Levan Elbakidze, professor of resource economics and management at the Davis College of Agriculture and Natural Resources, and doctoral student Nabin Khanal, identified at least four “forever chemical” contamination hot spots in the eastern United States. As many as 270 million Americans rely on drinking water contaminated with these chemicals.
Research
For a senior capstone course, one group of students in the West Virginia University Benjamin M. Statler College of Engineering and Mineral Resources Wadsworth Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering focused on replacing the Scotts Run bridge on Lazzelle Union Road, while a second group worked on designing a replacement for the Fieldcrest Bridge that passes over West Run Road.
Shared Research Facilities is awaiting the arrival of a Zeiss Crossbeam 550L focused ion beam - scanning electron microscope, the first of its kind in the state of West Virginia.
Participants will join sessions via Zoom on their laptop or desktop computer with a functioning webcam, speaker/headphones, mouse or trackpad and high speed internet from any location.
A national position statement on emergency action plan development and implementation in sports has been updated by Samantha Scarneo-Miller, a University athletic training researcher, setting in motion new priorities for responding to catastrophic injuries to help reduce unnecessary deaths from sport participation.
Undergraduate researchers who plan to present their research at the 17th Annual Summer Undergraduate Research Symposium July 25 at the Mountainlair should submit their final abstracts by July 7.