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In recognition of their tremendous outreach and community service efforts, the West Virginia University Section of the Society of Women Engineers has been named the 2017-2018 Student Organization of the Year. The award acknowledges and rewards organizations that accomplished great service to the community and University, held consistent meetings, organized creative outreach activities and have had a positive impact on WVU as a whole.

Building on the success of its undergraduate program, the West Virginia University Board of Governors has approved a graduate program in biomedical engineering. The program, which will award degrees at both the master’s and doctoral levels, will be offered in the Statler College of Engineering and Mineral Resources starting in the fall semester of this year.

Rural communities in United States and elsewhere often use portable backup electricity generators in case of power outages. But these machines can be costly to run for longer times and require periodic attendance. A team from West Virginia University is developing a small, natural gas-powered generator that will be able to run for years.

Composite materials are not only cost-effective alternatives to traditional building materials but they have the potential to build upon the country's strength in manufacturing and enhance labor productivity.

Gina Dubbé, a 1983 graduate of West Virginia University, will deliver the annual Gochenour Lecture in the Department of Industrial and Management Systems Engineering on Thursday, April 26, at 3:30 p.m., in room 113 of the Mineral Resources Building on the Evansdale Campus.

When a Morgantown-area business needed assistance growing its customer base, they turned to an organization that could position the company for a more stable future: the West Virginia Manufacturing Extension Partnership.

More than a dozen industry vehicles will be on display at “Touch a Truck: Mighty Machines and More,” an event hosted by the Royce J. and Caroline B. Watts Museum at West Virginia University on Saturday, April 14, from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m.

A cost-effective bridge construction system developed by researchers at West Virginia University has won an award for technological advancement from the National Steel Bridge Alliance.