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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!

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.

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?

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.

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.

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).

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!

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.


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.

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.

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.