Volgenau School of Engineering News
- May 18, 2022Hybrid Air Vehicles sponsored a System Engineering Capstone team to develop a tool to assess the best seat and payload configuration for their vehicle for routes in the U.S. market.
- May 10, 2022In March, Mason alum Kwabena Konadu was recognized for his work by the State Council of Higher Education for Virginia with one of the its 2022 Outstanding Faculty Awards, one of the most prestigious teaching awards in the state.
- March 30, 2022Strategic thinking and increased research led to a major leap forward in the College of Engineering and Computing’s Department of Statistics ranking.
- March 23, 2022Two PhD students will compete in Mason's Three Minute Thesis finals.
- March 17, 2022The American Institute for Medical and Biological Engineering (AIMBE) has announced the election of Giorgio Ascoli, University Professor, in the Department of Bioengineering at George Mason University to its College of Fellows. Ascoli was nominated, reviewed, and elected by peers and members of the AIMBE College of Fellows for outstanding contributions in the development of open-access resources for data science in the investigation of learning, memory, and neurodegeneration.
- March 1, 2022Mason's College of Engineering and Computing Rapid Prototype Research Center (RPRC) successfully completed a demonstration of an advanced heavy-lift autonomous aircraft called UAS-(L) at Fort Pickett, Virginia.
- February 3, 2022Mechanical Engineering Associate Professor Nathan Kathir joined the executive committee for the Engineering Accreditation Commission of ABET.
- January 26, 2022Researchers from the Commonwealth Cyber Initiative take on projects that expand the contributions of social scientists to cyber security challenges through funding of multidisciplinary projects.
- December 13, 2021Assistant Professor Weiwen Jiang receives the 2021 Donald O. Pederson Best Paper Award.
- December 6, 2021Kirin Furst believes a systems approach is the best way to solve the world’s safe water problems. Her research lab is primarily focused on removing organic contaminants in drinking water systems and potable reuse systems.
- November 30, 2021With the support of a grant from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Mason researchers Vivian Motti and Anya Evmenova have developed a smartwatch application that will help improve the daily lives of young adults with intellectual and developmental disabilities.
- November 16, 2021Using virtual reality (VR) and artificial intelligence (AI), a team of researchers at George Mason University is taking a wrecking ball to barriers faced by neurodiverse individuals in construction.