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Student presenting her research.

Innovative research from students, faculty and alumni take center stage during WVU Research Week

In the Benjamin M. Statler College of Engineering and Mineral Resources on Friday, halls were filled with brilliant minds and innovative research with the culmination of the 2025 West Virginia University Research Week. Engineer and scientist at Idaho National Laboratory Dong Ding delivered this year’s distinguished seminar on nuclear energy and students from across the College presented their posters as part of this year’s symposium.

Graphic illustration on navy background with cutout image of Ginny Thrasher on right and text on left that reads 'Alumni Who Inspire: Ginny Thrasher''

Alumni Who Inspire: Ginny Thrasher

For our Alumni Who Inspire series this month, we connected with Virginia ‘Ginny’ Thrasher, who won the first gold medal awarded at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil in the women's 10-meter air rifle.

Professor of Mechanical, Materials and Aerospace Engineering Edward Sabolsky works with a student.

Statler College bolsters WVU’s record-breaking NSF research expenditure rankings and breaks some records of its own

The Benjamin M. Statler College of Engineering and Mineral Resources at West Virginia University continues to demonstrate its unwavering commitment to innovation, achieving a record high of $52.2 million in total research expenditures for the 2023 fiscal year. As a result, all engineering programs reached the top 100 rankings in the latest National Science Foundation Higher Education Research and Development Survey.