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Amherst company claims prize in business plan competition
11/23/20
The Buffalo News reports that UB spinoff Aviate Audio, formed by two electrical engineering alumni, was among six companies statewide to win $50,000 in the FuzeHub business contest.
17 SEAS faculty and staff recognized at UB's Celebration of Excellence
11/4/20
Sixteen faculty from the School of Engineering and Applied Sciences earned 17 awards at UB's annual Celebration of Faculty and Staff Academic Excellence.
Safely meeting demand for renewable energy with innovative material design for health and sustainability
10/19/20
PV Magazine was among outlets that carried a piece co-authored by Krishna Rajan, Erich Bloch Chair of the Department of Materials Design and Innovation on the Collaboratory for a Regenerative Environment (CoRE), an innovative partnership between MDI, Clean Production Action and Niagara Share.
Wodo participates in Machine Learning for Microstructural Data webinar
10/15/20
Olga Wodo is one of three speakers in a free webinar on Machine Learning for Microstructural Data, co-presented by two of the major professional societies in materials science, MRS and ASM.
Data takes the center stage in unique approach to teaching materials science
10/2/20
When the Department of Materials Design and Innovation launched in 2015, its mission was to take materials science education to the next level. In order to do this, faculty took the unique approach of teaching materials science from a data science and informatics perspective.
The weekend read: Materials in the circular economy
9/14/20
An article in PV (photovoltaics) magazine reporting on companies racing to find new materials to replace toxic or otherwise unsafe elements in PV modules includes research by Krishna Rajan, a materials informatics expert in the Department of Materials Design and Innovation (MDI).
UB again ranked among top public universities by U.S. News
9/14/20
UB is ranked among the nation’s top public universities and is a cited as one of the nation’s “best values” in U.S. News & World Report’s Best Colleges rankings, released today.
School of Engineering and Applied Sciences holds town hall on racial injustice
7/6/20
UB's School of Engineering and Applied Sciences held a virtual town hall Friday to discuss racial injustice, and how it affects the school, the greater Buffalo area and beyond.