Career fairs can be nerve-wracking. For freshmen, sophomore and junior students, the future of their careers can ride on placement into a respected internship or co-op. For seniors about to graduate, the pressure to find a position in the real-world can add overwhelming anxiety to a year already filled with tough classes and rigorous schedules.
An elementary school in Monongalia County has earned the United States Green Building Council's LEED Gold certification, thanks in part to innovative research and construction development being explored at West Virginia University.
For many, West Virginia University's Lane Department of Computer Science and Electrical Engineering's senior design expo is a time to breathe a sigh of relief, signaling the end of years of hard work culminating in the presentation of a final project before graduation. For others, it's the time to help others breathe a little easier.
Two engineering professors from West Virginia University have been awarded more than $100,000 from American Chemical Society's Petroleum Research Fund to demonstrate a new method for building fast models of complex chemical reactions and processes.
A senior fromWest Virginia University'sStatler College of Engineering and Mineral Resourcesrecently captured top honors for creating a device that uses electromagnetic waves to detect underground objects, including utility lines, landmines or other metallic or non-metallic objects.
Researchers from West Virginia University, the National Energy Technology Laboratory and Schneider Electric have won an R&D 100 Award - a national award known as the "Oscar of innovation" - for the development of a virtual reality-based software that provides the energy industry with an unprecedented high-tech look inside the operation of power plants.
On any given morning, long before classes begin at West Virginia University, you will find Powsiri Klinkhachorn walking through the halls of the Engineering Sciences Building, carrying a box. Ask him what's inside and his answer is simple: "Robot parts."
The Society for Mining, Metallurgy and Exploration chapter at West Virginia University received the 2014-15 outstanding student chapter award.
West Virginia University alumnus Tim Weadon is making waves at TE Connectivity with the knowledge he gained through his three degrees earned at the Statler College of Engineering and Mineral Resources.
Whether it's the result of a snow storm, a hurricane or an earthquake, virtually everyone has experienced the inconveniences of a power outage. But some countries, most notably Japan, have begun to use residential-scale power generation units that run off of solid oxide fuel cells. A team of researchers, led by Xingbo Liu, professor of mechanical and aerospace engineering at West Virginia University, is working to advance SOFC technology in hopes of the trend catching on in America.