Science and Technology

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  • UB Engineering Building to be Named for Jack and Barbara Davis
    1/11/11
    The University at Buffalo School of Engineering and Applied Sciences will name its new building Barbara and Jack Davis Hall to honor the Western New York couple who has given $5 million toward the construction and enhancement of the facility.
  • One Year Later, Haiti's Engineers Are Acquiring Tools to Begin Rebuilding the Right Way
    1/10/11
    As Haitian citizens struggle to achieve some normalcy a year after the devastating Jan. 12, 2010, earthquake, its structural engineers and architects are demonstrating an unwavering resolve to rebuild the country the right way, despite the daily challenges.
  • Pest Architecture: MacDowell Colony Fellowship to Support Architect's Work on Pest Wall
    1/4/11
    University at Buffalo architecture faculty member Joyce Hwang will spend five weeks this spring at the nation's oldest artists' colony, where she will conclude a semester-long sabbatical devoted to a project she hopes to build in Buffalo: Pest Wall.
  • City, State, UB Collaboration Offers Buffalo Its First New Historic National Register District in 25 Years
    12/30/10
    A successful collaborative effort between the University at Buffalo, the New York State Historic Preservation Office (NYSHPO) and the City of Buffalo is expected to result in the establishment of the first National Register Historic District in the City of Buffalo since 1986: the University Park Historic District.
  • New Dyes Improve Solar Technologies for Generating Clean Electricity and Hydrogen Fuel
    12/29/10
    Chemists at the University at Buffalo have synthesized a new class of photosensitizing dyes that greatly increase the efficiency of light-driven systems that produce two kinds of green energy: Solar electricity and clean-burning hydrogen fuel.
  • Computing for a Cause: UB's Geeks Help Disabled Veterans Talk, Surf the Web, Gain Independence
    12/21/10
    Computer science might not be the obvious major for students looking to change the world. But two teams of University at Buffalo students are proving that programming can translate into compassion.
  • Ion Channel Responsible for Pain Identified by UB Neuroscientists
    12/17/10
    University at Buffalo neuroscience researchers conducting basic research on ion channels have demonstrated a process that could have a profound therapeutic impact on pain.
  • Top UB Engineering Students Won't Pay a Dime From Freshman Year Through the PhD
    12/8/10
    To attract and retain the most intellectually gifted students, the University at Buffalo's School of Engineering and Applied Sciences and the UB Honors College have announced the Presidential Scholarship/Doctoral Fellowship, which will provide full scholarships for qualified UB engineering students from freshman year through completion of their doctoral degrees.
  • How Rare is that Fingerprint? Computational Forensics Provides the First Clues
    12/7/10
    Crime scene forensic analysis has long functioned on the premise that a person's unique identity is hidden in the tiny loops and swirls of their fingerprints, but teasing that information out of the incomplete prints left at crime scenes is still an inexact science, at best.
  • Snow and Traffic: UB Transportation Project Could Help Region Better Manage Traffic During Bad Weather
    12/3/10
    Powerful, localized snowstorms can snarl traffic for hours or days, as Western New York saw this week when a section of the New York State Thruway closed for 24 hours. That's exactly the kind of scenario that University at Buffalo engineers hope to prevent when they complete a computer simulation of the area's roadways.