WVSU 4-H Camp for Youth Connects STEM Learning with Transportation Careers

The annual National Summer Transportation Institute (NSTI) 4-H camp for students entering sixth through eighth grades is accepting applications for the June 13-24 camp hosted by West Virginia State University (WVSU) Extension Service.  During the free day camp at the University’s Institute campus, students connect their passion for science, technology, engineering and math (STEM) with…

Highway Waste Product Wins First ASCE Innovation Contest

A tire reuse technology, Confined Aggregate Concrete, recently won the first American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE) Grand Challenge Infrastructure Innovation Contest for most feasible green engineering idea. Confined Aggregate Concrete is sold as Mechanical Concrete® and is a geosynthetic technology that confines any crushed stone or aggregate material inside of a thin-walled cylinder.  This…

SkyTruth President Announces New Growth Phase

SkyTruth, one of the region’s most innovative nonprofits, has announced the appointment of Jenny Allen as the Director of Strategic Advancement. Global Fishing Watch, a major new technology initiative that SkyTruth is developing in partnership with Google and Oceana, recently received a large grant from the Leonardo DiCaprio Foundation to illuminate worldwide fishing activity using satellite remote sensing. With the opportunity to…