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Chemical engineering department to celebrate 100th anniversary
A program that grew from seven undergraduates to 300 students at both the graduate and undergraduate levels will celebrate its 100th anniversary at West Virginia University.
WVU awarded $1.25 million from ARPA-E for transformational energy technology
The United States Department of Energy has marked an engineering research project at West Virginia University as a high potential opportunity to make a demonstrable impact on the country’s energy portfolio and to do it quickly.
Donors surprise engineering dean with gift in his honor
Two long-time supporters of West Virginia University have found yet another way to honor the institution that has given so much to them, while surprising one of its deans in the process.
Engineering researchers win “Oscars of Innovation” award for carbon-capture technology
Researchers from West Virginia University are part of a team that has won an R&D 100 Award, known as the “Oscars of Innovation.”
New team sought for BRNI in unprecedented cross-campus recruitment effort
WVU’s Blanchette Rockefeller Neurosciences Institute has launched a national search for six scientists to form the backbone of a new push into quantitative neuroscience – an interdisciplinary approach to studying how the nervous system processes information within the human brain.
WVU receives continued funding for research in use of composites for pipe design, gas transport
For the second straight year, researchers at West Virginia University have received a grant from the U.S. Department of Transportation’s Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration to study the use of composite materials for pipe design and gas transport.
Doctoral student selected for P&G FIRST Conference
A West Virginia University chemical engineering doctoral student has been selected to attend the P&G FIRST Conference, a three-day, all expenses paid program primarily intended for African American, Hispanic and Native American doctoral and postdoctoral scientists.
WVU engineering student organizations participate in flood relief efforts
Two student organizations at West Virginia University teamed up to participate in flood relief efforts put together by the West Virginia Chapter of the American Society of Civil Engineers.