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West Virginia University computer science engineering major Joseph Shepard has dreamt of accepting a job at NASA since he was a kid.

Engineers at West Virginia University are propelling exploration forward by creating control software for a group of aerial robots (aerobots) that will survey the atmosphere of Venus, the second planet from the sun.

A sea of decorated mortarboards and the sounds of cheers from family and friends and tapping of the University mace will once again fill the West Virginia University Coliseum as December and August graduates gather on Saturday, Dec. 18, for two commencement ceremonies, marking a return to Mountaineer tradition.

Fiber-reinforced polymer (FRP) composites like carbon fiber and fiberglass are opening new design opportunities for engineers. FRP composites will replace many traditional materials like steel and aluminum in the coming years, according to Hota GangaRao, Maurice A. and JoAnn Wadsworth Distinguished Professor in the Wadsworth Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering and director of the Constructed Facilities Center.

On Monday, Oct. 18, professionals from multiple organizations met for an online workshop on power grid resilience. Anurag Srivastava, chair of the Lane Department of Computer Science and Electrical Engineering in the Statler College, served as co-chair and a speaker of the event.

In July, West Virginia University Professor and Associate Chair for Faculty Development Donald Adjeroh, held an online workshop focused on artificial intelligence and data science in smart health.

Kevin Bandura, associate professor in the Lane Department of Computer Science and Electrical Engineering, recently received a grant from the National Science Foundation to assist in the research of advanced digital calibrators for 21cm cosmology.

The West Virginia University Office of Undergraduate Research is proud to announce that one of the university's current Beckman Scholars, Jackie Arnold, placed third in a judged poster competition at the recent American Institute of Chemical Engineers (AIChE) annual meeting held in Boston, Massachusetts, from November 7-November 11.  

Drivers on winding West Virginia roads often encounter road damage caused by rockfalls, even if they aren’t present when the rocks tumble down the hillside. West Virginia University researchers hope to cut down on these events, as a pair of engineers have examined countermeasures considered useful in mitigating rockfalls, which can result in vehicle damage, traffic disruptions and injury or death to motorists.

Anurag Srivastava, professor and chairperson of the Lane Department of Computer Science and Electrical Engineering in the Benjamin M. Statler College of Engineering and Mineral Resources at West Virginia University, has been named a Fellow of the Institute of Electrical Engineers.