U.S. grids efficiency lags at 33%, and emit 2 billion tons of carbon each year. WVU researchers have received two grants from the Dept of Energy to solve this crisis. A $1.4 million grant will develop residential combined heat and power (CHP) systems where power is generated at the point of use. Another grant of $2.38 million will develop a CHP generator for residential use based on a two-stroke, spark-ignited free-piston engine (ICE). Center for Identification Technology Research (CITeR) in Statler College is a National Science Foundation Industry/University Cooperative Research Center (I/UCRC) that have been developing technologies focusing on biometrics and related identification systems for homeland security and variety of other applications.
Research Areas
- Lightweight Materials
- Polymers Designed to Enhance Other Materials
- Cost Effective Remediation of Existing Infrastructure
- Infrastructure Diagnostics for Pre-Emptive Remediation
- Green Construction Materials
- Disaster Resilient Infrastructure
- Cybersecurity of Infrastructure
- Biometrics and Identity Management
- Design, Testing and Characterization of Complex Aerospace Systems
- Sustainable, Accessible, and Resilient Infrastructure
- Rural and Small Urban Transit Innovations
- Rural High-Speed Networks
- Composite Materials in Sustainable and Resilient Infrastructure
- Software Validation and Software Engineering
- Cybersecurity of Networked Devices
- Cybersecurity and Validation of AI Systems
Affiliated Faculty
- Donald Adjeroh
- Ever J. Barbero
- Karl Barth
- Patrick Browning
- Roger Chen
- Fei Dai
- Gianfranco Doretto
- Amr El-Wakeel
- Hota GangaRao
- Katerina Goseva-Popstojanova
- Christopher D. Griffin
- Rakesh Gupta
- Wade W. Huebsch
- Sarika Khushalani-Solanki
- Nasser Nasrabadi
- Roy Nutter Jr.
- John Quaranta
- Natalia Schmid
- Hema Siriwardane
- Jignesh Solanki
- Eduardo Sosa
- Matthew Valenti
- Brian Woerner
- Yoojung Yoon