Callyn Zeigler, a Charleston native, was drawn to West Virginia University because of its unique traditions and reputation for having a strong sense of community. She grew up loving logic puzzles, problem solving and math, so she always assumed she would pursue a degree in science or math. However, engineering wasn’t on her radar until high school.
Although far from her hometown in Yaounde, Cameroon, senior biomedical engineering student Sonia-Frida Ndifon has found a sense of purpose and belonging at West Virginia University’s Statler College of Engineering and Mineral Resources.
A four-year Army ROTC National Scholar beginning medical school in the fall, a Fulbright Scholar eager to work as a teaching assistant in Bulgaria and an aspiring teacher who has reached out across the state to help combat stereotypes about Appalachian dialects are among the graduating seniors receiving the Order of Augusta, the most prestigious West Virginia University student award.
A team of students from the Benjamin M. Statler College of Engineering and Mineral Resources were announced as winners of the 16th annual West Virginia Business Plan Competition. The team was awarded $40,000 for their business Brite, a software-as-a-service platform that gives professors and administrators real-time data insights into student feedback, classroom learning and engagement, all while assisting students on their academic journey.
Students from the Statler College of Engineering and Mineral Resources have established a scholarship fund in honor of Denny Ayres, who passed away unexpectedly on December 22, 2022, after a brief illness.
Students interested in careers in engineering will now have new degree options to consider at West Virginia University. The Benjamin M. Statler College of Engineering and Mineral Resources has launched a new undergraduate degree program in engineering technology.
In the summer of 2022, Amirah Mitchell started working on developing an artificial intelligence program that would understand human emotion, using deep learning approach. This was after she was given the opportunity to be a part of WVU’s Summer Undergraduate Research Experience. The biomedical engineering undergraduate researcher used the opportunity to start her project on how the technology could predict the emotional state of humans, whether happy, sad, angry, etc.
Navigating through higher education for any student can be challenging and overwhelming. An adviser in the Statler College of Engineering and Mineral Resources at West Virginia University has been nationally recognized for her role in guiding students on the path to academic success.
Flying with balloons takes on a whole new meaning for a team comprised of university and high school students across the state of West Virginia who will participate in a ballooning project that will live stream video to the National Aeronautics and Space Administration.
Students at West Virginia University’s Benjamin M. Statler College of Engineering and Mineral Resources and Eberly College of Arts and Sciences are gaining hands-on experience using industry-leading software in their coursework, research and more thanks to in-kind gifts from SLB.