- July 1, 2024Dave 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.
- June 6, 2024George Mason's College of Engineering and Computing students win a contest for the solution for rear-end collisions.
- May 31, 2024George Mason's top-ranked aviation program allows students to earn a pilot's license while completing their degree.
- May 20, 2024A team of George Mason students won two contests for their work on researching and proposing a new Chesapeake Bay crossing.
- May 8, 2024George 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.
- February 26, 2024A new minor in sustainable systems engineering will be on offered at George Mason University, part of a collaboration between the College of Engineering and Computing, the College of Science, and the Institute for a Sustainable Earth
- February 12, 2024While useful technology, drones can pose a serious security risk. Systems engineering and operations research undergraduates Dyar Aziz and Markus Garretson are working to develop a methodology for inferring drone intent based on sensor data.
- 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.
- May 2, 2023After helping to develop the Systems Engineering and Cyber Security Engineering programs at George Mason, Professor Peggy Brouse has received the 2023 David J. King Award.
- April 24, 2023The 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.
- February 17, 2023The engineering programs at George Mason jumped ahead in the 2023 U.S. News & World Report Best Online Programs rankings. The online master of science degree program in systems engineering is ranked number one among public universities in the state of Virginia for industrial engineering.
- January 3, 2023Drawn by Mason’s multidisciplinary research and teaching, Missy Cummings will create a new program in the design and deployment of Artificial Intelligence.