Search for a local (WVU) expert here: http://www.wvu.edu/experts/
WVU has an "expert database". You can search for someone on campus who is considered an expert in a variety of disciplines.
You may wish to include information from an interview you conduct with them.
There is current, vital, and cutting edge research being done every day here at WVU. Research is ongoing and can be informative and interesting even if the results are not final or published.
"The West Virginia University Experts Database offers the expertise of faculty and staff from one of the nation's leading centers of teaching, research, service and technology.
There are four ways to search the database: by expert name, by school or division, by keyword, or by boolean. For your convenience, search results include the person's title, phone number, e-mail address and specialty areas."