National Science Foundation

George 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.

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.

A team in George Mason University’s Computer Science Department is taking part in the National Science Foundation’s (NSF) I-Corps program to study the effectiveness of 3D streaming in telehealth environments.

Antonios Anastasopoulos, an expert in natural language processing, received a $600,000 CAREER award from the National Science Foundation to address challenges with large language models. 

George Mason researcher Weiwen Jiang received a prestigious NSF CAREER award for his work in quantum computing.

Evgenios Kornaropoulos received a National Science Foundation (NSF) CAREER award for $648,811 for work on privacy and data security under the title “Encrypted Systems with Fine-Grained Leakage.”

Kirin Emlet Furst, in Mason's Department of Civil, Environmental, and Infrastructure Engineering, is using funds from an NSF CAREER award to measure the amounts of harmful "forever" chemicals in drinking water.

Pei Dong, an assistant professor in the Department of Mechanical Engineering, was recently awarded a National Science Foundation (NSF) CAREER award for her work on the multi-scale manufacturing of carbon nanostructures.

Xuan Wang, an assistant professor in George Mason University’s Electrical and Computer Engineering Department, is trying to ensure safety in human-computer autonomous systems.

Mason scientists and partners will leverage their climate expertise and the university’s resources into broader societal implications, thanks to a $6 million grant from the National Science Foundation (NSF).