For the teams fromWest Virginia UniversityandUniversity of Rome Tor Vergata's, which is competing for the second straight time in the U.S. Department of Energy's Solar Decathlon 2015, planning makes perfect.
Ryan Murray, vice president of operations for Murray Energy Corporation, will speak on Thursday, September 17, as part of West Virginia University's Department of Mining Engineering's William N. Poundstone Lecture Series.
Approximately 50 percent of all incoming freshman at West Virginia Universitythat choose to study engineering are not considered calculus ready, which can hinder their learning and ability to succeed in the discipline. A trio of faculty in WVU's freshman engineeringprogram have been awarded a National Science Foundation grant to find solutions to help these struggling students.
Academic institutions across the country are seeking ways to lessen the underrepresentation of minority leadership in science, technology, engineering and math.West Virginia University'sJoel Mejia, assistant professor offreshman engineering, recently attended the Society for Advancement of Chicanos/Hispanics and Native Americans in Sciences' Summer Leadership Institute to become a part of the movement.
It's difficult to realize how important clean water is in day-to-day life until it's gone. West Virginia University's Engineers Without Borders chapter spent a week of their summer planning how to give that valuable resource to a community in Caobete, Dominican Republic.
Opportunity comes to those who seek it. AsWest Virginia Universityengineering students flock back to campus, many will arrive from opportunities they found in the form of internships, work experiences and fellowships that took them all around the world. With new-found knowledge and once-in-a-lifetime stories to tell, these students made an impact on the companies they worked for, the communities they visited and their future careers over the past three months.
George and Camilla "Mimi" Bennett and CONSOL Energy were among the recipients of the West Virginia University Foundation's 2015 Outstanding Philanthropy awards.
Mark Leidecker was looking for a way to forever tie his families' name to the oil and gas industry. On May 8, that dream became a reality with the dedication of the Leidecker Brothers Energy Laboratory in West Virginia University's Statler College of Engineering and Mineral Resources.
Mention Sago, Aracoma and Upper Big Branch to a miner, and memories of lives lost quickly cloud their faces. That is especially true for Eugene White, director of the West Virginia Office of Miners' Health, Safety and Training, who participated in rescue operations at each of those mining disasters.