» Karl Barth, Udaya Halabe, Leslie Hopkinson, David Martinelli, John Quaranta, Hema Siriwardane, Avinash Unnikrishnan, Jennifer Weidhaas and John Zaniewski received Departmental excellence in teaching awards.
CIVIL AND ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING AT A GLANCE
» Fei Dai and P.V. Vijay were selected as 2015 ExCEEd Fellows by the American Society of Civil Engineers. The pair will attend the ExCEEd Teaching workshop, a six-day practicum that provides engineering educators with an opportunity to improve their teaching abilities.
» Enrollment: In fall 2014, 272 undergraduates were enrolled in the Department.
» Antarpreet Jutla was named the Statler College’s New Researcher of the Year, and Leslie Hopkinson was selected as an Outstanding Teacher in the College for 2014-2015.
» One faculty member, Seungho Hong, joined the Department in January 2015.
FACULTY AND STAFF ACCOMPLISHMENTS
» David Martinelli was awarded the University’s Nick Evans Award for Advising Excellence. » Avinash Unnikrishnan was the recipient of the 2014 Transportation Research Board’s Fred Burggraf Award, which recognizes the best published paper where the lead author is under 35 years of age. He was also promoted to associate professor and granted tenure.
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OUTREACH AND RECRUITMENT
» Roger Chen recently received a research grant from the West Virginia Department of Transportation for the second phase of a project studying thermal cracking of concrete in bridges.
» The student chapter of the American Society of Civil Engineers participates annually in the concrete canoe and steel bridge competitions at the Virginias’ Conference. The concrete canoe team placed second in the women’s endurance, third in the men’s endurance and third in the women’s sprint competitions. The team also won the transportation competition, and finished second in both the Marr Technical Paper and Hardy Cross competitions.
» Other outreach activities involving members of the Department include High School Visitation Day, Merit Badge University, 8th Grade Day and Girl Scout Math and Science Day. WVU STATLER COLLEGE OF ENGINEERING AND MINERAL RESOURCES
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» The Structural Engineering Institute student chapter participated in the College’s EngineerFEST, a student organization and academic fair that more than 300 freshman engineering students attended. The chapter displayed multiple glass and carbon fiber reinforced polymer composite products and members were on hand to discuss the latest developments in the field of advanced materials for structures and nondestructive testing and rehabilitation of field structures.
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» David Martinelli secured research grants from the West Virginia Division of Highways and the U.S. Department of Transportation to continue into the second phase of two projects dealing with highway safety. The first project deals with the evaluation of school zone traffic control strategies, while the second focuses on the state’s graduated driver’s license program. Assisting him with the research is Avinash Unnikrishnan and Diana Martinelli, associate dean of the WVU Reed College of Media and Widmeyer Professor of Public Relations.
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