Jun 21, 2022 | Featured, News
J. “Deacon” Stone, director of the Center for Innovation at Marshall University’s Robert C. Byrd Institute (RCBI), has been promoted to director of the West Virginia EDA University Center, Charlotte Weber, RCBI director & CEO, announced today. University Center is...
Jun 10, 2022 | Featured, News
The Robert C. Byrd Institute (RCBI) at Marshall University invites all Mountain State inventors, aspiring inventors and those who are just curious – as well as service providers – to gather June 16 from 4 p.m. to 7 p.m. at the University of Charleston Innovation...
May 27, 2022 | News, Success Stories
Mike McCown, owner of Industrial Bolting Technologies in Kanawha County, knows a thing or two about reshoring American manufacturing. By 2005, McCown had become a successful distributor of industrial tools. However, the hydraulic wrenches he was selling across the...
May 27, 2022 | News, Uncategorized
April was another banner month for manufacturing in West Virginia. The state added 300 sector jobs for the second consecutive month, according to figures recently released by Workforce West Virginia. In the past year, manufacturers have added 1,200 jobs. “This...
May 25, 2022 | Featured, News, Success Stories, Uncategorized
Chris Shreve was a summer intern at the Robert C. Byrd Institute (RCBI) in 2004 and again in 2005. Today, he’s a talented engineer working on cutting-edge projects in McKinney, Texas, as part of Raytheon’s Department 22, focused on rapidly developing the next...
May 23, 2022 | Featured, News
The Robert C. Byrd Institute (RCBI) has announced that students of its nationally recognized manufacturing career skills programs, offered in partnership with Mountwest Community & Technical College, have earned more than 165 college degrees, certificates and...
