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Agrusas’ Gift Names Auditorium (p. 24)

Novel Bridge Test

Faculty

• Govindaraju, IEEE TechnicalAchievement Award

• Karwan, SUNY DistinguishedTeaching Professor

• Lewis, ASEE Design Award• Nagi and Singh Made Fellows• Takeuchi,Takeuchi,T UB Norton Award• Wen, Humboldt Research

Award

Students Students

• AIAA Flight Team at NASA• Commencement 2010• Kourtney Brown, Chancellor

Athlete

Development Development

• National Grid: BME Grant• Keller Lab Gift• Klein Gift

Alumni Alumni

• Agrusa, Dean’s Award Winner• Dray, Elsenbeck, McCombs,

Wild: Alumni Awards

FALL 2010

Faculty Win Major Accolades

Govindaraju Karwan Lewis Wen

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I am often asked how our school is doing financially. In response to considerable budgetpressure, we have reduced expenses in some areas and simultaneously identified new revenue. This hasresulted in an ability to maintain our faculty tenured/tenure-track staffing at 135, an important measure ofschool health. When it comes to our new hires, we are very satisfied with our ability to attract top talentfrom leading engineering schools.

Our quality faculty have achieved top distinctions: Venu Govindaraju, IEEE Computer Society 2010Technical Achievement Award; Mark Karwan, a SUNY Distinguished Teaching Award; Kemper Lewis, anASEE Fred Merryfield Design Award; Chang Wen Chen a prestigious Humboldt Research Award. Please seethe Top Stories and Faculty sections for more.

We are also undergoing several leadership changes in the school, with faculty moving to university posts. A.Scott Weber goes from being CSEE Chair to the position of UB’s Vice Provost of Undergraduate Education,while BME and EE Chair Alexander Cartwright is now Interim UB Vice President for Research. We arepleased that our faculty members are viewed as university leaders. Also, Associate Dean for Research StellaBatalama will take on an additional role as Interim EE Chair; CBE Chair David Kofke and Albert Titus areour new BME co-chairs; and Andrew Whittaker is our new CSEE chair.

Another aspect of our success is visibly taking shape in the new building. In April 2010 – when the lastbeam was placed, the Dean’s Advisory Council celebrated with a tour and beam signing. The building is onschedule to open in the third quarter of 2011.

A generous contribution to the new building comes from Paula and Russell L. Agrusa, to name the mainauditorium. Keller Technology has given a gift to a computer science laboratory; Denise M. and Timothy J. Kleinhave given a gift to the new building; and National Grid has again supported the School of Engineering, of Engineering, of thisyear with a Grid Access grant that will spur BME academic and regional partnerships.

I encourage you to read on to learn more about the school’s many exciting achievements, activities, and events.

Sincerely,

Dean Harvey G. Stenger Jr.

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Inside This Issue: Cover Stories 3 Alumni 4 Students 7 Education 12 Faculty & Staff 14

Research 18 Development 23 Pre-College 26 Class Notes 27

Departmental Research Highlights: CBE: Koffas Yields Isoflavonoids, Possibly Cancer-Inhibiting, p. 18

CSE: Corso is PI on CSE/MAE Team ISTARE Project, p. 21Srihari: Data Mining of Social of Social of Media, p. 20

CSEE: Hurricane Katrina: Jensen Assesses Some Lessons Learned, p. 20

EE: Bird: Nanotechnology Research with Innovative Japan Collaboration, p. 18Pados and Su: Cooperative Communications and Networking, p. 22Prasad: Gold Nanorods a Potential Antiviral Delivery System, p. 21

ISE: Wu Studies EEG’s to Predict Numerical Typing Errors, p. 23Zhuang Analyzes Haitian Quake Response, p. 19

MAE: Chung Advances Smart Concrete, p. 19Lordi: BioBlower Startup Earns Recognition, p. 22Kesavadas on RoSS Surgical Simulator, p. 20

Join UB Believers and help create the future of our of our of communities our communities our – at the at the at university, local and state levels. UB Believers is an advocacy group advocacy group advocacythat supportsthat supportsthat the University at University at University Buffalo’s at Buffalo’s at 2020 growth plan. Your voice Your voice Your will be part of part of part a of a of growing chorus dedicated to strengthening Western NewYork’s economy and economy and economy quality of quality of quality life. of life. of To learn more, please visit: ubbelievers.buffalo.edu/ubbelievers/home.

On the cover:Top: Main Figure: MCEER Segmental Bridge Segmental Bridge SegmentalSpecimen tested in tested in tested the Structural Engineer- Structural Engineer- Structuraling and Earthquake and Earthquake and Simulation Laboratory(SEESL). The deck, as well as well as well each pier,consists of precast of precast of concrete precast concrete precast segments post-tensioned togethertensioned togethertensioned with together with together high strength steeltendons. Photo: Tom Albrechcinski

Middle: School of School of School Engineering of Engineering of facultymembers who earned prominent earned prominent earned awards prominent awards prominent(l to(l to(l r): CSE’s UB Distinguished Professor Distinguished Professor DistinguishedVenu Govindaraju; ISE’s Praxair Professor Praxair Professor Praxairin Operations Research Mark Karwan; Mark Karwan; Mark MAEProfessor KemperProfessor KemperProfessor Lewis; Kemper Lewis; Kemper CSE Professor CSE Professor CSEChang Wen Chen

Bottom: Paula and Russell and Russell and L. Russell L. Russell Agrusa

Dean Stenger at Stenger at Stenger Engineering at Engineering atCommencement

In continuing the tradition ofour top-level engineering school,

UB Engineering is building opportunities while meeting

current challenges.

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CSEE’s Aref and Filiatrault on Federal Highway Administration Bridge TestCSEE Professors Amjad Aref and Andre Filiatrault were the principal investigators on aFederal Highway Administration (FHWA) funded seismic test of the largest bridge specimen ever tested on a shake table.

Faculty Win Major Accolades

Venu Govindaraju Kemper LewisKemper LewisKemper

Mark KarwanMark KarwanMark Chang Wen Chen

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Andre Filiatrault

Amjad ArefAmjad ArefAmjad

Sensors attached to attached to attached the bridge deck and deck and deck piers and piers and col-lected datalected datalected during the 150 seismic tests seismic tests seismic conducted

TheThe scale model incorporated a rapid and cost-effective construction method calledAccelerated Bridge Construction (ABC). The tests, conducted on a 70-ton, 60-foot-long concrete bridge in the university’s Structural Engineering and EarthquakeSimulation Laboratory (SEESL), illustrated that ABC bridge systems may performwell in seismically active regions. CSEE PhD student Petros Sideris and SEESLStructural Engineer Myrto Anagnostopoulou were part of the of the of project team.

Unbonded post-tensioned tendonsallowed the test bridge maximumfreedom of movement, of movement, of according toProfessor Aref, and a good way todissipate seismic energy. “You couldthink of the of the of deck and piers as held together by elastic bands,” added Filiatrault.“The elements deform under seismic loading, and then re-center themselves afterthe earthquake is over.”

Over a three-week period, the 70-ton test structure underwent more than 150minute-long simulated earthquakes. The tests gradually increased in intensity, withvarying levels of horizontal, of horizontal, of transverse, and vertical motion. In some tests, theshake tables were moved in unison, while in others, seismic waves were simulated.

Between seismic tests, white-noise identification tests were conducted for signsof structuralof structuralof fatigue. The final two tests replicated a magnitude-7.0 earthquake(the maximum capacity of the of the of shake tables), resulting in only minor spalling onthe segments, but no damage to the superstructure, said Aref, noting that “thesegments returned to place with no more than a 1/16-inch sliding offset” even atmaximum credible earthquake for vertical motion.

The simulations illustrated that this design “wouldperform well in a severe seismic environment,a credit to the post-tensioning, which held upextremely well,” but revealed an unexpectedinteraction between rocking and sliding of the of the ofsegments, indicating more tests are needed. TheFHWA will use the data collected to begin developingstandards for getting the best performance from ABCin seismically active areas.

IEEE’s Technical Achievement Award to GovindarajuCSE’s UB Distinguished Professor Venu Govindaraju(MS ’88 PhD’92 CS) has earned IEEE’s 2010 TechnicalAchievement Award for pioneering contributions tobiometrics systems.

Govindaraju is founder and director of the of the of Centerfor Unified Biometrics and Sensors and AssociateDirector of the of the of Center of Excellence of Excellence of for DocumentAnalysis and Recognition. He has authored over 300scientific papers; given over 100 invited talks, and

ASEE National Design Award to LewisMAE Professor, Executive Director of the of the of New YorkState Center for Engineering Design and IndustrialInnovation (NYSCEDII), Kemper Lewis earned theAmerican Society for Engineering Education’s FredMerryfield Design Award for innovations in teachingengineering design. Lewis’ contributions includecreating a grand challenge-centered senior designmethods course, a sophomore product dissectioncourse, and graduate courses in complex systemsdesign and advanced design theory.

Karwan Honored with SUNY Distinguished Teaching ProfessorshipISE’s Praxair Professor in Operations Research MarkKarwan, former dean, earned the rank of SUNY of SUNY ofDistinguished Teaching Professor, the highest systemtribute conferred upon SUNY instructional faculty.The promotion recognizes mastery of teaching of teaching of andsuperior commitment to students.

Karwan’s 30 years with UB Engineering also includeservice as ISE chair and as UB Engineering’s associate

Chang Wen Chen Earns Prestigious Humboldt AwardCSE Professor Chang Wen Chen has earned aprestigious Humboldt Research Award from theAlexander von Humboldt Foundation, for hislifetime research achievements. The award allowsforeign scholars to conduct research at Germanresearch institutes to promote internationalscientific cooperation.

Wen’s research will be conducted at the Institute of

“The elements deform elements deform elements under seismic under seismic underloading, and then and then and re-center themselves re-center themselves re-center

after theafter theafter earthquake is over.” is over.” is

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UB Engineering Alumni Association Scholarships

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In MemoriamUB Engineering offers its sincere sympathy to family,friends, and classmates of those of those of alumni who haverecently passed away.

Vincent P. Barbera Jr., BS ME ’49Stanley R. Bartosiak, BS ME ’60David P. Benua, BS EE ’79Soonita Bratton, BS CS ’93David J. Cassell, BS EnvE ’07William C. Federick, BS EE ’72Ralph M. Frisch, BS IE ’64Thomas M. Hajduk, BS EE ’80James D. Hammond, BS IE ’67George M. Hardy, BS ME ’58Paul M. Hennig, BS EE ’56Nemat Heydari, BS CIE ’82

Cornelius G. Jurns, Sr., BS IE’55, father-in-law of SENS’ BrianMirand, was a past president of theUB Engineering Society, a World WarII Navy veteran, and a retired professional engineerin New York and Vermont. He was a manager ofthe manufacturing and facilities departments atLinde Company (UCC/Dow).

John P. Kajdas, BS ’89, MEng ’90 IEJames R. Lawrence, BS ME ’70Norman E. Layer, BS EE ’61John J. Lee, BS CIE ’76Dr. John E. Leffler, PhD CE ’69Thomas F. Leney, BS EE ’59, MS EE ’64Richard J. Leitrick, BS ME ’53Howard J. Lieberman, BS EE ’86, MEng ME ’96Daniel J. Mordell, BS ME ’53Frederick J. Muraco, BS EE ’49Ronald James Neck, BS ME ’57Horst R. Schoene, BS EE ’58James M. Schuster, BS ME ’94Frank C. Setlik, BS EE ’82Charlotte F. Stoutamire, BS ME ’91Edward M. Sullivan, MS ME ’63Richard J. Weiler, BS IE ’50

UB Engineering Alumni Association Board of DirectorsOfficers:

James D. Boyle, President (BS CIE ’78)Joseph S. Frandina, PE, Vice President (BS CIE ’78)Stephen P. Buechi, Treasurer (BS Treasurer (BS Treasurer CIE ’93, MEng ’95)Michael J. Dray, Secretary (BS CE ’04)

Members:Michelle C. Barker (BS CE ’99, MS CIE ’07)Peter Buechi, PE (BS ’68 MS ’70 CIE)Jeffrey Dudek (BS CIE ’00)John T. Kociela, PE (BS CIE ’68)Anthony S. Markut (BS IE ’80)Brian J. Peer (BS CE’05)Richard A. Rink, PE (BS CIE ’80)

2010 Dean’s Award Recipient Russell L. AgrusaDean’sDean’s Advisory Council member and Delta Societydonor Russell L. Agrusa (BS EE ’76) was honoredby Dean Harvey Stenger at this year’s EngineeringCommencement, with the Dean’s Award forAchievement – the school’s highest honor. Agrusais Founder, President, and Chief Executive Chief Executive Chief Officer ofICONICS (Foxborough, Mass.) a leading internationalsoftware developer of web-enabled of web-enabled of visualization,human-machine interface (HMI) and supervisorycontrol and data acquisition (SCADA) applications forindustrial automation and manufacturing.

After graduating, Agrusa began his career atWestinghouse Electric Corporation (Pittsburgh,Penn.). There he developed software for turbinecontrol and distribution control systems for coal firedand nuclear power plants, and the company’s first

distributed control system, the Westinghouse Distributed Processing Family (WDPF). Family (WDPF). Family In 1983, he joined the Boston,Massachusetts-based Foxboro Company, leading the HMI product development product development product of development of development the of the of Foxboro Intelligent Architecture Intelligent Architecture Intelligentseries (IA) Distributed Control System, an important aspect important aspect important of aspect of aspect many of many of industrial many industrial many automation systems today.

Since its 1986 launch, under Agrusa’s leadership, ICONICS has been a major supporter of open-connectivity of open-connectivity ofvia open standards in manufacturing and building controls. With over 250,000 installations worldwide and70 percent of the of the of Fortune 1000Fortune 1000Fortune companies as its customers, ICONICS’ global sales have enjoyed double-digitgrowth for nearly ten years. Its awards include Inc.’s 500Inc.’s 500Inc.’s Fastest Growing Company award (1991, 1992) andMicrosoft’s Partner of the of the of Year Award in Independent Software Vendors/Software Solutions (2008) for itsGENESIS64™ HMI/SCADA solution.

Agrusa serves on the Board of Directors of Directors of of the of the of non-profit OPC Foundation, an automation industry dedicated toopen connectivity via open standards, where he is also the Marketing Steering Committee Chair.

Please see the Development section for an article about an important gift from Agrusa and his wife, Paula.

(L to R): Russell R): Russell R): L. Russell L. Russell Agrusa, President John President John President Simpson, andDean Stenger, before the commencement ceremony commencement ceremony commencement

The UB EAA scholarship committee presented the presented the presented Engineering Alumni Engineering Alumni Engineering Association Alumni Association Alumni Scholarships, which recognize“Leaders in“Leaders in“Leaders Excellence” and Excellence” and Excellence” encourage and encourage and students to students to students develop an Engineering School Engineering School Engineering spirit. School spirit. School Committee membersMichael DrayMichael DrayMichael (BS Dray (BS Dray CBE (BS CBE (BS ’04) CBE ’04) CBE (far left) (far left) (far and Brian and Brian and Peer (BS Peer (BS Peer CE (BS CE (BS ’05) CE ’05) CE (far right), (far right), (far with awardees (l awardees (l awardees to (l to (l r): Ron r): Ron r): Heichman, MAE;Kelly Duval,Kelly Duval,Kelly CSEE; Wesley CSEE; Wesley CSEE; Burkman, Wesley Burkman, Wesley MAE.

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UB Alumni Association Recognizes Engineering AlumsMichael Dray: Volunteer Recognition Award

In appreciation of outstanding volunteer contributions to the university

Michael J. Dray (BS CE ’04), a 2004 winner of a of a of UB Engineering AlumniAssociation (UBEAA) Scholarship, generously gives his time and energy to promoteand support his alma mater and its students, while working and travelling for hiscareer. Dray was a Process Engineer at Praxair and is now with ZeroPoint CleanTech, a startup biomass gasification company.

His wide-ranging contributions include ongoing service as a UBEAA board member,where he is currently the Board Secretary and chairs two selection committees,for Scholarship and Engineer of the of the of Year selection. He actively participates in

coordinating and attending university events, including UB Business Partners Day and UB Alumni’s CorporateReception. His involvement with student receptions and ceremonies speaks of his of his of commitment; he haspresented scholarships at the UBEAA Scholarship Reception, interviewed candidates at Student Interview Night,and presented pins to graduating students at commencement. Mike has also been a CBE representative alumnusfor the department’s bachelor’s degree recruitment promotional materials.

Dennis Elsenbeck: Community Leadership MedalFor outstanding volunteer accomplishments, making the community a better place to live and workDennis Elsenbeck (MEng ME ’96, Dean’s Advisory Council Chair), now EnergySolutions Services Regional Executive of National of National of Grid’s Western Division, hasgenerously contributed and volunteered to advance UB and Western New York.

