Post on 19-Jul-2020
School of Engineering and Applied Sciences
HereIS HOWWe make the future
Tremendous synergy and creative excitement
have pulled team members together from
the different disciplines across campus to focus
on topics that will have far-reaching
implications for society in the coming decades.
- Liesl Folks, PhD, MBADean, School of Engineering and Applied Sciences
Thank you engineering partners!
We are living in a veritable sea of data these days, allowing usto access information at unprecedented rates, and permittingbetter decisions to be made on a myriad of critical topics.
A quick survey of the new research and the new academicprograms that the School of Engineering and AppliedSciences has launched this year illustrates that everything we do now is informed by data and data analytics.
Knowing that this is the world that our students are launchinginto, we have developed new targeted graduate programsthat emphasize digital literacy. These programs have rapidlyfilled to capacity, indicating that our students know that theseskills are going to be highly valued in their lifetimes.
One of the great advantages of research and developmentthat incorporates data analytics is that it draws together new interdisciplinary teams. In these pages, you will readabout large teams working on autonomous transportation,innovative materials advances, and advanced manufacturing.
As we hire new faculty and staff, we are targeting those whoare excited to expand beyond their discipline boundaries tomake the largest impacts possible through partnerships.With this emphasis, we are confident that UB is well positioned to lead the way on high-impact topics.
To support these new ways of working, we need to be nimblein moving people and equipment into new configurations tosupport research and its active learning components. To thatend, we have engaged our many wonderful donors tosupport the renovations of labs and classrooms throughoutour school.
As we celebrate our first 70 years as New York State’s premierpublic school of engineering and applied sciences, we lookforward to graduating students who are equipped with theknowledge they will need to tackle the biggest problems we face, regionally, nationally and across the world.
S I LV E R P A R T N E R S
G O L D P A R T N E R S
FACULTY
Water Quality “My research focuses
on developinginnovative nanoscale
materials to deliversafe drinking water.”- Nirupam Aich PhD, Universityof Texas, Austin
Biotechnologies“My research work in
neurotechnology, motorrehabilitation, clinicalneurophysiology and
cerebrovascular medicine isfocused on developing
technologies to treat, cure and even prevent
neurological disorders.”- Anirban Dutta
PhD, Case Western Reserve University
Intelligent Systems “My research focuses on
computational methodologiesthat are inspired by the
wonders of nature, such asevolution, animal-swarm
behavior, and how birds learnto fly – targeted towards
designing complex intelligentsystems that overwhelmtraditional engineering-
design principles.” - Souma Chowdhury
PhD, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
Cybersecurity and Privacy
“My research focuses ondeveloping methods and
software tools to enable thecollection and analysis of
data without compromisingthe privacy of the data
subjects.” - Marco Gaboardi
PhD, University of Torinoand National Polytechnic
Institute of Lorraine
Harnessing the Power of Stem Cells
“ I am investigating how toengineer organs from stem cells,
how to model and image thedisease processes with stem
cells, and how to image stem cell functions inside
the body – leading to engineered products that
will advance health and biomedicine.”
- Natesh ParashuramaMD, University at Buffalo,
Power Electronics “My research area is low-
power data conversionfrom analog to digital byusing time-based signal
processing. This isparticularly relevant for the Internet of Things.”- Arindam Sanyal
PhD, University of Texas at Austin
Sustainability“I’m interested in the
dynamics of flowand transport
processes inwaterway systems,
and how thesedynamics relate to
storm watermanagement.“- Zhenduo Zhu
PhD, University ofIllinois at Urbana-
Champaign
New Materials“ My research aims to fill the gapbetween flat electronic devicesand human body mismatches
by developing flexible, low-dimensional single crystalline
semiconductor nanosheets.”- Jung-Hun Seo
PhD, University of Wisconsin-Madison
Resilience“My work investigates
the behavior and designof buildings for fire
scenarios consideringuncertainties, and
resilience of a communityafter an extreme event
such as post-earthquakefires or wildfire.”- Negar Elhami Khorasani
PhD, Princeton University
GeoenvironmentalEngineering
“My goal is to develop tools andtechnologies to store seasonalenergy and water for domestic
use with minimalenvironmental impacts.”- Kamelia Atefi Monfared
PhD, University of Waterloo
NewDEPARTMENT OF CIVIL,
STRUCTURAL AND ENVIRONMENTAL
ENGINEERING
DEPARTMENT OF MATERIALS DESIGN AND INNOVATION
DEPARTMENT OFCOMPUTER SCIENCEAND ENGINEERING
DEPARTMENT OF ELECTRICAL ENGINEERING
DEPARTMENT OF CHEMICAL AND BIOLOGICAL
ENGINEERING
DEPARTMENT OFBIOMEDICALENGINEERING
DEPARTMENT OFMECHANICAL AND
AEROSPACE ENGINEERING
CleanWaterways
“I investigate thesources and fate
of bacterialcontaminants incoastal waters.”
