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BUFFALO, N.Y. -- A University at Buffalo student has taken the top honor in the prestigious "Extreme Engineering Challenge" held recently by the Society of Hispanic Professional Engineers (SHPE) ...

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When the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration and NASA Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite (GOES) 16 roared into orbit on Nov. 19, 2016, Joe Blonski ’78 was on call. Blonski, ...

With all the attention given to low-power design and products, it's sometimes easy to forget that there's another world out there with power levels that are tens of orders of magnitude greater—and ...