In addition to contributing to the Engineering School’s Delta Society, Elsenbeckhas fostered National Grid company sponsorship and involvement in manyways, assisting in establishing a National Grid five-year award that augmentsUB Engineering’s existing programs, including BEAM (Buffalo-area EngineeringAwareness for Minorities). Elsenbeck helped National Grid and UB Engineering

to establish a masters-level degree for the modern electrical utility industry, and was instrumental inbringing National Grid CEO, Steve Holliday, to speak at the 2007 UB Business Partners Day; he also

Hire UB Engineering Co-opand Intern StudentsWe encourage our alumni and industrial partnersto consider employing UB Engineering studentsthrough our Co-operating Engineering EducationProgram.

Co-op students have completed their junior year,including coursework in their major, and manyhave business-success skill training through theEngineering Career Institute. They are prepared forchallenging, value-added technical assignments.

Internships are also available.

Please consider employing one or more of these of these ofstudents.

For more information, contact:Dean C. Millar, Assistant Dean412 Bonner Hall, (716) 645-0971University at Buffalodcmillar@buffalo.eduwww.eng-intern.buffalo.edu

UB Career Services: An Alumni Resource• Job hunting? Get job search assistance and

access to online postings and interviewingopportunities.

• Seeking top candidates for your company?To arrange on-campus interviews or showcaseyour organization, e-mail jobs@buffalo.edu.

• Have advice for current college students?Join the Meet-a-Mentor program.

Please visit: www.ub-careers.buffalo.edu.Career Services Office, 259 Capen Hall, NorthCampus, University at Buffalo (716) 645-2231

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The UBAA recognized the recognized the recognized achievements of achievements of achievements Michael of Michael of Dray Michael Dray Michael (BS Dray (BS Dray CE (BS CE (BS ’04), CE ’04), CE Dennis Elsenbeck Dennis Elsenbeck Dennis (MEng Elsenbeck (MEng Elsenbeck ME (MEng ME (MEng ’96, ME ’96, ME Dean’sAdvisory CouncilAdvisory CouncilAdvisory Chair), Council Chair), Council Norman R. McCombs (BS McCombs (BS McCombs ME (BS ME (BS ’68), ME ’68), ME and William and William and G. Wild Jr., Wild Jr., Wild SEAS Director SEAS Director SEAS of Director of Director Special of Special of Student Student Special Student SpecialPrograms (BSPrograms (BSPrograms IE (BS IE (BS ’83, IE ’83, IE MA English ’85, MS IE MS IE MS ’87). IE ’87). IE

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Since the early 1990s, early 1990s, early the UB Engineering AlumniAssociation has carried on a tradition of giving of giving ofscholarships to deserving undergraduate studentsthrough the UB Engineering Alumni AssociationScholarship Fund. Please consider continuing consider continuing consider thistradition with your donations. your donations. your Together, we can allwork towork towork promote UB Engineering’s excellence.

Checks should be addressed to the UB Foundationwith “School of Engineering of Engineering of & Applied Sciences”noted in the memo, and sent to:

External AffairsUB Engineering Office412 Bonner HallUniversity at BuffaloBuffalo, NY 14260-1900

See this year’s winners on page 4.

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organized two energy-related CEO Roundtables led by Holliday. Elsenbeck accepted the school’s 2005Vital Partner Award for National Grid and has championed a relationship between his company and theUniversity’s New York State Center of Excellence in Bioinformatics & Life Sciences (COE), where NationalGrid is a COE corporate partner.

Dennis’ community engagements include Board Chairman, Amherst Chamber of Commerce; Executive Boardof Directors, Buffalo Niagara Partnership; Board of Directors, Buffalo Niagara Enterprise; Board of Directors,Buffalo Urban Development Corporation; Member, Advisory Council of USA Niagara Development, NiagaraFalls, NY.

Norman R. McCombs: Clifford C. Furnas Memorial AwardFor distinguished engineering, natural sciences, or mathematics alums in a science field 2007 UBEAA Engineer of the of the of Year and 2008 Dean’s Award winner Norman R.McCombs’ (BS ME ’68) progressive patents, notably in pressure-swing adsorption(PSA) technology, have made oxygen tanks ever more portable and affordable,greatly improving life quality for sufferers of chronic of chronic of obstructive pulmonary disease— chronic bronchitis, emphysema, and other lung diseases. The technology hasalso been applied to many uses in the commercial sector. Through his industry,McCombs has created thousands of jobs of jobs of locally and globally.

McCombs, a product of Western New York and its educational system, is aleader in its technical community. He is Senior Vice President of Amherst, New York’s AirSep Corporation.McCombs holds over 40 US patents and hundreds more internationally; he is a member in the Society ofAutomotive and Aeronautical Engineers; a fellow of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME),and earned its Thomas A. Edison Patent Award in 2007; and he received a Lifetime Achievement Award fromthe Intellectual Property Law Association (IPLA) in 2005. He has been married to his wife, Grace (Seitz), forover 47 years.

William G. Wild Jr.: Dr. Richard T. Sarkin Award For excellence in teachingCommitted teacher-educator Bill Wild (BS IE ’83, MA English ’85, MS IE ’87), UBEngineering’s Director of Student of Student of Excellence Initiatives, studied factors affectinglearning, and applied what he learned to create a successful suite of programs of programs oftargeted at improving freshmen learning and retention. The programs are: Impacton Society Program (in which students develop leadership skills through projectspromoting the well-being of people of people of or the environment); the Mentoring Program;Opening Day; and Small Groups.

Since Wild began in 1998, UB Engineering’s student success rate, i.e., undergraduatestudents completing BS degrees in five years or less, or less, or rose from 32% to 54%. The

methods have been expanded to reach all entering freshman through the engineering course EAS 140.

Wild’s work on understanding the predictors of success of success of for engineering students was cited in “Colleges MineData to Predict Dropouts” (The Chronicle of Higher of Higher of Education, May 2008), and it has garnered generous giftsand recognition from our engineering accreditation board.

I Alumni I 6 Alumni Membership – One Amount Pays AllDID you know? A memberof theof theof UB Engineering AlumniAssociation automatically joins theUB Alumni Association (UBAA)!

not A MeMber? Join now to now to now begin savingon events, online shopping, UB merchandise andmuch more. When you join the alumni association,you’re making a statement that statement that statement you’re that you’re that True Blue,you support UB support UB support and you want to want to want make a difference.(And, you’ll get all get all get the benefits membership has tooffer!) Show your Show your Show pride your pride your and support an support an support organizationwhose purpose is to provide support for support for support you. for you. for

Find out more online at http://www.eng.buffalo.edu/alumni_membership.php or call or call or UBAA at UBAA at UBAA1-800-284-5382.

thAnk you MeMberSThank you to all Engineering School alumniwho have joined the UB Engineering AlumniAssociation and the UB Alumni Association. Yoursupport allows us to program both alumni andstudent events and activities.

Wherever this symbol appears in BuffaloEngineer,Engineer,Engineer a dues-paying alumni member hasbeen named.

Become an Alumni AmbassadorIf youIf youIf hold an undergraduate degree from theSchool of Engineering, of Engineering, of and you would like toshare your experiences and help attract the beststudents to the school, you can volunteer as anAlumni Ambassador. Ambassadors represent UBby attending college fairs, hosting receptions,or by sharing their experiences with potentialstudents. To register and learn more, please visitwww.ubambassadors.ning.com.

Current EngineeringCurrent EngineeringCurrent School Alumni Ambassadors are:Adriane Cavanagh (BS ME ’83); Chincy MatthewChincy MatthewChincy(BS EE ’05); Gregg McDonald (BS IE ’94);

Matthew MillerMatthew MillerMatthew (BS CS ’07); Karianne Paolo(BS IE ’00); Christopher Richard (BS ME ’95); JohnRog (BS IE ’85); John Wilkinson (BS CBE ’98); andMark Zabaldo (BS ME ’94).

Sport Your School Pride with Alumni Apparel The UB Engineering AlumniAssociation and the UB AlumniAssociation are proud to sharethe www.iLoveUB.com web store,your source for UB School of Engineering of Engineering ofgear. Please visit to see a new line of School of School of ofEngineering apparel, t-shirts, caps, hoodies,and more!

Alumnus Li Named a Time Top Influential Person of 2010On the list of Time magazine’sTime magazine’sTime 2010 top 100 most influential peopleis Robin Yanhong Li (MS CS ’93), CEO and founder of Baidu, of Baidu, of Inc.,China’s dominant Internet search engine. The ten-year old companymay be considered China’s Google. Baidu has also announced plansto expand through a separate company that will offer online video(comparable to YouTube).

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Prentice Family Foundation WNY Prosperity Scholarship WinnersNine engineering students were selected to receive the Prentice Family Foundation’s Western New York(WNY) Prosperity Scholarship this year, three of whom of whom of are second-time winners.

Awardees are selected on the likelihood that they will contribute to the economic growth and prosperity ofthe WNY region.

The 2010–11 Prentice Family Foundation awardees are:Brandon Brown, MAE (second-time winner)Derrek Drass, CSEEMark Fenzl, ISE

Michael Kandefer, CSE (second-time winner)Deven McMaster, ISE (second-time winner)

Corey Lown, IE & BusinessShaun Setlock, CBEAntonio Upia, EEConnor Walsh, CSEE

Engineering Commencement 2010Outstanding students participated in Engineering’s commencement ceremony, representing the excellence ofthe student body and the school’s many successes. Pictured here, they are: Jacob S. Joyce (BS CS ‘10), BannerCarrier; Pryadarshini R. Pennathur (PhD IE ‘10), Student Address; Nicholas N. Fortenbery (BS IE ‘10),Farewell; Christopher J. Llop (BS EE ‘10), Salutation.

President John Simpson conferred degrees to UB Engineering graduates at UB Engineering’s commencementceremony. Continuing his tradition of speaking of speaking of in the form of a of a of letter, Dean Harvey Stenger addressed theparents of graduates, of graduates, of expressing pride in the inspiring accomplishments of the of the of School of Engineering’s of Engineering’s of alumni,faculty, and students, and “bragging” about them while reporting on the successful job and graduate schoolplacements of this of this of year’s graduating class, and on the School’s student retention and graduation rate, whichhas doubled in the past ten years, under the guidance of the of the of Student Excellence Program.

For speeches from the event, please visit: www.eng.buffalo.edu/Commencement/2010

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UB SAE CleanSnowmobile Wins forInnovation and QuietAt the SAE Clean Snowmobile Challenge, a collegiatedesign competition of the of the of Society of Automotive of Automotive ofEngineers, engineering students take a stock snowmobile stock snowmobile stockand reengineer it reengineer it reengineer to it to it reduce emissions and noise whilemaintaining or boosting or boosting or performance. This year’s event was event was eventheld at Michigan at Michigan at Technological University.

The UB SAE chapter’s entry was the only diesel-powered sled in the challenge. UB SAE finished fourthin the internal combustion category and took the PCBGroup Award for Quietest Snowmobile, the CaterpillarCorporation Award for Innovation, and the AristoCatalysts Inc. Award for Most Improved Snowmobile. The UB SAE clean SAE clean SAE snowmobile entry during entry during entry the during the during race

AIChE Student Chapter Honors CBE’s Tsianou and Student PetrosyanWhen the UB student chapter of the of the of AmericanInstitute of Chemical of Chemical of Engineers (AIChE) held itsannual banquet, the group presented CBE AssistantProfessor Marina Tsianou with its Professor of Professor of Professor the of the ofYear awardYear awardYear and CBE student Nikita Petrosyan withits Student of the of the of Year award. Year award. Year

Marina Tsianou Nikita Petrosyan

Pictured herePictured herePictured (L to R): Jacob R): Jacob R): S. Joyce, Pryadarshini R. Pryadarshini R. Pryadarshini Pennathur, Nicholas N. Nicholas N. Nicholas Fortenbery, and Christopher and Christopher and J. Christopher J. Christopher Llop.

CBE Students Lo and Madabhushi Receive American Heart Association Fellowships CBE graduate students Chi Lo and Sri Madabhushiwere awarded competitive, prestigious pre-doctoralfellowships from the American Heart Association forresearch and training as students initiating careers incardiovascular disease and stroke. Both students arementored by CBE Professor Professor Sriram Neelamegham.

ChiChi Lo works on themechanism by whichwhite blood cells bind toblood vessel walls in thehuman body. Her goal is toidentify important reactionpathways that lead to theformation of specific of specific of sugarstructures on the surface

of whiteof whiteof blood cells. These carbohydrates regulatecritical molecular interactions that contribute tohuman inflammatory inflammatory diseases. diseases.

SriSri Madabhushi’s researchexamines the largestprotein in blood called vanWillebrand Factor (VWF). Sriis interested in identifyingstructural changes inVWF that are regulatedby fluid shear forces. Suchchanges aid the binding of

human blood platelets to blood vessel walls. Plateletcell adhesion contributes to both the stoppage ofbleeding following injury, and cardiovascular diseaseslike myocardial infarction and stroke.

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Award ListAmerican Institute of Chemical Engineers

(AIChE) Awards: Outstanding Junior: Ryan Barton, CBE; Outstanding Senior: Kyle McHugh, CBE

American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE) Julian Snyder Endowment Fund Scholarship: David P. Welch, CSEE

American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE) Buffalo Section Student of the Year Award: Kyle A. Eudene, CSEE

Robert P. Apmann Award: Matthew J. Widay, CSEE; Kelly A. Duval, CSEE

Joseph and Adele Augustyn Memorial Book Award: Meredith Canty, MAE; Tara Feuerstein, CBE

Association of Old Crows (AOC) Scholarships: Zach Bergquist, CSE; Rachel Styn, EE

Michael Bauda Memorial Scholarship: James Dobler, CSE

BEAM Scholarship: Michael Dane Alexander, EE; Jacob Biltekoff, MAE; Derek Brim, EE

David M. Benenson Memorial Scholarship: Jenna Curry, MAE; Aaron Nichols, MAE; Eben Piazza, CSEE; Tyler Simmons, ISE; Andrew Tamchyna, EE

Joan G. Bennett Memorial Scholarship: Meredith Canty, EE; Collin Mandris, EE

Adarsh Bhagat Memorial Scholarship: Christopher Van Loon, MAE

Beth Cheshire Moran Award: Alexander Haynie, CSE; Leslie Pierrot, CSE

Bird Technologies Fellowship Program: Xiaoyu Cheng, EE; Melroy Machado, EE; Vivek Shirvante, EE; Kyoung-Tae Kim, EE; Jun Shi, EE

Chemical and Biological Engineering (CBE) Academic Excellence Awards: David Galuski, CBE; Brett van Groenewoud, CBE; Michael Langdon, CBE; Lye Lin Lock, CBE

Civil, Structural and Environmental Engineering Chair’s Graduate and Undergraduate Recognition Awards: Graduate: Pierre Paul J. Fouche, CSEE Undergraduate: Nicholas L. Montaldi, CSEE

Cobham Mission Systems Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering Scholarship: Alex N. Byrley, EE; Lucas Mesmer, MAE; Thomas Ryan, MAE; Shane R. Sanfilippo, EE

Dean’s Scholars: Ivie Aifuwa, CBE; John Cole, CBE; David Kennedy, CBE; Kayla Kisenwether, MAE; John McGreevy, MAE; Paul Nixon, CSE; Randolf Zingo, MAE; Kathleen Gajewski, CSEE; Lindsey Garay, MAE; Jonathan Jones, MAE; Steven Kapturowski, MAE; Garth Lester, SEAS; Steven Powell, MAE; Aaron Selkridge, MAE; Andrew Wise, MAE; Laura Ziegler, MAE

Richard E. Dollinger Energy Systems Institute (ESI) Graduate Scholarship: Michael DiSanto, EE

Electrical Engineering Chair’s Recognition Award: Erin Marika Jacklin, EE

Engineering Alumni Association Scholarships: Wesley Burkman, MAE; Kelly Duval, CSEE; Ron Heichman, MAE

Engineering Cooperative Society (ECS) Award: Erin Kraus, EE; Mark Muffoletto, EE; Raheeb Kased, CSEE; Antonio Upia, EE

D. Richard Ferguson Memorial Scholarship: Michael DiSanto, EE

Rozalyn Z. Gammerman Award: Donald Miller, MAE; Michael Moskal, ISE; Michael Rausch, MAE

Richard E. Garman Undergraduate Scholarship: Anthony DeSantis, CSEE; Elizabeth Hennessy, CSEE; Emily Landesberg, CSEE; Walter Kaniecki, CSEE; Nathan Oberhaus, CSEE

Robert H. and Catherine H. Goldsmith Fellowship: Ari Fogel, CSE

Matthew R. Grappone Book Awards: Mohit Bansal, CSE; Laurie Dening, CSE; Claire McTaggart, CSE

Matthew R. Grappone Memorial Scholarship: Austin Miller, CSE

Graduate School Ambassador Award: Nijo Abraham, MAE; Chaitrali

Agashe, CSE; Anish Antony, EE; Chandrakanth Bolisetti, CSEE; Kiarash Mohtashamdowlatshahi, CSEE; James Evanko, CSE; Theresa Guarrera, ISE; Pitfee Jao, EE; Qaiser Jeelani Khan, MAE; Sha Liu, CBE; Yijun Liu, ISE; Hassan Masoud, MAE; Rajagopal Panchapakesan, EE; Shilpa Patil, CBE; Venkataramanan Ravi, CBE; Gayatri Venugopal, EE; Lei Xu, CSE; Nasi Zhang, CSE; Zilan Zhong, CSEE; Rajagopal Panchapakesan, EE; David Myers, ISE; Dapeng Cao, ISE; Priyvardhan Chavan, MAE; Bargav Srinivasan, MAE; Andrew Hazlett, MAE; Shreeganesh Sudhindra, MAE

Professor William R. Greiner Engineering Scholarship: Mitchell Slomowicz, MAE

International Society of Automation (ISA) Award: Dennys Eng Gan, MAE

Robert B. Kleinschmidt Memorial Scholarship: Ryan Barton, CBE; Christopher Owen, CBE; Cara Sweeney, ISE

Paul J. Koessler Memorial Scholarship: Petros Sideris, CSEE

Yong H. Lee Scholarship: Christopher Van Loon, MAE

Society of American Military Engineers (SAME) Scholarship Dinner Dance Committee Award: Andres Alzate, CSEE

James W. and Nancy A. McLernon

25th Annual Scholarship ReceptionThe 2010 School of Engineering and Applied Sciences Scholarship Reception was an evening dedicated to recognizing our students who won scholarships and awards during the Academic Year 2009–2010.

