Research Centers and Labs
Our modern, well-equipped laboratories support department research activities and actively participate in the research programs of various research centers.
Faculty Research Laboratories
Partner Centers and Institutes
Faculty Research Laboratories
Lab Director: Souma Chowdhury
To conceive, analyze and design complex systems, ADAMS Lab investigates new approaches that are founded on a fundamental notion of “adaptation.” Adaptation is realized by bringing together nature inspired principles of computation, rigorous engineering design methods, and machine learning. Specific research areas include: multi-fidelity design optimization, physics-infused machine learning, codesign and reinforcement learning, swarm robotics and human-swarm interaction, unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs), and bio-inspired flow modulation.
Lab Director: Ketki Lichade
The Advanced Maunfacturing Lab aims innovate novel manufacturing processes to create multiscale, multimaterial, and multifunctional structures to enable precisely customized properties and optimal performance. Some of the research activities include:
- Multimaterial and multiscale additive manufacturing.
- Manufacturing of multifunctional and autonomous devices.
- Exploring bio-inspired approaches in advanced manufacturing.
- Production of lightweight materials, including composites and porous structures.
- Process-structure-property relationship modeling.
Lab Director: John Crassidis
Research at ANCS focuses on the areas of attitude estimation, nonlinear filtering, uncertainty propagation, space systems, stochastic control, and robust control.
Lab Director: Francine Battaglia
The ASCENT team develops computational models and uses computational fluid dynamics to explore issues related to the thermal and fluid sciences. Current research interests include building energy and efficient energy utilization, multiphase flows, and turbulent and reacting flows.
Lab Director: Paul DesJardin
The focus of our research group is on the development and application of numerical modeling and simulation techniques to understand energy transfer in reacting flow systems.
Lab Director: Sangwoo Shin
The Complex Fluids Lab is an interdisciplinary research group who study diverse problems in the areas of complex fluids, interfacial processes, and transport phenomena with an emphasis on energy, environmental, and biological systems.
Lab Director: Deborah Chung
The Composite Materials Research Laboratory conducts active research on metal-matrix, polymer-matrix, cement-matrix, carbon-matrix and ceramic-matrix composite materials for aerospace, automotive, marine, construction, electronic, and other industrial applications.
Lab Director: Tarunraj Singh
Research related to modeling, system identification and control of dynamical systems is the focus of this lab. The research is application driven. For instance, development of prefiltering techniques for the attenuation of residual vibration is motivated by applications such as seek control algorithms for hard disk drives.
Lab Director: Hyeongyun Cha
The Cooling, Heating & Alternative Energy Research Lab aims to address energy and water challenges facing our world. We probe fundamental heat and mass transport processes, leverage novel materials engineering, and build high-performance prototypes and devices to realize impactful technologies. Specifically, our research areas comprise phase-change, solar, thermal, and water.
Crashworthiness for Aerospace Structures and Hybrids (CRASH) Lab
Lab Director: Javid Bayandor
The Crashworthiness for Aerospace Structures and Hybrids (CRASH) Lab uses sophisticated computer simulations to model real-world mid-air collision events. The lab has built a database of more than 150 unmanned aircraft systems (UAS) models and investigated the potential damage they can cause to a wide range of air vehicles during impact.
Lab Director: Kemper Lewis
At the DOES Laboratory, research is being conducted to promote and advance the state-of-the-art in multidisciplinary design optimization and modern design theory. Current research deals with multidimensional visualization of uncertainty, reconfigurable systems, mass customization, and decision making techniques. We have an extensive list of publications that are available.
Lab Director: Ehsan Esfahani
Research areas in the Human in the Loop System (HILS) lab include: Brain Computer Interfaces, Cognitive Rehabilitations, Cognitive Monitoring and Skill Assessment, Multi-modal Human Robot Interaction, Human Activity Recognition
Lab Director: Hui Meng
The Laser Flow Diagnostics Laboratory (LFD) is a multidisciplinary research laboratory. We develop innovative full-field laser measurement techniques and apply them to the study of complex fluid flows including turbulence, multiphase flows, and blood flows. The LFD Laboratory leads the development of holographic particle image velocimetry (HPIV), a three-dimensional, next-generation flow diagnostics tool. The time- and 3D-space-resolved measurements allow us to observe highly complex turbulent flow dynamically in full field.
Lab Director: Ryan St. Pierre
Work in the Robot Form and Function Lab spans robotics, biomechanics, and embedded systems, and draws on approaches from mechanical engineering, electrical engineering, and computer engineering. We study the remarkable capabilities of small biological organisms, particularly insects, and use engineering tools to explore their form and function. We design microrobots to test hypotheses, validate models, and uncover new principles that link structure, control, and behavior.
Lab Director: Craig Snoeyink
The Snoeyink Research Group is focused on understanding and visualizing nanoscale phenomena. Topics include field-fluid interactions nanofluid detergents and super-resolution microscopy.
Lab Director: Xin Yong
Soft Matter and Interfacial Phenomena (SaIL) Lab takes a transdisciplinary approach to uncovering new physics and mechanics in soft materials and biological systems, with the goals of understanding the physical principles of organization and function of living systems and advancing material design/manufacturing for novel products and industries. Our research combines theoretical analysis, computational simulations, data-driven modeling, and experimental investigations to explore complex transport phenomena at material interfaces, establish process-structure-property relationships, and design new functional materials. We focus on applications in advanced manufacturing, health care, and environmental sustainability.
Lab Director: Mostafa Nouh
Our group carries out research that falls under the overarching themes of dynamics, vibrations, acoustics, and smart materials. We apply theoretical, computational and experimental tools to design, model, and optimize innovative systems which harvest ambient energy, adapt intelligently to changing environments, and possess mechanical properties that are, otherwise, not feasible.
Lab Director: Eleonora Botta
The Space System Dynamics and Control Lab research team investigates the dynamics of spacecraft and of robotic systems in space, as well as new approaches to control it. We have expertise in tether-based system and spacecraft trajectory optimization, estimation, and control.
Partner Centers and Institutes
Stroke is the leading cause of adult disability and the third leading cause of death in North America. In 1991, with grants from the Margaret L. Wendt Foundation and the Diasonics Corporation of America, Drs. L. N. Hopkins and Lee Guterman founded a neuroendovascular research laboratory to investigate new ways to prevent and treat stroke. Today their laboratory has evolved into the Canon Stroke & Vascular Research Center at the University at Buffalo, the most advanced angiographic research facility in the world.
The Center for Computational Research maintains a high-performance computing environment, high-end visualization laboratories, and support staff with expertise in scientific computing, software engineering, parallel computing, grid computing, visualization, advanced database design, and networking.
Executive Director: John Crassidis
The Collaborative Institute for Multisource Information Fusion focuses on how users can be helped to assess complex situations more accurately by combining effectively the core evidence in the massive, diverse and sometimes conflicting data received from multiple sources.
CUBRC is an independent, not-for-profit, multidisciplinary research center, founded as a strategic partnership to bring together scientists and engineers for synergistic research and to provide significant growth opportunities in Western New York.