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Exploring AI Use in Engineering Classrooms: A Reflection by Lorena Barba

August 12, 2025

IBL News summarizes Professor Lorena Barba's discussion of how generative AI is transforming learning in engineering, emphasizing its impact on knowledge work and education through her own experience.

(Left) RamenNow! product and (Right) Travis Thul speaking

Travis Thul's, SEAS '18, Transition from Military to Entrepreneurship

August 12, 2025

In a Q&A with GW Alumni, GW Engineering alum Travis Thul shares his journey from the Coast Guard to inventing a desktop ramen cooker, highlighting the skills gained at GW.

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GW Engineering Hosts Cyber Scholars to Strengthen U.S. Digital Defense

July 24, 2025

GW Engineering hosted the DoD Cyber Service Academy boot camp, welcoming future cyber defenders and showcasing its role in advancing national cybersecurity education.

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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)