Students, professors, data managers and others from New Jersey, Delaware, Virginia and West Virginia will come together at West Virginia University this week to explore NASA’s problems of interest and learn about open science practices and software.
Following four years devoted to redesigning the 2019 Chevrolet Blazer into an energy-efficient hybrid vehicle, the West Virginia University EcoCAR team has placed sixth overall in Year Four of the EcoCAR Mobility Challenge competition, bringing home $14,500 in awards.
A new designation by the United States National Security Agency and Department of Homeland Security has established the cybersecurity bachelor’s degree program at West Virginia University as one of the top-tier programs in the nation.
A West Virginia University engineer is improving the accuracy of biometric
identification that could lead to advancements in healthcare, law enforcement and
national security by collecting biometric data that will identify people from long
ranges and in challenging conditions.
Allison Arnold was born with a heart condition requiring surgery at just 18 months old. Her life was saved by the treatments she received through outstanding medical techniques and solutions from the West Virginia University Medicine Children’s Hospital. As a result, when she embarked upon a doctoral degree at WVU, Arnold felt driven to study engineered human-compatible materials.
For Jordan Chapman, he was not entirely convinced engineering was the right fit for
him — until he entered his graduate program in the Department of Chemical and Biomedical Engineering at the Benjamin M. Statler College of Engineering and Mineral Resources.
Armed with keyboards, ones and zeros, a squad of West Virginia University students were among the 2,000 participants who competed in Operation Locked Shields, an international cyber defense exercise run by NATO Cooperative Cyber Defence Centre of Excellence in Tallinn, Estonia. The teams, which included members of the West Virginia and North Carolina National Guard, took orders from the Department of Defense and the Defense Information Systems Agency during the April 19-21 exercises.
A cross-disciplinary team of researchers from West Virginia University are undertaking a pioneering project in space weather research to improve modeling and forecasting of space weather to safeguard satellites in orbit and infrastructure on Earth.
A team of 38 undergraduate aerospace engineering students at West Virginia University were selected to tackle moon and Mars exploration challenges by advancing to the final phase of NASA's Revolutionary Aerospace Systems Concepts – Academic Linkage (RASC-AL) competition.
A new data-driven mechanistic approach that predicts cell types within tissue will help to reduce drug costs and treat diseases that were difficult to develop drugs for, according to a West Virginia University scientist.