HereIS HOW WE DRIVE INNOVATION

School of Engineering and Applied Sciences

HereIS HOW WE DRIVE INNOVATION

School of Engineering and Applied Sciences

School of Engineering and Applied Sciences

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208 Davis Hall, Buffalo, NY 14260

Phone (716) 645-2771 | ub-seas@buffalo.edu | engineering.buffalo.edu

DRIVING THE TRANSPORTATION REVOLUTION

The UB community is benefitting from a generous gift from civil engineeringalumnus Stephen Still to its transportationresearch program. The $4 million giftcreates an endowment to support theInstitute for Sustainable Transportationand Logistics, a center that unites theSchools of Engineering and AppliedSciences and Management to address the growing new field of transportation,logistics and supply-chain management.

In honor of Still’s generosity, the institutehas been renamed as the Stephen StillInstitute for Sustainable Transportationand Logistics, and Panos Anastasopouloswas named Stephen E. Still Chair ofTransportation Engineering and director of the Institute. Anastasopoulos will guideand continue to expand the Institute’sinnovative research and interdisciplinarymaster’s degree and graduate certificate.

Stephen Still (left) and Panos Anastasopoulos (right)

“UB changed my life. From the committed faculty who

taught with passion and commitment to the lifelong

friends made here, this place was truly transformational.”

-Stephen Still, civil engineering class of ‘76

Artificial Intelligence InstituteUB’s Artificial Intelligence Institute, led by David Doermann, isbringing together university, industry, government and communitypartners to advance core AI technologies, apply them in ways that optimize human-machine partnerships and provide thecomplementary tools and skills to understand their societal impact. The Institute builds upon a rich history of AI research at UB thatdates back decades, to when computer scientists developed ahandwriting-recognition system that has saved the U.S. PostalService hundreds of millions of dollars. More recently, UB has made strategic investments in both people and programs toenhance its AI capabilities. Over the past three years, 20 facultyexperts in artificial intelligence have joined UB and more than $10 million in external funds specifically for AI-related projects have been awarded.

New Initiatives

Institute for Computational and Data Sciences The Institute for Computational and DataSciences (ICDS) integrates UB’s strong inter-disciplinary graduate program in ComputationalData Sciences and Engineering with its nationallyrecognized computing/data infrastructureprovider, the Center for Computing Research. Led by abani Patra, ICDS is creating noveleducational and training offerings ranging from research-oriented PhDs to skills-orientedcontinuing education to meet the data/computing workforce needs of the region and the nation. ICDS is also developing a template for SUNY-wide use for integrated interdisciplinaryprograms in student-centric and just-in-timelearning.

ICDS is a joint effort between SEAS, the College of Arts and Sciences, and the Schools of Management, Pharmacy and PharmaceuticalSciences, and Public Health and Health Professions.

36,000+ ALUMNI

FULL-TIMEFACULTY

264

136 DELTAS

65 COUNTRIES

30 STATES

$74 MILLION

RESEARCHEXPENDITURES

ACADEMIC

DEPARTMENTS

SUNY AWARDS

12

NEW FELLOWS

12

NEW NATIONAL SCIENCE FOUNDATION

CAREER AWARDS

11

1,763

DEGREES AWARDED

STUDENT BODY

5200

1900

5200 Undergraduates1900 Graduate students

in the past three years

in the past three years

in the past three years

967 Bachelor’s712 Master’s

84 Doctorates Academic year 2016-2017

Academic year 2017-2018Academic year 2018-2019

BlockchainThinkLabThe UB Blockchain Think-Lab is a comprehensiveenvironment foreducation, businessexploration, and researchexperimentation relatedto solving challengesusing blockchain andsimilar technologies. This unique center offers students a hands-on environment for learning, industry executives a place to create options that advance their businesses, and faculty support for researchand teaching.The ThinkLab’s director, Bina ramamurthy, was the first tooffer a four-course sequence on Blockchain on the Courseraplatform leading to certification.

Driving Innovation

Research and Innovation Hub: 20,000 NSFStudent Club Headquarters: 10,000 NSFCollaborative Classrooms: 15,000 NSFEntrepreneurship Hub/Student Excellence Initiative: 15,000 NSFEvents and Public Spaces: 15,000 NSF

Facility ProFile

Boldly Buffalo:The Campaign for UB

buffalo.edu/campaign

So much has changed at UB’s School of Engineering and AppliedSciences over the past 5 years that it is hard to keep up with thepace! Just in the last year, we added 26 new faculty, graduatedover 1,700 students with BS, MS and PhD degrees, andincreased our research portfolio to $74 million in expenditures.

