The Spring issue of Engineering West Virginia Magazine is finally here, and we couldn’t be more delighted to share our students’ stories and their successes with you. This issue’s feature, “The Real-World Experience,” highlights the Statler College students’ experiential learning opportunities and how those have impacted their lives. Learn more about our student organizations, research fuel efficiency in aviation, collaborations between the Lane Innovation Hub and the creative arts program, an inspirational story between an Engineering Challenge camper and one of our alumni, plus so much more. Enjoy!
A team of engineers has secured $3 million in U.S. Department of Energy funding for research into a new chemical reactor system that uses microwaves to reduce industrial heat and carbon emissions.
A mechanical engineer has developed a way to predict the neuron and muscle patterns controlling locomotion for animals of any size, moving at any speed.
A team at the Industrial Assessment Center at the Department of Industrial Management Systems Engineering received $450,000 as a part of the funding from the U.S. Department of Energy to BridgeValley Community and Technical College in Charleston. The funding, which totals $3 million over three years, will go toward the development of an industrial assessment center at BCTC.
With the ongoing threat of cyberattacks becoming more sophisticated, WVU is launching plans for a cybersecurity range — a specialized software and hardware facility for education, training and research — with $750,000 in grant funding support from the United States Department of Education.
WVU unveils undergraduate degree program in robotics
Students in the Statler College will now have a chance to pursue a degree in one of the top ten fastest growing professions globally: robotics.
Read More : WVU unveils undergraduate degree program in roboticsEmissions from air travel are a significant contributor to a warming planet, and yet advancements in carbon-free flights are still decades away. With a newly patented process, researchers in the Statler College are working with GE Aerospace to utilize nanoparticles to improve fuel cell efficiency and lower carbon emissions.
Read More : WVU researchers develop nanomaterial coatings to improve fuel efficiency and stability of fuel cells to reduce carbon emissions in aviationStatler College is dedicated to introducing K-12 students to the variety of possibilities and opportunities of science, technology, engineering and math.
Lane Innovation Hub makerspace manager Michael Loop has always had an interdisciplinary mindset. After joining the Hub, Loop utilized his extensive background in creative arts to bring in expertise from across the WVU campus.
The Statler College announces updates to the Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering department, which will subsequently be known as the Mechanical, Materials and Aerospace Engineering department.
Supply chain intelligence is a growing field that is increasingly important for businesses looking to improve efficiency and profitability and the Industrial Extension program at WVU has joined the efforts to establish a national supply chain optimization intelligence network.
The WVU Master of Science in Software Engineering (MSSE) online graduate program courses address new technologies, improving software engineering’s ability to architect and design secured advanced complex software systems.
Statler College alumnus finds rewarding mentorship opportunity
Between West Virginia University Purpose Center Outreach Manager Cate Schlobohm, her son Joe and alumnus Gbolahan “Bugzy” Idowu the common threads that connect us open mentoring opportunities that span generations.
Read More : ENGAGING FUTURE ENGINEERS: STATLER COLLEGE ALUMNUS FINDS REWARDING MENTORSHIP OPPORTUNITIESThe Statler College hosted students, faculty, staff and alumni on Sept. 21, fostering purposeful exchanges of personal experiences, values, beliefs and perspectives. The event was a celebration of individuality and a reflection of the united spirit within the Statler College community.
Read More : Annual student-led conference positions Statler community for success and stakeholder integration
Chantelle Moore, Vice President of Sales and Marketing for Hutchinson Industries Defense and Mobility Solutions, delivered the annual Industrial and Management Systems Engineering Gochenour Lecture on Nov. 2.
Read More : VP of Hutchinson Industries Defense and Mobility Solutions to deliver Gochenour Lecture at WVU
Chief Operating Officer of American Consolidated Natural Resources Inc. James R. Turner, Jr. delivered the Poundstone Lecture in a private event on Sept. 28, as part of the Mining Engineering William N. Poundstone Lecture Series.
Read More : James Turner Delivers Poundstone Lecture
WVU students training to be the engineers of the future or pursuing all kinds of other educational goals have opportunities to explore their ideas at the Lane Innovation Hub, a 9,500-square-foot industrial space.
Read More : WVU offers students ‘gateway to world of possibilities’ at Lane Innovation Hub
With support from dedicated faculty and fellow students, a WVU student has found his purpose in research, helping chart his life’s course.
Read More : WVU student finds future path through undergraduate research
Like most rising seniors, Moriah Frazier began searching for the perfect capstone thesis project as she approached her final year at the University. But this cybersecurity major found that this fairly new cybersecurity program didn’t yet have many established capstone projects for her to choose from.
Read More : Moriah Frazier: Protecting drones – by hacking them
A celebration of past moments and the creation ofnew Homecoming memories culminated at WVU with the crowning of Romeo Mitchell Jr. and Olivia Quarrick as the 2023 Homecoming Royalty.
Read More : Mitchell and Quarrick named WVU Homecoming Royalty, Alumni awards presented
Ten exemplary students will spend the spring semester representing the University through service, leadership and public speaking as the new cohort of Presidential Student Ambassadors.
Read More : Presidential Student Ambassador program selects new cohortBiomedical engineering doctoral student Negar Farhang-Doost, gave an award-winning oral presentation at the 50th Annual SciX meeting held in Sparks, Nevada. The presentation, entitled "Candida auris infection detection by dielectrophoresis,” received the AES (American Electrophoresis Society) Blue Fingers Student Award.
Read More : Farhang-Doost, gave an award-winning oral presentation at the 50th Annual SciX meetingChemical engineering graduate research assistant, Km Prottoy Shariar Piash received the AIChE Environmental Division Graduate Student Paper Award (3rd Prize) and the WVU Outstanding Merit Fellowship for Continuous Doctoral Student.
Read More : Km Prottoy Shariar Piash received dual recognitions from AIChE and WVUTwo assistant professors in the Statler College have been recognized as Herbert P. Dripps Faculty Fellows in Engineering, effective January 1, 2024.
Read More : Lee, Avci recognized as 2024 Herbert P. Dripps Fellows
Mechanical, Materials and Aerospace Engineering associate professor and associate chair for research, Konstantinos Sierros has been elected to the rank of fellow by the Institute of Materials, Minerals & Mining (IOM3) in recognition of his research on promising new applications of novel materials for additive manufacturing.
Read More : Sierros named fellow by Institute of Materials, Minerals & Mining
Amy McBrayer, mining engineering teaching assistant professor at the Statler College has been named the 2023 Michael Karmis PhD Fellow by the Society of Mining Professors.
Read More : McBrayer receives Society of Mining Professors fellowship award
Faculty leadership development is one of the core values of the Statler College. The Dean’s Leadership Fellows Program is designed to offer leadership training to faculty across the different academic units and at different stages of their professional careers.
Read More : Statler College Announces the Dean's Leadership Faculty Fellows Appointments
Jason Gross, associate professor and chair of the mechanical, materials and aerospace engineering department, has been named to the newly elected Class of 2024 Associate Fellows of the American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics.
Read More : Gross elected as AIAA associate fellow
Onur Avci, civil and environmental engineering assistant professor at the Statler College, has been recognized as this year’s Terry Peshia Early Career Faculty Award recipient from the American Institute of Steel Construction.
Read More : Onur Avci recognized by American Institute of Steel ConstructionA WVU alumnus’s $1,040,000 gift is strengthening efforts to recognize and retain top-notch faculty at the Statler College.
Read More : Alum’s $1M gift establishes faculty fellowship at WVU Statler College
A $500,000 gift to WVU is fueling laboratory renovations needed to launch a groundbreaking new midstream petroleum engineering program at the Statler College.