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Launch of WVU degree in robotics engineering means cutting edge resources for our students, local industry and K-12 outreach
With $1 million in NASA funding, West Virginia University is preparing its undergraduates and students across West Virginia to build the robots that will build the future.
WVU shatters research expenditures record for second consecutive year
For fiscal year 2024, West Virginia University crushed its record in externally supported research expenditures with $275 million — an 82% increase from five years ago.
WVU engineering students lead the launch at this summer's satellite mission program
Launching a satellite into space takes a lot of planning. From development to operations to Federal Communications Commission regulations, successful missions go through extensive design and test phases before anything leaves the ground. Mechanical and aerospace engineering students Isabella Hart, Sam Blair and Evie Harper got hands-on experience this summer through the University Nanosatellite Program in New Mexico, a collaboration with the Air Force Research Laboratory and NASA.
WVU robotics doctoral research earns recognition at prestigious international conference
Researchers at West Virginia University are making strides once again in robotics, one of the fastest-growing disciplines in the Benjamin M. Statler College of Engineering and Mineral Resources.
Tian named Stuart and Karen Goodman Faculty Fellow
Yuhe Tian, assistant professor of chemical and biomedical engineering in the Benjamin M. Statler College of Engineering and Mineral Resources at West Virginia University, has been awarded with the recently established Stuart and Karen Goodman Faculty Fellowship.
Empowering STEM Educators: Summer Workshop for K-12 Teachers Shares Opportunities in Energy and Engineering
K-12 teachers from across the Mountain State gathered this week for the 2024 Gas and Oil Association of West Virginia Science Teacher Workshop Series.
Mountaineer Robotics Team Secures Second Place at 2024 International Mars Rover Competition
Reigning champions Team Mountaineers represented the Benjamin M. Statler College of Engineering and Mineral Resources and West Virginia University this past weekend, placing second in the 2024 University Rover Challenge (URC) finals held at the Mars Desert Research Station in Utah.
WVU undergraduate students awarded Goldwater Scholarships to continue research
Three outstanding West Virginia University students have been named winners of the 2024 Goldwater Scholarship, the nation’s premier undergraduate scholarship in mathematics, engineering and the natural sciences.