An engineering professor’s career research and academic accomplishments are being recognized globally. Dr. Ever Barbero, professor in West Virginia University’s Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, was recently named an honorary professor at the Universidad Nacional de Trujillo, Peru. The title was presented by the vice president for academic affairs of the Universidad Nacional de Trujillo during a ceremony held at the municipal concert hall of the city of Trujillo. An honorary professor is entitled to all the rights and privileges of regular permanent faculty of the university.

Barbero, who visited the Universidad Nacional de Trujillo five years ago to recruit graduate students, has worked closely with the students, faculty and administration to guide visiting student who come to WVU to study.

“Dr. Barbero’s recent honor shows the impact that our faculty are having around the world,” said Gene Cilento, Glen H. Hiner Dean of the College of Engineering and Mineral Resources. “As our College and University strive to increase global relations, our faculty will continue to play a vital role.”

Barbero plans to further relations with the University by bringing top senior students to the United States for 6-month periods to work on their undergraduate thesis. Once the work is complete, the students will return to Peru to defend their thesis.

“It is an agreement that is valuable to both parties. They get a top research department for their students to complete their undergraduate thesis. We get them here and hopefully some of them will come back as graduate students,” said Barbero. “If we manage to eventually graduate a few Ph.D.s that go back as faculty to Peru, then we would have cemented a fruitful relationship for generations to come. It is a slow process but the potential payoff is extraordinary and crucial in this global age.”
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