MORGANTOWN, W.Va. - To understand how to repair a vehicle, you need to see how it works.
The National Alternative Fuels Training Consortium is now using a bi-fuel engine performance trainer to assist in the education of automotive technicians on maintaining, troubleshooting, and repairing propane autogas vehicles.
WASHINGTON, D.C. - Dr. Paul Ziemkiewicz will be presenting “Coal Mine Drainage as a Domestic Source of Rare Earth Elements” to the United States Energy Association in Washington, D.C. on May 31.
John Deskins, director of the BBER, which is housed in the WVU College of Business and Economics, said the need for this study stems to a significant degree from the closure of the Sugar Grove Naval Base in Pendleton County. The U.S. Navy decommissioned Sugar Grove in 2015 after 60 years of military activity there, mostly related to communications and information gathering.
While Deskins said the closure certainly had an adverse economic impact on the region, it was part of a larger problem.
Morgantown, W.Va. - The West Virginia Brownfields Assistance Centers at West Virginia University and Marshall have helped six municipalities and organizations secure $2.8 million in grants from the United States Environmental Protection Agency to assess, clean up and redevelop environmentally contaminated sites across the Mountain State.
“We know this investment from the EPA will help spark further investment from the public and private sectors,” said Patrick Kirby, director of the Northern West Virginia Brownfields Assistance Center at WVU.
David Smith pitched the inductive transmission technology at the U.S. Department of Energy’s 2018 Allegheny Cleantech University Prize Collegiate Competition. Smith is the first WVU student to participate in a regional CUP event, which is held annually during Carnegie Mellon University’s Energy Week. The event provides the next generation of clean energy entrepreneurs the chance to obtain funding and educational support for commercializing their innovations.
He is the liaison between WVU and Square Line Products, the company that sought help defining industries in which they could place their products. Over the course of several months, WVU recommended three areas of manufacturing: electric vehicle charging, drone charging and personal device charging. Steve Cutright, director of B&E’s BrickStreet Center for Innovation and Entrepreneurship, was instrumental in developing the partnership between Smith and Square Line Power.
West Virginia University Energy Institute Director Brian Anderson led the conversation with a speech at the summit, detailing specific advantages and assets that the region has to offer.
“We have, in North Central West Virginia, a lot of natural gas resources,” Anderson said. “There have been some natural gas power plants in various stages of development here in North Central West Virginia. That’s one of the things that could certainly affect the area.”
Standing from left to right: Elizabeth Cohen, Roger Carpenter, Sara Anderson, Derek Johnson, Jay Malarcher. Seated: Beth Toren, Earl Glock
Standing from left to right: Elizabeth Cohen, Roger Carpenter, Sara Anderson, Derek Johnson, Jay Malarcher. Seated: Beth Toren, Earl Glock
WVU's Richard Turton and Fernando Lima will use an AVEVA grant to focus on the research and development of next-generation engineering design and simulation software.
MORGANTOWN, W.Va. - West Virginia University is one of only two universities worldwide selected to receive a research and development program award from AVEVA, a leader in engineering and industrial software. The first-of-its-kind award will be used to focus on the research and development of next-generation engineering design and simulation software.
Eagle Manufacturing Company and Bimbo Bakeries USA were presented with Governor’s Awards as inspirational businesses. The awards were co-sponsored by the Governor’s Office and WVU’s TransTech Energy Research and Business Development Program. Erika Bailey, director of the West Virginia Small Business Development Center, presented the awards.
The competition problem this year involves a liquefied natural gas facility, and whether an analysis of the environmental impacts requires consideration of the greenhouse gases that will be released when the natural gas is ultimately combusted in its foreign destination.
“The problem also raises issues about the government’s responsibility under the public trust doctrine to preserve access to certain public resources and to clean air and water,” said James Van Nostrand, director of WVU’s Center for Energy and Sustainable Development.