Volgenau School of Engineering News
- October 14, 2025Professor Lizhi Wang, a new faculty member with a joint appointment in George Mason University’s Department of Bioengineering and Department of Systems Engineering and Operations Research, has brought his systems approach to optimizing agriculture, livestock farming, and now human health.
- October 14, 2025George Mason has a one-of-a-kind off-road test bed to put autonomous vehicles through their paces.
- October 9, 2025This is the first of a three-part series about George Mason University’s role as the NoVa Node headquarters of the Commonwealth Cyber Initiative (CCI), Virginia’s main access point for workforce development, cybersecurity innovation, and research.
- October 8, 2025Diana Veronez brought her research in flood hazards and water resources from Brazil to work on her PhD in George Mason's renowned Flood Hazards Research Lab.
- October 7, 2025Researchers at George Mason University will collaborate on an NSF planning grant to develop resilience solutions and technologies. They will work with Indigenous communities, industry partners, government agencies, and six academic institutions.
- October 6, 2025When George Mason University cyber security engineering student Noah Hinger interned at Surefire Cyber in summer 2023, his managers were so impressed with his work that they invited him back. Thanks to his previous experience, the Honors College student was able to take on more responsibility this summer at the computer security company and contribute to more projects.
- October 1, 2025Fatima Majid was not just the only one-person team in the top 10 award winners at a recent National Defense Industrial Association (NDIA) cyber competition, she was the only student team. Yet she placed ninth out of 51 teams, most of them comprising working professionals.
- September 29, 2025A team of George Mason University students joined with students from the University of Florida to take first prize at Hack@DAC 2025 in San Francisco.
- September 26, 2025A recent cyber security graduate is already making an impact in his role at the Marine Forces Cyberspace Command.
- September 16, 2025With three National Science Foundation grants, two George Mason researchers are partnering with leading institutions to make quantum computing reliable and accessible.
- September 14, 2025George Mason University received $1 million from the National Science Foundation to establish a program providing hands-on nanofabrication training and education to people seeking a career change.
- September 9, 2025George Mason’s Center for Resilient and Sustainable Communities is implementing AI in collaboration with the Fairfax County Department of Public Safety Communications. It may forever change the way 9-1-1 operators are trained.