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A mining engineering doctoral student in the Statler College is investigating separation techniques for the removal of radioactive and hazardous materials from rare earth elements, chemical elements in Earth’s crust that are essential ingredients in modern technologies such as cell phones, rechargeable batteries, GPS equipmentand many defense applications.

Access to industry-leading software – donated for more than a decade by Schlumberger, a worldwide provider of technology for reservoir characterization, drilling, production and processing within the oil and gas industry – gives students atWest Virginia University’sBenjamin M. Statler College of Engineering and Mineral ResourcesandEberly College of Arts and Sciencesan edge in coursework, research and the job market.

When the director of West Virginia University’s Innovation Hub heard about a massive mask making effort underway next door at the Davis College of Agriculture, Natural Resources and Design , he knew engineers in the Benjamin M. Statler College of Engineering and MineralResources could help.

A global pandemic, a worried wife and a campus that, like its home state, is full of connections, were the impetus for protective devices that were created atWest Virginia Universityand are now being used by a variety of health care professionals atWVU MedicineJ. W. Ruby Memorial Hospital.

Engineers in the Benjamin M. Statler College of Engineering and Mineral Resources at West Virginia University are using their expertise and equipment in a campus-wide effort to create personal protective equipment (PPE) to keep up with the needs of health care providers in the fight against the COVID-19 pandemic.

Although this year’s Bucklew Scholars will begin their journey atWest Virginia Universityin various disciplines, a deep respect for cultural diversity, a passion for sustainable innovation and a desire to serve others unites the 2020 cohort.