Congratulations to the exceptional students honored, and their families. Our sincere appreciation goes to the donors for their support.

CSEE student awardees and faculty CSE student awardees and faculty

CBE student awardees and faculty ISE student awardees and faculty

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Graduate Poster Competition The Engineering School’s annual student poster competition event is designed to enhance student participation and recognize doctoral students’ progress and academic quality. The posters are authored and prepared exclusively by students, and are judged by the directors of graduate studies and by Graduate Student Association presidents of all engineering departments. The three best posters receive an award.

CBE:Lye-Theng Lock: “Generation of Pancreatic Islet Precursor Cells from Human Embryonic Stem Cells in a Bioreactor”; Chia-Ying Lee: “A New Concept for Tuning the Energy Content of Rechargeable Batteries”; Katherine Shaul: “Computation of Virial Coeficients: A Powerful Tool for Development of Accurate Molecular Models”CSE:Mohammad I. Husain: “SPLASER: A Space-Efficient Latency-Aware Simple Encryption for Secure Architecture in Embedded Systems”; Murat Ali Bayir: “Mobility Profiler: A Framework for Discovering Mobility Profiles of Cell Phone Users”CSEE:Maria Koliou: “Seismic Protection of Electrical Transformer Bushing System by Stiffening Techniques”; Jinge Hu: “Commercial Vehicle Travel Patterns in Urban Areas”; Liya Guo: “Game Theoretic Parking Choice Model”EE:Peter Mersich: “Metal Induced Growth of Thin Film Si and Si Nanostructures”; Eric Kozarsky: “High Capacity Nano-Composite Electrodes for Rechargeable Lithium-Ion Batteries”; Huina Xu: “Wound Oxygen & Protein Sensing with Photonic Bandgap Structure Enhanced Xerogel-Based Sensor”ISE: Ibrahim Ozbolat (third place): “3D Engineered Porous Wound Constructs for Improved Wound Healing”; Xiaojun Shan: “Game Theory or Not Game Theory? Robustness of Hybrid Defense Resourse Allocation”; Neeraja Subrahmaniyan(first place): “A Visual Haptic System for Children with Learning Disabilities: Design Considerations”MAE:Richard Linares (second place): “Nonlinear Sequential Methods for Impact Probability”; Jason Rahimzadeh: “The Role of Actin Cytoskeleton in Regulatory Volume Decrease”; Madusudanan Sathia Narayanan: “Symbolic Workspace Analysis of a Specialized 6-PUS Parallel Manipulator”EE student awardees and faculty

MAE student awardees and faculty

Engineering Scholarship: Nicholas Catalino, MAE; Dan Snitzer, MAE; Robert Finton, EE; Marcia Torrico, EE; Jennifer Lai-Ting Chen, ISE; Meagan Wilkinson, ISE; Joanne White, CSEE; Nicholas Tomkinson, CSEE; William Seychew, CSEE; Steve Powell, CSEE

The Samuel R. McLernon and the Nancy Stillwell McLernon Memorial Scholarship: Damian Ogbonna, CSE

Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering Award: Corey Hmiel, MAE

Dean Paul E. Mohn Memorial Book Award: Raheeb Kased, CSEE

Lawrence and Amanda Megan Scholarship: Bich Vu, CSE

Moog Graduate Fellowship: Jordan Matthews, MAE; Jessica Tornabene, EE

Niagara Specialty Metals: Colton D. Steiner, MAE

S.P. Prawel Award: Lucas S. Cotterell, CSEEPresidential Fellowships: Andrew Hughes,

CSE; Mahdi Maghrebi, CSEE; Donald McFarland, EE; John Robinson, MAE; Gregory Tauer, ISE

R. R. Rumer Award: Kyle Doyle, CSEESenior Scholar Awards: Applied Sciences

Group: Matthew Heavner, CSE; John W. Danforth Company: Kevin Suffoletto, MAE; UB Engineering: Khamdan Alrobaie, EE; Kent Carolus, MAE; Atul Chittora, EE; Mark Fenzl, ISE; Nicholas Fortenbery, ISE; Scott Frentzel, ISE; Gonca Hadimoglu, CSEE; Lye Lin Lock, CBE; Jordan Matthews, MAE; Kyle McHugh, CBE; Eric Nagler, CSE; Brian Terranova, CSEE; Wai Lun W. Tsang, CSEE; Matthew Widay, CSEE

George G. Schenk Scholarship: Eric Mikida, CSEIrving H. Shames Outstanding Teaching

Assistant Award: Carrie Hinners, CSEE; Jay Ring, CSEE

R. P. Shaw Award: Wai Lun W. Tsang, CSEESchomburg Fellowship: Kevin Bryant,

EE; Ellen Cardone, CBE; Sabrina Noel Casucci, ISE; Maria Cortes-Delgado, CSEE; Margaret Devendorf, ISE; Hila

Dvora, CBE; Daniel Gavahi, CSEE; Tolanya Gibson, EE; Megan Hannigan, ISE; Carrie Hinners, CSEE; Vera Neroni, CSEE; Jose Alberto Sanchez-Ferreira, CSEE; Katherine Schadel Shaul, CBE; Man Wa Wu, CSEE

Naida Irizarry Shaw and Max Kay Scholarship – In Loving Memory of Eleanor Kay: Regina May, CSE; Christopher Malec, CSE

Bhaw D. Shukla Scholarship: Jenna Curry, MAE; Chih Yong Lee, MAE

Silent Hoist and Crane Materials Handling Prize: Daniel Arnold, MAE

Felix Smist Scholarship: Donald Besecker, EE; Stephen Briggs, MAE; Kenneth Dawley, MAE; Anthony Grisafi, CSE; Kristina Kolp, CBE; Daniel Kromphardt, MAE; Christina Pinzone, SEAS; Vivek Shirvante, EE; Rachel Styn, EE; Charles Tabone, MAE

Frederick Thomas Award; Mark Fenzl, ISE; Scott Frenzel, ISE; Emily Landesberg, ISE; Nevin Mutlu, ISE

Thomas/Karwan Industrial Engineering Undergraduate Scholarship: May Cheung, ISE

Elbridge N. and Stephana R. Townsend Scholarship: Andrew Engelbach-Schaefer, MAE

United Illuminating (UI) Company Scholarship: Michael Sylvester, EE

Watts Engineering and Architecture Minority Scholarship: Brianna Clark, EE

Thomas G. Wilde Family Scholarship: Marcelo Mazzetto, IE

Xerox/SHPE Scholarship Award: Christopher Barone, MAE; Alvaro Giron, CSEE; Ronald Heichman, MAE; Mariano Hernandez, MAE; Carl Javier, MAE; Regina May, CSE; Osaka Shepard, MAE

Gustav and Greta Zimmer Research Scholar Awards: Jeffrey Ackerman, MAE; Colin Lea, MAE; Christopher Van Loon, MAE; Ping Wong, MAE

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Kourtney BrownKourtney BrownKourtneyphotos byphotos byphotos Paul by Paul by Hokanson Paul Hokanson Paul

Bird Technologies Fellows

Rube Goldberg Team

2009-2010 Bird2009-2010 Bird2009-2010 Technologies Bird Technologies Bird Fellows, Technologies Fellows, Technologies with Michael Fetto Michael Fetto Michael (BS EE (BS EE (BS ’83), EE ’83), EE fifth from left. To Fetto’s left Fetto’s left Fetto’s is left is left Yong-Kyu is Yong-Kyu is Yoon. Yoon. Yong-Kyu Yoon. Yong-Kyu

Kourtney Brown, Engineering AthleteKourtney BrownKourtney BrownKourtney , a record-setting basketball playerfor thefor thefor UB Bulls, is also a remarkable engineeringstudent who is majoring in CSE and intends to earn adual degree in EE. Kourtney is Kourtney is Kourtney a winner of winner of winner the of the of SUNYChancellor’s Scholar-Athlete Award. Award.

Her accomplishments on the the court court include finishinglast season with per game per game per averages averages of 17.8 of 17.8 of pointsand 11.5 rebounds. The latter was sixth in the nationin rebounding and led the Mid-American Conference(MAC). The mark also mark also mark set the UB school record forsingle-season rebounds with 346 and was third inMAC history. Additionally, Brown leads the leaguewith 63 blocked shots (2.1 per game), per game), per second inschool history.

We salute Brown’s classroom and court accom-plishments and encourage everyone to see her andthe women Bulls play this year.

A videoA videoA about Kourtney can Kourtney can Kourtney be seen at:http://tinyurl.com/2vfv4vk.

Congratulations Class of 2009–2010

461 Bachelors • 298 Masters42 PhDs

This past year’s past year’s past team came camein first at first at first the at the at regionalcompetition at Onondaga at Onondaga atCommunity CollegeCommunity CollegeCommunity (Syracuse, College (Syracuse, CollegeNY). This enabled them tocompete at the at the at nationalevent, at Purdue at Purdue at University(West Lafayette,(West Lafayette,(West Ind.).Pictured at Purdue at Purdue at are (l tor): Eva Greenfield (CSEE),Tawfiq Afif (CBE), Afif (CBE), Afif MichelleD’Lima (CBE), Brett vanBrett vanBrettGroenewoud (BS CBE ’10),and Nicholas DeckerNicholas DeckerNicholas (CSEE). Decker (CSEE). DeckerNot pictured:Not pictured:Not Yalei Song(CompE), Alexis Wong (AE),and Christopher Noll (ME).

A UB AIAA team memberexperiences weightlessnessexperiences weightlessnessexperiences

2009–2010 UB2009–2010 UB2009–2010 Rube Goldberg team Goldberg team Goldberg and machine and machine and

UB AIAA Flight Teamat NASAThis summer, a UB American Institute of Aeronautics of Aeronautics ofand Astronautics (AIAA) team spent a week at theNational Aeronautics and Space Administration’s(NASA) Johnson Space Center (Houston, Tex.) totest an experiment of their of their of own design in simulated weightlessness, weightlessness, aboard NASA’s microgravity aircraft, the“Weightless Wonder.” The aircraft produces periods of weightlessness weightlessness of weightlessness of lasting 18 to 25 seconds at a time byflying a series of about of about of 30 parabolas, a steep climb followed by a free fall, over the Gulf of Gulf of Gulf Mexico. of Mexico. of

The UB students’ research was part of NASA’s of NASA’s of Reduced Gravity Education Flight Program, a highly selectiveprogram that gives undergraduate students the opportunity to propose, design, build, fly and evaluate areduced gravity experiment.

The team members were: Bradley BoothBradley BoothBradley (ME); Sandra Czarnecki (AE); Thomas Guile (Physics); Nikeale Haynes(AE); Carl Javier (BS AE & ME ’10); Dave Pohl (ME); Nathan Roscup (BS AE & ME ‘10); and AIAA President AIAA President AIAA JohnSisti (AE). MAE Professor John Crassidis and MAE graduate student Richard Linares are advisors.

The students’ research, entitled, “Relative Attitude Determination for Satellite Formation Flying,” alsoincluded an outreach effort to South Park High School students (Buffalo, NY).

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Tau Beta Pi NY Nu Chapter Recognition and Induction

Friends and family gathered to congratulate Tau BetaPi NY Nu chapter’s new members and its Professorand TA of the of the of Year. (Photo captions are in alphabeticalorder; photo may not include all inductees.)

Graduate Students: Jaclyn Students: Jaclyn Students: Alfano; Christoph Alfano; Christoph Alfano; Bernhard Hoog Bernhard Hoog Bernhard Antink; Hoog Antink; Hoog Sabrina Antink; Sabrina Antink; Casucci; Paul Casucci; Paul Casucci; Cronin; Paul Cronin; Paul Anas Cronin; Anas Cronin; Delane; Anas Delane; AnasThomas M.Thomas M.Thomas DiSanto; Tolanya DiSanto; Tolanya DiSanto; Gibson; Theresa Gibson; Theresa Gibson; Guarrera; Corey Guarrera; Corey Guarrera; Hmiel; Corey Hmiel; Corey Michael Hmiel; Michael Hmiel; Jenkins; Michael Jenkins; Michael Richard Jenkins; Richard Jenkins; Linares; Richard Linares; Richard Nicolette Linares; Nicolette Linares;McGeorge; MunishMcGeorge; MunishMcGeorge; Kumar Sharma; Kumar Sharma; Kumar Sidhant Sharma; Sidhant Sharma; Sharma; Sidhant Sharma; Sidhant Neeraja Sharma; Neeraja Sharma; Subrahmaniyan; Sumit Subrahmaniyan; Sumit Subrahmaniyan; Tripathi Sumit Tripathi Sumit

(L to R): Back R): Back R): row: Back row: Back TBP row: TBP row: Chief TBP Chief TBP Advisor Chief Advisor Chief Robert Advisor Robert Advisor Barnes; Robert Barnes; Robert Dean Barnes; Dean Barnes; Harvey Stenger; Harvey Stenger; Harvey Recording Stenger; Recording Stenger; Secretary Recording Secretary Recording Nicholas Secretary Nicholas Secretary Fortenbery; Nicholas Fortenbery; NicholasExternal ViceExternal ViceExternal President Elect President Elect President Gregory Elect Gregory Elect Maloney; Gregory Maloney; Gregory Corresponding Maloney; Corresponding Maloney; Secretary Corresponding Secretary Corresponding Elect Secretary Elect Secretary Brian Dolan. Front row: Front row: Front Marcia row: Marcia row: Torrico,Corresponding Secretary;Corresponding Secretary;Corresponding President Secretary; President Secretary; Elect President Elect President Brandon Elect Brandon Elect Tarney; and Tarney; and Tarney; Jenna and Jenna and Curry, President.

2010 Professor2010 Professor2010 of Professor of Professor the of the of Year: the Year: theMAE AssistantMAE AssistantMAE Professor Assistant Professor AssistantMatthew J.Matthew J.Matthew Ringuette

2010 T.A.2010 T.A.2010 of the of the of Year:CSEE’s JohnCSEE’s JohnCSEE’s Roach

Juniors: MollyJuniors: MollyJuniors: Baker; Molly Baker; Molly Peiwen Baker; Peiwen Baker; Chen; Joseph Chen; Joseph Chen; Ferrar; Wesley Ferrar; Wesley Ferrar; Frechette; Wesley Frechette; Wesley John Frechette; John Frechette; Gerber; Steve Gerber; Steve Gerber; Hsieh; Dan- Hsieh; Dan- Hsieh;iel Kent;iel Kent;iel Claire Kent; Claire Kent; Mctaggart; Ayesha Mctaggart; Ayesha Mctaggart; Merchant; Michael Merchant; Michael Merchant; Mercurio; Michael Mercurio; Michael Steven Mercurio; Steven Mercurio; Powell; Andrew Powell; Andrew Powell; Ring Andrew Ring Andrew

Seniors: AndreaSeniors: AndreaSeniors: Belair; Wai-Fong Belair; Wai-Fong Belair; Chan; Wai-Fong Chan; Wai-Fong Joseph Chan; Joseph Chan; A. Cosentino; Kristina Cosentino; Kristina Cosentino;Kolp; DavidKolp; DavidKolp; Mastriano; David Mastriano; David Alexander Mastriano; Alexander Mastriano; Mills; Alexander Mills; Alexander William Mills; William Mills; Seychew; Gurbax Seychew; Gurbax Seychew; Singh; Gurbax Singh; GurbaxSimarbir Singh;Simarbir Singh;Simarbir Xun Singh; Xun Singh; Tang

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The New York Nu chapter was formed at the UB School of Engineering and Applied Sciences in 1967.