There is great passion and a sense of urgency among thefaculty, staff and students who are driven to seek solutions tosome of the greatest problems that we face as a community, and to deepen our understanding of fundamental sciences.It is with considerable excitement that this year we launched anew Department of Engineering Education under the leadershipof Carl Lund, SUNY Distinguished Teaching Professor and formerchair of our Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering.The department will become distinctive by producing leadingresearch on implementing, validating and advocating pathwaysfor translation and scaling of the best tested engineeringeducation research findings into broad practice across all of the engineering disciplines.

Following the launch of the Boldly Buffalo Campaign for UB lastApril, we are excited to be in full fundraising mode in support of a new building that will provide a stimulating, collaborativelearning environment for all of our undergraduate studentsunder one roof. Our alums know well that we have neverpreviously had dedicated space for undergraduates to build and collaborate within the SEAS footprint, and I am very excitedabout the plans to provide such space for the next generation of SEAS students. I hope you will help us to make this a reality!

Rajan Batta, PhDInterim Dean, School of Engineering and Applied Sciences

Artificial Intelligence InstituteUB’s Artificial Intelligence Institute, led by David Doermann, isbringing together university, industry, government and communitypartners to advance core AI technologies, apply them in ways that optimize human-machine partnerships and provide thecomplementary tools and skills to understand their societal impact. The Institute builds upon a rich history of AI research at UB thatdates back decades, to when computer scientists developed ahandwriting-recognition system that has saved the U.S. PostalService hundreds of millions of dollars. More recently, UB has made strategic investments in both people and programs toenhance its AI capabilities. Over the past three years, 20 facultyexperts in artificial intelligence have joined UB and more than $10 million in external funds specifically for AI-related projects have been awarded.

New Initiatives

Institute for Computational and Data Sciences The Institute for Computational and DataSciences (ICDS) integrates UB’s strong inter-disciplinary graduate program in ComputationalData Sciences and Engineering with its nationallyrecognized computing/data infrastructureprovider, the Center for Computing Research. Led by Abani Patra, ICDS is creating noveleducational and training offerings ranging from research-oriented PhDs to skills-orientedcontinuing education to meet the data/computing workforce needs of the region and the nation. ICDS is also developing a template for SUNY-wide use for integrated interdisciplinaryprograms in student-centric and just-in-timelearning.

ICDS is a joint effort between SEAS, the College of Arts and Sciences, and the Schools of Management, Pharmacy and PharmaceuticalSciences, and Public Health and Health Professions.

36,000+ ALUMNI

FULL-TIMEFACULTY

264

136 DELTAS

65 COUNTRIES

30 STATES

$74 MILLION

RESEARCHEXPENDITURES

ACADEMIC

DEPARTMENTS

SUNY AWARDS

12

NEW FELLOWS

12

NEW NATIONAL SCIENCE FOUNDATION

CAREER AWARDS

11

1,763

DEGREES AWARDED

STUDENT BODY

5200

1900

5200 Undergraduates1900 Graduate students

in the past three years

in the past three years

in the past three years

967 Bachelor’s712 Master’s

84 Doctorates Academic year 2016-2017

Academic year 2017-2018Academic year 2018-2019

BlockchainThinkLabThe UB Blockchain Think-Lab is a comprehensiveenvironment foreducation, businessexploration, and researchexperimentation relatedto solving challengesusing blockchain andsimilar technologies. This unique center offers students a hands-on environment for learning, industry executives a place to create options that advance their businesses, and faculty support for researchand teaching.The ThinkLab’s director, Bina Ramamurthy, was the first tooffer a four-course sequence on Blockchain on the Courseraplatform leading to certification.

Technical Communication “I research technicalcommunication in the publicsphere, developing strategies for making technical decisionsmore inclusive and equitable.”Kristen Moore, Associate ProfessorPhD, Purdue University

Engineering Mechanics“My research involves theoreticaldevelopments that focus on ananalysis of the fundamentalgoverning equations of continuaat the microscale. From thisperspective, I enjoy teachingstudents about the fundamentals

of engineering mechanics.”Arezoo Hajesfandiari, Assistant Teaching ProfessorPhD, University at Buffalo

Technical Communication“I bring my background in the humanities to the STEM communicationclassroom, and work withstudents to develop a toolkit for rhetorical analysis andeffective writing.”

Lauren Kuryloski, Assistant Teaching Professor PhD, Northeastern University

Visual Rhetoric“My goal is to find innovativeand practical methods tofacilitate the learning andunderstanding of written, visual and verbal communication skills.”

