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The West Virginia University robotics team, based at the Benjamin M. Statler College of Engineering and Mineral Resources, is the best in the world.

At the end of the first year of the EcoCAR EV Challenge, the team from West Virginia University finished second overall in the four-year competition that was held from May 21–26, in Orlando, Florida. The team accumulated ten competition awards in total, receiving more than $18,000 in prize money.  

The Benjamin M. Statler College of Engineering and Mineral Resources recently announced the addition and dedication of two labs in the Advanced Engineering Research Building and Engineering Research Building, both on the Evansdale Campus at West Virginia University, that will benefit engineering and computer science students.  

For Cam Kellar, a civil and environmental engineering student from Morgantown, deciding to go to West Virginia University was a no brainer. 

From a young age, Michael Lough, a native of Ripley, knew that West Virginia University was his dream school and an early interest in robotics led him to the Statler College of Engineering and Mineral Resources to major in mechanical engineering.  

During his freshman year, Matteo Cerasoli of Charles Town, went all in on participating in student organizations to help him discover the right career path at West Virginia University. 

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.