- 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.
- January 23, 2026A George Mason professor is using machine learning to improve the yield of almond trees, a major crop around the world.
- November 11, 2025George Mason University’s Department of Systems Engineering and Operations Research students turned bold ideas into award-winning innovations in 2025.
- November 11, 2025Fellowships, cybersecurity accolades, and top conference wins prove George Mason University’s Department of Systems Engineering and Operations Research isn’t just competing—it’s setting the standard for excellence.
- October 14, 2025Professor Lizhi Wang, a new faculty member with a joint appointment in George Mason University’s Department of Bioengineering and Department of Systems Engineering and Operations Research, has brought his systems approach to optimizing agriculture, livestock farming, and now human health.
- September 4, 2025The Department of Systems Engineering and Operations Research welcomes Guiping Hu as the new department chair. Hu is ready to take the department to new heights and achieve its full potential.
- May 29, 2025A College of Engineering and Computing faculty member is named Fellow at the nation's leading engineering education association.
- May 29, 2025Four George Mason students in the aviation flight training and management minor took to the skies recently for a solo flight, the final step in completing requirements for the program.
- May 15, 2025A George Mason University team of Systems and Industrial Engineering (SIE) won awards for developing a training system to assist people working toward their drone pilot license.
- May 12, 2025A George Mason University Systems and Industrial Engineering (SIE) capstone team was recognized for a new way of looking at the Hexayurt, a rugged, hexagon-shaped structure made from flat, triangular panels that can be quickly assembled in areas hit with natural disasters.
- February 5, 2025Lance Sherry is quoted in article about DCA air collision.