SPRING 2024

The Statler College of Engineering and Mineral Resources at West Virginia University announces updates to the Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering department, which will subsequently be known as the Mechanical, Materials and Aerospace Engineering department.

Students in the Statler College will now have a chance to pursue a degree in one of the top ten fastest growing professions globally: robotics.

Engineers at WVU have received a wave of federal support totaling $15.8 million for research projects that will help slash the cost of clean hydrogen.

A WVU mechanical engineer has developed a way to predict the neuron and muscle patterns controlling locomotion for animals of any size, moving at any speed.

Starting this summer, undergraduate students will perform hands-on, cutting-edge robotics research that solves real-world problems in Appalachia while working in the five robotics labs at WVU.

From robotics to maternal health to food insecurity, WVU students — both undergraduate and graduate — are finding ways to make a difference in the lives of others while expanding their own future paths.

For the second year in a row, the WVU Mine Rescue Team from the Statler College is the champion of the 2024 Intercollegiate Mine Emergency Response Competition.

Some of the brightest high school seniors from across the Mountain State who have demonstrated an impressive commitment to academic excellence and community service while balancing extracurricular activities are eager to represent WVU as the new cohort of Bucklew Scholars.

The Statler College presents the Alumni Who Inspire! Program which recognizes alumni for their dedication to their professions, our college and WVU.

Professor, Yu Gu with the Statler College has been named to a distinguished professorship to elevate research and academic excellence.

Two assistant professors in the Statler College have been recognized as Herbert P. Dripps Faculty Fellows in Engineering, effective January 1, 2024.

Over 65 teams from around the country gathered this weekend for the second annual WVU Mountaineer VEX Robotics Competition, hosted by the Statler College and the Department of Mechanical, Materials and Aerospace Engineering at the WVU Rec Center.

A team at the Industrial Assessment Center at the Department of Industrial Management Systems Engineering in the Statler College 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.

Dear MMAE Community,

In this newsletter, you will read that we’ve had a great semester in the department with a few big changes. First, after strong support from faculty and visiting committee, we’ve adopted a new name that formally recognizes and celebrates our strengths in each of the fields of Mechanical, Materials and Aerospace Engineering. Second, we have launched a new undergraduate degree program in robotics engineering that will be housed in the department and offered in partnership with the Lane Department of Computer Science and Electrical Engineering. Meanwhile, our faculty continue to lead high profile research programs spanning across all of our strengths. Most recently, you will read that Professors Ed Sabolsky and Xingbo Liu have secured $13.8 million from the US DOE for their research in clean hydrogen technologies, Professor Yu Gu has been recognized as the inaugural holder of MMAE Academy of Distinguished Alumni Professorship, and that Assistant Professor Hang Woon Lee has been recognized as the recipient of a newly established college-wide Herbert P. Dripps Faculty Fellowship. As we approach the summer, we are all so excited to watch our newest graduates cross the stage and to witness our students excel in so many student design challenges and competitions hosted all over the country.

Wishing you the best summer!

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