The UBThe UBThe ASCE student ASCE student ASCE chapter student chapter student with chapter with chapter their concrete their concrete their canoe concrete canoe concrete (l canoe (l canoe to (l to (l r): Jason r): Jason r): Havens (adviser), Havens (adviser), HavensFei Xie,Fei Xie,Fei Joanne White, Karlee Oehlbeck, Luke Scannell, Carl Hempel, Carl Hempel, Carl Dan Gifford, KyleEudene, Kathleen Gajewski, Kip Wittchen, Tim Sugrue, Charlie Corio, Charlie Corio, Charlie and Andrew and Andrew and Benkleman. Andrew Benkleman. Andrew

ASCE Students in National Concrete Canoe and Steel Bridge CompetitionsThe UB American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE) student chapterparticipated in both the Concrete Canoe and Steel Bridge regionalcompetitions, and based on their excellent regional scores, made it to thenational level competitions of each.

The annual National Student Steel Student Steel Student Bridge Competition, held this summer atPurdue University (West University (West University Lafayette, (West Lafayette, (West Indiana), is a cooperative effort between effort between effort theAmerican Institute of Steel of Steel of Construction and the ASCE.

The annual ASCE National Concrete Canoe Competition was held at CaliforniaPolytechnic StatePolytechnic StatePolytechnic University, San University, San University, Luis Obispo. Luis Obispo. Luis The Obispo. The Obispo. team is pictured is pictured is with their entry. their entry. their

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EngiNet™ OfferingsEngiNet™ is principally a graduate-level distancelearning program. We offer courses year-round inthe following areas:

n Civil, Structural and Environmental Engineeringn Computer Science and Engineeringn Electrical Engineeringn Engineering and Applied Sciencesn Industrial and Systems Engineeringn Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering

See our website www.eng.buffalo.edu/EngiNetfor class lists and more program information.

For additional information, contact the EngiNetTM

Office at (716) at (716) at 645-0956 or msacco@buffalo.edu. or msacco@buffalo.edu. or

Havens Earns ASCE AwardsCIE adjunct faculty member and Clark PattersonLee Project Manager Jason Havens (BS CIE’05) is Vice President of the American Societyof Civil Engineers’ (ASCE) Buffalo Section. UBEngineering students nominated Havens, whowon the ASCE’s 2010 Practitioner Advisor of theYear (ExCEED). Havens also earned ASCE’s 2009Volunteerism Award.

Study Abroad: University ofDarmstadt, GermanyProfessor Winfried Heinzel (right), Director ofthe Technical University of Darmstadt, of Darmstadt, of Germanygave a presentation and answered questionsabout study abroad opportunities at Darmstadtfor undergraduates and graduate engineeringstudents. Here he is speaking with MAE Professorand Director of ME of ME of Undergraduate Studies, RobertC. Wetherhold.

Ghana’s KNUST Visitors at MCEERA delegation from Ghana’s Kwame Nkrumah University of Science of Science of and Technology (KNUST) recently visitedMCEER to discuss collaboration between the two institutions.

CSEE Professors Michael Constantinou and Andrei Reinhorn hosted the group on behalf of behalf of behalf MCEER. of MCEER. of Thecollaboration was initiated and coordinated by Ghanaian native Joseph Quarshie (PhD CSEE ’98), a ProjectEngineer at Caltrans, Fresno (Cal.).

The KNUST-MCEER partnership seeks to address potential dangers posed by seismic activity in Ghana, adeveloping West African nation. Developing countries often have no formal codes, standards or quality controlprocedures relating to seismic protection.

Last fall, a formal memorandum of understanding of understanding of (MOU) was signed by KNUST Professor Adarkwa and by theMCEER Director and CSEE Professor Andre Filiatrault. The MOU allows for the establishment of collaboration, of collaboration, ofthe initial exchange of ideas, of ideas, of sharing of materials of materials of and discussion towards the development of bi-national of bi-national ofstudent/staff exchangestudent/staff exchangestudent/staff visits to facilitate research and aid in the development of earthquake of earthquake of engineering as adiscipline in Ghana and West Africa.

From left: CSEE’s left: CSEE’s left: Andrei CSEE’s Andrei CSEE’s Reinhorn, Andrei Reinhorn, Andrei Clifford C. Clifford C. Clifford Furnas Eminent Furnas Eminent Furnas Professor Eminent Professor Eminent of Professor of Professor Engineering of Engineering of and Engineering and Engineering Founding and Founding and Director, Founding Director, FoundingStructural EngineeringStructural EngineeringStructural and Engineering and Engineering Earthquake and Earthquake and Simulation Laboratory; KNUST Laboratory; KNUST Laboratory; CIE KNUST CIE KNUST Department CIE Department CIE Head Department Head Department and Head and Head Geotechnical and Geotechnical andEngineering SectionalEngineering SectionalEngineering Head Sectional Head Sectional Samuel Head Samuel Head Ampadu; Samuel Ampadu; Samuel Caltrans’ Ampadu; Caltrans’ Ampadu; Project Caltrans’ Project Caltrans’ Engineer Project Engineer Project Joseph Engineer Joseph Engineer Quarshie; KNUST Quarshie; KNUST Quarshie; Vice KNUST Vice KNUST ChancellorKwasi Adarkwa;Kwasi Adarkwa;Kwasi CSEE Adarkwa; CSEE Adarkwa; Professor CSEE Professor CSEE Michael Professor Michael Professor Constantinou; Michael Constantinou; Michael and Constantinou; and Constantinou; KNUST and KNUST and Senior KNUST Senior KNUST Lecturer Senior Lecturer Senior and Lecturer and Lecturer Sectional and Sectional and Head Sectional Head Sectional of Head of Head Structural of Structural ofEngineering MarkEngineering MarkEngineering Adom-Asamoah Mark Adom-Asamoah Mark

Banaras Hindu University Visitors

Dean Stenger took Stenger took Stenger visitors took visitors took from visitors from visitors India’s Banaras India’s Banaras India’sHindu UniversityHindu UniversityHindu on University on University a tour of tour of tour the of the of School.

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The new Biomedical Engineering (BME) program, co-chaired by CBE Professor and Chair David Kofke and EE Associate Professor Albert Titus, received official approval from the New York State Department of Education to offer a BME B.S. degree, and plans to submit applications for master’s and doctoral BME programs.

The department, a collaboration with UB’s School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences, was conceived in 2008 to advance research in the growing BME field and to have impact on WNY’s robust medical device industry. The BME department received significant developmental funds from the John R. Oishei Foundation.

This fall, three new faculty members were hired: Assistant Professors Chulhong Kim and Debanjan Sarkar, and Research Scientist Julian Lippmann. They join 14 full-time existing faculty members who hold dual appointments. For more about our new faculty, please see the article in the faculty section.

Students entering this fall will be the first to take a four-year program, graduating in 2012. The program’s fall 2010 enrollment is as follows: freshman – 24; sophomores – 10; juniors – 13; and seniors – 5.

The department will work with local companies to develop opportunities for joint research and senior design projects, to be required of all BME students, either working with faculty in a lab or in an industrial setting. Industry relationships will be enhanced by a planned Access Grid facility in Bonner Hall, thanks to

a grant from National Grid. Please see related article in Development section.

Current research projects in the department are focused on development of “smart” band-aids, which sense the wound microenvironment and release wound-healing compounds when needed; artificial skin that regenerates after severe burns; next-generation X-ray imaging systems; stem cells for treating diabetes and cardiovascular disease and batteries to power implantable biomedical devices.

Structural engineers in Haiti have begun a new course of study in earthquake design and construction, with the help of UB’s MCEER (formerly the Multidisciplinary Center for Earthquake Engineering Research). In May, MCEER with UB’s Office of International Education and the Universitè Quisqueya, (UniQ) (Port-au-Prince, Haiti) conducted the first in a series of seminars to help Haiti rebuild following January’s devastating earthquake. This first program received an overwhelming response, and was attended by over 200 Haitian engineers, architects, and other professionals. CSEE Professor and MCEER Director Andre Filiatrault was joined by CSEE PhD candidate and Haitian native, Pierre Fouché, in conducting the seminar. Sofia Tangalos, MCEER’s education and outreach officer and information service director, who had lived in Haiti as a child, provided on-site organizational support.

The seminar series was developed out of a memorandum of understanding signed between MCEER and UniQ, which is focused on helping instruct Haitian engineers in earthquake engineering design principles. The credit-bearing seminars are good toward a master’s of earthquake engineering degree, which UniQ is also developing with MCEER’s support.

Subsequent seminars will focus on the specific calculations that are required to construct safe buildings, a segment that is largely missing from current engineering curricula in Haiti.

Architectural Record and Engineering News-Record reported on MCEER’s work at UniQ.

BME Program Gains Momentum

CSEE’s/MCEER’s Filiatrault Helps Haiti’s Engineers Begin New Chapter of Study on Seismic Design and Construction

BME Co-Chairs David Kofke and Albert Titus

Seminar participants in Port-au-Prince, with Andre Filiatrault (seated, center front) and Pierre Fouché (standing, far right, in green and gray striped shirt)

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ISE Associate Professor Ann M. Bisantz co-edited Applications ofCognitive Work Analysis (CRC Analysis (CRC Analysis Press), with Catherine M. Burns. Bydelineating a work-centered conceptual framework that guides thedesign of technology, of technology, of the book provides the understanding necessary toapply these robust techniques to real world, large-scale system designproblems in a variety of domains. of domains. of

CSEE Professor Michel Bruneau’s novel, Shaken Allegiances, has earned the GrandPrize for Fiction from the Next Generation Indie Book Awards.

ISE Adjunct Professor Ching M. Chang published Service SystemsManagement and Engineering: Creating Strategic Differentiation andOperational Excellence (Wiley). Excellence (Wiley). Excellence This instructional guide supplies careerseekers in the service field with essential techniques, including howto apply scientific, engineering, and business management principleseffectively to integrate technology into the workplace.

MAE Professor Deborah D. L. Chung published Composite Materials:Science and Applications, second edition (Springer), a tutorial-stylereference book that examines both structural composite materialsand functional composite materials, with a substantial range ofapplications.

Chung also published Functional Materials: Electrical,Dielectric, Electromagnetic, Optical, and Magnetic Applications(World Scientific), which provides a comprehensive and up-to-datetreatment of functional of functional of materials. Materials concepts covered arestrongly linked to applications.

CSEE Professor, MCEER Director, and SEESL Deputy Director Andre Filiatraultpresented a lecture at the UB This Summer series, on “The Haiti Earthquake:Overview and MCEER Response,” in which he discussed his work with a team ofFrench-speaking engineers in Port-au-Prince, Haiti after the earthquake there.

CSE Professor Bharat Jayaraman is leading stress-reduction workshops onfundamentals of the of the of Integrated Amrita Meditation Technique (IAMT) technique,through UB’s Employee Assistance Program Education Workshops series.

James Llinas, ISE and MAE Research Professor and Executive Director of the of the of Centerfor Multisource Information Fusion, presented on “Information Fusion: the Concepts,the Technology, the Community, and Modern Research Challenges” at the 13thInternational Conference on Information Fusion (ICIF), Edinburgh, Scotland.

Assistant Dean and Director of the of the of Engineering Career InstituteDean C. Millar published Ready for Takeoff! A Winning Process forLaunching Your Engineering Career (Prentice Career (Prentice Career Hall) is appropriate forengineering professionals and as a companion text for engineeringcourses. The book uses plain English, specific examples, and insightsfrom industry experts to explain the steps needed to identify andpursue an engineering job that’s right for the reader.

EE’s SUNY Distinguished Professor Vladimir V. Mitin publishedQuantum Mechanics for Nanostructures, (Cambridge University Press)with Dmitry I. Sementsov and Nizami Z. Vagidov as co-authors.

ISE Chair, Professor Rakesh Nagi was awarded Institute of Industrial of Industrial ofEngineers (IIE) Fellow designation.

Nagi also presented a talk at ICIF on “Multidisciplinary Research in Hard and SoftInformation Fusion,” with David L. Hall, the Pennsylvania State University (primary);Professor James Llinas; John Lavery, Army Research Office/Army Research Laboratory;and Amir Shirkhodaie, Tennessee State University.

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Faculty Inventors Honored by STOR,Kesavadas Cited

The UB Office of Science, of Science, of Technology Transfer Technology Transfer Technology and Transfer and Transfer EconomicOutreach (STOR) sponsored the annual Inventors andEntrepreneurs Reception, where MAE Professor andSimulated Surgical Systems LLC Founder Thenkurussi“Kesh” Kesavadas received the UB EntrepreneurialSpirit Award, which recognizes researchers who foundeda company to license a UB technology. For more aboutKesavadas’ recent innovations with Simulated SurgicalSystems, please see the Research section.

Faculty members recognized for being named on newly issued patents were:• MAE Professor Joseph C. Mollendorf, with collaborators: Engineering School Lab

Design staff member staff member staff Roger Teagarden, Peter Kovachi (BS ME/AE ’06) and CheeMain Heam (BS ME ’05) – patent – patent – for Height for Height for and Width Adjustable Saddle SlingSeat Walker with Walker with Walker Controllable Directional Tracking and Optional Arm Supports.

• SUNY Distinguished Professor Sargur N. Srihari and UB Distinguished CSEProfessor Venu Govindaraju (with an appointment in EE) (MS ’88 PhD ’92 CS),both of the of the of Center of Excellence of Excellence of for Document Analysis and Recognition (CEDAR),and collaborators: Yong-Chul Shin (MS ’89 PhD ’93 EE), Sangjik Lee (MSCSE ’00), Sung-Hyuk Cha (PhD CSE ’01), Catalin I. Tomai (PhD CSE ’04), BinZhang (MS ’00 PhD ’03 CSE), Ajay Shekhawat (MS ’89 CS PhD ’98 CSE), DaveBartnik (BS CS ’88), Wen-Jann Yang (MS ’92 PhD ’98 EE), Srirangaraj Setlur(MS ’95 IE), Phil Kilinskas (BS CS ’93), Fred Kunderman (BS CS ’95), Xia Liu(Mathematics alum), Zhixin Shi (MS CS ’95) and Ramanaprasad Vemulapati(MS CS ’93), all formerly of CEDAR of CEDAR of – patent for Method and Apparatus forAnalyzing and/or Comparing Handwritten and/or Biometric Samples.

•BME Co-Chair, EE Associate Professor Albert H. Titus (BS ’89 MS ’91 EE), andcollaborators Kiriti Bhagavathula (MS EE ’05), and Christopher Mullin, a non-UBinventor – patent for Low Power Glare Sensor.

• CBE UB Distinguished Professor Paschalis Alexandridis, and collaboratorsGeorgios N. Karanikolos (PhD CE ’05) and Triantafillos J. Mountziaris – patentfor Synthesis of Nanostructured of Nanostructured of Materials Using Liquid Crystalline Templates.

• CSE teaching assistant professor Kris Schindler (BS ‘93 MS ‘96 PhD ’01 EE) –patent for the UB Talker.

“Visionary Innovators” recognized were:• MAE Professor Thenkurussi Professor Thenkurussi Professor Kesavadas, and collaborators Ankur R. Baheti, Sridhar

Karimpuzha Seshadri, Amrish Kumar, and Govindarajan Srimathveeravalli, allof MAE,of MAE,of and James Mohler and Mohler and Mohler Khurshid Guru, both non-UB inventors – System – System – forRobotic Surgery Training Surgery Training Surgery (RoSS). Industrial Partner is Partner is Partner Simulated Surgical Systems LLC.

• CSE Assistant Professor Jason Corso and CSE Associate Professor Jinhui Xu, andKenneth Hoffmann and Alan Walczak, both of Neurosurgery, of Neurosurgery, of and collaboratorPeter B. Noel (MS ’07 PhD ’09 CS) – GPU Based Reconstruction Algorithm for CTData. Industrial Partner is Ionizing Radiation Imaging Systems LLC.

NAE member, SUNY Distinguished and GreatbatchProfessor in Power Sources Research Esther S. Takeuchireceived the annual Chancellor Charles P. Norton Medal,UB’s top honor, recognizing achievements that dignifythe region. Takeuchi has pioneered developments ofsophisticated power sources for implantable devices, andrecently received the National Medal of Technology of Technology of andInnovation at a White House ceremony.

Takeuchi Earns Norton Medal, UB’s Highest Award

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Academic Information SpecialistKyle Anderson joined the School ofEngineering’s Office of Undergraduate of Undergraduate ofEducation. He had been an Assistant HallDirector at UB’s University Residence Hallsand Apartments since 2007.

Cheryl Michalowski has joined BMEas its first Assistant to the Chair. She hadbeen a Project Assistant with Buffalo StateCollege’s Center for Development ofHuman Services Research Foundationfor 16 years.

