College of Engineering and Computing News
June 28, 2024A $1 million grant from the U.S. Senate will create a new interdisciplinary center at George Mason designed to help Virginia small businesses take advantage of advances in artificial intelligence. Read who is behind this first-of-its-kind center and how it will work.
June 21, 2024In the quest to combat Alzheimer's disease, George Mason professor Abolfazl Safikhani is working with neuroscientists and imaging experts at the University of Washington’s Alzheimer's Disease Research Center (ADRC) to pioneer groundbreaking advancements in biomarker identification.
June 17, 2024A team of graduate students in information sciences, psychology, and special education aims to create a more integrated understanding of how different populations, such as individuals with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) and attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD), are affected by cybercrimes and how they can be better protected.
June 10, 2024George Mason University will be the home of the $19.5 million recently approved Landolt NASA Space Mission that will put an artificial “star” in orbit around the Earth. George Mason faculty and students will work together with the NASA and NIST and nine other organizations for a first-of-its-kind project for a university in the Washington, D.C., area.
June 10, 2024Recent graduate in electrical and computer engineering Upneet Singh is dedicated to bringing practical engineering experiences to students in elementary and high school. As a volunteer with VEX Robotics, Singh recently demonstrated research from George Mason’s Electrical and Computer Engineering Department to students attending a statewide robotics competition.
June 10, 2024Doctoral student in electrical and computer engineering Sreenitha Kasarapu presented “Leveraging Explainable AI for Designing Evolvable Malware” at the Commonwealth Cyber Initiative 2024 Symposium in April.
June 6, 2024George Mason's College of Engineering and Computing students win a contest for the solution for rear-end collisions.
June 5, 2024EIP alumnus Eduardo Vazquez, who graduated in May with a civil engineering degree from George Mason’s College of Engineering and Computing, was back on campus this week wearing a different hat—a hard hat—as a project engineer for Hoar Construction.
May 31, 2024Several faculty members in the Department of Information Sciences and Technology received a planning grant from the National Science Foundation to work on developing effective support mechanisms for low-income students.
May 31, 2024George Mason's top-ranked aviation program allows students to earn a pilot's license while completing their degree.
May 29, 2024In two recent research projects, George Mason statistics professor Abolfazl Safikhani has applied machine learning tools to time series analysis of land use and real estate pricing to help decision-makers in urban planning and real estate.
May 24, 2024A team of electrical and computer engineering professors met weekly throughout the spring 2024 semester to discuss inclusive teaching strategies and applying them in two foundational courses. The team had won an Inclusive Excellence in Teaching Mini-Grant from George Mason University's Stearns Center for Teaching and Learning for their proposal, “Volts, Wires, and Waves: Charging Up, Building Connections, and Breaking Through.”