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April 2024

• Five West Virginia University students named NSF Graduate Research Fellows, WV News, April 22, 2024, Austin Braniff, Kara Cunningham, Megan Weaver, Ashley Martsen-Poulin and Courtney Glenn
• WVU students excel in national competition, the Inter-Mountain, April 22, 2024, Jacob Horner, Richard Ferenchak, Drew Reese, Samuel De Grandpre, Samantha Roark, Christopher Afriyie and Amy McBrayer
• WVU RNI takes part in groundbreaking research on brain-computer interface device for people with neurological disabilities, the Dominion Post, April 20, 2024, Radhey Sharma
• U.S. academic institutions get biometric upgrades with new partnerships, Biometric Update, April 15, 2024, Jeremy Dawson
• WVU psychologist ‘reverse engineers’ slot machines to better understand compulsive gambling , EurekAlert!, April 8, 2024, Mariya Cherkasova
• West Virginia University grad researcher aims to remove ‘forever chemicals’ from Mountain State water, WV News, April 3, 2024, Paola Perez-Vega
• WVU marks Research Week with events, the Dominion Post, April 2, 2024

March 2024

• WVU students innovate and serve through unique research opportunities, WV News, March 29, 2024, Clarus Goldsmith and Nicholas Szczecinski
• WVU expert speaks on Baltimore bridge collapse, how to increase future safety, WBOY, March 27, 2024, Hota GangaRao
• WVU study shows treating factory work like a game drives results, hikes stress, WV News, March 25, 2024, Makenzie Dolly, Ashish Nimbarte and Thorsten Wuest
• WVU Engineers develop clean hydrogen technology, WDTV, March 22, 2024, Edward Sabolsky, Xingbo Liu and Wenyuan Li
• WVU technology innovations position West Virginia to lead hydrogen economy, EurekAlert!, March 22, 2024, Edward Sabolsky, Xingbo Liu, Wenyuan Li, Debangsu Bhattacharyya, John Hu, Terence Musho and Fernando Lima
• Four WVU faculty members honored with prestigious NSF CAREER awards, WV Daily News, March 20, 2024, Margaret Bennewitz, Kevin Orner and Oishi Sanyal
• Mountaineer Area Council to host Pinewood Derby event in Morgantown, West Virginia, WV News, March 13, 2024
• Experts: Cell outage ‘stark reminder’ of vulnerability, The Inter-Mountain, March 1, 2024, Anurag Srivastava

February 2024

• WVU Mine Rescue Team Triumphs Again in International Competition, WV News, February 27, 2024, Joshua Riffle, Odin Smith, Dylan Shilling, Justin Waybright, Ian Stengel and Grace Hansen
• Kelsey Chacalos Sees Formula To Turn Challenges Into Opportunities, The Intelligencer, February 25, 2024, Kelsey Chacalos
• Natalie Marsh Is Striving To Evolve With The Industry, The Intelligencer, February 25, 2024, Natalie Marsh
• Second annual Pinewood Derby challenges engineering, creativity skills, the Dominion Post, February 24, 2024
• Students, faculty and staff take part in Engineers Week, the Dominion Post, February 21, 2024
• WVU Statler College hosts CO2 Dragster Race for Engineers Week, WBOY, February 20, 2024
• Researchers secure $3M to develop tech to reduce energy consumption, Interesting Engineering, February 18, 2024, John Hu, Yuxin Wang, Yuhe Tian and Srinivas Palanki
• WVU’s Statler College hosts Mountaineer Vex Robotics Competition, WBOY, February 16, 2024
• West Virginia University close to commercializing microwave technology that can cool down industry’s energy usage, WV News, February 15, 2024, John Hu, Yuxin Wang, Yuhe Tian and Srinivas Palanki
• First at 4 Forum: Dr. Nicholas Szorcinski, WDTV, February 9, 2024, Nicholas Szorcinski

January 2024

• WVU researcher discovers how to predict movement for animals of all shapes, sizes and speeds, EurekAlert!, January 29, 2024, Nicholas Szczecinski and Clarus Goldsmith
• Upshur County students earn honors as WVU releases Dean’s, President’s and graduate lists for Fall 2023, My Buckhannon, January 22, 2024, Statler students

