Industry Partners

 

Pathways to Support

Our corporate partners are companies who want to be visible and accessible to our engineering and computing students and faculty.

For more information contact Bonnie Crews, Senior Director of Advancement.

YOUTH STEM CONFERENCES

Annual Engineering Youth Conference and the Annual Cyber Security Youth Conference
These conferences expose elementary, middle, and high school students to hands-on STEM activities to stimulate interest and excitement in STEM and engineering. Over 1,000 attendees are welcomed to participate.

HACKATHON

Support a student run programming/design competition. For 24 hours, talented student developers meet to design a new product, process, or mobile app. Sponsors can assign the problem challenge or sponsor a faculty/student-designed challenge. Sponsors have the opportunity to observe potential talent at work.

UNDERGRADUATE RESEARCH CELEBRATION

The annual Undergraduate Research Celebration provides a venue for students to showcase their research and scholarly projects. Attendees include industry, community and university leaders, faculty, and students. Student work is judged by industry representatives, and cash prizes are awarded for outstanding scholarly work.

NAMED ENDOWED SCHOLARSHIP

You can have a named scholarships awarded to students in the department of your choice. Have a scholarship named after you and provide support for deserving students.

STUDENT CAPSTONE PROJECTS/ SENIOR DESIGN

Corporate Sponsors work with the faculty and students to develop a technical problem challenge. Students spend 1-2 semesters designing a solution. Sponsors participate in the review of the designs, and provide knowledge that assists in the design process. Students present findings at the conclusion of the project term.

STUDENT TRAVEL AWARDS TO CONFERENCES/COMPETITIONS

By supporting student travel, you will enrich learning opportunities for engineering students. Awards cover the cost for undergraduate and graduate student travel to conferences to present papers and participate in competitions.

FELLOWSHIP/PROFESSORSHIP SUPPORT

A faculty fellowship may be awarded to a distinguished faculty leader in the field of your choice. A faculty fellowship enables Mason to make competitive offers to outstanding faculty recruits or support retention of outstanding faculty. Faculty fellowships may be named by the sponsor. An Endowed Faculty Chair may be established at the $1,000,000 level.

Volgenau student presents capstone project
Sponsor a Systems Engineering Capstone Project

Becoming a sponsor provides a low-risk recruiting opportunity and a chance to interact with students.

If you are interested in hiring graduates from the College of Engineering and Computing visit: https://cec.gmu.edu/about/jobs-and-internships