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Tim Weadon at TE Connectivity "I made the connection at TechCon 2014 with 900 quadrillion carbon nanotubes!"

WVU Career Fair Helps Weadon Land Dream Job

West Virginia University alumnus Tim Weadon is making waves at TE Connectivity with the knowledge he gained through his three degrees earned at the Statler College of Engineering and Mineral Resources.

A portrait of Xinbo Liu

Liu to Study use of SOFCs for Residential-scale Power Generation

Whether it's the result of a snow storm, a hurricane or an earthquake, virtually everyone has experienced the inconveniences of a power outage. But some countries, most notably Japan, have begun to use residential-scale power generation units that run off of solid oxide fuel cells. A team of researchers, led by Xingbo Liu, professor of mechanical and aerospace engineering at West Virginia University, is working to advance SOFC technology in hopes of the trend catching on in America.