December 2023

• WVU research merges virtual reality, AI, The Inter-Mountain, December 27, 2023, Gianfranco Doretto and Michael Morehead
• Driving ambition: Morgantown’s Tony Palmer now a NASCAR chief engineer, Dominion Post, December 27, 2023, Tony Palmer
• WVU to launch robotics engineering major, My Buckhannon, December 26, 2023
• WVU research merges virtual reality and artificial intelligence to reveal and analyze gigantic images in stunning detail, WV Daily News, December 18, 2023, Gianfranco Doretto and Michael Morehead
• WVU creating live fire exercise facility for cybersecurity, Times West Virginian, December 15, 2023, Tom Devine, Katerina Goseva-Popstojanova and Anurag Srivastava
• Scientists spice up genetic research through habanero peppers and AI, Phys.org, December 8, 2023, Donald Adjeroh and Gianfranco Doretto
• WVU uses habanero peppers to train AI, WDTV, December 7, 2023, Donald Adjeroh and Gianfranco Doretto
• WVU research helps power plants recycle water using wastewater from oil and gas mining , EurekAlert!, December 5, 2023, Hunter Barber, Lian-Shin Lin and Fernando Lima
• WVU receives $1.5 million grant for smart grid technology from Appalachian Regional Commission , Bollyinside, December 2, 2023, Anurag Srivastava
• Grant to help develop utility grid technology, The Inter-Mountain, December 2, 2023, Anurag Srivastava, Parviz Famouri, Sarika Khushalani-Solanki, Aboubakr Salem and Kenan Hatipoglu

November 2023

• WVU launches plans for cybersecurity education, training facility, WDTV, November 29, 2023, Katerina Goseva-Popstojanova, Anurag Srivastava, Tom Devine, David Krovich and Brian Woerner
• WVU researchers aim to cut through radio interference, WDTV, November 28, 2023, Kevin Bandura and Natalia Schmid
• WVU Team Tackles Radio Interference in Astronomy with NSF Funding, Space Daily, November 28, 2023, Kevin Bandura and Natalia Schmid
• WVU researchers aim to cut through radio interference that obscures signal detection, EurekAlert!, November 27, 2023, Kevin Bandura and Natalia Schmid
• West Virginia University explores 3D printing in microgravity, VoxelMatters, November 2, 2023, Jacob Cordonier, Kyleigh Anderson, Ronan Butts, Ross O’Hara, Renee Garneau, Nathanael Wimer, John Kuhlman and Konstantinos Sierros

October 2023

• Wheeling Native Part of 3D Printing Research at WVU, The Intelligencer, October 31, 2023, Ronan Butts and Jacob Cordonier
• To advance space colonization, WVU research explores 3D printing in microgravity, EurekAlert!, October 30, 2023, Jacob Cordonier, Kyleigh Anderson, Ronan Butts, Ross O’Hara, Renee Garneau, Nathanael Wimer, John Kuhlman and Konstantinos Sierros
• WVU engineer part of team aiming to send fleet of marine robots under ocean ice to combat climate change, The State Journal, October 23, 2023, Xi Yu
• WVU, industry team up to improve outcomes, The Inter-Mountain, October 19, 2023, Ashish Nimbarte, Avishek Choudhury and Chris Moore
• Lane Innovation HUB fuels WVU Engineering, WDTV, October 19, 2023, Anastasia Lucci
• WVU partnering with industry to improve health, environmental outcomes for disadvantaged communities , EurekAlert!, October 18, 2023, Ashish Nimbarte, Avishek Choudhury and Chris Moore
• WVU engineer developing laser system to nudge orbiting debris away from spacecraft, Charleston Gazette, October 9, 2023, Hang Woon Lee
• Engineer developing laser system to defend space assets from debris in Earth’s orbit , Newswise, October 4, 2023, Hang Woon Lee
• Damage control: WVU researchers aim for the sky to track lethal space debris, My Buckhannon, October 1, 2023, Piyush Mehta

