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Mining engineering students strike gold with industry experience and success
The Carlson Senior Mine Design Competition pushes West Virginia University mining engineering students to take everything they’ve learned in the classroom and apply it to a full-scale, real-world mine planning project.
WVU engineers develop AI system to speed satellite tracking of wildfires
A new artificial intelligence system developed by West Virginia University engineers could help firefighters respond to wildfires sooner by enabling satellites to detect blazes and automatically adjust their positions for continued monitoring.
WVU RoboRacer team places third overall at Roboracer autonomous racing international competition in Michigan
Demonstrating speed, precision and adaptability in autonomous vehicle technology, a team of students from the West Virginia University Benjamin M. Statler College of Engineering and Mineral Resources placed third overall at the 28th RoboRacer Autonomous Racing Competition, held during the 2026 IEEE Intelligent Vehicles Symposium in Detroit, Michigan.
Graham appointed interim chair of Lane Department of Computer Science and Electrical Engineering
David Graham, professor in the Lane Department of Computer Science and Electrical Engineering at West Virginia University's Benjamin M. Statler College of Engineering and Mineral Resources, has been named interim chair of the department, effective July 1.