Awards and Innovations

2020

Kemper Lewis, chair of the Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering and Moog Professor of Innovation, was named dean of UB School of Engineering and Applied Sciences.
Undergraduate aerospace engineering student Charles Barnes won the best student paper award at the Second International Academy of Astronautics Conference on Space Situational Awareness.

2019

John Crassidis, Samuel P. Capen Professor, was named a SUNY Distinguished Professor.
Rahul Rai, an associate professor in the Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, was recognized with a 2019 Best Paper Award from the Prognostics and Health Management Society.
Aaron Estes, assistant professor of teaching in the Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, has received the 2019 Vanderhoef Faculty Award.
UB mechanical engineering alum and Cal State LA faculty member David Blekhman has been selected as a Fulbright Distinguished Chair in Alternative Energy Technology.
Shenqiang Ren, professor, received a new award from the U.S. Department of Energy, “Scalable and Cost-Effective Roll-To-Roll Additive Manufacturing Of Highly Durable And Thermal Insulating Silica-Carbon Aerogel.”
Amin Karami, assistant professor, received a new award from the National Science Foundation, “Collaborative Research: Controlling Flow Separation via Traveling Wave Actuators.”
PhD student Philip Odonkor was selected to address his fellow SEAS graduate students at the Spring 2019 commencement ceremony.
Kemper Lewis, chair of the Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering and Moog Professor of Innovation, received the 2019 ASME Donald N. Zwiep Innovation in Education Award.
Francine Battaglia, a professor in the Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, has been named a Fellow of the American Society of Thermal and Fluids Engineers (ASTFE).
Philip Odonkor, a PhD student in mechanical engineering, is one of 15 UB students who has been named a recipient for the 2019 SUNY Chancellor’s Award for Student Excellence.
Mechanical engineering alumnus Benjamin Pawlik was selected as this year’s Engineer of the Year by the UB Engineering and Applied Sciences Alumni Association.
PhD student Jesse Callanan was awarded second place in the Best Student Paper Contest at SPIE’s 26th Annual International Symposium on Smart Structures + Nondestructive Evaluation.
Undergraduate student Leah Nolan was named a 2019 Brooke Owens Fellow.
Undergraduate student Fatak Borhani was named one of Aviation Week’s 20 Twenties for 2019.
PhD student Philip Odonkor was selected to present a lightning round talk at the 2019 Rosenfeld Symposium in Berkeley, Calif.
Kemper Lewis was named the inaugural Moog Endowed Professor of Innovation.

2018

PhD student Philip Odonkor presents "Teaching dumb homes new tricks" at TEDxBuffalo 2018.
Dan Buckmaster, BS '18, MS '19, featured in 43North's Latitude podcast.
Hui Meng was named UB Distinguished Professor.
MAE Alum Allison O'Connor received the Volunteer Recognition Award from SEAS Alumni Engagement office.
MAE Alum Bradley Cheetham's company Advanced Space has been selected to support future spaceflight missions for NASA with continued development of the Cislunar Autonomous Positioning System (CAPS).
Sophomore Alisa Delaj receives Navy Pathways Internship at Navy Yard in Washington, DC
PhD student Souransu Nandi receives SEAS Dean's Graduate Achievement Award.
Senior David Depauw and Sophomore Ian DesJardin receive SEAS Dean's Undergraduate Achievement Award
PhD Student Philip Odonkor wins first place at Transforming Our Tomorrow: A New Clean Energy Vision pitch competition and Three Minute Thesis competition
Seniors Walker Gosrich and Seamus Lombardo receive Chancellor's Award for Student Excellence
Seniors Javier Yu and Walker Gosrich receive NSF GRFP Fellowships
MAE Alum James van Oss named 2018 Engineer of the Year
John Crassidis recognized as Samuel P. Capen Professor for exceptional contributions
Senior Christopher Gnam named NASA/New York Space Grant Consortium: National Space Grant College and Fellowship Program fellow
Hui Meng elected ASME Fellow
Senior Seamus Lombardo named to Aviation Week's “Tomorrow’s Technology Leaders: The 20 Twenties”

