- June 16, 2026The College of Engineering and Computing's Janis Terpenny was elected president of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers.
- May 27, 2026Our colleague, friend, and beloved instructor, George L. Donohue, passed away on April 23, 2026, at the age of 81.
- May 14, 2026Three College of Engineering and Computing faculty received Presidential Awards at a reception on May 12. The recipient of this year’s SCHEV Outstanding Faculty Award, Xuesu Xiao was also recognized.
- May 12, 2026George Mason students won best paper in four of the five tracks at the 9th Annual Andrew P. Sage Memorial Design Competition.
- May 11, 2026PhD student Shahab Aref has developed a tool for the FAA to make air travel safer for millions of Americans through AI-driven, physics-based modeling.
- May 8, 2026A team of Systems Engineering and Operations Research is improving health care for people with intellectual and developmental disabilities.
- May 7, 2026A systems engineering team won first place in the George Mason Patriot Pitch Social Impact Track and won the People’s Choice Award, along with first place in the U.S. Military Academy System Engineering Design Competition.
- May 6, 2026George Mason University hosted one of the field's premier systems engineering conferences at Fuse in April.
- April 28, 2026Janis Terpenny and Chun-Hung Chen were named Fellow in their respective professional societies.
- April 27, 2026Graduate students launched George Mason University’s INFORMS student chapter in January 2026 to optimize connection and professional development for an interdisciplinary community of master’s and PhD students.
- April 9, 2026Lizhi Wang was made a Fellow at the Institute of Industrial and Systems Engineers
- February 25, 2026George Mason University has become Virginia’s first R1 research institution to commercialize a product under the state’s new Lab-to-Launch initiative, marking an early milestone in the commonwealth’s push to accelerate university research into the market.