- Lauren Sassoubre PhD, Stanford
University
Materials Informatics“ By extracting physics-based
correlations from largecomputational and experimental
data spaces, I develop high-throughput models that expand
the material knowledge base.”- Scott Broderick
PhD, Iowa State University
Nanomaterials“My research and innovationsto date have had great impact
on information andcommunication technologies,national security, and energy
conversion, transmission,and storage.”- Quanxi Jia
PhD, University at Buffalo
AREAS OF FOCUSS
Advancing the hunt for new materialsToyota Research Institute (TRI) has awarded UB’sDepartment of Materials Design and Innovation (MDI) $2.4 million for materials science research that is critical tomake next generation carbon-neutral autonomousvehicles. It complements other major grants MDI hasgarnered in its inaugural year that support its novelprograms in linking experimental and computationalmaterials engineering through the tools of materialsinformatics. This includes the Materials Data EngineeringLaboratory at UB (MaDE @UB), funded by the NationalScience Foundation last fall, which converts datarepositories into data “laboratories” to accelerate theprediction of new materials and processes. MDI is acollaboration between the College of Arts and Sciencesand the School of Engineering and Applied Sciences.
Harnessing big data to improve transportationA new platform to test and evaluate self-driving andconnected cars is underway at UB with a $1.7 million grantfrom the National Science Foundation’s Major ResearchInstrument Program. In partnership with Carnegie MellonUniversity, Cisco and Southwest Research Institute, UBresearchers are developing an integrated five-in-oneinstrument for Connected and Autonomous VehicleEvaluation and Experimentation (iCAVE2). The instrumentis the first of its kind, bridging the gap between existingsimulators and road testing facilities. It is particularlysuitable for answering various “what-if” questions arisingfrom human-automation interactions with not-yet-available technologies and rare/extreme events such assevere weather or emergency situations. The project is ledby the Department of Computer Science and Engineeringand includes faculty from across UB.
Now
Advanced Manufacturing Advanced Graduate CertificateA collaboration between the Departments of Industrial and Systems Engineering and Mechanical and Aerospace Engineeringengineering.buffalo.edu/advanced-manufacturing
Computational Data-enabled Science and EngineeringPhD program A collaboration between the School of Engineering and Applied Sciences, College of Arts and Sciences,School of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences,School of Public Health and Health Sciences, and School of Management buffalo.edu/cdse
Data and Information Fusion Industrial Engineering ME (online)A collaboration between the Departments of Industrial and Systems Engineering and Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering and the Center for Multisource Information Fusionengineering.buffalo.edu/data-fusion
Data Sciences Engineering Science MSA collaboration between the School of Engineering and Applied Sciences and School of Public Health and Health Professionsengineering.buffalo.edu/data-sciences
Sustainable Transportation and Logistics MS program A collaboration between the School of Engineering and Applied Sciences and School of Managementbuffalo.edu/istl
Educating the work force of the future In response to the need for engineers with specialized skills, we have created
several new graduate programs in high growth areas.
The best public universities have
the strongest private support.
889 Bachelor’s
Degrees Awarded
2015-2016
53%42%
5%
705 Master’s76 Doctorates
1,859 Graduate
Students2016-2017
67%
33%
3,746 Undergraduate
63rd bestundergraduate school61st best
graduate school(US News & World Report, 2016)
210Full-time faculty
$59,000,000in research expenditures
57 Fellowsamong current faculty;
7 named in 2016 and 2017
35National Science Foundation
CAREER awards among current faculty; 8 new awards in 2016 and 2017
146Delta Society members(Fiscal Year 2015-2016)
$3,700,000+ millionin gifts and pledges(Fiscal Year 2015-2016)
32,000+ alumni in 50 states and 70 countries
AT A GLANCENumbers
School of Engineering and Applied Sciences
208 Davis Hall, Buffalo, NY 14260
Phone (716) 645-2771 | ub-seas@buffalo.edu | engineering.buffalo.edu
Developing ourinfrastructure to
support educational and research experiences
SEAS undergraduatestudents have a new placededicated just for them.Named The Stevens Centerand designed to facilitateacademic collaboration, the vibrant new area inBonner Hall features amplework areas, white boards,large video monitors andconference room amenities.The transformation wasmade possible in part by a generous donation from UB alums Scott and ColeenStevens, who consider theircontribution to be “aninvestment in the educationof future generations ofstudents.” Funding was also provided by UB’sPresident’s Circle.