BMEBME Assistant Professor Chulhong Kimearned a PhD in BME at WashingtonUniversity, St. Louis, Missouri (2009).His research interests are in developingnon-ionizing and non-invasive novelbiomedical imaging techniques, including

photo-acoustic tomography, ultrasound-modulated opticaltomography, fluorescence imaging, laser speckle contrastimaging, and ultrasonic imaging.

BME Research Scientist Julian Lippmannearned an MS (2004) and PhD (2008) in MEfrom the University of University of University California, of California, of Berkeley. Hisresearch focuses on fabrication, manufacturingand packaging of micro-electromechanical of micro-electromechanical ofsystems (MEMS) for biosensing for biosensing for and drug

delivery. Prior to Prior to Prior joining UB, he was a senior process senior process senior engineerat Proteusat Proteusat Biomedical, where he developed biostablepackaging for integrated for integrated for circuit-enhanced pacemaker leads. pacemaker leads. pacemaker

BME Assistant Professor Debanjan Sarkarearned a PhD in Chemical and BiomolecularEngineering, and Biomaterials Research,from the University of Akron, of Akron, of Ohio. Hisresearch interests are in biomaterials andstem cells in regenerative medicine.

CBE & EECBE and EE Professor Edward Furlaniearned a PhD from UB in MathematicalPhysics (1982). Furlani was a SeniorPrincipal Scientist at Eastman Kodak’s (EK)Microsystems Research Laboratory, wherehe worked on multiscale modeling and

device simulation and, more recently, on microsystems,designing novel MEMS light modulators, microactuatorsand microfluidic droplet ejectors. droplet ejectors. droplet He was a Research Professorat the Institute for Lasers, Photonics and Biophotonics(ILPB), where he is now a senior investigator on an ILPBfunded five-year research project.

CSECSE Assistant Professor Steven Koearned an MS in CSE from Seoul NationalUniversity, Seoul, Korea (2002), and a PhDin CS from University of Illinois, of Illinois, of Urbana-Champaign (UIUC) (2009). His researchinterests are in distributed systems and

networking, with a current emphasis on cloud computing.

CSEECSEE Assistant Professor SalvatoreSalamone earned a Laurea (MS) in CIE(2002) and a PhD in Structural Engineeringfrom the University of Palermo of Palermo of (2007). Hisresearch interests are in structural healthmonitoring, non-destructive evaluation,

ultrasonic sensing methods for smart structures, and digitalsignal processing and pattern recognition.

EE & PhySICSEE and Physics Associate Professor StevenDurbin earned MS (1989) and PhD (1994)degrees in EE from Purdue University,West Lafayette, Indiana. He was anAssociate Professor at the University ofCanterbury in Christchurch, New Zealand.

His research interests in the area of solid of solid of state materialsand devices include: electrical characterization and devicemodeling; oxide and nitride semiconductors; photovoltaicand thermoelectric energy conversion; metamaterialsfor optical wavelengths; molecular beam epitaxy andpulsed laser deposition; and nanotemplated growth ofsemiconductor crystals.

ISEISE Assistant Professor AlexanderNikolaev earned an MS in Applied Physicsand Mathematics from Moscow Institute ofPhysics and Technology (2001) and a PhDin Operations Research from UIUC (2008).His research interests include resource

allocation and assignment problems with sequentialarrivals, statistical inference based on observational data,and mathematical modeling of social of social of network dynamics.

MAEMAE Assistant Professor Assistant Professor Assistant Iman Borazjaniearned an MS in ME from Georgia Instituteof Technology,of Technology,of Atlanta, Georgia (2005) anda PhD in ME from University of University of University Minnesota, of Minnesota, ofMinneapolis (2008). His primary research primary research primary isin developing advanced numerical tools for

simulating biological flows.

MAE Assistant Professor Michele Milanoearned an MS in EE with a concentration incontrol systems from Federico II University,Napoli Italy (1996), and a PhD in TechnicalSciences from the Swiss Federal Instituteof Technologyof Technologyof (2002). His research

interests concern modeling, optimization, and bio-inspiredpropulsion systems/insect flight.

MAE Assistant Professor David Salacearned an MS and PhD in ME from theUniversity of Michigan, of Michigan, of Ann Arbor (2007).His current work is on two main activitiesinvolving interfacial phenomena andmultiple length scales: motion of lipid of lipid of

bilayer vesicles; and the freezing of foams, of foams, of leading him todevelop of a of a of new numerical method.

GoingsISE Graduate Affairs Secretary PatriciaBrock has retired after 40 years at UB,the first half of half of half which of which of was in the SchoolNursing. After over 20 years there, herassistance and skills went to the School ofEngineering and its students.

CBE Secretary Irene Brubaker workedwith the department for 23 years, andassisted CBE SUNY Distinguished ProfessorEli Ruckenstein. During retirement,she plans to enjoy new adventures,including travelling to dote on her seven

grandchildren, and tackling various house projects. Herpleasant and patient demeanor will be greatly missed.

ISE’s Kathleen Dunphy retired with over40 years of service of service of to UB. She was alwayshelpful and gracious to the department’sfaculty and students, and as an enthusiasticanimal lover, she loved to share storiesabout animals.

CBE Clifford Furnas Eminent ProfessorVladimir Hlavacek’s research focuseson reaction engineering and ceramicengineering. His consulting work includedcorporations and US Department ofDefense agencies. Since joining CBE in

1981, his recognitions include: AIChE Fellow; AIChE’sWilhem Award; two Fulbright Fellowships; and theAlexander Von Humboldt Research Award. Hlavacek andhis wife Zdena will pursue their extracurricular interests,including sailing and ocean fishing.

CSE Lecturer and Assistant Chair HeleneKershner has been with CSE for 27 yearsand won the Milton Plesur Award forExcellence in Teaching. Her contributionsto CSE undergraduate education werein computers, ethics and the law, and

software engineering, and she worked with studentsinvolved with developing the UB Talker.

CSEE Lab Technician Gary Majewski hasretired after 24 years with UB Engineering.Majewski oversaw CSEE’s Materials andSoils labs and advised the American Societyof Civilof Civilof Engineer’s UB student chapter’s(ASCE) on concrete canoe and steel bridge

construction. He earned the ASCE’s Faculty/Staff of Faculty/Staff of Faculty/Staff the of the of YearAward (2009). He will be spending time as Vice PresidentofFinance, St. Matthews Lutheran Church and School (N.Tonawanda, NY) and contracting in concrete countertops. Healso enjoys northern pike fishing and plans to live in Mesa,Arizona’s Valley of the of the of Sun.

MAE Professor John Medige joined UBEngineering in 1962, specializing in platesand shells, numerical methods, plasticity,dynamics, and applied mathematics. Inthe 1970s his research activities shiftedto biomechanics, emphasizing bone

remodeling, tissue properties and joint mechanics. He wasoften seen going to his popular course on musculoskeletalbiomechanics accompanied by the hanging humanskeleton that still shares his emeritus office. He helda joint appointment with Orthopaedics and was long-time director of the of the of School of Medicine’s of Medicine’s of BiomechanicsLab. During his 50-year UB career, Medige authoredor co-authored over eighty technical publications andconference papers.

CSEE Professor Rowland Richards, Jr., PEjoined CSEE in 1980. An active consultantto entities including the National Cathedral(Washington, D.C.), his research interestsare in solid mechanics, experimentalmodel analysis, soil mechanics and

foundations, structural analysis and design, systems designand structural aesthetics. He authored Principles of Solid of Solid ofMechanics (CRCMechanics (CRCMechanics Press).

MAE Professor Dale Taulbee joined UBEngineering in 1963. A winner of the of the ofuniversity-wide Milton Plesur Awardfor Excellence in Teaching, his teachingand research focuses in fluid mechanics,computational methods, and turbulent

flows had applications ranging from aerospace sciencesto bioengineering. Taulbee taught 24 different graduateand undergraduate courses throughout his tenure. He wasmajor professor to 17 PhDs and over 40 masters and wasMAE Graduate Studies Director and as MAE DepartmentChair. In his leisure, he is an expert sailor.

Professors Gloria Kim (BME), Michael McKittrick (CBE),Gottfried Strasser (EE and Physics), Aleksandr Verevkin (EE),and Yong-Kyu Yoon (EE) have resigned for other for other for positions. other positions. other

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CBE’s SUNY Distinguished Professor Eli Ruckenstein publishedNanodispersions: Interactions, Stability, and Dynamics (Springer), Dynamics (Springer), Dynamics withco-author Marian Manciu (University of Texas, of Texas, of El Paso).

EE Research Professor Mohammed Safiuddin contributed to aconversation on remodeling electricity grids at CommentVisions:http://tinyurl.com/344n2kz.

MAE Professor Tarunraj Singh was promoted to Fellow of the of the of American Societyof Mechanicalof Mechanicalof Engineers (ASME), in recognition of his of his of contributions to the areas ofcontrol and estimation.

Singh recently published Optimal Reference Shaping for DynamicalSystems: Theory and Applications (CRC Applications (CRC Applications Press), which presents thetheory and numerical techniques used to shape control system inputsfor achieving precise control, when modeling uncertainties exist. Itincludes up-to-date techniques for the design of command-shaped of command-shaped ofprofiles for precise, robust, and rapid point-to-point control of under- of under- ofdamped systems.

MAE Assistant Professor Puneet Singla published Multi-ResolutionMethods for Modeling and Control of Dynamical of Dynamical of Systems with Systems with Systems John L.Junkins. Unifying important methodology, the book explores existingapproximation methods and develops new ones for the approximatesolution of large-scale of large-scale of dynamical system problems.

CBE Professor, Dean Harvey Stenger published Introduction to C++,Excel, Matlab, and Basic Engineering Numerical Methods (Prentice Methods (Prentice Methods Hall)on DVD, with co-author Charles R. Smith. The book offers a pragmaticapproach to computational tools and techniques, through a uniqueintegrated electronic learning system that allows for quick and efficientnavigation to a multitude of examples, of examples, of exercises, projects, and over tenhours of audio of audio of lectures.

BME, CBE, and EE Greatbatch Professor Esther Takeuchi was interviewed inSmartplanet.com about her work with innovative energy storage devices. Herresearch has received wide media attention, including articles in PhysOrg, R&DMagazine, Science Daily and Life Sciences World to World to World name a few. A slide show on herBME research is on YouTube at: http://tinyurl.com/375w4z5, and she participated ina panel on women in science, at BoingBoing: http://tinyurl.com/2dsvzjl.

CSE Professor, UB Provost Satish Tripathi was a co-author on 3DOnline Multimedia & Game: Processing, Transmission and Visualization(World Scientific Publishing), with co-authors Irene Cheng (Universityof Alberta,of Alberta,of Canada & University of Pennsylvania); of Pennsylvania); of Guido M. Cortelazzo(University of Padova, of Padova, of Italy); and Anup Basu (University of Alberta, of Alberta, ofCanada). The book addresses some of the of the of scientific techniques involvedin developing efficient 3D online systems.

CSE Professor and Chair Aidong Zhang published Protein InteractionNetworks: Computational Analysis (Cambridge Analysis (Cambridge Analysis University Press). Thebook provides a comprehensive understanding of the of the of computationalmethods available for the analysis of protein-protein of protein-protein of interactionnetworks and offers an in-depth survey of a of a of range of approaches of approaches of andthe fundamental principles underlying each of these. of these. of

President Simpson recognized the following faculty members for their bookpublications at the 2010 Anthology of Recognition of Recognition of ceremony: CBE’s Ruckenstein andShulgin; CSE’s Tripathi, Provost, Upadhyaya, and Zhang; CSEE’s Bruneau; EE’s Birdand Su; MAE’s Chung.

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EE Professor Adly Fam attended an EgyptianScholars Abroad meeting at the Egyptian Embassy(Washington, D.C.), where he was appointed tothe Advisory Council of Egyptian Scholars.

In Cairo, Fam gave two workshops at the NationalAuthority ofAuthority ofAuthority Quality of Quality of Assurance Quality Assurance Quality and Accreditation ofEducation (NAQAAE): one on accreditation, whichincluded overviews of the of the of Accreditation Board for

Engineering and Technology (ABET) Technology (ABET) Technology accreditation process and of the of the of InternationalEngineering Alliance; and one on patents and inventions, which highlighted UB’sSTOR structure and activities. In related work, Fam appeared several times as apanelist on Egyptian national television, to address issues related to NAQAAE’sactivities. Professor Fam Professor Fam Professor was also invited to participate in a four-memberinternational accreditation team for the for the for American University in Cairo (AUC).

Dr. Magdy Kassem is president of NAQAAE, of NAQAAE, of the accrediting body for allEgyptian institutions of learning, of learning, of including higher education institutions.NAQAAE’s mission is to apply uniform accreditation standards that promiseto improve and enhance the performance of learning of learning of institutions at all levels.Several agreements and memos-of-understanding between NAQAAE and itsinternational counterparts (including ABET) are in place.

Fam Joins Advisory Council ofEgyptian Scholars Abroad

ObituariesThe School of Engineering extends condolences to the friends and family of our colleagues.We deeply mourn the loss of Phillip E. Ganze (BSCS ’93) (photo right). During his thirteen yearswith Science and Engineering Node Services, Phil’scomputer skills and endless good nature were agreat help to many.

The School of Engineering of Engineering ofremembers University Scholarand CBE Professor Emeritus Robert J. Good, whojoined UB in 1964. Good was a visiting professorat several universities in London (University ofBristol, City University, and Imperial College),and was a chemist for Dow and Monsanto, in

addition to consulting for other firms. His awards include the 1979 JacobR. Schoellkopf Award and the American Chemical Society’s 1976 KendallAward for his work in surface and colloid chemistry. He was a memberof the American Chemical Society, National Association of CorrosionEngineers, and the Adhesion Society. His wife of 45 years, the former MaudHopkins, also died recently.

The School of Engineering of Engineering of is sorry to lose EEProfessor Raj K. Kaul, who passed away after aprolonged illness. Professor Kaul’s 42-year tenure wasdistinguished by several teaching awards, numerouspublications, and a career of dedicated of dedicated of service to theuniversity, to the school, and to the department. In2002, he was the EE’s Director of Graduate of Graduate of Studies.

Professor Kaul was advising and guiding dissertation and thesis research workfor threefor threefor students and authoring a mathematics book at the time of his of his of passing.

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Professor Stella Batalama accepted the position of EE of EE of Chair for Chair for Chair a for a for one-year term, one-year term, one-year during whichshe will continue as the Associate Dean for Research. for Research. for Professor Batalama Professor Batalama Professor was an acting directorat the Rome Air Force Air Force Air Research Laboratory for Laboratory for Laboratory a for a for year, and she serves in several roles in theIEEE Communications Division. She has provided exceptional leadership for UB’s for UB’s for EE WirelessCommunication Group.

Professor Alexander Cartwright will step away from away from away his BME and EE Chair posts Chair posts Chair to becomeUB’s Interim Vice President for Research. for Research. for Many thanks Many thanks Many go to Professor Cartwright Professor Cartwright Professor for his for his for year of year of yeardedicated service as chair of chair of chair both of both of departments.

For aFor aFor two-year period, two-year period, two-year CBE Professor and Professor and Professor Chair David Kofke and Associate Professor AlbertTitus will act as BME Co-Chairs. Professor Kofke Professor Kofke Professor will continue in his role as CBE chair.

Timoleon Siderakis has been promoted. In addition to Senior Development Senior Development Senior Director and Director and DirectorAssistant Dean for Engineering, for Engineering, for his duties have been broadened to include supervisingdevelopment activities in Architecture and Planning and in Athletics.

CSEE Professor A. Scott Weber has been named UB’s Vice Provost and Dean of Undergraduate of Undergraduate ofEducation. During his five years as CSEE chair, he helped establish UB’s transportationengineering research program and oversaw the oversaw the oversaw department’s rise to 27th in U.S. News andWorld Report’s national Report’s national Report’s rankings of civil of civil of engineering programs. He also helped craft andimplement a new shared new shared new vision and direction for the for the for department and MCEER. His presencegenerated energy and energy and energy excitement in the department. Weber has Weber has Weber also served as UB’s Center for Center for CenterIntegrated Waste Management Director since Director since Director 1998.

Professor Andrew WhittakerAndrew WhittakerAndrew has accepted the position of CSEE of CSEE of Chair for Chair for Chair a for a for three-year term. three-year term. three-yearWhittaker leadsWhittaker leadsWhittaker the NSF-funded UB-National Earthquake Engineering Simulation program asDirector, PI, and Safety Coordinator Safety Coordinator Safety of Coordinator of Coordinator the of the of Structural Engineering and Earthquake SimulationLaboratory (SEESL).Laboratory (SEESL).Laboratory He is President of the of the of Consortium of Universities of Universities of for Research for Research for in EarthquakeEngineering; on the Management Council of MCEER; of MCEER; of and on the World Seismic Safety Initiative’s Safety Initiative’s SafetyBoard of Directors. of Directors. of Many thanks Many thanks Many to CSEE’s outgoing chair, Professor A. Scott Weber, for his for his fordedicated and outstanding service since 2005.

