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The Statler College of Engineering and Mineral Resources the Alumni Who Inspire! Program recognizes alumni for their dedication to their professions, our college and West Virginia University.

Two assistant professors in the Benjamin M. Statler College of Engineering and Mineral Resources at West Virginia University have been recognized as Herbert P. Dripps Faculty Fellows in Engineering, effective January 1, 2024.

The Statler College of Engineering and Mineral Resources at West Virginia University announces updates to the Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering department, which will subsequently be known as the Mechanical, Materials and Aerospace Engineering department.

Students in the Benjamin M. Statler College of Engineering and Mineral Resources at West Virginia University will now have a chance to pursue a degree in one of the top ten fastest growing professions globally: robotics.

Created by a West Virginia University faculty member and his former graduate student, syGlass — virtual reality software that displays scientific images in immersive 3D — will soon offer AI analysis and cloud-based streaming for extremely large datasets required by scientists like structural biologists.

Students interested in the rapidly evolving world of robotics will now be able to enroll in a new robotics engineering major at West Virginia University following approval by the Board of Governors during a meeting Friday (Dec. 15).

Mechanical and aerospace engineering associate professor and associate chair for research  Konstantinos Sierros has been elected to the rank of fellow by the Institute of Materials, Minerals & Mining (IOM3) in recognition of his research on promising new applications of novel materials for additive manufacturing.

A West Virginia University alumnus’s $1,040,000 gift is strengthening efforts to recognize and retain top-notch faculty at the Benjamin M. Statler College of Engineering and Mineral Resources.

An artificial intelligence study at West Virginia University is focused on habanero peppers for now, but project lead Donald Adjeroh said the work could one day support prevention or treatment of genetic disease.