Stephanie Phillips, Assistant Professor of PracticePhD, University of South Florida

Engineering Pedagogy“My research interest focuses onimproving students’ conceptualunderstanding through hands-on activities, self-awareness of learning approaches andinstruction in troubleshootingproblem solving.”

Presentacion Rivera Reyes, Teaching Assistant ProfessorPhD, Utah State University

DEPARTMENT OF ENGINEERING EDUCATION

26New Faculty

BioXFEL awarded $22.5 million to capture biology at the atomiclevel using X-ray lasersUB’s Department of Materials Design and Innovation is home toBioXFEL, a National Science Foundation Science andTechnology Center. BioXFEL, which is short for Biology with X-ray Free Electron Lasers, was recently awarded $22.5 million tocontinue its groundbreaking work in capturing biology at anatomic level using X-ray lasers. BioXFEL represents a new paradigm for materials scienceresearch, in that for the first time, data sciences, physics,materials and chemistry of soft matter are converging to enable us to view the shape of a molecule as well as how itchanges in real-time. The research can potentially transform a broad range ofscientific fields focused on structural biology and drugdevelopment, and extend it to potential innovations inenvironmental technologies and development of new materials.Learn more at bioxfel.org.

Advancing the engineeringprofession The newly-formed interdisciplinary Department of EngineeringEducation aims to create and disseminate new knowledgepertinent to engineering education and transform the way inwhich students are educated. It seeks to study and implementnew strategies for scaling and translation of engineeringeducation research findings into widespread classroom practice. A new PhD program and a graduate certificate programtargeted at current PhD candidates in all engineering andcomputing disciplines are under development. Many of thefaculty serve as the primary instructors for school-wideundergraduate engineering and applied sciences courses. Learn more at engineering.buffalo.edu/dee.

Artificial Intelligence“I am interested inbuilding machinesthat augment ourintelligence andallow humans andmachines to be true partners by

building systems that can learn ourstrengths and weaknesses andhelp us compensate for them, likeour human partners do.“David Doermann, Empire InnovationProfessor PhD, University of Maryland, college Park

Human ComputerInteraction“I am working topromote smarthealth and well-being using cutting-edge computingtechnologies, as well

as to discover new computingparadigms leveraging bio-inspiredapproaches.”Zhanpeng Jin, Associate ProfessorPhD, University of Pittsburgh

Statistical Modeling“I take acomputational social scienceperspective,leveraging largedatasets anddeveloping

advanced statistical modelingapproaches to improve ourunderstanding of how people form social and political biases,how they can be measured, and how they shape various social processes.”Kenneth Joseph, Assistant Professor PhD, carnegie Mellon University

Computer Vision“The goal of myresearch is to makecomputers see andunderstand the realworld, throughcameras, so thatmachines can

understand the environment androbots can act intelligently like human beings.”Junsong Yuan, Associate Professor PhD, Northwestern University

Security and Program Analysis“I create effectivetools that solveimportant securityand sustainabilityissues for webapplications

that affect a large number of users.”Weihang Wang, Assistant ProfessorPhD, Purdue University

Computer Vision and Multimedia“I am interested in finding small andactionable insights from big videodata.”

Jingjing Meng, Teaching AssistantProfessor PhD, Nanyang technological University

Nanomaterials“My work providestheoretical guidance for experimental efforts to expeditedevelopment ofelectronic and

opto-electronic applications with new functionalities, including biomolecular sensors, photo detectors,nanoscale light emitters and quantumtechnologies.”Vasili Perebeinos, Professor PhD, Stony Brook University

Wireless Networking“My research tacklesfundamentalchallenges in thedesign of next-generation, intelligentand secure wirelessnetworks, such as

optimal control of complex wirelesslyconnected systems, and automatedvulnerability discovery and counter-measure design.” Zhangyu Guan, Assistant Professor PhD, Shandong University

Machine Learning“My research focuseson developing novelalgorithms andcomprehensive theoryto address dataprocessing problems indata science, Internet of

Things and wireless communications.”Shaofeng Zou, Assistant Professor PhD, Syracuse University

Power Electronics“My research interests are thedevelopment andcontrol of powerelectronics for the safe operation of DCnetworks. Particular

interests encompass techniques todetect and localize faults, optimallymanage energy sources, and enhancepower quality.”Luis Carlos Herrera, Assistant Professor PhD, the ohio State University