Stella Batalama

Timoleon Siderakis

Alexander CartwrightAlexander CartwrightAlexander

A. Scott Weber

David Kofke

Andrew Whittaker

Albert Titus

Gary Simon is now The Center for IndustrialEffectiveness’s (TCIE) Director of Business of Business of Development.Simon has been with TCIE since 2005 as a businessdevelopment officer. His responsibilities include customstudent programming and certificate programs thatserve the business community, and promoting businessprocess excellence, engineering solutions and UB researchthroughout the region and state.

TCIE, a program of the of the of School of Engineering, of Engineering, of providesa dynamic link between UB’s expert resources and theregion’s business community.

Simon Promoted to TCIE’s Business Development Director

Service Recognition CeremonyUB Engineering’s Service Recognition Ceremony honored UB Engineering faculty and staff employed at UB for 10, 20, 30 or 40 years as of calendar 2009.

30 Years: With Years: With Years:Dean Stenger at Stenger at Stengerleft, (l to (l to (l r): Andrei r): Andrei r):Reinhorn, MetaReuse, WayneDussault

20 Years: With Years: With Years:Dean Stenger at Stenger at Stengerleft, (l to (l to (l r): David r): David r):Kofke, KennethRegan, ConnieBeroza, RogerTeagarden. Notpictured: Annpictured: Annpictured:Bisantz, MarlinGillette, BharatJayaraman, Li Lin, Li Lin, LiJohn Schneider,Albert TitusAlbert TitusAlbert

10 Years: WithDean Stengerat right,at right,at (l to (l to (l r):Margie Hewlett,Carole Dentico,Yvette Pardee,Linda Tallau. Notpictured: Kathypictured: Kathypictured:Bernard, Lee Gear-hart, Hui Meng, Hui Meng, HuiScott Thorpe,Scott Thorpe,Scott Jen-nifernifer Tworkowski, Tworkowski,nifer Tworkowski,nifernifer Tworkowski,niferDianeDiane Vannatter Vannatter

Lewis’s research focuses on decision modeling in design, including distributed design,design visualization, reconfigurable systems, and multi-objective optimization.

He was on the National Academies Panel on Benchmarking the ResearchCompetitiveness of the of the of U.S. in ME and received a National Science Foundation(NSF) CAREER Award. His teaching awards include TBP’s Professor of the of the of Yeartwice, the Milton Plesur Excellence in Teaching Award, the SUNY Chancellor’sAward for Excellence in Teaching, and the Society of Automotive of Automotive of Engineers’ RalphR. Teetor Educational Award.

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dean for research for research for and graduate education. A prolific A prolific A researcher, Karwan’s expertiseincludes discrete optimization, multiple criteria decision-making, multilevel systems,vehicle routing and scheduling, and visual search and industrial inspection.

He employs humor to convey difficult material to his students, and his teachinghas earned awards including Tau Beta Pi’s (TBP) Professor of the of the of Year award twiceand the SUNY Chancellor’s Award for Excellence in Teaching. He also earned theschool’s Dean’s Award for Achievement.

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EE Professor Jonathan Bird, in collaboration with colleagues at Florida State University, Rice, UB and the University of Oklahoma, Tulsa, received a National Science Foundation Grant to promote

innovative nanotechnology research, while developing new models for effective, large-scale, research collaboration with Japan.

The program brings together researchers with a broad spectrum of expertise,from terahertz science and nanoelectronics, to international education andlinguistics. The program, led by Rice University Professor Junichiro Kono, seeksto develop new, enhanced sources and sensors of terahertz radiation, based onnanomaterials realized from graphene and carbon nanotubes.

The terahertz region of the electromagnetic spectrum promises a broad rangeof technological applications, including remote sensing of packaging for

explosives, pharmaceutics characterization, and secure communications. Theresearch project addresses a critical need for electronic devices capable ofoperating in this elusive region of the spectrum.

Bird’s collaborators at UB include SUNY Distinguished EE Professor Vladimir Mitinand Linguisitics Professor Mitsuaki Shimojo, Japanese Program Director, who willdevelop an innovative program of technical of technical of Japanese instruction for studentsparticipating in cutting-edge cutting-edge nanotechnology nanotechnology research in Japan.

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Media at Technische Universitaet Muenchen (theUniversity of Technology, of Technology, of Munich), with Germanscientist Eckehard Steinbach, who nominatedhim for the award. He is working towardcontext-aware media delivery and resourceallocation in mobile networks.

Wen has pioneered research in image and videoprocessing, analysis, and communications, andhis theoretical and practical contributions tothe efficient, secure, and robust transmissionof multimedia data over wired and wirelessnetworks.

He was elected an Institute of Electricaland Electronics Engineers Fellow for hiscontributions in digital image and videoprocessing, analysis and communications, anda Society of Photo-Optical InstrumentationEngineers Fellow for his contributions inelectronic imaging and visual communications.

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EE’s Bird: Nanotechnology Research with Innovative Japan Collaboration

Researchers in the PIRE grant PIRE grant PIRE will grant will grant develop will develop will new electronic new electronic new devices electronic devices electronic by using by using bythe unique properties of graphene, of graphene, of a single layer of layer of layer carbon of carbon of atoms just a just a just fewnanometers thick.

CBE Associate Professor Mattheos A. G. Koffas has led research on a versatile, efficient microbial system that produces isoflavonoids (powerful plant compounds) in quantities seven times greater than previously achieved.

Isoflavonoids may promise new pharmaceutical treatments if sufficient if sufficient if amountscan be biosynthesized in pure forms or well-defined mixtures.

New compounds produced by the team were good estrogen receptor binders(ERBs) in vitro. ERBs can prevent cancer-causing compounds from binding toestrogen, so they may be able to thwart cancerous tumor growth. Accordingto Koffas, “If further “If further “If testing in animals is promising, they may become suitabledrug candidates for breast cancer.”

Koffas’ team achieved higher yields because their method optimizes in yeast thecombined action of three of three of enzymes that produce isoflavones. The UB researchersalso were able to create a small library of non-natural of non-natural of (synthetic) isoflavonoidderivatives.

The research, conducted in collaboration with First Wave Technologies (FWT), was funded by anNSF Phase 1 Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) grant, and reported in Chemistry & Biology.Co-authors were Joseph A. Chemler (PhD CE ’09); Chin Giaw Lim (CBE graduate student); andFWT Technical Director John Daiss. FWT is based at UB’s New York State Center of Excellence inBioinformatics and Life Sciences.

CBE’s Koffas Yields Isoflavonoids, Possibly Cancer-Inhibiting

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MAE’s Chung Advances Smart ConcreteMAE Professor Deborah Chung has led research in developing a new composite material that reduces the effects of vibration by absorbing energy through an accordion-like movement of its internal structure, with applications in engineering structures from wind turbines, aircraft components, high-speed railroad ties, bridges, to offshore oil-drilling components.

“The damping ability of the of the of new material is superior to any polymer (includingrubber) and any metal (including shape-memory alloys),” says Chung, who recentlypublished findings in Carbon.

The material is a cement-matrix graphite-network composite containing 8% by volume of graphite. of graphite. of The graphiteligaments in the network exhibit an accordion-like microstructure and so can absorb vibrational energy upondeformation. The cement component adds overall stiffness to the composite.

“This structure is believed to be responsible for the for the for high value of the of the of loss tangent, i.e., the high value of the of the ofdamping ratio,” explains Chung. “The damping ratio is higher than higher than higher even that of rubber. of rubber. of Together the Together the Together high loss

tangent and high stiffness lead to exceptionally highenergy dissipationenergy dissipationenergy under vibrational under vibrational under stress,” adds Chung.

Given the close relationship between vibrationdamping and sound attenuation, the composite willalso be effective in terms of sound of sound of proofing too.

A patent on this technology has been filed and thetechnology is available for licensing.

Chung was recently interviewed about smart concreteon fixr.com.

“The damping ability of ability of ability the of the ofnew materialnew materialnew is material is material superior to superior to superior any

polymer andpolymer andpolymer any and any and metal” any metal” any

ISE’s Zhuang Analyzes Haitian Quake ISE Assistant Professor Jun Zhuang earned an NSF grant as a UB PI for his Rapid Response Research (RAPID) project, to identify some key trends in optimal distribution and sustainable partnership relating to this year’s Port-au-Prince, Haiti earthquake.

Justin Yates (IE PhD ’08), was a Texas A&M University PI on this project. (For more about Yates,please see the Alumni Class Notes article.) John Coles (BS IE ’09) collected data for the team.

This summer, the research included data collected in Haiti over a 27-day trip. Interviews with 18agencies and insight from emergency managers and first responders provided data on several keyquantitative and qualitative characteristics in effective and problematic inter-agency partnershipsthat pervaded this particularresponse operation.

Using naturalistic data collection methods, quantitativeand qualitative data on the efficiency of aid of aid of acquisition,transportation, and distribution was collected using aknowledgeable researcher embedded within an active localorganization.

The information gathered provides practical and testableinsight into future response operations across the UnitedStates and around the world.

has supervised 20 PhDs. Hehas served on editorial boardsincludes IEEE Transactions onPattern Analysis and MachineIntelligence;Intelligence;Intelligence has co-chairedseveral technical conferencesand workshops; and hisawards include the prestigiousMIT Global Technovator Award Technovator Award Technovatorand the HP Open InnovationAward twice. He is a Fellowof theof theof ACM, IEEE, and theInternational Association ofPattern Recognition (IAPR).

His work in work in work handwritingrecognition, used bygovernment and industry, wasat the core of the of the of US PostalService’s first handwrittenaddress interpretation system.

Level ofLevel ofLevel agency of agency of engagement agency engagement agency in engagement in engagement Haiti before Haiti before Haiti and after and after and the after the afterJanuary 12th,January 12th,January 2010 earthquake 2010 earthquake 2010

Scanning electronScanning electronScanning microscopeimages ofimages ofimages the of the of fracture surface.

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Hurricane Katrina: CSEE’s Jensen Assesses Some Lessons LearnedOn Hurricane Katrina’s fifth anniversary, CSEE Professor James Jensen says that the disaster’s impact indicates some lessons about how we manage in the aftermath of extreme events.

Jensen visited in October2005, soon after Katrinahit New Orleans, Louisiana,as part of an of an of MCEER-organized, NationalScience Foundation-fundedreconnaissance mission.

Katrina showed thatmunicipalities and citizensmust take orders toevacuate more seriously.Hurricane Rita, which hitnot long after Katrina,garnered “something likea 95 percent evacuationrate,” said Jensen. So, bythat time, “people hadreallyreally gotten the message.”

Jensen also discussed discussed the loss of water of water of pressure indistribution systems with public-health officials andwith managers from wastewater treatment plants,who “estimated that as many as 1,000 or morebreaks occurred in the water distribution pipes dueto the damaged fire hydrants. The loss of pressure of pressure ofthat resulted led to contaminating the water inthose pipes.” Pipes were damaged by shifting, bywaterlogged houses, and by empty cars on floodedstreets that had knocked down fire hydrants.

The Gulf oil Gulf oil Gulf spill could complicate hurricanesthis season by the potential loss of vegetation of vegetation ofin wetlands. As Jensen explained, “If oil “If oil “If kills thevegetation in those wetlands, then you lose thebuffer that that vegetation provided.”

MAE’s Kesavadas on RoSS Surgical SimulatorMAE Professor, Virtual Reality Laboratory (VRL)Director Thenkurussi “Kesh” Kesavadasand Roswell Park Cancer Institute’s (RPCI) MDKhurshid Guru have collaborated to develop theRobotic Surgical Simulator (RoSS), a criticalsurgical training tool expected to translate intobetter patient outcomes with robotic surgery, arapidly expanding field. Guru is an RPCI Urologydepartment attending surgeon and RPCI’s Centerfor Robotic Surgery director.

Kesavadas likened RoSS to “a flight simulator forsurgeons,” because it allows surgeons to practicerobotic surgery in a realistic, virtual environment.RoSS represents a vast improvement on thecurrent training available required for proficiencyin robot-assisted surgery, according to Guru.

Kesavadas and Guru founded the Western NewYork-based spin-off company, spin-off company, spin-off Simulated SurgicalSystems, LLC, to commercialize the simulators. The SUNY Research Foundation and Health Research, Inc.,the technology transfer arm of Roswell of Roswell of Park, jointly licensed the RoSS technology to Simulated SurgicalSystems, LLC (SSS).

Guru’s surgical expertise has made RPCI’s robotics program a Center of Excellence of Excellence of and a world leader inphysician training in robotics, while Kesavadas’ VRL is a leading haptic technologies lab.

(L to R): Guru R): Guru R): and Guru and Guru Kesavadas; and Kesavadas; and a Kesavadas; a Kesavadas; simulator they simulator they simulator developed they developed theyallows surgeonsallows surgeonsallows to surgeons to surgeons practice skills needed skills needed skills to needed to needed performrobot-assisted surgeryrobot-assisted surgeryrobot-assisted without surgery without surgery risk without risk without to risk to risk patients.

CSE’s Srihari: Data Mining of Social Media In her research, CSE Associate Professor rohini Srihari addresses the ways that companies and other organizations may mine the data that we exchange online.

Srihari gave an invited talk on “Social Media Analytics: the Value Proposition,”at the Social Media Analytics workshop, in conjunction with the 2010 KnowledgeDiscovery and Data Mining conference, in Washington, D.C. Web content isrising, exchanged by ordinary users via mobile devices and on social media siteslike Facebook and discussion forums. These exchanges can become data, tobe mined for business-related competitive insight purposes, e-commerce, andcitizen response to current issues. The talk addressed commercial and intelligenceapplicationsapplications exploiting social media data, the business models driving these,

and vendors providing the the solutions. Computational techniques used for extracting the information andassimilating it into actionable intelligence were also covered.

At COLING 2010 in Beijing, China, Srihari, with CS PhD student Smruthi Mukund, also presented “A VectorSpace Model (VSM) for Subjectivity Classification in Urdu aided by Co-Training.” The project had as its goal theproduction of a of a of classifier that can distinguish subjective sentences from objective sentences in Urdu, useful inmining expressions for content. Their work proposed a co-training approach for subjectivity analysis in Urduthat augments the positive (subjective) set and generates a negative (objective) set, devoid of all of all of samples closeto the positive ones. Using the data set thus generated for training, the team conducted experiments based on

support vector machine (SVM) and VSM algorithms, and showedthat their modified VSM-based approach works remarkably wellas a sentence-level subjectivity classifier.

Mukund and Srihari, with co-author Debanjan Ghosh, a ThomsonReuters R&D researcher, also presented “Using Cross-LingualProjections to Generate Semantic Role Labeled AnnotatedCorpus for Urdu - A Resource Poor Language.”

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Human bronchial epithelial bronchial epithelial bronchial cells epithelial cells epithelial transfected with transfected with transfectednanoplexes, developed by developed by developed UB by UB by and CDC and CDC and scientists; CDC scientists; CDCthe nanoplexes are uniformly distributed uniformly distributed uniformlysurrounding the cell nuclei. cell nuclei. cell

EE’s Prasad:Gold Nanorods a Potential Antiviral Delivery SystemTwo UB research groups and another at theU.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention(CDC) are working toward a unique influenza treatment that may prevent future pandemics of drug-resistant viruses by delivering a potent,immune-boosting payload tocells with gold nanorods.

The team, led by EE SUNYDistinguished Professor ParasPrasad (with appointmentsin Chemistry, EE, Physics,and Medicine), published itsfindings in the Proceedingsof theof theof National Academy ofSciences. The paper describesthe single strand RNA molecule,which prompts a strongimmune response against theinfluenza virus by ramping upthe host’s cellular production production of ofinterferons, proteins that inhibit inhibit viral viral replication.Any viruses susceptible to the innate immuneresponse that type 1 interferons trigger couldbe effectively targeted with this new approach,including seasonal flu and H1N1.

Based on these in vitro results, vitro results, vitro the UB and CDCresearchers are beginning animal studies.

The research was funded in part by the John R.Oishei Foundation, the National Institutes ofHealth, the Air Force Office of Scientific of Scientific of Research,and the National Vaccine Program Office of the of the of U.S.Department of Health of Health of and Human Services.

With Prasad, authors on the paper are UB MD/PhD candidate Krishnan Chakravarthy; ChemistryResearch Associate Professor Earl J. Bergey; ILPBResearch Assistant Professor Adela Bonoiu; ILPBPostdoctoral Associate Hong Ding; former UB ILPBVisiting Researcher Rui Hu; CDC’s J. Bowzard,William Davis, Jacqueline M. Katz, Priya Ranjan,and Suryaprakesh Sambhara (Influenza Division).

CSE Assistant Professor Jason Corso is PI on “ISTARE: Intelligent Spatiotemporal Activity Reasoning Engine,” a DefenseAdvanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA)funded project in the Mind’s Eye program. The team,including CSE Assistant Professor Raymond Fu, CSEAssistant Professor Michalis Petropoulos, MAEAssociate Professor Venkat Krovi, and PsychiatryProfessor Werner Ceusters, is one of just of just of a handfulnationwide to win such an award, placing the CSEdepartment’s computer vision activities at theforefront of the of the of research and defense communities.

