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  • September 1, 2025
    Professor Pelin Kurtay in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering is a 2025 Engineering Unleashed Fellow, recognized for her commitment to incorporating and entrepreneurial mindset in the classroom.
  • August 29, 2025
    When cyber security engineering major Connor Wadlin learned about ransomware attacks on organizations, such as the one on the Health Service Executive in Ireland, in his CYSE 445 System Security and Resilience class, it confirmed his commitment to dedicating his educational and professional career to protecting and preserving human lives.
  • August 27, 2025
    The new department chair for the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering knows that the future of the industry is changing, and he's already focused on how to get graduates from the program ahead of the shifts.
  • August 21, 2025
    Cunio joins George Mason’s Department of Mechanical Engineering as an aerospace engineering expert and professor of practice.
  • August 21, 2025
    George Mason University’s Ciao Lab, led by Assistant Professor Ningshi Yao from the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, successfully launched the Airborne Robotics Cup (ARCup) in Gaithersburg, Maryland on August 17, 2025.
  • August 20, 2025
    George Mason University College of Engineering and Computing faculty members made a significant impact at the 2025 USENIX Security Conference, in Seattle, including winning the Distinguished Artifact Award.
  • August 19, 2025
    From data centers to the National Geographic Museum, civil engineering student Esmeralda Martinez is building her future one project at a time. Through hands-on internships with HITT Contracting and lessons from George Mason classrooms, she’s shaping a career that blends technical skills, leadership, and a passion for construction.
  • August 15, 2025
    College of Engineering and Computing students are instrumental in building the payload for George Mason University's historic Landolt space mission.
  • August 12, 2025
    George Mason researchers discovered a way that a hacker can make scary changes to an AI system with a change to just one of billions of bits.
  • August 9, 2025
    Two George Mason alums and one student led by Kristof Ladny provided professional insights into how generative AI can help solve large-scale problems.
  • July 31, 2025
    Students and faculty represented George Mason at the Latin American and Caribbean Consortium of Engineering Institutions (LACCEI) International Multi-Conference for Engineering, Education, and Technology in Mexico City in July.
  • July 30, 2025
    George Mason University’s civil engineers are assessing the climate change challenges facing some of the world’s highest mountain ranges, creating better ways to measure the melting ice in high elevations where temperatures are rising faster than average and putting pressure on the livelihoods of fragile cultures and ecologies.