Aerospace engineering students Ian Desjardin, Chris Gnam, Maura Sutherland, Jessica Evans, and Leah Nolan are this year's recipients of the MAE department's undergraduate student awards.
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.
Rishabh Bhandawat, a PhD student in the Department of Industrial and Systems Engineering, can imagine a world in which engineers are setting an example for inclusion and diversity, where people can express their gender identity however they choose and be met with acceptance.
Jesse Callanan, a PhD student in the Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, was awarded second place in the Best Student Paper Contest at SPIE’s 26th Annual International Symposium on Smart Structures + Nondestructive Evaluation.
UB alumnus Benjamin Pawlik has the job many space enthusiasts dream about - working in NASA’s Mission Control. In his over 30 year career at the Johnson Space Center, Pawlik has kept both feet firmly planted on the ground while supporting 50 shuttle missions and is currently a mission manager in the NASA Commercial Crew Office in Houston, Texas.
Leah Nolan has been named a 2019 Brooke Owens Fellow, a prestigious award that recognizes and supports extraordinary undergraduate women in the aerospace field.