The research addresses a longstanding challenge incomputer visioncomputer visioncomputer research: comprehensive visual scene

understanding. While imagesand videos of the of the of naturalworld are highly structured highly structured highly andredundant, they exhibit they exhibit they complexappearance and shape, withhierarchical scale-varyingnature, and occlusion. High-techsystems may detect instancesof objects,of objects,of the “nouns” of the of the ofscene, yet the verbs, or actions(especially human actions) andtheir underlyingtheir underlyingtheir motivations, aremore elusive. The ISTARE projectwill build a visual intelligencesystem capable of dynamically of dynamically of

learning computational representations of these of these of actionsand recognizing them in novel video streams in real-time.

Corso’s Visual Noun project, a foundation to theISTARE effort, implements a state-of-the-art suite ofobject detection routines from the computer visionliterature. Object detection is defined as the problemof scanningof scanningof a novel image for instancesfor instancesfor of a of a of particularclass of objects, of objects, of in this case, those found in urban andsurveillance videos (faces, cars, buildings, etc.), andreturning their locations their locations their in the image where the objectinstances have been detected. This project is partiallysupported by Corso’s by Corso’s by NSF CAREER award and a DARPAComputer ScienceComputer ScienceComputer Study Group Study Group Study program grant.

Corso is PI on CSE/MAE Team ISTARE Project

Learning, recognition of, and reasoning and reasoning andover activitiesover activitiesover in persistent surveillance persistent surveillance persistentvideos is the overarching objectiveof ISTARE.of ISTARE.of

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MAE’s Lordi: BioBlower Startup Earns RecognitionBuffalo BioBlower Technologies, LLC (B3) was noted in a report by The Science Coalition, a national D.C.-based non-profit, as a successful federally funded research company that spurs economic growth and job creation.

B3, which received startup funds from the U.S. Department of Defense of Defense of (DoD) and additionalfunding from the New York State Office of Science, of Science, of Technology and Academic Research, wasco-founded by MAE Research Professor John Lordi, with Chemistry Professor James Garvey,who is B3 Chief Technical Chief Technical Chief Officer.

B3 also presented its business plan at the selective statewide Tenth Annual SmartStartUNYTECH Venture Forum, in Syracuse, NY.

B3’s air purification product sterilizes high-volume airstreams of spores, of spores, of bacteria, and viruses with heat and pressureoscillations. In DoD tests, its product eradicated over 99.9999 percent of the of the of spores of an of an of anthrax surrogate in an airstream.Whereas conventional HEPA (high-efficiency particulate air) filters trap live airborne spores, thus presenting the possibilityof furtherof furtherof infection. B3’s product kills spores at their source.

B3’s progress and regional contributions were noted in The Buffalo News and News and News Business First, and the company was coveredin the Spring 2008 Buffalo Engineer.

EE’s Pados and Su: Cooperative Communications and NetworkingEE’s Professor Dimitris Pados and Assistant Professor weifeng Su, with EE PhD candidate Fuyu Chen and alumnus John Matyjas (BS ’98, MS ’00 PhD ’04 EE) received the 2010 IEEE International Conference on Communications (ICC) Best Paper Award in Signal Processing for Communications, for their work on “The Outage Probability and Optimum Power Assignment for Differential Amplify-and-Forward Relaying.”

The award ceremony tookplace during IEEE ICC 2010in late spring, in CapeTown, South Africa.

The researchers’ work is afundamental contributionto an emerging wirelesscommunication paradigm –cooperative communicationsand networking. Differentfrom conventionalpoint-to-point wirelesspoint-to-point wirelesspoint-to-pointcommunications, cooperativecommunications empowerdifferent usersdifferent usersdifferent or nodes or nodes or ina wireless network to network to network shareresources and cooperateto establish and maintainsessions through distributedtransmissions. Analogousto the role of members’ of members’ of teamwork in teamwork in teamwork an organization, this new technical new technical newcooperative communication concept can significantly increasewireless network capacity and throughput/delay performance. Theinvestigated and analyzed differential cooperative relaying protocol isan appealing choice for next-generation wireless network design dueto its simplicity in implementation.

Professor SuProfessor SuProfessor will spend the next academic year on year on year a National ResearchCouncil fellowship at the Air Force Air Force Air Research Laboratory (Rome, Laboratory (Rome, Laboratory NY) todevelop and transition this research. Professor Pados Professor Pados Professor will lead a new UB new UB newresearch effort on cognitive jointly optimal jointly optimal jointly channelization and routingover cooperativeover cooperativeover links. (Please see Class Notes section for more for more for on Matyjas.)

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In related work, his team has employed electroencephalograghy(EEG) to predict human mental states and behavior, includinghuman numerical typing errors, whose consequences can beserious in critical systems like financial exchanges, medicaldatabases, or nuclear power plants.

Wu’s team used two data mining techniques – lineardiscriminant analysis and support vector machine – toclassify EEG patterns into a mental state of either: of either: of beforeerroneous keystrokes; or before correct keystrokes. Becausethey are rare, predicting human numerical typing errors byflipping a coin would not even yield a 50% hit rate. Yet, incontrast to retrospective verification (i.e., checking dataafter errors are made), Wu’s prospective error detectionmechanism does not require a thorough rummaging of the of the ofentire data set, and can achieve a 75% hit rate in at least100 milliseconds before errors are made. Wu proposes thatthe technique could be implemented through an on-linebrain-computer interface to proactively predict humannumerical typing errors and prevent a portion of severe of severe ofaccidents in several important domains.

Rutgers ISE Assistant Professor W. Art Chaovalitwongse worked on this research,and ISE PhD students Cheng Jhe Lin and Guozhen Zhao provided researchsupport. Colleagues ISE Professor and Chair Rakesh Nagi and Associate ProfessorAnn Bisantz also provided valuable input.

ISE’s Wu Studies EEG’s to Predict Numerical Typing ErrorsISE Assistant Professor Sean (Changxu) wu earned an NSF award for his research entitled, “ComputationalFramework of Robust Intelligent System for Mental State Identification and Human Performance Prediction with Biofeedback.”

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THANk You, DoNoRSWe thank our donors for their generosity.

Please visit: www.eng.buffalo.edu/alumniFriendsDonors/annualGivingReport/0910for a complete list of our of our of July 1, July 1, July 2009 – June – June – 30, 2010 donors.

Should you wish to make a contribution, please visit http://www.eng.buffalo.edu/alumniFriendsDonors/donors/ and click on the “Donate” link in the left sidebar.Development staff can staff can staff be contacted any time at 1.888.205.2609 ordirectly, below:

• Tim Siderakis, Asst. Dean & Sr. Director: tsiderak@buffalo.edu,716.645.0970

• Michael Madonia, Director: mmadonia@buffalo.edu, 716.645.0969

• Jenine Trzewieczynski, Asst. Director: jt87@buffalo.edu, 716.645.0968

• Donna Linenfelser, Development Associate: dfelser@buffalo.edu,716.645.0997

Again, we thank all of our of our of donors for their generosity.

Your financial support is critical to the mission of the School.

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Keller Family Donation An important financial contribution to the School of Engineering was made by the Keller family (Amherst, NY), who ownand operate Keller Technology Corporation (KT)(Tonawanda, NY, with an office in CharlotteNC). Their generous contribution will name theAdvanced Visualization/Networking SystemsLaboratory, a CS lab to be located in the school’snew building.

Mike Keller is president of KT, of KT, of a factoryautomation equipment specialist for over ninetyyears. The gift is an expression of gratitude of gratitude of for theabilities that the many UB engineers on Keller’sstaff havestaff havestaff long brought to the company, and anacknowledgement that the School of Engineering of Engineering ofis of prime of prime of importance to the region’s economy.The gift supports the top-flight facilities neededto train the future engineers who will grow into arobust work force.

In Mike Keller’s family are his wife, Merilee;their children Mark, Libby, and Scott (BA ’01Sociology), who kicked for the UB Bulls. Mike’sfather, Arthur “Bud” Keller, Jr., is KT CompanyChairman and grandson of KT founder, JosephKeller. Mike’s brother and sister are also companyofficers: Peter is vice president; and Kathie istreasurer. Michael’s children and Peter’s son,Barnaby, hold management positions.

Agrusa Auditorium NamedPaula and russell L. Agrusa (BS EE ’76), loyal donors to the School of Engineering, havemade an additional generous philanthropic commitment to the school’s new building, where the auditorium will be named in their honor.

Russell is Founder, President, and Chief Executive Chief Executive Chief Officer of ICONICS of ICONICS of (Foxborough, Mass.), a leadinginternational software developer of web-enabled of web-enabled of visualization, human-machine interface (HMI) and supervisorycontrol and data acquisition (SCADA) applications for industrial automation and manufacturing.

Paula’s degree in Accounting is from the UB School of Management, of Management, of and her MBA in Finance is from BostonUniversity’s School of Management. of Management. of She is ICONICS’ Chief Financial Chief Financial Chief Officer, and together the couple’s workingpartnership has brought the company success.

ICONICS has offices throughout the United States, as well as in Australia, China, France, India, Italy, Germany, Germany, GermanyNetherlands and United Kingdom. ICONICS also has a joint software development and sales office in the CzechRepublic.

Beyond their successful work together, Paula and Russell Agrusa enjoy exploring lighthouses, bike riding andboating on Cape Cod, and enjoy the company of their of their of three bichon frieze dogs.

PleasePlease see the Alumni section for an article on Russell Agrusa’s Dean’s Award for Achievement.

National Grid Round Table

Alum Walter at UB Business Partners DayThe keynote speaker at the annual UB Business Partners Day was GlobalProduct Integrity Senior Vice President and Mattel Inc. Chief RegulatoryOfficer James J. Walter (BS CE ’78, MBA ’92).

During the luncheon, Walter delivered his address on “Crises and Priorities:Mattel’s Story When Faced with Industry Challenges.” At Mattel, Walter isresponsible for worldwide product quality, safety, regulatory compliance,and serves as the primary liaison with relevant government regulatoryagencies worldwide.

National GridNational GridNational President Grid President Grid Tom President Tom President King (right) presided over presided over presided a over a over CEO roundtable on regional energy regional energy regional issues energy issues energy convenedby theby theby UB Engineering Development team. Development team. Development Dennis Elsenbeck (left) Elsenbeck (left) Elsenbeck (M.Eng ’96, Dean’s Advisory Council Advisory Council Advisory Chair), Council Chair), CouncilRegional ExecutiveRegional ExecutiveRegional Director of Director of Director Energy of Energy of Solutions Energy Solutions Energy Services of National of National of Grid, National Grid, National was instrumental to instrumental to instrumental the gathering.The event was event was event a forum for questions for questions for and concerns and concerns and regarding energy issues energy issues energy with community business community business community leaders.Issues covered included covered included covered smart included smart included grid, smart grid, smart transmission options, energy regulation, energy regulation, energy the Niagara Mohawk rate Mohawk rate Mohawk case,pending energy legislation, energy legislation, energy reliability, and infrastructure and infrastructure and investment. Immediately following Immediately following Immediately the meeting, NGannounced itsannounced itsannounced significant grant significant grant significant supporting grant supporting grant the new BME new BME new program. BME program. BME For more For more For information on this grant, seestory instory instory this section.

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National Grid Gift: Access Grid Room for Biomedical EngineeringNational Grid has made an investment in developing a cutting-edge interactive computerized communications system, the Access Grid, to be located in 414 Bonner Hall.

The high-tech videoconferencing room will allow for research collaborationsbetween sites on all three UB campuses and Western New York industrial partners,linking BME researchers and students to Western New York’s BME industry.

Access Grid is an international video teleconferencing system that allows real-time interaction between users at two or more sites. It supports large-format,multimedia displays, presentation and interactive environments, and interfaces withcomputing middleware and visualization environments.

The grant will also support applied research collaborations and technologytransfer opportunities between the university and industry to help New Yorkbusinesses gain competitive technological advantages.

Dean Harvey Stenger called the grant “a powerful catalyst for the economicgrowth of the Buffalo Niagara Medical Campus and Western New York lifesciences companies.”

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Beam Signing and DAC Members Visit New Building SiteDean’s Advisory Council members signed a commemorative beam symbolic of the of the oflast piece to be placed in the Engineering School’s new building, and visited theconstruction site when on campus for their semi-annual meeting. The beam signingceremony wasceremony wasceremony a special opportunity to commemorate the completion of the of the of newbuilding’s structural frame, and was followed by a tour of the of the of construction site forDAC members and a group of faculty of faculty of and staff. The visitors donned constructionhats while viewing the future premises for the departments of Computer of Computer of Scienceand Engineering and Electrical Engineering.

To learn more about the new building, please see the presentation here: http://www.eng.buffalo.edu/newbuilding/docs/engthefuture/

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Dean’s AdvisoryDean’s AdvisoryDean’s Council Advisory Council Advisory visiting Council visiting Council construction visiting construction visiting site of the of the of Engineering School’s Engineering School’s Engineeringnew building,new building,new and commemorative and commemorative and beam signing (above) signing (above) signing

Klein Gift Supports New BuildingA generous gift for UB Engineering’s new building came from Denise M. (BA Social Sciences ’87) and timothy J. klein (BS EE ‘84).

A native of Western New York,alumnus Klein is Co-founder andCEO of ATTO Technology (Amherst,NY), a leader in high-performancecomputer storage products fordigital video/audio, imaging,and back-upmarkets. Klein isan EngineeringDean’s AdvisoryCouncil memberand an avidsupporterof academicprograms andstudents. Forhis outstandingcareer, he wasrecognized with the University atBuffalo Alumni Association’s 1998George W. Thorn Award and by theUB Engineering Alumni Associationwith its 2006 Engineer of the Yearaward.

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BEAM’s Annual Golf Tournament

This summer’s ThirteenthAnnual BEAM GolfTournament honoredTournament honoredTournamentRobert TomRobert TomRobert (pictured),Senior DirectorSenior DirectorSenior of Director of DirectorEngineering at Fisher at Fisher at Price, Fisher Price, Fisherwith the Tony Campagna Tony Campagna TonyAnnual Award, given toa highly dedicated highly dedicated highly BEAMvolunteer. Tom was thecreator ofcreator ofcreator BEAM of BEAM of TREK and TREK and TREKchaired the BEAM TREK

committee. The first place first place first men’s and women’s trophieswent towent towent Mark Szymczak, Mark Szymczak, Mark of DuPont, of DuPont, of and Katie Gracie,of Moog,of Moog,of and were presented at a at a at banquet after banquet after banquet the after the aftercompetition. The day-long event was event was event held at Chestnut at Chestnut atHills Country Club Country Club Country (Darien, N.Y.). BEAM thanks itssponsors for their for their for generosity, their generosity, their as this event supplies event supplies event theorganization with fifteen percent of percent of percent its of its of annual budget.The School of Engineering of Engineering of was a sponsor.

BEAM Trek Goes GreenThis year’s BEAM TREK, an educational “Adventure to Go Green,” focusedon alternative energy sources to create engineering awareness. High schoolstudents competed in teams, in a brain-teasing race around AmherstCampus, as engineering faculty members tested their scientific andmathematical mettle.

Events included the “Who Wants to be an Environmentalist?” game show,hosted by Mercedes Calway of R&P of R&P of Oakhill. The final competition pittedfour teams in a fuel cell car race and obstacle course.

“Buffalo’s Best Green Engineering Team of the of the of Future” included: AdrianaNaumouski (West Seneca H.S.); Kiera DeBoer (East Aurora H.S.); DenzelCottrell (Cheektowaga Central H.S.); Nicholas Garner (Tapestry CharterH.S.); and Marcus Alexander (City Honors H.S.).

BEAM TREK 2010, held entirely at UB, consisted of a of a of day program for thestudents performing in the race, and a Green Social afterwards, wherestudents, parents, UB faculty, sponsors and volunteers had the opportunityto network.

Event sponsors were: the School of Engineering of Engineering of and National Grid; with teamand venue sponsors: Technical Societies Council of Western of Western of New York, New York, New EEProfessor MarkProfessor MarkProfessor Karwan; Mark Karwan; Mark Erie Community College Community College Community Career Pathways; Career Pathways; Career Career& Technical Education, Buffalo Public Schools; L&M Financial Services, NYSSociety ofSociety ofSociety Professional of Professional of Engineers, Erie-Niagara Chapter; Turner Construction; Turner Construction; TurnerClark Patterson;Clark Patterson;Clark McCullough Coffee; and Amici’s Ristoranti.

Alum Scolese is Keynote Speaker at Science Exploration DayNASA Associate Administrator Chris Scolese (BS EE ’78) gave a keynote addresson “Grand Challenges and Space Exploration,” at UB’s annual Science ExplorationDay, an education event sponsored in part by the School of Engineering, of Engineering, of andgeared to attract science-minded students, ages 14 and up.

