University at Buffalo School of Engineering and Applied Sciences

State University of New York at Buffalo
School of Engineering and Applied Sciences

Type	Public
Established	1946[1]
Affiliation	University at Buffalo
Dean	Liesl Folks
Academic staff	165[1]
Administrative staff	300
Students	5,094[1]
Undergraduates	3,167[1]
Postgraduates	1,927[1]
Location	Amherst, New York
Campus	Suburban
Departments	Biomedical Chemical and Biological Civil, Structural and Environmental Computer Science Electrical Industrial and Systems Materials Science Mechanical and Aerospace
Website	engineering.buffalo.edu

The University at Buffalo School of Engineering and Applied Sciences, or UB Engineering, is the largest public engineering school in the state of New York and is home to eight departments.^[1] Established in 1946, UB Engineering is ranked 59th by U.S. News & World Report^[2] and has a research expenditure of $67 million.^[1]

Moving to Davis Hall

Since May 10, 2012 UB Engineering has officially moved to its new home, Davis Hall.^[3] The building, as a part of UB 2020 Strategic Plan, hosts Computer Science and Electrical Engineering departments and features state-of-the-art facilities and laboratories.^[4]

Department locations

• Bell Hall - Industrial and Systems Engineering, Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering
• Bonner Hall - Biomedical Engineering, Engineering Development and Alumni Relations, Undergraduate Education Offices
• Davis Hall - Computer Science and Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Dean's Office
• Furnas Hall - Chemical and Biological Engineering, Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering
• Jarvis Hall - Environmental Engineering, Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering
• Ketter Hall - Civil Engineering

Departments

The school includes eight departments offering undergraduate, graduate and professional degrees in following disciplines:

• Biomedical Engineering (BME)^[5]
• Chemical and Biological Engineering (CBE)^[6]
• Civil, Structural and Environmental Engineering (CSEE)^[7]
• Computer Science and Engineering (CSE)^[8]
• Electrical Engineering (EE)^[9]
• Industrial and Systems Engineering (ISE)^[10]
• Materials Science and Engineering (MSE)^[11]
• Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering (MAE)^[12]
• Computational Data Science and Engineering (CDSE)^[13]

Main research areas

UB Engineering has six schoolwide Research Areas as follow:^[14]

• Bioactivities
• Infrastructure and Environment
• Photonics, Microelectronics and Materials
• Information Technology and Computing
• Energy, Flows and Materials Processing
• Virtualization, Simulation and Modelling

Research Centers and Labs

• Center for Biomedical Engineering (CBE)^[15]
• Center of Excellence for Document Analysis and Recognition (CEDAR)^[16]
• Center for Excellence in Global Enterprise Management (GEM)^[17]
• Center of Hybrid Nanodevices and Systems (CoHNS)^[18]
• Center for Unified Biometrics and Sensors (CUBS)^[19]
• Center of Excellence in Information Systems Assurance Research and Education (CEISARE)^[20]
• Center for Integrated Waste Management (CIWM)^[21]
• Center for Multisource Information Fusion (CMIF)^[22]
• New York State Center of Excellence in Materials Informatics (NYSCEMI)^[23]
• Energy Systems Institute (ESI)^[24]
• Great Lakes Program (GLP)^[25]
• MCEER: Earthquake Engineering to Extreme Events (MCEER)^[26]
• New York State Center for Engineering Design and Industrial Innovation (NYSCEDII)^[27]
• Research Institute for Safety and Security in Transportation (RISST)^[28]
• The Center for Industrial Effectiveness (TCIE)^[29]
• Structural Engineering and Earthquake Simulation Laboratory (SEESL)^[30]
• Center for Computational Research (CCR)^[31]
• Institute for Lasers, Photonics and Biophotonics (Photonics)^[32]
• Center for Spin Effects and Quantum Information in Nanostructures (CSEQuIN)^[33]
• Buffalo Center for Biomedical Computing (BCBC)^[34]
• Center for Cognitive Sciences (COGSCI)^[35]
• Research Institute for Safety and Security in Transportation (RISST)^[28]
• Calspan-University at Buffalo Research Center (CUBRC)^[36]
• Center for Excellence in Home Health and Well-Being through Adaptive Smart Environment (Home BASE)^[37]
• Institute for Sustainable Transportation and Logistics (ISTL)^[38]
• Institute for Bridge Engineering (IBE)^[39]

Deans

Dean	Tenure	Alma mater	Specialty
Harvey G. Stenger Jr.	2006–2011[40][41]	Massachusetts Institute of Technology	Chemical Engineering
Rajan Batta	2011–2013[41]	Massachusetts Institute of Technology	Operations Research
Liesl Folks	2013–present[41]	University of Western Australia	Physics(Nanotechnology, Magnetism)

Alumni

As of 2016, the school of engineering and applied sciences has 30,000+ alumni in 50 states and 70 countries.^[1]

Notable alumni

• Norman McCombs, Bachelors in Mechanical Engineering, won National Medal of Technology for his portable oxygen source inventions and refinements
• Erich Bloch, Director of the National Science Foundation from 1984 to 1990 and recipient of the National Medal of Technology and Innovation
• Wilson Greatbach, Recipient of the Lemelson–MIT Prize and National Medal of Technology and Innovation in 1990
• Gregory Jarvis, NASA Astronaut and American engineer who died during the destruction of the Space Shuttle Challenger on mission STS-51-L
• Robin Yanhong Li, billionaire and founder of Baidu, the largest search engine in China.
• Christopher Scolese, director of the NASA Goddard Space Flight Center
• Ira Flatow, Emmy Award winner and host of National Public Radio's popular, Science Friday
• Angelo F. Coniglio, American civil engineer, educator, genealogist and author
• Jeffrey Umland, PhD in Mechanical Engineering, is the chief mechanical engineer for the Curiosity Rover, NASA’s Mars Science laboratory project.

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