School of Engineering and Applied Sciences

At UB, our can-do, solutions-oriented approach prepares our graduates to address real-world needs for robust, resilient bridges and buildings that can withstand powerful earthquakes and other extreme events; clean, affordable drinking water for all; sophisticated navigation and safety systems for self-driving cars; cardiac pacemakers that don’t require batteries and better ways of getting medicine and food to remote, underserved areas. Our students come from over 70 counties and a variety of backgrounds, and justice, equity, diversity and inclusion are core tenants of our program. We look to further enhance the diversity of our student body by establishing scholarships that will enable all qualified students to attend. Once here, our commitment to mentorship and experiential learning opportunities is what differentiates us, and enables our students to seize opportunities to be out in the world to contribute to innovation and economic development. Your investment will also allow us to re-engineer our own facilities to create a best-in-class, inspiring environment for student learning and research—where everyone feels welcome and supported.

Our research expenditures put us in the top 10 percent of U.S. engineering schools. But it's our can-do attitude and commitment to solving problems that puts us in a league all our own. For example, our SMART initiative—Sustainable Manufacturing and Advanced Robotic Technologies—finds new ways to minimize environmental impacts, reduce life-cycle costs, and improve human and robotic performance so industries can go green—affordably. We put our faculty side by side with students to push the limits of science, engineering and computing. We look to you to help us by creating endowed chair and professor positions that are crucial to our ability to not only recruit the best faculty, but also to retain those UB faculty who are already making an impact. Your support will also provide the necessary funds to rehabilitate lab spaces where our scholars conduct their cutting edge research. Whether they are working on artificial intelligence or solar-powered water purifiers, investing in our faculty pays off—for all of us.

Our work is changing the world for all of us, but we believe that in order to innovate at the highest level, we must prioritize engaging diverse viewpoints—offering direct engineering experiences to women, minority and underrepresented students and setting them up for success. Your generosity enables us to offer initiatives like our Women in Science and Engineering and Diversity Peer Mentoring programs, which foster community within the School and ensure all of our students thrive. With your help, we will continue to invest in programs like these as we educate a new generation of leaders who will look and act differently than engineers of our past, allowing us to push the boundaries of knowledge further than ever before.