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West Virginia University is recruiting undergraduate students from across the United States to join a summer research immersion experience that explores topics of road infrastructure through the use of “digital twin” technologies. The students will learn to use virtual models to mirror real-world streets and highways in their future careers as the civil engineers building America’s roads.

West Virginia University research is shining a light on the mysterious world of dark energy.

The West Virginia University Benjamin M. Statler College of Engineering and Mineral Resources chapters of the Material Advantage and Materials Research Society took home their first win in the 2025 iteration of the Materials Science and Technology Conference’s University Ceramic Mug Contest in Columbus, Ohio.

An advanced manufacturing process for aerospace industries, developed in part by West Virginia University researchers, received global recognition for its versatile capabilities in transforming the energy industry.  

Deepanjali Roy is an experimentalist.

“I don’t do simulations or modeling,” she said. “I work with my hands. Being in the lab is my favorite part of the day.”

A collaborative research team in the Benjamin M. Statler College of Engineering and Mineral Resources at West Virginia University is taking on one of today’s most pressing environmental challenges: PFAS contamination in drinking water.

As tech transforms industries in unique ways, researchers at West Virginia University continue to lead the charge. Fei Dai, a professor in the Wadsworth Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering at the Benjamin M. Statler College of Engineering and Mineral Resources, has been awarded a prestigious National Science Foundation grant through its Building Capacity in STEM Education Research program.

Concerned about the ability of artificial intelligence models trained on data from urban demographics to make the right medical diagnoses for rural populations, West Virginia University computer scientists have developed several AI models that can identify signs of heart failure in patients from Appalachia.

In its very first participation, the Mountaineers@Work team at West Virginia University has secured fourth place in the international RoboCup@Work competition, held in July in Salvador, Brazil.

The West Virginia University Board of Governors has approved a new online MS degree in Artificial Intelligence, launching at the Benjamin M. Statler College of Engineering and Mineral Resources. Housed in the Lane Department of Computer Science and Electrical Engineering (LCSEE), the program offers students a robust curriculum in AI, machine learning, computer science and data science topics.