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Ambassadors at a final meeting

Celebrating the Latest Cohort of GW Engineering Graduate Ambassadors

May 14, 2025

As we bid farewell to the extraordinary Graduate Ambassadors for the 2024-2025 academic year, we highlight a few of the many ways they've helped the Office of Graduate Admissions and Student Services.

Chris Wiernicki

Embrace Change and Make Uncertainty Your Friend

Chris Wiernicki, M.S. ’83, named as the 2025 GW Engineering graduation celebration speaker

May 13, 2025

The George Washington University School of Engineering and Applied Science is excited to welcome Chris Wiernicki, M.S. ’83, as the keynote speaker at the 2025 GW Engineering graduation celebration.

OTD candidates examine a prototype developed by Varshapally and Jernigan’s team for “Jolie,” a technology that converts sign language into computer text.

How Cross-Disciplinary Collaboration is Transforming Assistive Tech and Student Learning at GW

May 13, 2025

A unique collaboration between GW's Biomedical Engineering and the Doctor of Occupational Therapy programs is teaching students how to work across disciplines to co-design assistive technology.

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THE STATE OF

ENGINEERING for women

WiE

GW Engineering beats the national average for women pursuing engineering degrees. 

 

24.5%

National Average,
undergraduate women
in engineering
( source: ASEE 2020
Engineering By
The Numbers )

47%

Women in the GW Engineering
Undergraduate class 
of 2026
(source: GW Engineering)

28%

National Average, graduate women in engineering,
( source: ASEE 2020 Engineering By The Numbers)

34%

Women enrolled as GW Engineering On-Campus graduate students (source: GW Engineering Data)