Michel Bruneau, SUNY Distinguished Professor, received the Ernest E. Howard Award from ASCE. The prestigious award honors a researcher for significant contributions to structural engineering.
“Nuclear energy must be at the forefront of the effort to decarbonize the global economy and achieve the Paris 2050 climate goals,” says Faizan UI Haq Mir, postdoc associate in the Department of Civil, Structural and Environmental Engineering.
Researchers from the UB join a new research center with the goal of creating more durable and longer-lasting transportation infrastructure through innovation in materials, construction and structural health monitoring methods.
PolitiFact reports on the disastrous train derailment in East Palestine, Ohio, that has left many local residents concerned about public safety and the environment. The article quotes UB faculty members Michel Bruneau and Joana Gaia.
The Associated Press reports on how the devastating earthquake that toppled buildings across parts of Turkey and Syria has revived a longstanding debate locally and in neighboring Cyprus about a large nuclear power station being built on Turkey’s southern Mediterranean coastline.
Michel Bruneau, SUNY Distinguished Professor in the Department of Civil, Structural and Environmental Engineering, wrote a column for Florida Specifier on Hurricane Ian and its aftermath.
An article in Construction News about an innovative structural concrete system cites UB among the organizations that have spent years researching and testing the new SpeedCore construction system.
