AUGUST 2023

WVU researchers are looking to protect space — and elements of everyday life on Earth — from debris down to the size of paint flakes barreling through space at speeds of more than 15,000 miles per hour.

Engineers and scientists at WVU are developing an advanced hydrogen flexible boiler to help decarbonize the food and beverage industry and eventually eliminate greenhouse gas emissions. The project is funded by a $3 million grant from the U.S. Department of Energy and is one of 40 such projects focused on the Biden administration’s goal of achieving net-zero emissions by 2050.

WVU, the state’s flagship, land-grant R1 institution, reported a record $231 million in externally supported expenditures, which are mainly designated for research, for fiscal year 2023.

Three WVU students and one alumna are joining an elite group of researchers from across the United States as recipients of National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellowships.

The team of mining engineering students researched and recommended a plan of action to recover the maximum amount of resources from a full-scale surface and underground limestone deposit, receiving top placement for the fourth time.

Five students, each deeply passionate about their education and research, are receiving funding from the Ruby Scholars Graduate Fellows program to aid in their future academic endeavors at WVU.

Two WVU students are taking steps to become more well-rounded global citizens while preparing for future careers in the federal government and learning a new language.

Sanyal, Szczecinski fellowship replace intro copy with: Two assistant professors in the Statler College of Engineering and Mineral Resources have been named J. Wayne and Kathy Richards Faculty Fellows in Engineering through a $1 million gift made in 2014 by the WVU alumnus and his wife.

Igniting a child’s passion for engineering stems from many places and the Statler College has created an engineering boot camp to help K-12 teachers in West Virginia integrate engineering concepts into their classrooms.

A WVU alumni couple is celebrating the University’s life-changing impact on their family with a planned gift worth more than $660,000 to benefit athletics, education, health care and disability services.

Dear friends and colleagues,

I hope the fall semester is off to an excellent start for all of you! We are excited to welcome our students, faculty, and staff back to campus. Our faculty and students have had many significant accomplishments over the past month, and I'm proud of their hard work and all they have accomplished.

This issue of EngineeringWV Wired highlights some of the awards our students and faculty received and the outstanding interdisciplinary research efforts in the college. In terms of research, Piyush Mehta, mechanical and aerospace engineering assistant professor and Wayne and Kathy Richards Fellow, has won a grant to develop technology to detect space debris; and mechanical engineering professor Hailin Li is developing an advanced hydrogen flexible boiler to help decarbonize the food and beverage industry. In addition, our Mining Engineering students won the National Carlson Software competition for the fourth time in five years, and mechanical engineering graduate student Ellena Gemmen, received the prestigious NSF graduate fellowships.

I am excited to start the fall semester and look forward to celebrating more accomplishments from our students, faculty, and staff with each of you next month!

Let's Go!

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