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Alumni, faculty member to be inducted into national engineering honorary
Two West Virginia University alumni and one faculty member will be formally inducted into Tau Beta Pi, the engineering honorary. The Statler College of Engineering and Mineral Resources TBP chapter is hosting the organization’s 39th annual district four conference, which runs from Friday, April 7-Sunday, April 9.
Student organizations host second annual Makers Challenge
Nearly 40 teams put their creative and artistic abilities to the test in West Virginia University’s Second Annual Maker’s Challenge.
WVU wins civil engineering regional competition
For the second straight year, a team from West Virginia University captured first place in the steel bridge competition at the American Society of Civil Engineers’ Virginias Conference, held at Old Dominion University, in Norfolk, Virginia, March 30–April 1.
EWB students deliver hope to community members in Prenter
Nine members from West Virginia University’s Chapter of Engineers Without Borders traveled to Boone County during spring break in an attempt to provide relief to residents of Prenter, who have been living without a maintained water source for more than 10 years.
Students experiment with artificial intelligence to detect fake news
Students and faculty at West Virginia University aren’t waiting for internet giants like Google and Facebook to provide solutions to fake news.
BP executive to deliver annual Hiner Lecture
Mark Finley, general manager, Global Energy Markets and U.S. Economics at BP, will present the “2017 Edition of the BP Energy Outlook,” on Monday, March 27, at 1 p.m. The lecture, part of the Glen H. Hiner Distinguished Lecture Series in the Benjamin M. Statler College, will be held in room G102 of the Engineering Sciences Building.
Givens wins scholarship from the American Society of Highway Engineers
A West Virginia University engineering student was recently awarded a scholarship from the North Central West Virginia section of the American Society of Highway Engineers.