mechanical engineering

Students taking "Developing the Societal Engineer" get concrete advice on "real world" skills, like networking, resume readiness, and communicating.

Keeping his nose to the grindstone is not just how Andrew Hutsell approaches his academic career in engineering—it's how he cut a small slice of fame.  The George Mason University alumnus recently put his engineering skills to the test on national television, competing in an episode of the History Channel’s Forged in Fire, a competition show that challenges bladesmiths to create weapons under tight deadlines.

Tenth birthday party wraps up exceptional mechanical engineering Senior Capstone Day.

Bioinspired blimps performed swimmingly

With state-of-the-art teaching labs and fabrication facilities, the Life Sciences Engineering Building (LSEB) lets students and faculty get their hands dirty in this brand-new multiuse active learning space. The ribbon cutting didn’t officially happen until March 27, but LSEB already experienced a housewarming.

The Fundamentals in Engineering (FE) exam is a source of terror for many aspiring engineers. It’s the ultimate final, testing skills from every core competency students learn over the course of their degrees. Those who pass are taking the first step in becoming a certified licensed professional engineer (PE).

George Mason University's Mechanical Engineering Department is celebrating its 10th anniversary this year.

New research from George Mason University is making footwear safer in slippery winter conditions.

Mechanical engineering’s Jeffrey Moran continues to prepare an experiment to be carried out on the International Space Station (ISS). Via a powerful microscope in microgravity, the team plans to observe how common atmospheric aerosols move across a temperature gradient, information which would inform climate predictions, geoengineering proposals, and even HVAC applications.

A multidisciplinary team of George Mason researchers has secured a $1.7 million grant from the Army Research Lab to develop an AI framework for coordinating teams of autonomous robots in complex and uncertain environments.