UB Engineering News

UB's Transportation Researchers Helped Develop U.S.-Canada Traffic Alert System

11/20/09 The University at Buffalo's Transportation Systems Laboratory is only a year old, but already its researchers are helping enhance the mobility of travelers in Western New York and southern Ontario. » More

UB Center Improved Efficiency in Erie County, Saving Taxpayers More Than $2 Million

11/18/09 A partnership between Erie County and the University at Buffalo's Center for Industrial Effectiveness (TCIE) designed to boost efficiencies in government saved taxpayers $2.2 million in 2008 and is projected to save county taxpayers $2 million in 2009. » More

UB's Experts in Extreme Events Are Available for Media During Vigilant Guard Exercise

11/02/09 University at Buffalo professors involved in the UB 2020 strategic strength in extreme events are lending their expertise to media this week during the Vigilant Guard exercise organized by the New York National Guard and state, regional and local officials. » More

UB's Center for Industrial Effectiveness to Hold Luncheon Series to Help Businesses Improve

9/24/09 The University at Buffalo's Center for Industrial Effectiveness (TCIE) will host a business lunch workshop series designed to help professionals improve their businesses. Workshops will be held from noon to 1:30 p.m. in the Ramada Hotel & Conference Center, 2402 North Forest Rd., Amherst. The cost of each program is $59, including lunch. » More

With Help from UB's TCIE, Eberl Iron Works Addresses the Learning Curve

9/23/09 Tom Huber, a shop supervisor at Eberl Iron Works Inc., a metal fabrication and industrial framing company, has long known that different people learn at different rates. He knows this from more than 14 years of training people on the factory floor in Eberl's fabrication shop. At the same time, he needs new hires to get up to speed as quickly as possible so they can become productive team members. » More

UB Professor Esther Takeuchi Named Recipient of National Medal of Technology, Most Coveted Technology Award in U.S.

9/18/09 President Barack Obama announced yesterday that Esther S. Takeuchi, Ph.D., Greatbatch Professor in Power Sources Research in the University at Buffalo School of Engineering and Applied Sciences, has been awarded the National Medal of Technology and Innovation, the highest honor awarded in the U.S. for technological achievement. » More

Student Drivers -- Especially Males -- Think Hands-free Cell Phones are Safer

9/08/09 Driver education classes should be teaching young drivers that all kinds of mobile phones, both conventional and hands-free, are a dangerous distraction, says a University at Buffalo researcher, who studies driving behaviors. » More

High School Girls Design Toys in UB Summer Engineering Workshop

9/02/09 While most teenagers were hanging out with their friends this summer, 13 ambitious young women proved that engineering is not just a career for men at the University at Buffalo's 2009 NYSCEDII (New York State Center for Engineering Design and Industrial Innovation) Cyber Engineering Workshop. » More

UB's TCIE to Offer ISO Internal Auditor Training

8/25/09 This fall, the University at Buffalo's Center for Industrial Effectiveness (TCIE) will offer internal auditor training that will teach employees in the manufacturing, service and public sectors how to assess their organizations' quality performance. » More

Slow-Motion Earthquake Testing Probes How Buildings Collapse in Quakes

8/24/09 It takes just seconds for tall buildings to collapse during powerful earthquakes. Knowing precisely what's happening in those seconds can help engineers design buildings that are less prone to sustaining that kind of damage. But the nature of collapse is not well understood. That's why researchers at the University at Buffalo and Japan's Kyoto University teamed up recently to try an innovative "hybrid" approach to testing that may provide a safer, far less expensive way to learn about how and why full-scale buildings collapse. » More