Scolese discussed the challenges NASA addresses in its space missions:understanding the universe, expanding the human presence in the solar system,and improving life on Earth. Scolese explained where we have been and where weare headed in space exploration, and relayed to students important lessons abouthuman spaceflight, robotic exploration, and Earth observing satellites that areintegral to our daily lives.

Scolese’s many awards include the UB Alumni Association’s 2007 Clifford C. FurnasMemorial Award, for a distinguished alumnus in science or engineering, and theNASA Outstanding Leadership Medal.

Buffalo-area Engineering Awareness for Minorities (BEAM) is a nationally recognized program promoting engineering, math, science, and technical educational excellence for underrepresented school-age youth.

Local studentsLocal studentsLocal participatingin the 2010 BEAM Trek BEAM Trek BEAM

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Steven Tsengas

John Howell

Monica Johns

Brian Kleiner

Laurie Ford

Sung-Mo Kang

Russ Porter

Javaid Laghari

Ji Zhou

Wendy Chang

Mark Crovella

John Matyjas

Ramesh Senthinathan

George Baggs

Hans Chalupsky

Aldo Morales

Levent Onural

Michael Roemer

1960sCharles Michael Allen, PhD EngineeringMechanics ’68, is an Associate Chair Emeritus Chair Emeritus Chairand CS Professor at Professor at Professor University at University at of University of University North of North ofCarolina, Charlotte.

Ronald Schumacher, BS ’66 MS ’69 ME, isa Genessee Community College Community College Community Instructor of Instructor of InstructorEngineering and Mathematics.

Steven Tsengas, BS IE ’60, has beenelected a Ohio Academy of Academy of Academy Science of Science of Fellow.Tsengas is CEO and President, OurPetsCompany (FairportCompany (FairportCompany Harbor, (Fairport Harbor, (Fairport Ohio)

1970sTony EberhardtTony EberhardtTony , PE, BS ’73 MS ’75 PhD

’92 CIE, is Manager of Manager of Manager the of the of U.S. Army Corps Army Corps Armyof Engineers’of Engineers’of International Water Resources Water Resources WaterProgram, and U.S. Manager of Manager of Manager the of the of InternationalUpper GreatUpper GreatUpper Lakes Great Lakes Great Study. His professionalaffiliations include Diplomate, AmericanAcademy ofAcademy ofAcademy Water of Water of Resource Water Resource Water Engineers; ASCEfellow; and SAME fellow.

Laurie (Wilson) Ford, MS ’73 PhD ’75 IE,of Criticalof Criticalof Path Consultants, in Columbus,Ohio, is an author, speaker, and consultantin organization design, management,and communication. Her book, Her book, Her The FourConversations: Daily Communication Daily Communication Daily thatGets Results won the Best Management Best Management Best Book Management Book Managementaward for 2009 for 2009 for from CEO-Read.

David J. Fruchtman, BS ME ’79, is Founderand President, Fruchtman and Associates,Consulting Mechanical Engineers. He wasappointed to California’s Board of Registration of Registration ofof Professionalof Professionalof Engineers and Land Surveyors.

Sung-Mo “Steve” Kang, MS EE ’72, aProfessor atProfessor atProfessor University at University at of University of University California, of California, of Merced’s(UCM) School of Engineering of Engineering of has been theUCM Chancellor since Chancellor since Chancellor 2007. Kang, a ForeignMember ofMember ofMember Korea’s of Korea’s of National Academy of Academy of AcademyEngineering, is a fellow of fellow of fellow IEEE, of IEEE, of ACM, andAAAS. His many awards many awards many include IEEE’s ThirdMillennium Medal (2000) and the Alexandervon Humboldt Award Humboldt Award Humboldt for Senior for Senior for US Senior US Senior Scientists(1997).

Richard N. Miller, PhD EE ’79, has beenAssociate Dean of Engineering of Engineering of at University at University atof Centralof Centralof Florida’s College of Engineering of Engineering ofsince 1989.

Joseph T. Pezzino, BS CE ’70, is a Director at Director at DirectorPIRA EnergyPIRA EnergyPIRA Group, (NY, NY). Before joiningPIRA inPIRA inPIRA 2000, he enjoyed a 30-year career 30-year career 30-yearat Mobil.at Mobil.at

Russ Porter, PE, BS CIE ’75, is a ProjectManager atManager atManager Costich, at Costich, at an engineering consultingfirm. He is a member of member of member the of the of Institute of Traffic of Traffic ofEngineers and is the American Society of Society of Society Civil of Civil ofEngineers Region 1 Governor.

John R. Pustulka, BS ’74 CIE, has beennamed President of President of President National of National of Fuel Gas SupplyCorporation.

James Scinta, MS ’75, PhD ’78 CE, aConocoPhillips Company Manager, Company Manager, Company Heavy Oil Heavy Oil HeavyR&D, was named Chairman of the of the of IndustrialResearch Institute (IRI) board of directors. of directors. of

Kannankote Sriram, BS EE ’79, is nowon the management team management team management of Above, of Above, of Inc. Hehas over 25 over 25 over years of experience of experience of in marketingthe semiconductor and semiconductor and semiconductor telecommunicationsindustries, and has also been involved in threestartups.

Joseph G. Tront, PhD EE ’78, Professorof electricalof electricalof and computer engineering computer engineering computer inthe College of Engineering of Engineering of at Virginia at Virginia at Tech(Blacksburg, VA), is now the now the now W.S. “Pete” WhiteChair forChair forChair Innovation for Innovation for in Engineering Education.His awards include a National ScienceFoundation Successful Innovator award Innovator award Innovatorin Science, Mathematics, and EngineeringEducation.

Joannes J. Westerink, BS ’79 MS ’81 CIE,is a University of University of University Notre of Notre of Dame (Indiana) CivilEngineering and Geological Sciences Professor,and a Mathematics Professor.

1980sManoj Chopra, MS ’88 PhD ’92 CIE, isStormwater ManagementStormwater ManagementStormwater Academy Management Academy Management Director Academy Director Academyand Civil, Environmental, and ConstructionEngineering Associate Professor at Professor at Professor the at the atUniversity ofUniversity ofUniversity Central of Central of Florida.

Jeanette M. Garr, PhD CE ’89 is aYoungstown State University (Ohio) University (Ohio) University CEProfessor.

John C. Golombeck, BS EE ’81, withNorthrop Grumman since 1981, is nowits Western Region Engineering andManufacturing, Navigation Systems DivisionVice President. Golombeck gave Golombeck gave Golombeck the 2010keynote speech at Penn at Penn at State Erie BehrendCollege’s School of Engineering of Engineering of 15th annualRichard J. Fasenmeyer Design Fasenmeyer Design Fasenmeyer Conference.

John Howell, MS IE ’82, is a ProductMarketing Director at Director at Director Cadillac at Cadillac at (Detroit, Cadillac (Detroit, Cadillac Mi.).

James Herrmann, BS EE ’81, is an AppliedLogix, LLC Principal Engineer and Engineer and Engineer ManagingPartner. He presented at IEEE’s at IEEE’s at ElectromagneticCompatibility andCompatibility andCompatibility Product Safety Product Safety Product Engineer Safety Engineer Safety Joint Engineer Joint EngineerChapters Meeting.

Monica D. Johns, BS IE ’83, President and President and PresidentCEO of Clarity of Clarity of Management Clarity Management Clarity Consulting, Management Consulting, Management willserve on the Technology Alliance Technology Alliance Technology of Central of Central ofNew YorkNew YorkNew Board York Board York of Directors, of Directors, of a nonprofit that nonprofit that nonprofitadvances technology education. technology education. technology

Brian M. Kleiner, MS ’83 PhD ’90 IE,received the two-year Ralph two-year Ralph two-year H. BogleProfessor FellowshipProfessor FellowshipProfessor in ISE at Virginia at Virginia at Tech(Blacksburg, Va.).

Javaid Laghari, PhD EE ’86, is now a now a nowChairperson of Pakistan’s of Pakistan’s of Higher Education Higher Education HigherCommission. He was a Pakistani Senatorand President of President of President the of the of Institute of Science of Science of andTechnology (Karachi,Technology (Karachi,Technology Pakistan).

Steven Little, BS ’86 MS ’89 IE, is nowDirector, Emerson-Wide Human CenteredDesign Center of Center of Center Excellence, of Excellence, of part of part of part the of the ofCarnegie Institute of Technology, of Technology, of theengineering college at Carnegie at Carnegie at Mellon.

Aldo Morales, MS ’86 PhD ’90 EE, recentlyreceived the Central Pennsylvania EngineersWeek Council’sWeek Council’sWeek Technical Achievement Award. Achievement Award. AchievementHe is an EE Associate Professor at Professor at Professor Pennsylvania at Pennsylvania atState University’s Harrisburg Campus. He is asenior membersenior membersenior of member of member IEEE of IEEE of and a member of member of member ASEE. of ASEE. of

Levent OnuralLevent OnuralLevent , PhD EE ’85, is a BilkentUniversity (Ankara,University (Ankara,University Turkey) Electrical andElectronics Engineering Professor. He was aFulbright scholarFulbright scholarFulbright (1981–1985) scholar (1981–1985) scholar and a UB EEResearch Assistant Professor Assistant Professor Assistant before Professor before Professor joiningBilkent. He is an IEEE Fellow and Fellow and Fellow receivedIEEE’s Third Millenium Medal (2000).

Michael J. Roemer, BS EE ’86, MS IE ’88PhD ME ’91, is Director of Director of Director Engineering of Engineering of atImpact TechnologiesImpact TechnologiesImpact (Rochester, NY) and anME Adjunct Professor Adjunct Professor Adjunct at Professor at Professor Rochester at Rochester at Institute Rochester Institute Rochester ofTechnology.

Ramesh Senthinathan, BS CompE ’84,has been Senior Director Senior Director Senior of Director of Director Engineering of Engineering of atBroadcom Corporation (San Francisco BayArea, Cal.) since 2005.

Gabriel Gabby Silberman Gabby Silberman Gabby , MS ‘80, PhD‘80 CS, is CA Lab’s CA Lab’s CA Director and Director and Director Senior Vice Senior Vice SeniorPresident. He has been with CA Labs CA Labs CA since2005. Prior to Prior to Prior joining CA, he was Director of Director of DirectorIBM’s Centers for Advanced for Advanced for Studies Programand worked on the Deep Blue chess projectwhile at IBM’s at IBM’s at T.J. Watson Research Center.

Ji Ci Zhou, MS’82, PhD ’85 ME, was electedPresident, Chinese Academy ofAcademy ofAcademy Engineering, of Engineering, ofon of China’s of China’s of top honorary bodies honorary bodies honorary that advises that advises thatthe government and government and government industry on industry on industry key scientific key scientific keyand technological issues. He served as China’sEducation Minister from Minister from Minister 2003–2009.

1990sGeorge S. Baggs, BS ’87 MS ’92 EE, isPrincipal Engineering Professional at Reichert, at Reichert, atInc (Buffalo,Inc (Buffalo,Inc NY). He had been an EngineeringTeam Leader at Leader at Leader Carleton at Carleton at Technologies Inc.

Hans Chalupsky, PhD CS ’96, is a projectleader atleader atleader the at the at University of University of University Southern of Southern of California’sInformation Sciences Institute, where heleads the Loom Knowledge Representation,Reasoning and Discovery Group. Discovery Group. Discovery

Wendy ChangWendy ChangWendy , PhD EE ’98, has beenSouthern Connecticut State Connecticut State Connecticut University’s(SCSU) Office of Information of Information of Technology Chief Technology Chief TechnologyInformation Officer since Officer since Officer 2008. She had heldpositions at Indiana at Indiana at University (IU),University (IU),University and facultypositions at IU at IU at East, D’Youville College, andRochester InstituteRochester InstituteRochester of Technology. of Technology. of

Mark CrovellaMark CrovellaMark , MS CS ’91, is a BostonUniversity ComputerUniversity ComputerUniversity Science Computer Science Computer Professor(Mass.). From 1984–1994, he was at Calspan at Calspan atCorporation (Buffalo, NY). Crovella was ACMSIGCOMM chair, 2007–2009.

Rattan D’Souza, MS CE ’96, is a ManagingDirector atDirector atDirector Worthington at Worthington at Industries in theWorthington Integrated Building SystemsInternational division, with a dual responsibilityin Corporate Development.

Greg Hofmann, BS CIE ’93, has been an MISAnalyst/Systems Administrator at Administrator at Administrator M&T at M&T at Bank M&T Bank M&Tsince 2005.

John D. Matyjas, BS ’98 MS ’00 PhD ’04EE, is the Connectivity CTC Connectivity CTC Connectivity Lead, InformationDirectorate, Air Force Air Force Air Research Laboratory(Rome, NY). Matyjas’s awards include the2009 Mohawk Valley Mohawk Valley Mohawk Engineering Valley Engineering Valley ExecutiveCouncil Engineer of Engineer of Engineer the of the of Year Award. Year Award. Year (Pleasesee Research section for more for more for on Matyjas’research.)

Sondra M. Miller, M. Miller, M. BS CIE ’96 MS EnvE ’99,has been a CIE Assistant Professor Assistant Professor Assistant at Professor at Professor Boise at Boise at StateUniversity sinceUniversity sinceUniversity 2006. She has earned severalawards including the 2010 Boise State UniversityProvost’s Excellence in Advising Award.

Kevin Perison, BS IE ’93 MEng ’94, is aPractice Management Consultant Management Consultant Management with Consultant with Consultant 15 yearsof manufacturingof manufacturingof management experience management experience management inthe competitive automotive industry, includingContinental Automotive Systems and Motorola.

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Lucy Wilke Justin YatesTrisha Miazga

Adam Bulll Jingnong Chen Jeffrey Fick Janine & Daniel Gajewski William Louisos

Ken-Tye Yong

Timothy W.Timothy W.Timothy Baldwin, BS CompE ’04, is anAssociate Computer Applications Computer Applications Computer Programmerat Newat Newat York New York New State York State York Unified Court System. Court System. Court

Adam Bull, BS EE BS CSE ’08, is now at now at nowGeneral Dynamics Electric Boat, Electric Boat, Electric where he isthe Principal Investigator for Investigator for Investigator the for the for TechnologyExploration program.

Jingnong Chen, MS IE ’05, is a utilitycompany businesscompany businesscompany analytics associate(Greensboro, N.C.). She recently completed recently completed recentlyan MS in Analytics at North at North at Carolina StateUniversity.

Daan Liang, MS ’99 PhD ’01 CIE, is anAssistant ProfessorAssistant ProfessorAssistant of Professor of Professor Engineering of Engineering of Technologyat Texasat Texasat Tech University’s Wind Science &Research Center.

Jeffrey M.Jeffrey M.Jeffrey Fick, BS CIE ’01, a TrautmanAssociates structural engineer since engineer since engineer 2003, isnow anow anow principal. Fick passed the US GreenBuilding Council exam and achieved LEED-accredited professional designation.

Daniel Gajewski, BS ME ’06, and JanineZielinski, BS ME ’06, were married. Danielwas a past Tau past Tau past Beta Pi NY Nu (TBP) chapterPresident andPresident andPresident Janine was a past TBP past TBP past VicePresident. In the wedding party were party were party CSEEstudent Kathleen Gajewski, MichaelZaccheo (BS ’07 ME), Carolyn Zielinski (BSME ’02), and Stephen Zielinski (BS ME ’01).

William Louisos, BS ME ’03, is a Lecturerat theat theat University of University of University Vermont of Vermont of (Burlington, Vermont (Burlington, Vermont Vt.),where he earned his MS and PhD in ME.

Trisha M. Miazga, BS CIE ’09, recentlypassed the U.S. Green Building Counciland achieved LEED accredited professionaldesignation. Miazga is a structural engineerwith Trautman Associates.

Lucy BoulatnikovLucy BoulatnikovLucy Wilke Boulatnikov Wilke Boulatnikov , BS IE ’02, has beena senior project senior project senior engineer project engineer project at engineer at engineer GM at GM at (HoneoyeFalls, NY) for six for six for years. six years. six She works to set up set up setprocesses to build and test the test the test next generation next generation nextof fuelof fuelof cells.

Justin Yates, ISE PhD ’08, now at now at now Texas at Texas atA&M, was recently awarded recently awarded recently the OutstandingProfessor AwardProfessor AwardProfessor from its Alpha Pi Mu honorsociety studentsociety studentsociety chapter. student chapter. student

Ken-Tye Yong, BS ’01 MEng ’04 PhD ’06CE, is a Microelectronics Assistant Professor Assistant Professor Assistant at Professor at ProfessorNanyang Technological University (Singapore). University (Singapore). UniversityHis post-doctoral work was work was work at UB’s at UB’s at Institutefor Lasers,for Lasers,for Photonics and Biophotonics (2006–2009). His many awards many awards many include the AmericanAssociation for Cancer for Cancer for Research–Pancreatic Cancer Research–Pancreatic CancerCancer ActionCancer ActionCancer Network Research FellowshipAward (2008).

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