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Aerial view of mountains and a windy country road passing through it.

Cutting-edge ‘digital twins’ of real roadways will power WVU civil engineering summer research program open to students nationwide

West Virginia University is recruiting undergraduate students from across the United States to join a summer research immersion experience that explores topics of road infrastructure through the use of “digital twin” technologies. The students will learn to use virtual models to mirror real-world streets and highways in their future careers as the civil engineers building America’s roads.

A high school student analyzes data while a Statler College student advises.

WVU students mentor the next generation of aerospace engineers during SpaceTrek summer camp

It might be summertime, but the Benjamin M. Statler College of Engineering and Mineral Resources at West Virginia University has been alive with the sounds of students learning, experimenting, and analyzing. The West Virginia SpaceTrek Program summer camp held July 12–20 welcomed 17 high school girls from across West Virginia to the world of aerospace engineering. Their guides on this stellar journey? The Statler College’s own Mechanical, Materials and Aerospace Engineering faculty and students.