Doctoral students from West Virginia University’s Statler College of Engineering and Mineral Resources captured best poster awards at the International Joint Conference on Biometrics held October 1-4, in Denver, Colorado.
Guodong Guo, associate professor of computer science and electrical engineering, has co-written a book on the use of biometrics on mobile phones and watches.
While the future of vehicles may be driverless, West Virginia University
is steering the technology in the right direction.
West Virginia University’s Thirimachos Bourlai, associate professor of computer science and electrical engineering, has co-edited a textbook on surveillance-related technologies in both civilian and military environments.
Representatives from more than 15 countries will head to West Virginia University September 17-19 for the
49th annual North
American Power Symposium at the Morgantown Marriott at Waterfront Place.
NAPS provides an international forum for participants from academia and
industry to present their research and development in power and energy with
special attention to the latest advances and challenges in power and energy
technologies.
Since the early 1900s scientists have known that the Universe is expanding but recent studies have shown that the rate of expansion is accelerating. The reason for this is currently unknown, however Kevin Bandura, an assistant professor in the Lane Department of Computer and Electrical Engineering at West Virginia University, has been working on the Canadian Hydrogen Intensity Mapping Experiment, or CHIME, for the past several years to find out why.
For the fourth straight year, West Virginia University’s Statler College of Engineering and Mineral Resources has been ranked in the top 10 percent of all engineering schools nationwide for offering the best value for the money for undergraduate degree programs.
Representatives from West Virginia University’s Statler College of Engineering and Mineral Resources captured best paper honors at the premier international forum for data science.
West Virginia University was the only school in the nation to send two teams to NASA’s Mars Ice Challenge, a three-day event that challenged teams to extract water from simulated Martian subsurface ice. In the end, one team—Mountaineer Ice Drilling Automated System or MIDAS—had the golden touch.
A West Virginia University engineering student was awarded the Science, Mathematics and Research for Transformation Scholarship from the Department of Defense. SMART Scholarships are offered to undergraduate, master’s and doctoral students who have demonstrated special aptitude for excelling in STEM fields.