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Students pictured at the 2024 Engineer's Ball

GW Engineering Community Hits the Dance Floor at Annual Engineer’s Ball

March 4, 2024

On March 2, 2024, over 160 attendees gathered at The Westin in Georgetown for a fun night filled with music, dancing, and a photo booth at GW Engineering’s annual Engineer’s Ball.

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Cast Your Vote for GW Engineering in the 2024 STAT Madness Tournament!

February 29, 2024

Congratulations to Luyao Lu, an assistant professor of biomedical engineering, for being selected for the 2024 national STAT Madness competition for the dissolvable heart monitor he developed in collaboration with Northwestern University!

February 2024 Newsletter

February 29, 2024

February 2024 Newsletter

Undergraduate students learning

Calling All Future Computing Researchers: Learn More About UR2PhD!

February 28, 2024

For GW Engineering undergraduate students looking to make their impact on the computing research field, check out the Computing Research Association’s Undergraduate Research to PhD Program!

Dr. Robert Pless

Professor Robert Pless Among 2024 LAS Collaborators

February 26, 2024

Professor of Computer Science Robert Pless was one of 22 faculty collaborators selected to receive research funding from the Laboratory for Analytic Sciences (LAS) at NC State University this year.

Aerial view of Foggy Bottom

GW Engineering is Hiring!

February 22, 2024

GW Engineering is seeking an inaugural Director of External Partnerships to serve as the primary interface between a portfolio of industry partners and the School to support the School's multiple initiatives.

Students pose with Brooke Duncan from the Office of Undergraduate Student Services & Advising

Welcome to the Future: Celebrating and Connecting GW Engineers

February 21, 2024

For Engineers Week 2024, GW Engineering celebrated our school’s community of budding and impactful engineers through a slew of events focused on professional development and community from February 20th to March 2nd.

Artist Celia Ledón and students in the GW Innovation Center cutting cardboad

Unveiling THE-FORESTATION: GW Innovation Center and Kennedy Center's Latest Collaboration

February 20, 2024

The GW Innovation Center teamed up with the John F. Kennedy Center for Performing Arts for a second year in a row to fabricate the art installation, THE-FORESTATION, for their REACH to Forest festival from February 20 to March 2.

Professor Charles Garris

Prolific Inventor Charles Garris Elected to NAI Fellows Class of 2023

February 20, 2024

To honor the significant contributions to both science and society MAE professor Charles Garris has made through his inventions, Garris was elected to the National Academy of Inventors’ 2023 Class of Fellows!

Dr. Costis Toregas

Bolstering Artificial Intelligence Workforce Development

February 20, 2024

On January 17, Dr. Costis Toregas provided his thoughts on the challenges facing the U.S. in creating an AI-ready workforce and recommended strategies for addressing them in the future to a House Subcommittee.

Dr. Adam Hughes giving his talk

Colloquium Illuminates Opportunities and Challenges for Software Developers in 2024

February 19, 2024

GW's Departments of Computer Science and Physics collaborated to offer a joint colloquium on February 16 when they welcomed GW alum Adam Hughes to give a talk titled, “Why you should be excited to be a software engineer in 2024.”

Members of the EMSE Department pictured together at the International Symposium

Solving the Latest Challenges in Engineering Systems

February 16, 2024

GW Engineering was well represented at CESUN’s 9th International Symposium, including conference and society leadership by faculty members from the Engineering Management and Systems Engineering Department.