Emily Spayde has been appointed as director of engineering technology, one of the fastest-growing undergraduate programs in the Benjamin M. Statler College of Engineering and Mineral Resources at West Virginia University, effective as of August 15, 2025.
Concerned about the ability of artificial intelligence models trained on data from urban demographics to make the right medical diagnoses for rural populations, West Virginia University computer scientists have developed several AI models that can identify signs of heart failure in patients from Appalachia.
The Benjamin M. Statler College of Engineering and Mineral Resources at West Virginia University is proud to announce that Deniz Talan, assistant professor of mining engineering, has been selected as the recipient of the 2025 Freeport-McMoRan Academic Career Development Grant.
The launch of the new Career and Professional Development Center at Benjamin M. Statler College of Engineering and Mineral Resources at West Virginia University will open the door to greater professional, personal, and educational opportunities for Statler students and alumni.
Four promising West Virginia University doctoral students are continuing their academic journeys with support from the Ruby Scholars Graduate Fellows program.
At the West Virginia University Statler College of Engineering and Mineral Resources the advising team has taken an innovative approach to advising and have been recognized with the National Academic Advising Association Outstanding Advising Program Award for their exemplary practices resulting in improvement of academic advising services.
In its very first participation, the Mountaineers@Work team at West Virginia University has secured fourth place in the international RoboCup@Work competition, held in July in Salvador, Brazil.
Two new minors in sales engineering and technology entrepreneurship are paving the way for exciting interdisciplinary opportunities at West Virginia University.
The West Virginia University Board of Governors has approved a new online MS degree in Artificial Intelligence, launching at the Benjamin M. Statler College of Engineering and Mineral Resources. Housed in the Lane Department of Computer Science and Electrical Engineering (LCSEE), the program offers students a robust curriculum in AI, machine learning, computer science and data science topics.