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A new engineering research project at West Virginia University has the potential to make a demonstrable impact on the efficiency of electricity generation in the United States, decreasing carbon emissions and lowering costs for consumers.

The robotics team at West Virginia University has set their sights on the moon, launching off a long history of success in robotics competitions and NASA Centennial Challenges.

A new exhibit at West Virginia University’s Royce J. and Caroline B. Watts Museum at the Benjamin M. Statler College of Engineering and Mineral Resources highlights the role that music played in West Virginia’s logging communities as the timber boom arrived and transformed the region.

In 2012, Kevin Bandura, an assistant professor in the Lane Department of Computer and Electrical Engineering at West Virginia University, began working on the Canadian Hydrogen Intensity Mapping Experiment, or CHIME, a telescope project that was designed to map the universe by studying dark energy and observing hydrogen gas in distant galaxies that were strongly affected by it.

Understanding the financial challenges ahead of students today, Keith Harvey, president and CEO of Kaiser Aluminum, and his wife, Cindy Harvey, have donated $50,000 to West Virginia University to establish a scholarship for students interested in pursuing a career in engineering.

One silver lining to COVID-19 restrictions, based on a recent report, is a 2.4 billion-ton plummet in global carbon emissions. Yet worldwide carbon output remains astronomical – 34 billion tons – and experts project an uptick in 2021.

After hearing about West Virginia University while studying in Saudi Arabia at King Fahd University of Petroleum, Taoreed Lawal knew this was the University that would provide him an advantage in his career.

During her time at West Virginia University, Gabrielle Hedrick has not only found her passion in aerospace engineering but has also found a family and home among the hills in West Virginia.

To address the challenges of COVID-19 testing shortages and lagging turnaround times, West Virginia University and the West Virginia Department of Health and Human Resources have teamed up to create a new testing laboratory at the Health Sciences Center thanks to funding made possible by Gov. Jim Justice.

As the fictional Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles roam sewers to fight their archenemy Shredder and his goons, a team of real-life West Virginia University superhero scientists lurk around the portals to the underground land of drainage and waste to battle a more sinister villain: COVID-19.