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Chemical engineer wins SEAS Graduate Poster Competition
4/23/19
Chemical and biological PhD student and Panasci TEC winner Ogechi Ogoke received first place in the school's annual graduate student poster competition.
NSF program aims to speed discovery
4/4/19
Director France Córdova briefed a UB audience on the new Convergence Accelerator in a Critical Conversations keynote address.
MDI faculty and students make impact at the Materials Research Society’s annual meeting
2/27/19
Several faculty members and students from the Department of Materials Design and Innovation made key contributions to the Materials Research Society’s Fall Meeting and Exhibit.
Seo receives Young Investigator Award from the Korean-American Scientists and Engineers Association
2/18/19
Jung-Hun Seo, an assistant professor in the Department of Material Design and Innovation, received a Young Investigator Award from the Korean-American Scientists and Engineers Association (KSEA).
Wodo invited member of Eindhoven University of Technology committee
1/10/19
Olga Wodo, an assistant professor in the Department of Materials Design and Innovation, was invited to be an external examiner on a PhD committee at Eindhoven University of Technology in the Netherlands.
Quanxi Jia named Fellow of the National Academy of Inventors
12/19/18
A world-renowned expert in materials science and technology, Jia holds 49 U.S. patents.
Businesses invited to attend exclusive meeting with key UB personnel
12/6/18
Limited seats remain for a unique opportunity to partner with UB.
UB, Hauptman-Woodward land $22.5M renewal from National Science Foundation
9/27/18
An article in Business First reports UB and Hauptman-Woodward Medical Research Institute have received a five-year, $22.5 million grant from the National Science Foundation to continue work that created the BioXFEL Research Center, and quotes Edward Snell, BioXFEL director, a professor in UB’s department of materials design and innovation, and president and CEO of HWI.