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Appalachian Regional Commission has awarded West Virginia University $1.5 million in funding to develop and deploy smart grid solutions and modeling services in rural parts of the eastern United States. This innovative project will lead to the formation of Smart Grid Deployment Consortium and HILLTOP+ Platform, which will test and model storage technology in smart grids and assist rural electric utilities by developing evaluation tools for energy storage.

Benjamin M. Statler College of Engineering and Mineral Resources alumnus Sergio Caporali-Filho joins the West Virginia University Extension Safety and Health team as an Extension Specialist and associate professor. However, this isn’t his first time being a part of this team.

Two wrongs aren’t supposed to make a right, but Lian-Shin "Lance" Lin, professor and chair of the Wadsworth Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering in the Statler College of Engineering and Mineral Resources, has discovered how combining two kinds of contaminated water can yield pure, clean water.

A $500,000 gift to West Virginia University is fueling laboratory renovations needed to launch a groundbreaking new midstream petroleum engineering program at the Benjamin M. Statler College of Engineering and Mineral Resources.

Like most rising seniors at West Virginia University, Moriah Frazier began searching for the perfect capstone thesis project as she approached her final year at the University. But Frazier, who hails from Clarksburg, Maryland, is a cybersecurity major at the Benjamin M. Statler College of Mineral Resources and Engineering. A fairly new program, cybersecurity didn’t yet have many established capstone projects for her to choose from. 

Two West Virginia University teams earned top honors at the 2023 Society for Mining, Metallurgy and Exploration – Eastern Collegiate Mine Rescue Organization (ECMRO) Coal National Competition on November 4 at the West Virginia Office of Miners Health Safety and Training center in Julian. This is WVU’s eighth consecutive win in the last four years.  

Research from  West Virginia University students and faculty into how 3D printing works in a weightless environment aims to support long-term exploration and habitation on spaceships, the moon or Mars.

Plummeting pumpkins paved the way for future engineers at the 34th Pumpkin Drop event hosted by the West Virginia University Benjamin M. Statler College of Engineering and Mineral Resources.

West Virginia faces no shortage of environmental health concerns, but many STEM students who could help leave the state after graduation.