In Motion is an electronic newsletter produced by the Statler College Mechanical, Materials and Aerospace Department for alumni and friends, and faculty and staff.
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Archive
InMotion Spring 2024
- Department name change reflects WVU’s leadership in materials science research and education
- Creating a new future: WVU unveils undergraduate degree program in robotics
- WVU technology innovations position West Virginia to lead hydrogen economy
- WVU researcher discovers how to predict movement for animals of all shapes, sizes and speeds
- Undergraduates to design robots for Appalachia’s challenges at WVU summer research program
- WVU researchers utilize DOE grant to design and create promising nanoionics materials in energy technology
- To advance space colonization, WVU research explores 3D printing in microgravity
- WVU students innovate and serve through unique research opportunities
- WVU team wins second consecutive international mine rescue competition
- 2024 WVU Bucklew Scholars vie for Foundation Scholarships
- Alumni who inspire: Kevin Fields
- Gu named to inaugural distinguished professorship
- Lee, Avci recognized as 2024 Herbert P. Dripps Fellows
- Sierros named Fellow by the Institute of Materials, Minerals, and Mining
- Gross named AIAA Associate Fellow
- Honors college announces 2024-25 Faculty Fellows
- Students design and innovate at the second annual WVU Mountaineer VEX Robotics competition
- WVU team utilizes Department of Energy funding to spur clean energy job education, access in rural WV communities
InMotion Fall 2023
- Damage control: WVU researchers aim for the sky to track lethal space debris
- WVU breaks record for externally supported expenditures, underscoring research commitment
- WVU researchers develop hydrogen technology to curtail greenhouse gases from food, beverage industry
- Electrode cuff developed at WVU improves testing of medical treatments that use electricity to heal
- WVU robotics team wins international Mars rover challenge
- WVU finishes second in EcoCAR EV Challenge Year One competition
- Statler College students win West Virginia Business Plan Competition
- Two WVU students earn Boren Scholarships to study abroad WVU rocketry team competes in international collegiate rocketry competition
- WVU students, alumna awarded prestigious NSF graduate fellowships
- Meet the Grads, Michael Lough: a passion for robotics and inspiring future engineers
- Meet the Grads, Matteo Cerasoli: The sky’s the limit
- WVU’s Design, Build and Fly club participated in the 27th annual Design/Build/Fly competition
- Statler College establishes microgravity research team alumni scholarship in honor of Dr. John Kuhlman
- Liu honored by Energy Department for hydrogen production technologies
- WVU faculty chosen for seventh IDEA Fellows cohort
- Statler College Professor Jason Gross selected for Generation Next: 40 Under 40
- Rocket scientist credits 4-H in discovering her lifelong passion
InMotion Spring 2023
- WVU researchers receive $5.5M to examine methane emissions at oil and gas sites
- Statler College Research Programs Rank Among Top 100 in U.S. in Latest NSF Survey
- Statler College faculty awarded $3.9 million in funding to support the creation of research centers in West Virginia
- WVU Lab’s Game-Changing High-Performance Semiconductor Material Could Help Slash Heat Emissions
- Meet our Spring 2023 MAE Mountaineer Mentors
- WVU Student Researchers Present at 2023 URDC
- West Virginia University’s Design, Build and Fly club was selected to participate in the 27th annual Design/Build/Fly competition hosted by the American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics
- Alexander Flasch: Powering agriculture through robotics
- Alum’s $50K scholarship gift aids women pursuing STEM degrees at WVU
- Mebane to conduct battery powered air travel research in partnership with NASA
- Nix elected as AIAA Associate Fellow
- Statler College and WVU Robotics welcomed 40 members of the Mountaineer Area Robotics Team to campus for an outreach event
- WVU Statler College crowns winners of VEX Robotics Competitions
InMotion November 2022
- WVU engineers aim to improve safety with autonomous robotic inspection system for coal waste storage facilities
- WVU engineers advance U.S. Air Force search and rescue missions in hostile territories with unmanned drones
- Natural gas is key to WVU engineer’s vision for clean hydrogen energy
- WVU engineers bring new life to electronics recycling, address supply chain shortfalls affecting national defense
- WVU space robotics research helps Mars rovers find their footing
- WVU engineers deploy robots to improve on-the-job safety for retail workers
- MAE Department launches MAE Mountaineer Mentor program
- WVU Experimental Rocketry Club earns multiple awards in 2022 Spaceport America Cup
- WVU students awarded Gilman Scholarships to pursue education abroad
- WVU finishes sixth in EcoCAR Mobility Challenge Year Four competition; Nix receives NSF Outstanding Faculty Advisor Award
- West Virginia University EcoCAR team selected to compete in new EcoCAR EV Challenge
- WVU RASC-AL Team wins Best in Theme and WVU Robotics 10th place in University Rover Challenge
- Meet the Grads, Eleanor Kearney: The three-time NASA intern
- MAE graduate research assistant receives 2022 HENAAC award
- WVU alums earn prestigious NSF fellowships to give back to the Mountain State with research
- Knotts delivered 2022 Statler College Commencement Address
- Flight simulator donated by WVU alumnus aids education and research at Statler College
- Alumna Emily Calandrelli inspires WVU students during Fireside Chat
- Statler College announces faculty appointments for new Dean’s Leadership Fellows Program
- Homeschool team from Morgantown wins 33rd annual WVU Pumpkin Drop
- WVU awarded grant from the 100K Strong Americas Innovation Fund to partner with Brazilian higher education institutions
InMotion March 2022
- Future trillion dollar ‘space economy’ threatened by debris, NSF CAREER Award recipient says
- WVU researchers to improve the flow of renewable energy to power plants with $7.5 million in grants
- WVU engineers address NASA problems through artificial intelligence
- WVU engineers creating software for aerobots to explore Venus
- Black History Month: Working at the forefront of innovation with Statler College alum Gbolahan "Bugzy" Idowu
- Black History Month: Following childhood aspirations with mechanical and aerospace engineering student and Lane Innovation Hub team member Dre' Hodges
- Kristyn Johnson received the American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics Pressure Gain Combustion’s Best Paper Award
InMotion November 2021
- WVU researcher’s insect-inspired robots could advance space exploration, agriculture and mining
- WVU leading the fight against climate change through $6 million NSF carbon capture
and utilization project
- WVU scientist earns $2.5 million to help pump the brakes on diesel emissions
- WVU engineer receives $1.25 million to fuel a cleaner future through hydrogen
- WVU researchers develop new robot pollinator as a backup for declining insect populations
- WVU researchers hope to build the bridge to a greener future with clean hydrogen
- WVU engineer earns federal award for safety validation of AI-based avionic systems
- A deep subject: WVU engineers tackle limitations of data transfer during space
exploration
- Former international ergonomics consultant to deliver Gochenour Lecture at WVU
- WVU alumna Emily Calandrelli visits Morgantown campus to meet with women and non-binary
students
- Dinu leads interactive lecture with Statler College alumni on thriving in a diverse
workplace environment
- Four elected to WVU Foundation Board of Directors
- WVU robotics team places 6th in final round of NASA Centennial Challenge
- WVU finishes third in EcoCAR Mobility Challenge Year Three competition