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A 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.”

From the fabrication floor to the incubator’s loft, the MIX demonstrates how principles of entrepreneurship and innovation aren’t so easily siloed with two new courses: BLIMP and Student Innovator Mastermind.

Two ambitious computer science students from George Mason University, Salem Abdul-Bak and Krishna Purohit, has developed an innovative technology known as Legitima to ensure that consumers can confidently verify the authenticity of their purchases, significantly reducing the risk of buying counterfeit goods.

A team of George Mason students won two contests for their work on researching and proposing a new Chesapeake Bay crossing.

George Mason's Smart Grid Lab, open one year, is a boon for teaching, learning, research, and outreach.

University leaders and special guests attend the ribbon cutting of the university's Nanofabrication Facility.

Statistics students and faculty can find Associate Chair Brett Hunter in his office with the door open most every day of the week, and this year, his dedication and many contributions to the department earned him the college’s Outstanding Service Award. 

Bo Han, a computer science professor in the College of Engineering and Computing at George Mason University, is working with colleagues Songqing Chen, Parth Pathak, and Craig Yu to create a research infrastructure capable of connecting extended reality experiences across varying distances.

A 2020 graduate of George Mason’s Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering Iranian-born Farnoud Farahmand works for tech giant Apple in Silicon Valley doing a job he hadn’t thought about as an undergrad or even a grad student.

George Mason Systems Engineering and Operations Research students took first place in the Systems and Analytics Track of the Sage Memorial Design Competition and first place in the STEM Track of the Patriot Pitch Competition with their plan to deliver supplies to a hard-to-reach island in the Chesapeake Bay.

The opening of the new Nanofabrication Facility is featured and President Washington is quoted.

Associate Dean for Undergraduate Programs shares lessons learned at NSF and Mason