Benjamin M. Statler College of Engineering and Mineral Resources

Omar Abdul-Aziz

Professor, Wadsworth Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Benjamin M. Statler College of Engineering and Mineral Resources

Media inquiries should be directed to J. Paige Nesbit, Director of Marketing and Communications, Benjamin M. Statler College of Engineering and Mineral Resouces

Office: 304-293-4135 Email: jpnesbit@mail.wvu.edu

Expertise

Human-Natural Systems, Sustainability Sciences and Engineering

Kashy Aminian

Charles T. Holland Professor, Petroleum and Natural Gas Engineering, Benjamin M. Statler College of Engineering and Mineral Resources

Media inquiries should be directed to J. Paige Nesbit, Director of Marketing and Communications, Benjamin M. Statler College of Engineering and Mineral Resouces

Office: 304-293-4135 Email: jpnesbit@mail.wvu.edu

Expertise

Coalbed Methane Development, Improved Oil and Gas Recovery, Natural Gas Production and Storage, Reservoir Characterization and Modeling

Karl Barth

Associate Professor, Wadsworth Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Benjamin M. Statler College of Engineering and Mineral Resources

Media inquiries should be directed to J. Paige Nesbit, Director of Marketing and Communications, Benjamin M. Statler College of Engineering and Mineral Resouces

Office: 304-293-4135 Email: jpnesbit@mail.wvu.edu

Expertise

Bridge Engineering, Short-Span Steel Structures

Joshua Brady

Director, Mining and Industrial Extension, Benjamin M. Statler College of Engineering and Mineral Resources

Media inquiries should be directed to J. Paige Nesbit, Director of Marketing and Communications, Benjamin M. Statler College of Engineering and Mineral Resouces

Office: 304-293-4135 Email: jpnesbit@mail.wvu.edu

Expertise

Coal Mine Safety

Nigel Clark

George B. Berry Chair of Engineering, Professor Emeritus, Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, Benjamin M. Statler College of Engineering and Mineral Resources

Media inquiries should be directed to J. Paige Nesbit, Director of Marketing and Communications, Benjamin M. Statler College of Engineering and Mineral Resouces

Office: 304-293-4135 Email: jpnesbit@mail.wvu.edu

Expertise

Alternative Fuels, Atmospheric Emissions Inventory, Diesel Engine Technology, Emissions Research, Energy and Efficiency Research, Energy Technologies, Engines, Hybrid Vehicle Technology, Internal Combustion Engines, Multiphase Flows, Power and Particle Technology, Strength of Materials, Thermal Sciences, Vehicle Propulsion

Gianfranco Doretto

Professor, Lane Department of Computer Science and Electrical Engineering, Benjamin M. Statler College of Engineering and Mineral Resources

Media inquiries should be directed to J. Paige Nesbit, Director of Marketing and Communications, Benjamin M. Statler College of Engineering and Mineral Resouces

Office: 304-293-4135 Email: jpnesbit@mail.wvu.edu

Expertise

Artificial Intelligence, Autonomous Learning, Biometrics.

Hota GangaRao

Director, Constructed Facilities Center, Wadsworth Professor, Wadsworth Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Benjamin M. Statler College of Engineering and Mineral Resources

Media inquiries should be directed to J. Paige Nesbit, Director of Marketing and Communications, Benjamin M. Statler College of Engineering and Mineral Resouces

Office: 304-293-4135 Email: jpnesbit@mail.wvu.edu

Expertise

Bridges, Buildings, Civil Engineering, Constructed Facilities Center, Fiber Reinforced Composites, Infrastructure, Manufacturing of Composite Parts

Emily Garner

Assistant Professor, Wadsworth Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Benjamin M. Statler College of Engineering and Mineral Resources

Media inquiries should be directed to J. Paige Nesbit, Director of Marketing and Communications, Benjamin M. Statler College of Engineering and Mineral Resouces

Office: 304-293-4135 Email: jpnesbit@mail.wvu.edu

Expertise

Application of Next Generation Sequencing Technology, Bacterial Growth in Pipe Networks, Environmental Microbiology, Microbial Ecology, Public Health Concerns, Sustainable Water Treatment, Waste Water Reuse

Katerina Goseva-Popstojanova

Professor, Lane Department of Computer Science and Electrical Engineering, Benjamin M. Statler College of Engineering and Mineral Resources

Media inquiries should be directed to J. Paige Nesbit, Director of Marketing and Communications, Benjamin M. Statler College of Engineering and Mineral Resouces

Office: 304-293-4135 Email: jpnesbit@mail.wvu.edu

Expertise

Cybersecurity, Data analytics, Software Engineering

Jason Gross

Chair and Professor, Department of Mechanical, Materials and Aerospace Engineering, Benjamin M. Statler College of Engineering and Mineral Resources

Benjamin M. Statler College of Engineering and Mineral Resources

Media inquiries should be directed to J. Paige Nesbit, Director of Marketing and Communications, Benjamin M. Statler College of Engineering and Mineral Resouces

Office: 304-293-4135 Email: jpnesbit@mail.wvu.edu

Expertise

Guidance, Navigation and Control, Robotics, Sensor Fusion, Unmaned Aerial Systems, Unmanned Systems

Yu Gu

Professor, Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, Benjamin M. Statler College of Engineering and Mineral Resources

Adjunct Associate Professor, Lane Department of Computer Science and Electrical Engineering

Media inquiries should be directed to J. Paige Nesbit, Director of Marketing and Communications, Benjamin M. Statler College of Engineering and Mineral Resouces

Office: 304-293-4135 Email: jpnesbit@mail.wvu.edu

Expertise

Experimental Robotics, Guidance, Navigation and Control, Human-Machine Interaction, Sensor Fusion

