SBU College of Engineering & Applied Sciences

NYS Governor Kathy Hochul announced a new public-private partnership between @stonybrooku and @onsemi which will construct a $20M, state-of-the-art semiconductor research and development facility on the Stony Brook University campus. 🔗Read full story: bit.ly/456KeLs

The annual Three Minute Thesis (3MT®) competition had another successful year! This year’s event, hosted by The Graduate School, featured 14 graduate students and 9 postdoctoral scholars presenting their research. Read about the participants: bit.ly/4swKtZE

Ritwik Banerjee, research assistant professor of CS, is working with students and researchers from Nankai University, who developed a solution in response to the challenge called CheckThat! 2025, organized under the CLEF conference held in Spain. 🔗 bit.ly/4btredu

Congratulations to Marko Zimic, the April URECA Researcher of the Month! Zimic is a senior in the Honors College, majoring in Chemical and Molecular Engineering, with minors in Chemistry and Materials Science. 🔗 bit.ly/4t77gLR #MaterialsScience #StonyBrookU

Nav Nidhi Rajput, an assistant professor in MSCE, has received a $450K grant from the National Science Foundation’s Process Systems, Reaction Engineering, and Molecular Thermodynamics (PSRM) program. Read the full story: bit.ly/4rBFtBO #StonyBrookU

Tickets are still available for Stony Brook's Quantum Frontiers on April 17! Join us for a spotlight on the core achievements and research excellence of faculty across CAS and CEAS and their collaborative advancements in quantum science and technology. bit.ly/4mn8CiT

Stony Brook University is making strong progress toward the launch of a new department, the Department of Technology, AI and Society (DTAS), to be housed in the College of Engineering and Applied Sciences. DTAS will launch in Fall 2026. Read the story: bit.ly/4cqJao8

@SBUPrez @SUNY Conversations at this week's AI Symposium are part of a broader shift at Stony Brook. With @SUNY support, new initiatives like the Department of Technology, AI and Society are driving research, education and real-world impact across campus. Read more: gosbu.co/4tln5yD

President Andrea Goldsmith participated in a panel discussion at the U.S. Department of Energy's Genesis Summit in Washington, D.C. The panel explored the future of AI as a tool for rapidly advancing knowledge discovery in science and engineering. 🔗 bit.ly/4lYwDwx

The Department of Biomedical Engineering is recognized internationally in the areas of biomechanics, biomaterials, biotechnology, cell, molecular and tissue engineering, biosensors, biosystems modeling, bioinstrumentation, and medical imaging. Learn more: bit.ly/4eT9pUV

George Verghese MS ’75 has spent more than four decades shaping the fields of power systems, power electronics and biomedical engineering as a professor at MIT. He and his wife Ann are now creating at Stony Brook through an endowed education award. 🔗 bit.ly/3Oaq3Xm

William Stewart from the Department of Mechanical Engineering is leading the SBU research team that is tackling the project of handling the robots’ journey from the air into the water. Their main design involves the robot’s limbs. 🦀🤖 🔗 bit.ly/4bxPRGm #StonyBrookU

The annual 2025 New York Scientific Data Summit brought together leading researchers from academia, national labs, and industry to explore how AI, machine learning, and robotics are reshaping discovery. Read the story: bit.ly/47DiWO3 #Robotics #AI #StonyBrookU

Associate Professor Anurag Purwar from the Department of Mechanical Engineering was one of four SUNY Mission TAF awardees for his research, "MotionGen — An AI Platform for Intelligent Mechanism Design in Robotics." 🤖 Learn more: bit.ly/4jprEnC #Robotics #StonyBrookU

H.S. Philip Wong, MS ’83, one of the world’s leading innovators in nanoscale semiconductor technology, has been elected to the National Academy of Engineering (NAE), one of the highest professional distinctions in the field. Read more: bit.ly/41pZ3WP #StonyBrookU

Happy National Robotics Week! 🤖 Check out three robotics research projects happening within the Department of Civil Engineering. Learn more: bit.ly/49WuRX3 #Robotics #CivilEngineering #StonyBrookU

The College of Engineering and Applied Sciences is seeking a part-time Student Writer for Fall 2026! Represent CEAS and SBU to promote services to students and faculty through content to be used in a variety of channels. To learn more and apply, visit: bit.ly/48k6AKF

It's National Robotics Week! 🤖 Our newest robot roommate is here to kick off the week. Learn more about his friends from the Department of Mechanical Engineering’s Interacting Robotic Systems Laboratory. 🔗 bit.ly/4nRYfTl #MechanicalEngineering #StonyBrookU

The Department of Applied Mathematics and Statistics consists of approximately 30 faculty, 6 staff, nearly 800 graduate students, and over 600 undergraduate students. Learn more: bit.ly/4eT9pUV Be the solution. #AppliedMath #Statistics #Engineer #StonyBrookU

Rachel Ly, a junior in the Chemical and Molecular Engineering program, was the first recipient of the $5,000 Ike Tripp Scholarship from the Independent Lubricant Manufacturers Association (ILMA). 🔗 bit.ly/4cH54W4 #MaterialsScience #ChemicalEngineering #StonyBrookU

Congratulations Ben Z. Zhang, an assistant professor in the Department of Technology and Society, for winning the 2026 Outstanding Dissertation Award from the Association for Computing Machinery’s Special Interest Group on Computer-Human Interaction! 🎉 🔗 bit.ly/3NPLBbw