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Statler College announces 2022 Excellence in Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Award recipients
Pedro Mago, Glen H. Hiner Dean of the Statler College of Engineering and Mineral Resources at West Virginia University, and the Statler College Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Committee, announced the recipients of the College’s Excellence in Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Award. The awards were distributed to the recipients in conjunction with WVU’s annual Diversity Week celebration.
Orner named Wadsworth Faculty Fellow
Kevin Orner, assistant professor of Civil and environmental engineering at West Virginia University, has been named the Maurice and JoAnn Wadsworth Faculty Fellow in the Statler College of Engineering and Mineral Resources.
With little known about rising nutrient levels in small communities’ treated sewage, WVU researchers test the waters
Alarmed about rising levels of nitrogen and phosphorus in America’s water, the Environmental Protection Agency has invested $1 million in West Virginia University assistant professor Kevin Orner’s wastewater treatment research.
Wadsworth Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering graduate students win third place in Datathon Competition
Advances in technology will eventually make it possible to locate construction and demolition waste and utilize these materials in new construction. In fact, a large number of studies have shown the effectiveness of these recycled materials in new construction.
Statler College announces faculty appointments for new Dean’s Leadership Fellows Program
Excellence in leadership development is a core value of the Statler College of Engineering and Mineral Resources at West Virginia University. In order to foster and sustain leadership excellence, the Statler College has announced the selection of three professors to the Dean’s Leadership Fellows Program.
Statler College now utilizes fully centralized student advising center
With the transition to centralized student advising in the Benjamin M. Statler College of Engineering and Mineral Resources complete, students are able to access primary-role academic advisors 12 months out of the year from the Statler College Advising Center so the College can continue to support student success.
Kecojevic appointed interim chair of Wadsworth Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering
Vladislav Kecojevic, professor and Robert E. Murray Chair of mining engineering at West Virginia University, has been selected as the interim chair of the Wadsworth Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, effective August 21, 2022.
West Virginia aerospace industry set to take off with launch of WVU Small Satellite Center
West Virginia is now on its way toward launching the state’s second small satellite. A team from West Virginia University and the NASA West Virginia Space Grant Consortium is poised to turn that achievement into a massive boost for the aerospace industry statewide by taking the first steps toward opening the West Virginia Small Satellite Center of Excellence.