WVU field laboratory begins monitoring shale gas well activity
After many months of preparation and preliminary study, drilling is set to begin today (June 26) on the vertical sections – known as top holes – of a science well Read More
WVU’s Liu named ASM International Fellow
Xingbo Liu, professor of mechanical and aerospace engineering and associate chair of research at West Virginia University, has been named a Fellow of the ASM International. ASM Fellows are technical Read More
Division of Science and Research presents 5th speaker in STEM series
Theoretical physicist, Dr. Leonard Mlodinow, joins the Chancellor’s STEM Speaker Series lineup in July. The series of events, which began with Alexandra Cousteau’s appearance last November and recently featured Mars Rover Read More
Marshall College of Science dean appointed to Environmental Advisory Board
Dr. Charles C. “Chuck” Somerville, professor of biological sciences and dean of the Marshall University College of Science, has been appointed to the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Chief of Read More
WVU engineering students make history and bring home $100,000 award in NASA robotics competition
A team of 16 West Virginia University engineering students proved this week that a robot can live up to its name. The WVU robot Cataglyphis—named after a desert ant known Read More