College of Engineering and Computing News
October 23, 2023Americans generally assume tap water is safe to drink; but rising temperatures could prove them wrong. Kirin Emlet Furst received a grant to study how extreme heat is challenging the disinfection of water in underground distribution systems.
October 20, 2023Microsoft Chief Technology Officer of Worldwide & Defense Intelligence Kate Maxwell is an alum of George Mason University, where she studied systems engineering. Following a love of coding, she pursued engineering and tech, and urges women interested in STEM to go for what they want.
October 19, 2023The great economic opportunity of quantum engineering and computing is recognized in the latest issue of the Virginia Economic Review.
October 18, 2023Collaboration between colleges has led to the creation of a unique autonomous surface water vehicle, collecting samples and reducing manual labor for researchers.
October 16, 2023New research into identity verification from George Mason University may put your security directly in the palm of your (sweaty) hand.
October 13, 2023More than 500 students, nine sponsors, and 50 volunteers gathered on George Mason University’s Fairfax Campus for the fifth annual PatriotHacks hackathon from October 6-8. After working for 36 hours straight, student teams presented 70 projects to a panel of judges from the tech industry.
October 13, 2023A graduate from Mason’s first-ever class of systems engineering graduates is making her impact felt in Northern Virginia.
October 12, 2023It isn’t surprising the George Mason University, a university that has been recognized for its innovation and entrepreneurship, would be among the top 100 universities in United States for patents. This fall, the National Academy of Inventors ranked Mason No. 91 in its list of the top 100 universities granted patents during 2022.
October 11, 2023Can wearable tech resolve the crisis of underemployment among neurodiverse individuals? A multidisciplinary Mason research team is about to embark on a major study to find out.
October 5, 2023A postdoc program for health researchers interested in statistics and data science, run jointly by George Mason’s statistics and global and community health departments, with mentors from Mason and Inova Health, has developed from the ongoing partnership between Inova Health and George Mason’s Statistics Collaboration Core. Mohamad Bahij Moumneh, MD, and Jason F. Goldberg, MD, are the program’s standing inaugural members.
October 4, 2023Kimberly Montesflores Gonzalez already had a strong relationship with George Mason University before she enrolled as a freshman this fall.
October 3, 2023Nora McDonald, an assistant professor in the Department of Information Science and Technology at George Mason University, will use a 3-year, $400k grant from the National Science Foundation to study marginalized communities and their privacy in healthcare contexts.