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Modeling for Medical Processes: Improving Throughput in COVID Testing

March 13, 2023

Erica Gralla, Associate Professor of Engineering Management and Systems Engineering, led a study on speeding up COVID-19 testing processes during the height of the pandemic in 2020-2021.

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The Science of Swimming

March 13, 2023

In Professor Megan Leftwich’s lab, she and her team of researchers work in a field called fluid dynamics, the study of how objects and animals travel through liquids, gasses and plasmas in order to explain phenomena of the natural world. 

Dr. Ekundayo Shittu

Improving DoD Intellectual Property Transactions through Game Theory

March 7, 2023

Dr. Ekundayo Shittu and Zoe Szajnfarber received a one-year, $812,414 Department of Defense (DoD) grant to conduct the project, “AIRC Game Theory Application to DoD Intellectual Property (IP) Transactions.”

Kausik Sarkar

Pickleball Noise, Explained by Dr. Sarkar

March 7, 2023

Dr. Kausik Sarkar was quoted in a recent article by WUSA9 that addressed the question, why is pickleball causing so much annoyance in neighborhoods?

Dr. Kausik Sarkar

A Tale of Two Topics: Sarkar Invited to Give Seminar at GALCIT

March 6, 2023

Dr. Kausik Sarkar was invited to give a seminar at the Graduate Aerospace Laboratories of the California Institute of Technology on February 17.

The 3MT winners

Brevity and Brilliance: GW Engineering Students Score Prizes at Speed-Thesis

March 2, 2023

Ph.D. students had just 180 seconds to present years of research at the annual Three Minute Thesis Competition.

Dr. Gabe Parmer and students, Wenyuan Shao, Bite Ye, Huachuan Wang, and Yuxin Ren.

Computer Science Students Excel at RTSS 2022 for Transforming the Edge

March 1, 2023

Congratulations to Dr. Gabriel Parmer and his students, Wenyuan Shao, Bite Ye, Huachuan Wang, and Yuxin Ren, for receiving the best paper award at the 43rd IEEE Real-Time Systems Symposium (RTSS)!

Dr. David Broniatwoski

Broniatowski Explains the Concerns Surrounding AI

March 1, 2023

Dr. David Broniatwoski was quoted in an article by Spectrum News that reviewed Rep. Ted Lieu's, D-Calif., resolution, written by ChatGPT itself, and concerns surrounding AI.

Dr. Gina Adam

Advancing AI through Hippocampus-inspired Dynamic Network Investigations

February 28, 2023

Dr. Gina Adam, assistant professor in the Electrical and Computer Engineering Department at the George Washington University, has received the 2023 Air Force Office of Scientific Research (AFOSR) Young Investigator Program (YIP) Award. 

GW Celebrates Black History Month 2023

Black History Month

February 28, 2023

During the month of February, we have honored, commemorated, and celebrated the achievements that Black Americans have made to improve the lives of people around the world.

Students of Philippe Bardet with equipment to be repurposed into a new lab facility.

Expanding the Study of Fluid Mechanics at GW Engineering

February 27, 2023

GW Engineering's Philippe Bardet secured equipment from the Idaho National Laboratory to expand the study of fluid mechanics at GW.

Tenisha "Ava" Williams

Engineering for Change

Lessons from GW Engineering's Frank Howard Lecture with Tenisha 'Ava' Williams

February 27, 2023

Consultant, CEO and "equity warrior" Tenisha "Ava" Williams, B.S. '13, discussed her multidisciplinary approach to building a better world at GW Engineering's Frank Howard Lecture.