In this post-commencement season, three West Virginia University alums are making plans to help West Virginia with research work focused on a range of issues.
A West Virginia University engineer is improving the accuracy of biometric
identification that could lead to advancements in healthcare, law enforcement and
national security by collecting biometric data that will identify people from long
ranges and in challenging conditions.
Allison Arnold was born with a heart condition requiring surgery at just 18 months old. Her life was saved by the treatments she received through outstanding medical techniques and solutions from the West Virginia University Medicine Children’s Hospital. As a result, when she embarked upon a doctoral degree at WVU, Arnold felt driven to study engineered human-compatible materials.
For Jordan Chapman, he was not entirely convinced engineering was the right fit for
him — until he entered his graduate program in the Department of Chemical and Biomedical Engineering at the Benjamin M. Statler College of Engineering and Mineral Resources.
After watching a video of a NASA Space Shuttle launch as a middle school student, a spark ignited in Eleanor Kearney.
While in the United Arab Emirates, Torey Wright lived in Abu Dhabi for five years–a city directly across from the Jebel Ali reservoir that powered energy to most of the country. This experience led him to become interested in studying petroleum and natural gas engineering at West Virginia University.
For Gianna Mascio, the decision to come to West Virginia University was easy—and her entire family supported it.
Armed with keyboards, ones and zeros, a squad of West Virginia University students were among the 2,000 participants who competed in Operation Locked Shields, an international cyber defense exercise run by NATO Cooperative Cyber Defence Centre of Excellence in Tallinn, Estonia. The teams, which included members of the West Virginia and North Carolina National Guard, took orders from the Department of Defense and the Defense Information Systems Agency during the April 19-21 exercises.
A cross-disciplinary team of researchers from West Virginia University are undertaking a pioneering project in space weather research to improve modeling and forecasting of space weather to safeguard satellites in orbit and infrastructure on Earth.