UB faculty members John Crassidis and Krishna Rajan have been named SUNY Distinguished Professors, the highest faculty rank in the SUNY system.

Popular German websites including Focus and Scinexx report on how planned internet satellite networks are increasing the risk of space debris collisions. The articles quotes John Crassidis, Samuel P. Capen Chair and Professor in the Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering.

UPI quotes John Crassidis, Samuel P. Capen Professor of mechanical and aerospace engineering, in a story on space junk, and how concerns about collisions are growing as low-Earth orbit is becoming more crowded.

An article in IEEE Spectrum quotes John Crassidis, Samuel P. Capen Chair and Professor in the Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering.

An article on MIT Technology Review about a Canadian company’s plan to monitor and track space junk with a constellation of 40 satellites quotes John Crassidis, Samuel P. Capen Chair and Professor in the Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering.

An article in International Business Times about the dangers that debris from a destroyed Indian satellite poses to the International Space Station interviews John Crassidis, professor of mechanical and aerospace engineering in the UB School of Engineering and Applied Sciences.