Three exceptional faculty members at WVU have been named 2022-23 Benedum Distinguished Scholars in recognition of the high caliber of their research and scholarly activity.
Each spring, West Virginia University recognizes selected faculty members for their exceptional and innovative teaching. This year, the 2023 WVU Foundation Awards for Outstanding Teaching honor three faculty members:
Satellites and spacecraft are running on empty due to a worldwide shortage of traditional propulsion fuels. In response, two West Virginia University
researchers are seeking alternative ways of powering the thrusters that
keep satellites in orbit and could potentially drive deep space
vessels.
Mikel Holcomb, associate professor in the Eberly College Department of Physics and Astronomy, said she expects her team's research into photon detector technologies to influence NASA missions, including the possible 2030 launch of the far-IR Probe as well as the development of technology for the Great Observatories — four observatories, floating in space, that conduct astronomical studies over visible, gamma-ray, X-ray and infrared wavelengths.
An
instrument to be jointly designed and built at the University of Colorado
Boulder (CU Boulder) and the University of California, Berkeley (UCB) has been
selected to fly on NASA’s next mission to study Earth’s upper atmosphere.
The Integration Bee is an annual competition open to all WVU and local high school students, consisting of a 40-minute written qualifier and a single-elimination blackboard tournament.
West Virginia University recently announced the President's List (4.0 GPA) and Dean's
list (3.5-3.9999 GPA) for the 2021 fall semester. An impressive 24 physics/astro
majors made the
lists. The names of those students are shared below. Please take
a moment to congratulate them for their achievement!
