West Virginia University (WVU) is a public land-grant research university actively involved in the space industry through research, education, and outreach programs. WVU is the lead institution for the NASA West Virginia Space Grant Consortium (WVSGC) and the NASA WV EPSCoR, dedicated to building research infrastructure and promoting STEM education in West Virginia. The university's Center for Innovation in Space Exploration and Research (CISER) focuses on space situational awareness, safety, and sustainability, with partners like NASA, DoD and IARPA. WVU also offers aerospace engineering programs and participates in NASA-sponsored robotics competitions, training students for careers in space exploration and related fields.
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Valeriya Gritsenko and Sergiy Yakovenko from the West Virginia University School of Medicine and the WVU Rockefeller Neuroscience Institute lead a project to create digital twins for astronauts.
The West Virginia Small Satellite Center at West Virginia University is one of eight teams selected to work with NASA’s CubeSat Launch Initiative and the U.S. military as part of the 2024 Mission Concept University Nanosat Program.
NOS3 was developed for the Simulation-to-Flight 1 (STF-1) small satellite built by TMC Technologies in partnership with the West Virginia Space Grant Consortium at NASA’s Katherine Johnson Independent Verification and Validation Center.
IARPA awarded SINTRA research contracts through a competitive Broad Agency Announcement to four prime contractors: A-Tech, LLC; Advanced Space, LLC; SRI International; and West Virginia University Research Corporation.
IARPA awarded SINTRA research contracts through a competitive Broad Agency Announcement to four prime contractors: A-Tech, LLC; Advanced Space, LLC; SRI International; and West Virginia University Research Corporation.
A research team from West Virginia University will develop a localization and guidance, navigation, and control concept using an orbiter-assisted variable-altitude balloon for autonomous exploration of Venus and accurate geotagging.
West Virginia University Research Corporation awarded TMC Technologies a contract to be the private partner in creating and operating the West Virginia Small Satellite Center of Excellence in Morgantown, West Virginia.
TMC Technologies will collaborate with West Virginia University to provide high-level software and hardware engineering expertise in spacecraft and smallsat development, manufacturing, and program management for the West Virginia Small Satellite Center of Excellence.
The creation of the West Virginia Small Satellite Center of Excellence is funded through a U.S. Department of Commerce Economic Development Administration grant awarded to West Virginia University and the NASA West Virginia Space Grant Consortium.
TMC Technologies led the 2014 effort alongside West Virginia University, NASA, and other partners to design, build, launch, and operate the STF-1 SmallSat mission.
Maxar is evaluating having independent verification for SPIDER and other work worth around $2,000,000 performed at West Virginia University’s Robotic Technology Center.