John Hu

Chair, Engineering for Natural Gas Utilization, Benjamin M. Statler College of Engineering and Mineral Resources

Professor, Department of Chemical and Biomedical Engineering; Director, Center for Innovation in Gas Utilization and Research

Media inquiries should be directed to J. Paige Nesbit, Director of Marketing and Communications, Benjamin M. Statler College of Engineering and Mineral Resouces

Office: 304-293-4135 Email: jpnesbit@mail.wvu.edu

Expertise

Biomass Conversion to Fuel and Chemicals, Catalytic Materials, Coal Gasification and Syngas Conversion, Microwave Plasma Catalysis for Natural Gas Conversion and Ammonia Synthesis, Shale Gas Utilization

Qingqing Huang

Associate Professor, Robert E. Murray Chair of Mining Engineering, Benjamin M. Statler College of Engineering and Mineral Resources

Media inquiries should be directed to J. Paige Nesbit, Director of Marketing and Communications, Benjamin M. Statler College of Engineering and Mineral Resouces

Office: 304-293-4135 Email: jpnesbit@mail.wvu.edu

Expertise

Mine Safety and Health, Mining Engineering, Rare Earth Elements, Surface Mining

Moriah Katt

Assistant Professor, Department of Chemical and Biomedical Engineering, Benjamin M. Statler College of Engineering and Mineral Resources

Media inquiries should be directed to J. Paige Nesbit, Director of Marketing and Communications, Benjamin M. Statler College of Engineering and Mineral Resouces

Office: 304-293-4135 Email: jpnesbit@mail.wvu.edu

Expertise

Diseases of the Central Nervous System

Xingbo Liu

Associate Dean for Research, Benjamin M. Statler College of Engineering and Mineral Resources

Professor, Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering

Media inquiries should be directed to J. Paige Nesbit, Director of Marketing and Communications, Benjamin M. Statler College of Engineering and Mineral Resouces

Office: 304-293-4135 Email: jpnesbit@mail.wvu.edu

Expertise

Batteries., High Temperature Alloys, Solid Oxide Electrochemical Cells

Pedro Mago

Glen H. Hiner Dean, WVU Benjamin M. Statler College of Engineering and Mineral Resources

Professor, Department of Mechanical, Materials and Aerospace Engineering

Media inquiries should be directed to J. Paige Nesbit, Director of Marketing and Communications, Benjamin M. Statler College of Engineering and Mineral Resouces

Office: 304-293-4135 Email: jpnesbit@mail.wvu.edu

Expertise

Building Energy Simulation, Combined Heat and Power Systems, Energy Systems, Waste Heat Recovery Technologies

Piyush Mehta

Associate Professor, Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, Benjamin M. Statler College of Engineering and Mineral Resources

Media inquiries should be directed to J. Paige Nesbit, Director of Marketing and Communications, Benjamin M. Statler College of Engineering and Mineral Resouces

Office: 304-293-4135 Email: jpnesbit@mail.wvu.edu

Expertise

Astrodynamics, Space Weather, Physics, Space Exploration, Data-Driven Modeling, Propulsion Systems

Kevin Orner

Assistant Professor, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Benjamin M. Statler College of Engineering and Mineral Resources

Media inquiries should be directed to J. Paige Nesbit, Director of Marketing and Communications, Benjamin M. Statler College of Engineering and Mineral Resouces

Office: 304-293-4135 Email: jpnesbit@mail.wvu.edu

Expertise

Human and Environmental Health., Sustainable Nutrient Rocovery

Guilherme Pereira

Professor, Robotics, Lane Department of Computer Science and Electrical Engineering, Benjamin M. Statler College of Engineering and Mineral Resources

Media inquiries should be directed to J. Paige Nesbit, Director of Marketing and Communications, Benjamin M. Statler College of Engineering and Mineral Resouces

Office: 304-293-4135 Email: jpnesbit@mail.wvu.edu

Expertise

Field and Aerial Robotics

Edward Sabolsky

Professor, Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, Benjamin M. Statler College of Engineering and Mineral Resources

Media inquiries should be directed to J. Paige Nesbit, Director of Marketing and Communications, Benjamin M. Statler College of Engineering and Mineral Resouces

Office: 304-293-4135 Email: jpnesbit@mail.wvu.edu

Expertise

Ceramics, Chemical Sensors, Fuel Cells, Nanomaterials

Anurag Srivastava

Chair and Professor, Lane Department of Computer Science and Electrical Engineering, Benjamin M. Statler College of Engineering and Mineral Resources

Media inquiries should be directed to J. Paige Nesbit, Director of Marketing and Communications, Benjamin M. Statler College of Engineering and Mineral Resouces

Office: 304-293-4135 Email: jpnesbit@mail.wvu.edu

Expertise

Cybersecurity, Power System Operation

Greg Thompson

Associate Professor and Associate Chair, Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, Benjamin M. Statler College of Engineering and Mineral Resources

Media inquiries should be directed to J. Paige Nesbit, Director of Marketing and Communications, Benjamin M. Statler College of Engineering and Mineral Resouces

Office: 304-293-4135 Email: jpnesbit@mail.wvu.edu

Expertise

Alternative Fuels for Heavy-Duty Vehicles, Emissions Measurements, Ignition Systems, Internal Combustion Engines

Brian Woerner

Professor, Lane Department of Computer Science and Electrical Engineering, Benjamin M. Statler College of Engineering and Mineral Resources

Media inquiries should be directed to J. Paige Nesbit, Director of Marketing and Communications, Benjamin M. Statler College of Engineering and Mineral Resouces

Office: 304-293-4135 Email: jpnesbit@mail.wvu.edu

Expertise

Computer and Electrical Engineering, Cybersecurity