2017

Tarunraj Singh named SEAS Senior Teacher of the Year
Francine Battaglia named Editor of the ASME Journal of Fluids Engineering
Alum Richard Linares named grant recipient through Air Force's Young Investigator Research Program
Kemper Lewis has article featured in ASME Journal of Mechanical Design
John Crassidis mentioned in Wall Street Journal article about Space Junk
Rahul Rai was awarded the ASME Computers in Engineering Young Investigator Award
Sara Behdad won the Best Paper Award for the ASME Design for Manufacturing and the Lifecycle Conference
Kemper Lewis was awarded the ASME Design Automation Award and the UB Award for Sustained Achievement
Tarunraj Singh receives NAGS Outstanding Teaching Award at the Master's Level
John Crassidis receives President Emeritus and Mrs. Meyerson Award for Distinguished Undergraduate Teaching and Mentoring Award
Iman Borazjani receives Fulbright Scholar award to study self-organizing systems in Austria
UB Nanosat Lab featured in Air & Space Smithsonian magazine
Junior Walker Gosrich receives Barry M. Goldwater Scholarship
Kemper Lewis wins UB Award for Sustained Achievement

2016

Paul DesJardin awarded AIAA Associate Fellow
John Crassidis awarded J. Leland Atwood Award
Joseph Mollendorf named SUNY Distinguished Teaching Professor
Hui Meng receives SUNY Chancellor's Award for Excellence in Scholarship and Creative Activities
Paul Bauman awarded NSF Career Award
Jihyung Yoo awarded Early Teacher of the Year award
Kemper Lewis receives Senior Researcher of the Year award
Adjunct Paul Schifferle receives SUNY Chancellor's Award for Excellence in Adjunct Teaching
Graduate student, Nikhil Paliwal, receives The Mark Diamond Research Fund (MDRF) grant
Senior Daniel Henry receives the WSP | Parsons Brinckerhoff Scholarship, a firm of the American Council of Engineering Companies of New York (ACEC New York)
Seniors Levi Li, Henry Kwan and Samuel Tedesco are among the finalists for a NASA-sponsored contest to design a heat shield for future missions to Mars
Senior Jennifer Merckel receives Galactic Unite Flying Tigresses Scholarship

2015

Iman Borazjani receives UB Exceptional Scholars Young Investigator Award
Susan Zonglu Hua receives UB Exceptional Scholar Award for Sustained Achievement
David Salac awarded the School of Engineering Early Career Teacher of the Year Award
Iman Borazjani receives National Science Foundation CAREER Award
John Crassidis selected as a Fellow of the American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA)
Abani Patra selected as a Fellow of the US Association for Computational Mechanics (USACM)
Kemper Lewis elected to the ME Department Heads/Chairs Executive Committee, a standing committee of the American Society of Mechanical Engineer’s Board on Education
UB Space Bulls place third at the RASCAL Exploration Robo-Ops Competition at NASA's Johnson Space Center in Houston
Senior Chams Mballo receives Chancellor's Award for Student Excellence

2014

Gary Dargush receives SUNY Chancellor's Award for Excellence in Teaching
Hui Meng inducted into the American Institute for Medical and Biological Engineering (AIMBE)
John Crassidis elected Fellow of the American Astronautical Society
MAE Senior, Andrew N. Lyons, receives SUNY Chancellor's Award for Student Excellence
The Society of Automotive Engineers student chapter placed second overall in the 2014 Clean Snowmobile Challenge.

2013

Norman R. McCombs, MAE Alum, awarded the National Medal of Technology and Innovation by President Barack Obama
Iman Borazjani receives American Heart Association Scientific Development Award
Iman Borazjani receives American Chemical Society, Doctoral New Investigator Award
Kemper Lewis receives President Emeritus and Mrs. Myerson Award for Undergraduate Teaching and Mentoring
Kemper Lewis named Eminent Engineer, Tau Beta Pi
Kemper Lewis receives Milton Plesur Excellence in Teaching Award
David Salac receives National Science Foundation Career Award
Students Erika Salem, Jimmy Lam, Sandra Czarnecki, and Nathan Guttery are selected to participate in the Reduced Gravity Education Flight Program at NASA’s Microgravity University
Seniors Sourobh Ghosh and Matthew Leibowitz receive SUNY Chancellor’s Awards for Student Excellence
UB Clean Snowmobile Team awarded "Best Emissions Winner"

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