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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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May’s Local Hero: Brian Harris

May 12, 2025

Each month we highlight one of the members of the GW Engineering staff in our Local Hero editorial feature. Take the time to meet May’s Local Hero, Brian Harris!

Students from the award-winning team standing in front of their research poster.

Engineering Better Care: Student Teams Showcase Design Projects at NEBEC 2025

May 9, 2025

At the 2025 Northeast Bioengineering Conference, two student teams from GW Engineering presented their innovative capstone projects, with one team winning a Best Senior Project Design Award.

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Global Experts in Energy and Thermal Fluids Convene at GW for 10th Annual TFEC

May 8, 2025

GW Engineering’s MAE Department took the lead in hosting the 10th annual Thermal and Fluids Engineering Conference, which brought leaders from more than 20 countries across six continents to GW.

Brain-computer interface on display

Engineered in DC: GW Engineering’s Innovations with Impact on Display at GW’s Inaugural InnovationFest

May 8, 2025

Members of the GW Engineering community played a key role at GW’s inaugural InnovationFest, showcasing cutting-edge research, student innovation, and impactful tech solutions.

Carl Landwehr

Carl Landwehr of GW’s CSPRI Wins 2025 CRA Distinguished Service Award

May 7, 2025

Carl Landwehr of GW’s Cyber Security & Privacy Research Institute earned one of the highest honors in the computing research field: the Computing Research Association’s 2025 Distinguished Service Award.

Dr. Xitong Liu

Xitong Liu Honored by AAEES for Breakthroughs in Water Purification and Resource Extraction

May 6, 2025

Liu's impactful work in sustainable water purification and resource extraction earned him an American Academy of Environmental Engineers & Scientists’ 2025 40 Under 40 Award.

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Researchers Advance Methods for Detecting Coordinated Social Media Posting

May 5, 2025

GW Engineering researchers co-authored a study that advances methods to detect coordinated link sharing on Facebook, helping expose manipulation by malicious actors.

ART-Med Lab's Go2 robotic dog at GW's InnovationFest

GW’s First InnovationFest Spotlights Engineering and Campus-Wide Research

May 5, 2025

GW Engineering joined over 150 scholars at the inaugural InnovationFest, showcasing groundbreaking research from labs and student projects across campus.

GW's 2025 Distinguished Scholars

Recognizing GW Engineering’s Top Academic Achievers of 2025

May 2, 2025

GW Engineering’s highest-achieving undergraduate students for the 2024-2025 academic year were recognized at GW’s annual Academic Honors Ceremony on April 22.