September 2023

• West Virginia University student uses AI to create new teaching tool, Times West Virginian, September 30, 2023, Andrew Shephard
• Hazel Ruby McQuain Graduate Scholarship honors 10 students striving to better West Virginia, My Buckhannon, September 29, 2023, Ian Bird, Nathaniel Dunbar and Paola Perez-Vega
• New Technology Could Help Scientists Reach Hidden Ocean Waters Under Ice, AZoRobotics, September 27, 2023, Xi Yu
• WVU student wants to test drinking water storage tanks, The Dominion Post, September 23, 2023, Eva Bridges
• WV inventor's recumbent electric motorcycle prototype now road-ready, The Herald-Dispatch, September 23, 2023, Evan Stewart
• WVU looks at making methanol, The Inter-Mountain, September 19, 2023, Xingbo Liu, Srinivas Palanki and Debangsu Bhattacharyya
• Antero Resources making $4 million donation to WVU’s Benjamin M. Statler College of Engineering and Mineral Resources, The Independent Herald, September 16, 2023
• Engineers Want to Make Methanol by Pulling Carbon Right Out of the Air, Universe Today, September 16, 2023, Xingbo Liu
• Capturing CO2 from the Air for Eco-Friendly Methanol Production, AZoCleantech, September 14, 2023, Xingbo Liu, Srinivas Palanki and Debangsu Bhattacharyya
• Local students win prestigious scholarship to pursue graduate studies, The Register-Herald, September 8, 2023, Nathaniel Dunbar, Ian Bird and Paola Perez-Vega
• Antero donates $4M to WVU for petroleum and natural gas engineers, WDTV, September 4, 2023
• Antero Donates $4 Million to WVU’s Engineering & Petroleum Program, Marcellus Drilling News, September 1, 2023

August 2023

• Training the next generation: Antero's $4M gift to WVU aids energy education, WV Daily News, August 31, 2023
• South Harrison Graduate, WVU Student Hunter Moore a WVU Boren Scholar; Set to Study in Kazakhstan, Connect Bridgeport, August 20, 2023, Hunter Moore
• WVU scientists strive to monitor dangerous space debris, Bollyinside News, August 15, 2023, Piyush Mehta
• Damage control: WVU researchers aim for the sky to track lethal space debris, Space Daily, August 11, 2023, Piyush Mehta
• WVU sets record for externally supported expendidures, The Register-Herald, August 8, 2023
• 2 WVU students earn prestigious scholarship to study abroad, WDTV, August 4, 2023, Hunter Moore
• WVU students using Boren Scholarships to study abroad, The Register-Herald, August 3, 2023, Hunter Moore
  

JULY 2023

• WVU explores safe drinking water, microbial pipe communities, Hampshire Review, July 26, 2023, Emily Garner
• West Virginia University Robotics Team Wins University Rover Challenge, Fagen wasanni/All About Century Technologies, July 21, 2023, Yu Gu
• Researchers work to cut greenhouse gasses, Inter-Mountain, July 24, 2023, Hailin Li, Slava Akkerman, Songgang Qiu, Kostas Sierros and Xi Yu
• Robotic Bees Could Support Vertical Farms Today and Astronauts Tomorrow, Scientific American, July 17, 2023, Yu Gu
• WVU students, alumna joining elite group of researchers, WDTV, July 13, 2023, Ellena Gemmen
  
• WVU Leading the Way in Robotics | News, Sports, Jobs, The Intelligencer, July 12, 2023, University Rover Challenge Team
  
• WVU Researcher Investigates 'Biofilms' In Water Pipes, West Virginia Public Broadcasting, July 10, 2023, Emily Garner
  
• To make drinking water safer,  WVU researcher investigates microbial communities living in pipes, eurekalert, July 5, 2023, Emily Garner
• Nine Barbour County students named on  WVU President's List, The Intermountain, July 2, 2023, Statler students
  

JUNE 2023

• Waste assessments boost productivity | Education, The Register-Herald, June 28, 2023, Ashish Nimbarte, Thorsten Wuest, Imtiaz Ahmed
  
• 15 Upshur students on  WVU President's List | News, Sports, Jobs, The Intermountain, June 28, 2023, Statler students
  
• Engineering camp at  WVU's Statler College is about more than circuits and gizmos, Times West Virginian, June 27, 2023, Julie Gruber, Connor Anderson, Sherrie Schulz, and Lauren Musbach
• 12 Randolph students on  WVU President's List | News, Sports, Jobs, The Intermountain, June 20, 2023, Statler students
  
• West Virginia University robotics team wins worldwide Mars rover competition, The State Journal, June 19, 2023, University Rover Challenge Team-lead Stephen Jacobs
  
• WVU wins $3 million DOE grant for hydrogen project to cut food/beverage industry's CO2 footprint, Dominion Post, June 18, 2023, Hainlin Li
  
• West Virginia University robotics team wins worldwide Mars rover competition, WV News, June 17, 2023, University Rover Challenge Team
• Students get hands-on  engineering experience at Statler  Engineering Challenge camps, The Exponent Telegram, June 17, 2023, Julie Gruber
  
• From mountains to Mars: W.Va.'s brightest stars, Dominion Post, June 15, 2023, University Rover Challenge team
  
