On Saturday, April 2, student mine rescue teams from three universities will join their counterparts fromWest Virginia Universityfor a competition to be held theAcademy for Mine Training and Energy Technologiesin Core.
Researchers atWest Virginia Universityhave partnered on a nearly $1 million grant from the United States Department of Energy’s National Energy Technology Laboratory on the development of a mobile plant facility for the recovery of rare elements that could breathe life back into West Virginia’s coal industry.
Christopher Vass, a mining engineering master’s student at West Virginia University, has received the James and Betty Hall Doctoral Fellowship to continue his education and research.
One of the worst mining disasters ever in the United States rocked a tiny community about an hour-and-a-half south of Morgantown 10 years ago.
West Virginia could become one of the country's significant sources for rare earth elements, the "vitamins of modern industry," without the expense or environmental cost of opening new mines.
The Society for Mining, Metallurgy and Exploration chapter at West Virginia University received the 2014-15 outstanding student chapter award.
Severalmining engineeringstudents fromWest Virginia Universityearned top honors in mine design competitions held in the region.
Ryan Murray, vice president of operations for Murray Energy Corporation, will speak on Thursday, September 17, as part of West Virginia University's Department of Mining Engineering's William N. Poundstone Lecture Series.
Opportunity comes to those who seek it. AsWest Virginia Universityengineering students flock back to campus, many will arrive from opportunities they found in the form of internships, work experiences and fellowships that took them all around the world. With new-found knowledge and once-in-a-lifetime stories to tell, these students made an impact on the companies they worked for, the communities they visited and their future careers over the past three months.