Oct 27, 2022 | Featured, News
RCBI is expanding technological and training capabilities with equipment upgrades to its Advanced Manufacturing Technology Centers in Huntington and South Charleston. Electrical discharge machining (EDM) is one of the most popular manufacturing technologies available... 
Oct 27, 2022 | Featured, News
Marshall University’s Robert C. Byrd Institute (RCBI) will engage more than 450 students across 11 West Virginia counties in the STEM fields of science, technology, engineering and math with the donation of drone kits to groups across the state. RCBI announced this... 
Aug 30, 2022 | Featured, Maker Vault, News
To engage more students in the STEM fields of Science, Technology, Engineering and Math, the Robert C. Byrd Institute (RCBI) is once again offering free drone kits to groups that agree to form aerial robotics teams and compete in West Virginia competitions. Middle and... 
Feb 24, 2022 | Featured, News
Making maple syrup used to be fairly common in West Virginia, something a great many farmers produced to help them make sweetener to use throughout the year. Then, as more people began buying sugar and other syrups at the store, the practice faded. Today, technology... 
Dec 20, 2021 | Uncategorized
Electricity and water never mix, right? Actually, in certain manufacturing settings, the two diametrically opposed forces converge to create the perfect environment for cutting and shaping complex metal components. The EDM – Electrical Discharge Machining – technology...