Travis Stimeling, an assistant professor of music history in the School of Music in the College of Creative Arts at West Virginia University has received a $50,400 fellowship from the National Endowment of the Humanities to chronicle the history of musicians and record production in Nashville between 1955 and 1973, known as country music's "Nashville Sound" era.
West Virginia University engineering professor James Smith has joined the ranks of the National Academy of Inventors in recognition of his contributions to innovation in areas such as patents and licensing, innovative discovery and technology, impact on society and support and enhancement of innovation.
Thanks to a more than $1.5 million award from the U.S. Department of Energy, researchers at WVU will assess regional small- and medium-sized enterprises to find ways to be more efficient, productive and sustainable.
The conference will be held October 12-13, 2017 at the National Conservation Training Center in Shepherdstown.
Powsiri Klinkhachorn, professor in the Lane Department of Computer Science and Electrical Engineering at West Virginia University, has been named a Fellow of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers.