Robotics Minor

1. Understand the current trends and the roles robots play within particular technical areas.
2. Apply appropriate theories and methods to analyze and understand the control of spatial mechanisms.
3. Identify, formulate and solve problems that lend themselves to robotic solutions within one's area of interest.
4. Understand a robotic integration process within a technical environment of interest.
5. Identify programming needs related to user/robot interfaces and path-planning.
6. Understand the influence robots have on advanced manufacturing and collaborative environments.
7. Communicate effectively about robotic problem solutions, technologies, and system designs.

The School of Engineering and Applied Sciences occupies six buildings on UB's north campus: Bell, Bonner, Davis, Furnas, Jarvis, and Ketter Halls.

Together, these buildings form an outstanding educational and research facility, comprising 275,000 square feet of laboratory and office space.

The MAE Department has a strong commitment to providing modern laboratory equipment that will give our students hands-on experience with modern engineering devices, systems, and programs. The major laboratory areas for undergraduates are: properties of engineering materials, fluid and thermal sciences, dynamic systems and instrumentation, and computer-aided engineering. In addition, there are Shared Instrumentation Facilities, including the Motion Simulation Laboratory and the Digital Manufacturing Laboratory. Students can also obtain access to the Engineering Machine Shop, which has a variety of equipment that can be used for undergraduate research, projects, and student clubs.

Our faculty are widely recognized for their technical skills and scholarship. They have received recognition with over 50 awards from national and international organizations including eight faculty members who are recognized as Fellows of their professional societies. Research awards have come from the National Science Foundation, the National Institutes of Health, NASA, DARPA, the Department of Defense, the Air Force Office of Scientific Research, the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency, and the Office of Naval Research.