DEPARTMENT OF ELECTRICAL ENGINEERING

DEPARTMENT OF COMPUTERSCIENCE AND ENGINEERING

Resilient &Sustainable SociotechnicalSystems“My research focuseson quantitativemodeling of complexsystems and climate

change adaptation, leveragingadvanced algorithm-based data-driven techniques with the goal ofdeveloping risk-informed decision models.”Sayanti Mukherjee, Assistant Professor PhD, Purdue University

Product Life-CycleManagement“My research is inproduct lifecyclemanagement and sustainablemanufacturing. I am committed

to creating a welcoming classroom for all my students and crafting easy-to-understand examples to enhance learning.”Johnson Fadeyi, Teaching Assistant Professor PhD, Wayne State University

Nanomaterials“I examine earth-abundant nanomaterials for green energyapplications, andmolecular electronics for emerging energy-

efficient nanodevices.”Shenqiang Ren, Professor PhD, University of Maryland, college Park

Turbulence andTriboelectricity“I study energy transfer in turbulence atsupersonic andhypersonic speeds forsafer and quieter flights,as well as the origin of

electron transfer in triboelectrification,which is a promising alternative energysource for personal electronics.”James Chen, Assistant Professor PhD, the George Washington University

Autonomous Systems“I research howautonomous systems,such as aerial drones and unmannedunderwater vehicles, can more effectivelyinteract with their air

or water surroundings.”Frank Lagor, Assistant ProfessorPhD, University of Maryland, college Park

Green Design“My research focuses onthe interaction of humanbehavior and systematicdesign. I aim to designsystems that are moreefficient, sustainable and robust.”

Ardeshir Raihanian, Teaching Assistant Professor PhD, University at Buffalo

Microfluids“I specialize in developingadvanced nanoscaleoptical measurement andmicrofluidic techniques to observe previouslyinvisible nanoscalephenomenon.”

Craig Snoeyink, Assistant ProfessorPhD, Purdue University

DEPARTMENT OF INDUSTRIALAND SYSTEMS ENGINEERING

Sustainable Water and WastewaterManagement“I focus on sustainableways to treat waterand wastewater using naturalmicrobial organisms

like microalgae to recover nutrientsfrom waste streams and to generateresources such as fertilizer and bioenergy.”Ian Bradley, Assistant ProfessorPhD, University of illinois at Urbana-champaign

Data Analytics“My research focuseson health monitoringand autonomousinspection throughmodel-based and machine learning to improve

infrastructure systems and buildings in regular service and under extreme events.”Xiao Liang, Research Assistant ProfessorPhD, University of california, Berkeley

DEPARTMENT OF CIVIL,STRUCTURAL ANDENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING

DEPARTMENT OF MECHANICAL AND AEROSPACE ENGINEERING

DEPARTMENT OF BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING

Imaging“My researchinterests involvedevelopment andclinical translation ofadvanced magneticresonance imaging

and spectroscopy techniques andinstrumentation for acquiringstructural and physiologicalinformation non-invasively.”Xiaoliang Zhang, Empire Innovation Professor PhD, University of Minnesota

Computational Systems Biology“I combine chemicaland systems engineer-ing principles withbioinformatics andmachine learning toanalyze large-scale,

molecular data to gain a betterunderstanding of complex biologicalprocesses and improve biotechnologyfor protein or small moleculetherapeutics.”Rudiyanto Gunawan, Associate ProfessorPhD, University of illinois at Urbana-champaign

DEPARTMENT OF CHEMICAL AND BIOLOGICAL ENGINEERING

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208 Davis Hall, Buffalo, NY 14260

Phone (716) 645-2771 | ub-seas@buffalo.edu | engineering.buffalo.edu

DRIVING THETRANSPORTATIONREVOLUTION

The UB community is benefitting from a generous gift from civil engineeringalumnus Stephen Still to its transportationresearch program. The $4 million giftcreates an endowment to support theInstitute for Sustainable Transportationand Logistics, a center that unites theSchools of Engineering and AppliedSciences and Management to address the growing new field of transportation,logistics and supply-chain management.

In honor of Still’s generosity, the institutehas been renamed as the Stephen StillInstitute for Sustainable Transportationand Logistics, and Panos Anastasopouloswas named Stephen E. Still Chair ofTransportation Engineering and director of the Institute. Anastasopoulos will guideand continue to expand the Institute’sinnovative research and interdisciplinarymaster’s degree and graduate certificate.

Stephen Still (left) and Panos Anastasopoulos (right)

“UB changed my life. From the committed faculty who

taught with passion and commitment to the lifelong

friends made here, this place was truly transformational.”

-Stephen Still, civil engineering class of ‘76