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VEX 2023

Second annual VEX Robotics competition to be held by Statler College

The Benjamin M. Statler College of Engineering and Mineral Resources at West Virginia University will host the WVU MMAE Mountaineer VEX Robotics Competition for the second year in a row, gathering student teams from across the US and Canada to design and build a robot to compete and sharpen their engineering skills. Winning teams will have the opportunity to advance to the VEX Robotics World Championship in Dallas, Texas held in April.

Students and faculty working at the WVU Industrial Assessment Center

WVU team utilizes Dept. of Energy funding to spur clean energy job education, access in rural WV communities

A team at the Industrial Assessment Center at the Department of Industrial Management Systems Engineering in the Benjamin M. Statler College of Engineering and Mineral Resources has received $450,000 as a part of the funding from the U.S. Department of Energy to BridgeValley Community and Technical College in Charleston. The funding, which totals $3 million over three years, will go toward the development of an industrial assessment center at BCTC.