research and Education
2/7/23
Helping first responders get to patients faster. Finding drivers the most fuel efficient routes with "green navigation." Developing machine learning methods for accident analysis. It all happens here, at the University at Buffalo.

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