Systems Engineering and Operations Research

Dave Hughes followed a path from flying Chinook helicopters for the army to getting a PhD in Sports Analytics from George Mason to now advising the NFL on how to keep its players - including one of his favorites, the Chiefs' Patrick Mahomes - safe.

George Mason's College of Engineering and Computing students win a contest for the solution for rear-end collisions.

George Mason's top-ranked aviation program allows students to earn a pilot's license while completing their degree.

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

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.

A graduate from Mason’s first-ever class of systems engineering graduates is making her impact felt in Northern Virginia.

The Andrew P. Sage Memorial Capstone Competition is a student-focused competition and an international assembly for the design of complex systems and a leading showcase for undergraduate design projects.

Mason faculty are part of a new project that aims to yield policy recommendations that limit the negative impact – namely in higher energy prices – on low socioeconomic communities.

Mason CEC SEOR student Darius Jack is often the youngest person landing a plane at one of Virginia’s 65 airports. Having gotten his pilot’s license as a teenager, Darius combines his interests in aviation and engineering when he’s in the cockpit.

College of Engineering and Computing (CEC) Professor Janis Terpenny has joined the National Science Foundation Division of Civil, Mechanical and Manufacturing Innovation (CMMI) where she will serve in the expert role and lead in the creation of CMMI’s Manufacturing System Integration program.