Undergraduate students Fatak Borhani and Niranjan Ravichandra, both of the Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, made it to the finals in a student competition at the 33rd Annual Conference on Small Satellites.
Nearly every large event that we attend, from concerts to plays to commencement ceremonies, relies on engineering. It’s something we don’t think about unless something goes wrong – but the technology behind theatre is essential, skilled work.
Aerospace engineering student Yousouf Amolegbe talks about how he would like to use his position as president of the Student Association to advocate for an increase in black faculty, accessibility and disability rights awareness.
Earlier this month, a group of SEAS freshmen and sophomores travelled to Rochester carrying precious cargo: two drones that they had designed and build themselves.
Later this week, over 1,300 School of Engineering and Applied Sciences graduates will sit in anticipation, on the cusp of crossing from student life to adulthood, academia to careers, knowledge to application. While they all share the hope and sadness and pride of the moment, each student arrives with their own unique story of how they got there.
Eleven members of AIAA's student chapter attended Congressional Visits Day, which brought together scientists, engineers, researchers, educators, and technology executives to raise visibility and support for science, engineering, and technology.
Hailie Suk, Matthew Falzone and Meghan Capeling, all from the School of Engineering and Applied Sciences, are among the four UB students/recent alums to win the National Science Foundation’s prestigious Graduate Research Fellowship awards.