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Clockwise from top left: Katie Anderson, Rebecca Burns, Sofiia Khugaeva and Alex Glade

GW Engineering Student Awarded Knapp Fellowship for Impactful HIV Care Project

September 18, 2025

Sofiia Khugaeva, a senior biomedical engineering major, received a Knapp Fellowship to enhance HIV care access in underserved communities through innovative tools, resources and strategies.

Lien-Yung (Nyima) Kao (left) and Yun Shen (right)

Professor Yun Shen Recognized with NSF CAREER Award

September 17, 2025

Using a systems perspective, CEE Professor Yun Shen's CAREER project will examine the transmission and control of environmental pathogens in municipal wastewater.

Collins Munyendo

Collins Munyendo Wins the 2025 John Karat Usable Privacy and Security Student Research Award

September 16, 2025

Collins Munyendo, a final year Computer Science Ph.D. candidate, was recently awarded the prestigious John Karat Usable Privacy and Security Student Research Award.

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THE STATE OF

ENGINEERING for women

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)