• Generation Next — Jason Gross, 38, Department Chair and Associate Professor, Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering Company Statler College of Engineering and Mineral Resources, West Virginia University - WV News, June 16, 2023, Jason Gross
  
• WVU Engineering Program Gets $599K Boost, West Virginia Public Broadcasting, June 15, 2023
• More than $599K announced for  WVU engineering education, WVNSTV, June 15, 2023
  
• West Virginia University robotics team wins worldwide Mars rover competition, WV News, June 15, 2023, University Rover Challenge Team-lead Stephen Jacobs
• Nearly three dozen Upshur County students earn spots on WVU President’s List and Dean’s List, My Buchannon, June 15, 2023 Statler students
  
• Monroe County students honored by  West Virginia University , West Virginia Daily News, June 15, 2023, Statler students
  
• WVU robotics team shows world-class research, development happens in Mountain State , The Weston Democrat, June 13, 2023, Yu Gu
• West Virginia mine experts reflect on past disasters, focus on mine safety today , WV News, June 17, 2023, John Helmick
• WVU engineering team takes 2nd place in first year of national EcoCar EV Challenge, Dominion Post, June 10, 2023, EcoCAR Team
  
• WVU robotics team wins international competition, WDTV, June 9, 2023, University Rover Challenge Team
  
• ‘War for Talent’ at Mines Could Drive Up Cost of Energy Transition, The Wall Street Journal, June 8, 2023, Rylan Nemesh
  

APRIL 2023

• West Virginia University researches new material that will reduce "waste heat" at power plants, The State Journal, April 10, 2023, Xueyan Song
  

MARCH 2023

• WVU Researchers Study Methane Leak Prevention, WV Public Broadcasting, March 28, 2023, Derek Johnson
  
• WVU gets $5.5M to study methane monitoring, Pittsburgh Business Times, March 28, 2023, Dereck Johnson
  
• WVU expert develops tool for checking water quality, WBOY-TV Clarksburg, March 12, 2023, Omar Abdul-Aziz
  

February 2023

• Inaugural VEX Robotics competition this weekend at WVU, WV MetroNews, February 2023, Julie Gruber
  

DECEMBER 2022

• How new innovations are helping prevent retail injuries, Forbes, December 8, 2022
• Electrical engineer on how to safeguard U.S. power grids, CBS News, December 8, 2022, Anurag Srivastava
• Experts say more needs to be done to protect electrical grids after attack, ABC11-TV Raleigh, December 6, 2022, Anurag Srivastava
• Moore County attack shows U.S. electric grid's Achilles' heel, WFAE Radio Charlotte, December 5, 2022, Anurag Srivastava
• WVU researchers aim to propel machine learning by mapping electric fish, The State Journal, December 5, 2022, Gianfranco Doretto

NOVEMBER 2022

• FMS students expand Pumpkin Drop experience with drink tab collection, Mineral News and Tribune, November 1, 2022

OCTOBER 2022

• Homeschool team wins WVU Pumpkin Drop, WBOY-TV Clarksburg, October 28,2022
• WVU holds 33rd annual Pumpkin Drop, WDTV-TV Weston, October 28, 2022
• Pumpkin drop returns to West Virginia University, The Morgantown News, October 28, 2022
• Gourds go long: WVU Pumpkin Drop a smashing success, The Dominion Post, October 28, 2022
• Homeschool team from Morgantown wins 33rd annual WVU Pumpkin Drop, Lootpress, October 28, 2022
• Jackson Middle students eager to squash competition at Pumpkin Drop, The Parkersburg News and Sentinel, October 27, 2022
• Jackson Middle School students prepare for annual pumpkin drop, WTAP-TV Parkersburg, October 25, 2022
• WVU Pumpkin Drop to return Friday, WBOY-TV Clarksburg, October 24, 2022
• Up and Atom: WVU works on the future of West Virginia energy, The Parkersburg News and Sentinel, October 18, 2022, Xingbo Liu

JULY 2022

• WVU professor gets DOE grant to lead project supporting hydrogen power generation , The Dominion Post, July 3, 2022, Xingbo Liu

JUNE 2022

• Fern Hollow Bridge: Decades of Neglect, The Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, June 18, 2022, Hota GangaRao

MARCH 2022

• ROAD PATROL: How weather impacts potholes, WBOY-TV Clarksburg, March 24, 2022, P.V. Vijay

FEBRUARY 2022

• WVU partners with Dept. of Defense to give students cybersecurity skills, WDTV-TV Weston, February 2, 2022

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