Here is How We Make the Future.

The School of Engineering and Applied Sciences is a vibrant and diverse community of researchers, innovators and entrepreneurs. We collaborate to discover new knowledge, educate tomorrow's leaders, and solve the most pressing challenges facing society today. Because in SEAS, resilience is in our DNA and we plan to leave the planet better than we found it.

Jinjun Xiong works with others in a greenhouse space in his lab in Davis Hall in January 2024.

More than 200 UB faculty are at work on projects that use AI to improve health care, agriculture, infrastructure, national defense and more. They push both the capabilities and the applications of AI, all with a singular aim of solving societal challenges both large and small.

Portraits from left to right: Jeff Errington, Yun Wu, Rob Dell, Dave Doermann.

SEAS has appointed Robert Dell, industrial and systems engineering; David Doermann, computer science and engineering; Jeff Errington, chemical and biological engineering; and Yun Wu, biomedical engineering, as chairs of their respective departments.

Krishna Rajan.

Led by Krishna Rajan, the Center for Accelerated Innovation through Materials will tap into UB's expertise in materials science, advanced manufacturing and AI to advance New York's transition to a clean energy economy.

Kemper Lewis.

Kemper Lewis was recognized for the AAAS—the world’s largest general science society and publisher of the journal “Science"—for his distinguished contributions to the field of design automation.
 

SEAS has elevated two faculty members to its leadership team: Kristen Moore, the school's first associate dean for equity and inclusion, and Kevin Burke, associate dean for student affairs.

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Led by Jonathan Bird,  the center will cement UB's position globally as a leader in microelectronics, supercharge research in the semiconductor industry, spur entrepreneurship and innovation, and strengthen the region's workforce.

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Empire AI aims to put New York State at the forefront of the AI revolution. UB was chosen, in part, in recognition of deep and decades-long leadership in AI and data science by SEAS faculty.

CAPSTONE revealed in lunar Sunrise (Illustration).

The United States Air Force has chosen UB to lead an international effort to design and discover 2D materials for space technology, such as satellite sensors, cosmic radiation shields and quantum computing.

Blue-tinted image of man standing in crumbling building.

The GPT models developed by the UB-led research team could lead to AI systems that automatically process social media data for emergency services, potentially helping save lives.

Person handling lab equipment.

Research expenditures rose 11% in fiscal year 2023, eclipsing $100 million for the first time in SEAS history, helping fuel the school's unprecedented growth and broadening societal impact.

By the Numbers

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    The School of Engineering and Applied Sciences was founded in 1946

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    Home to 10 ABET accredited undergraduate programs

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    global community with students from 79 different countries

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    Our Fall 2024 student body consists of 2,981 graduate students and 4,898 undergraduates

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    Ranked No. 17 in the U.S. for blockchain education by Successful Student

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    Research expenditures total over $102 million annually

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    290+ full-time faculty members and counting

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    42,000+ alumni in 50 states and 79 countries around the globe

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    2,706 degrees awarded in the 2023-24 academic year

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    Member of Association of American Universities (AAU)

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