For four days in June, the WVU Tech campus became a proving ground for young investigators. The Forensic Investigation camp for high school students ran June 11-14 – and it taught students from throughout the region how to effectively analyze evidence and decipher crime scenes.
WVU Tech electrical engineering professor Dr. Kenan Hatipoglu has been selected to participate in the United States Department of Energy’s Visiting Faculty Program at the prestigious Oak Ridge National Laboratory in Tennessee.
In mid-May, WVU hosted the first West Virginia Science Adventure Camp program at the Boy Scouts of America’s Summit Bechtel Reserve.
WVU Tech psychology major Mark Magallanes-Nava has been selected as one of 24 student nationwide to participate in the Council for Opportunity in Education’s Keith Sherin Global Leaders Program in Salamanca, Spain.
The academic year is over, and while most students were planning their big walk across the stage, four engineering students spent their last days at Tech rolling along on some very unique wheels.
U.S. Congressman Ro Khanna, of California’s 17th Congressional District, met with STEM industry experts and WVU System representatives on Monday, April 23 in Beckley to hear about how we are moving West Virginia forward.
With a strong background in entrepreneurship and innovation, Congressman Khanna and industry visitors shared ideas for how to strengthen and expand the pipeline of STEM professionals in West Virginia to ensure a platform for growth in these important and economy-boosting industries.
Ask Vickie Webb what Saturdays are for and she’ll tell you
they’re for fun and exploration. Webb is the founder and director of the Community
Transformation Project – a program based in WVU Tech’s Innovation Building that
takes Saturday exploration to new levels.
WVU Tech’s faculty members are dedicated to the advancement of the fields they teach. Outside of the classroom they’re researchers, writers, presenters, go-to experts and road warriors who share their passion for learning with the world.