University at Buffalo School of Engineering and Applied Sciences

Since May 10, 2012 UB Engineering has officially moved to its new home, Davis Hall. The building, as a part of UB 2020 Strategic Plan, hosts Computer Science and Electrical Engineering departments. == 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 - Civil, Structural and Environmental Engineering (Environmental Engineering), Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering • Ketter Hall - Civil, Structural and Environmental Engineering (Civil Engineering) A new student-focused building, Agrusa Hall, broke ground on September 17th, 2024 and is currently under construction. == Departments ==

The school includes eight departments offering undergraduate, graduate and professional degrees in following disciplines: • Biomedical Engineering (BME) • Chemical and Biological Engineering (CBE) • Civil, Structural and Environmental Engineering (CSEE) • Computer Science and Engineering (CSE) • Electrical Engineering (EE) • Industrial and Systems Engineering (ISE) • Materials Science and Engineering (MSE) • Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering (MAE) • Computational Data Science and Engineering (CDSE) == Main research areas ==

UB Engineering has six schoolwide Research Areas as follow: • 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) • Center of Excellence for Document Analysis and Recognition (CEDAR) • Center for Excellence in Global Enterprise Management (GEM) • Center of Hybrid Nanodevices and Systems (CoHNS) • Center for Hybrid Rocket Exascale Simulation Technology (CHREST) • Center for Unified Biometrics and Sensors (CUBS) • Center of Excellence in Information Systems Assurance Research and Education (CEISARE) • Center for Integrated Waste Management (CIWM) • Center for Multisource Information Fusion (CMIF) • New York State Center of Excellence in Materials Informatics (NYSCEMI) • Energy Systems Institute (ESI) • Great Lakes Program (GLP) • MCEER: Earthquake Engineering to Extreme Events (MCEER) • New York State Center for Engineering Design and Industrial Innovation (NYSCEDII) • Research Institute for Safety and Security in Transportation (RISST) • The Center for Industrial Effectiveness (TCIE) • Structural Engineering and Earthquake Simulation Laboratory (SEESL) • Center for Computational Research (CCR) • Institute for Lasers, Photonics and Biophotonics (Photonics) • Center for Spin Effects and Quantum Information in Nanostructures (CSEQuIN) • Buffalo Center for Biomedical Computing (BCBC) • Center for Cognitive Sciences (COGSCI) • Research Institute for Safety and Security in Transportation (RISST) (member of the Alliance for Biosecurity, a group of biopharmaceutical companies and universities that promote the development of medical countermeasures for bioterrorist attacks or infectious disease pandemics) • Center for Excellence in Home Health and Well-Being through Adaptive Smart Environment (Home BASE) • Institute for Sustainable Transportation and Logistics (ISTL) • Institute for Bridge Engineering (IBE) == Deans ==

As of 2016, the school of engineering and applied sciences has 30,000+ alumni in 50 states and 70 countries. 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 • Shenthuran Maheswaran, Global Peace Ambassador for Sri Lanka at Global Peace Index • Jeffrey Umland, PhD in Mechanical Engineering, is the chief mechanical engineer for the Curiosity Rover, NASA's Mars Science laboratory project. == References ==