The Benjamin M. Statler College of Engineering and Mineral Resources at West Virginia University is proud to announce that Deniz Talan, assistant professor of mining engineering, has been selected as the recipient of the 2025 Freeport-McMoRan Academic Career Development Grant.
J. Wayne Richards will serve a two-year term as chairman of the West Virginia University Foundation Board of Directors.
On Sunday May 18, 432 new Statler alumni join an elite group of innovators and leaders around the globe. The Statler College of Engineering and Mineral Resources awarded diplomas to 371 undergraduates and 61 grad students, helping them begin their careers and transitions to creating positive change in the world.
Pedro Mago, Glen H. Hiner Dean of the Statler College of Engineering and Mineral Resources at West Virginia University, announced the winners of the College’s outstanding teaching, advising, faculty, graduate student researchers and staff awards for the 2024-2025 academic year on April 11, 2025.
A team of West Virginia University mining engineering students have once again secured first place in the national Senior Student Design Award competition for their comprehensive underground mine design plan.
The Benjamin M. Statler College of Engineering and Mineral Resources at West Virginia University continues to demonstrate its unwavering commitment to innovation, achieving a record high of $52.2 million in total research expenditures for the 2023 fiscal year. As a result, all engineering programs reached the top 100 rankings in the latest National Science Foundation Higher Education Research and Development Survey.
To keep miners safe, a West Virginia University researcher is creating a training program that uses augmented reality headsets to prepare workers to operate around high-risk vehicles.