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Lowe to deliver advanced welding training for RCBI

Brad Lowe has joined the Robert C. Byrd Institute (RCBI) at Marshall University as a technical trainer for the newly established Advanced Welding Program. Lowe, who is based at the RCBI Advanced Manufacturing Technology Center in Huntington, will deliver training in...

RCBI expands program to train ex-inmates affected by opioid crisis

A one-of-a-kind initiative introduced last year by the Robert C. Byrd Institute (RCBI) at Marshall University to provide formerly incarcerated women affected in some way by the opioid crisis a pathway to careers in manufacturing is expanding to include men....

West Virginia’s first flying robotics competition is May 15

The Robert C. Byrd Institute (RCBI) at Marshall University and NASA's Katherine Johnson IV&V Facility are teaming up with the Robotics Education & Competition (REC) Foundation to sponsor West Virginia's first flying robotics competition for middle & high...