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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.

Emily Spayde has been appointed as director of engineering technology, one of the fastest-growing undergraduate programs in the Benjamin M. Statler College of Engineering and Mineral Resources at West Virginia University, effective as of August 15, 2025.

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.

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.

The launch of the new Career and Professional Development Center at Benjamin M. Statler College of Engineering and Mineral Resources at West Virginia University will open the door to greater professional, personal, and educational opportunities for Statler students and alumni.

Four promising West Virginia University doctoral students are continuing their academic journeys with support from the Ruby Scholars Graduate Fellows program.

At the West Virginia University Statler College of Engineering and Mineral Resources the advising team has taken an innovative approach to advising and have been recognized with the National Academic Advising Association Outstanding Advising Program Award for their exemplary practices resulting in improvement of academic advising services.

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.