Pedro Mago, Glen H. Hiner Dean of the Statler College of Engineering and Mineral Resources at West Virginia University, announced the winners of the College’s outstanding teaching, advising, faculty and graduate student researchers, staff and Dean’s fellowship awards for the 2023-2024 academic year on April 9, 2024.
Some of the brightest high school seniors from across the Mountain State who have demonstrated an impressive commitment to academic excellence and community service while balancing extracurricular activities are eager to represent West Virginia University as the new cohort of Bucklew Scholars.
A team of West Virginia University mining engineering students earned second place in the Society of Mining, Metallurgy and Exploration/National Stone, Sand and Gravel Association Student Design Competition for their mine design and reinvestment plan.
Teams of West Virginia University mining engineering students received first and second placement in the Senior Student Design Award contest for their mine design plans.
For the second year in a row, the West Virginia University Mine Rescue Team from the Benjamin M. Statler College of Engineering and Mineral Resources is the champion of the 2024 Intercollegiate Mine Emergency Response Competition.
Four West Virginia natives vying to be the 70th West Virginia University Mountaineer mascot will wear buckskins and carry rifles as they compete in a cheer-off during the men’s basketball game versus the University of Central Florida at 7 p.m. Tuesday (Feb. 20) in the WVU Coliseum.
Amy McBrayer, teaching assistant professor in mining engineering at the Statler College of Engineering and Mineral Resources, has been named the 2023 Michael Karmis PhD Fellow by the Society of Mining Professors.
Two West Virginia University teams earned top honors at the 2023 Society for Mining, Metallurgy and Exploration – Eastern Collegiate Mine Rescue Organization (ECMRO) Coal National Competition on November 4 at the West Virginia Office of Miners Health Safety and Training center in Julian. This is WVU’s eighth consecutive win in the last four years.
Chief Operating Officer of American Consolidated Natural Resources Inc. James R. Turner, Jr. delivered the Poundstone Lecture in a private event at West Virginia University on Thursday, September 28, as part of the Mining Engineering William N. Poundstone Lecture Series at the Erickson Alumni Center.
Faculty leadership development is one of the core values of the Statler College of Engineering and Mineral Resources at West Virginia University. The Dean’s Leadership Fellows Program is designed to offer leadership training to faculty across the different academic units and at different stages of their professional careers.