- 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.
- November 10, 2022Mason 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.
- September 23, 2022George Mason University invites over 200 researchers from around the world to a virtual workshop, to discuss and examine the effects of global warming from clouds generated by aircraft.
- July 28, 2022College 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.
- June 24, 2022Kathryn Laskey, professor of Systems Engineering and Operations Research, retires after 32 years at Mason. She reflects on her time at Mason, from when it was a little-known school to the thriving, globally credited research university it is today.
- June 3, 2022An enterprising team of System Engineering students decided it might be worth investigating to see if they could uncover how to decrease costs and improve efficiencies to maintain jet engine parts.