An article in Business First reports the number of UB students studying to become engineers has exploded in the last 10 years, rising from 4,057 in 2009 to 7,388 in fall 2018, an increase of 58 percent, and interviews Liesl Folks, dean of the School of Engineering and Applied Sciences.
An article in The New York Times about an oceanic pop-up titled “Ocean Cube” reports the show, created with sustainable practices in mind, is a collaboration with organizations that include the UB Fabrication Workshop and the UB SMART Communities of Excellence. It takes visitors underwater in a technical simulation filled with bioluminescent sea creatures and is on display in New York City through August.
The $32 million project will match students, faculty, clinicians, and researchers with a powerful collection of resources to commercialize innovations.
WAMC-FM’s Academic Minute interviews Kenny Joseph, assistant professor of computer science and engineering in the UB School of Engineering and Applied Sciences, who discussed how we can stop fake news from impacting the 2020 election.
Kemper Lewis is the recipient of the 2019 ASME Donald N. Zwiep Innovation in Education Award, which recognizes those who have demonstrated exemplary contributions to the advancement of mechanical and multidisciplinary project-based engineering education.