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Dehghanian at the Digital Futures conference

Shaping A Digital Energy Ecosystem of the Future

Professor Dehghanian Recognized for Digitalizing Complex Power Grids

January 4, 2024

For his work on digitalizing power grids, ECE associate professor Payman Dehghanian was selected as a "future digileader" and invited among 40 young rising stars from all over the world to attend the 2023 Future Digileaders conference!

Panelists during a discussion on Day 2 of the conference

Addressing Gaps in Data Governance to Promote Trust in Generative AI

December 20, 2023

The GW co-led NIST-NSF Institute for Trustworthy AI in Law & Society helped bring AI experts to GW to identify gaps in data governance for large language models and suggest and discuss ideas to address them in December 2023.

Professor John Helveston

Unraveling Insights from New Study on EV Usage In the News

December 18, 2023

News outlets Axios, E&E News, and Scientific American covered what EMSE Professor John Helveston and co-authors found in response to their research question, are electric vehicles driven as far as conventional gasoline-powered vehicles?

CEO of Nanochon and GW alumnus Ben Holmes

Nanochon Among Five Finalists in International Investment Competition

December 15, 2023

Early Innovation Systems (EIS) and Nanochon, companies founded at GW, were among just five finalists at the World Business Angel Investment Forum 2023 international venture pitch competition.

Professor John Helveston

Addressing EV Usage Disparities for Environmental Impact

Professor Helveston Publishes Op-Ed on EV Use in the US

December 13, 2023

In an op-ed published in Scientific American, Professor John Helveston discussed how used car buyers and the U.S. government need to dive into the marketplace to deliver the emissions reductions promised by electric vehicles.

Students entering the engineering workforce share their resumes at GW Engineering's career fair this year

Creating Dedicated Pathways into the Naval Research and Development Enterprise

December 8, 2023

Philippe Bardet, a professor of mechanical and aerospace engineering, will be leading the Consortium on Naval Enterprise Pathways (CoNEP) to create dedicated pathways into the Navy’s Research and Development Enterprise (NR&DE).

Xitong Liu in his GW Engineering laboratory in 2021

GW Engineering Team Scores First Department of Energy Award for Green Lithium Extraction

December 7, 2023

Ellexco, a research team led by CEE assistant professor Xitong Liu, was one of three winners of the U.S. Department of Energy’s first-ever American-Made Geothermal Lithium Extraction Prize!

Sen. Brian Schatz

Public and Private Leaders Gather at GW for Athens Roundtable on AI and Rule of Law

December 5, 2023

GW Today shared an overview of the Athens Roundtable on Artificial Intelligence and the Rule of Law, a two-day summit hosted at the George Washington University on November 30 and December 1, 2023.

November 2023 Newsletter

November 30, 2023

November 2023 Newsletter

Attendees of the Cybersecurity Pathways Info Session in the Lehman Auditorium

Introducing Students from Across GW to Careers in Cybersecurity

November 29, 2023

On November 3, the Cyber Security and Privacy Research Institute and Computer Science Department organized a Cybersecurity Pathways Information Session for students interested in careers in cybersecurity.

Dr. Zoe Szajnfarber

Professor Szajnfarber Named Next Chief Scientist of the Systems Engineering Research Center

November 28, 2023

As part of its 15th annual research review on November 15, 2023, the Systems Engineering Research Center (SERC) announced that Szajnfarber will serve as its third Chief Scientist.

Dr. Kausik Sarkar

Circulating New Research Findings in Fluid Dynamics

November 22, 2023

The 2023 APS DFD Meeting occurred on November 19 through 21, 2023, at the Walter E. Washington Convention Center. It was brought to D.C. by GW’s fluid dynamics group and co-chaired by Dr. Michael Plesiank.