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The multidisciplinary team at the RTX competition.

Multidisciplinary Team Wins Most Innovative Design Award at RTX Drone Competition

June 17, 2025

The interdisciplinary senior design capstone team, including students from the CS, ECE, and MAE departments, won the Most Innovative Design Award for their drones.

Professors Caitlin Grady and Erica Gralla discussing with attendees.

GW Engineering Faculty Help Shape the Future of Global Food Aid

June 17, 2025

GW Engineering’s Caitlin Grady and Erica Gralla showcased research at the International Food Aid Showcase to improve international food aid amid tightening budgets.

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GW Engineers Use Anvil Supercomputer to Advance Research on Two-Phase Flows

June 16, 2025

GW Engineering researchers used Purdue’s Anvil supercomputer to simulate turbulent bubble formation, aiding advances in naval engineering, oceanography, and environmental science.

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Professor Helveston on Fallout Between Trump and Musk Impacting Tesla

June 6, 2025

EMSE Professor John Helveston discusses how the Trump–Musk fallout could hurt Tesla’s sales and strategic focus in Deseret News, Motor Biscuit, and Business Insider.

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Professor John Helveston Offers Insight on Critical Minerals, EV Policy in National Media

June 6, 2025

Professor John Helveston shares expert analysis on U.S. critical minerals and EV policy in recent articles from Reuters, NPR, and the podcast "Deeper Shade of Green."

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Prompts to Large Language Models Have Evil Twins

June 4, 2025

ECE Prof. Howie Huang and PhD students Rimon Melamed, Lucas H. McCabe, and Yejin Kim uncovered human-readable prompts to LLMs can often be substituted with seemingly nonsensical strings that produce the same output.

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Dean John Lach Named GW's Interim Provost

June 4, 2025

GW Engineering Dean John Lach will serve as interim provost starting July 1, following Christopher Alan Bracey’s decision to step down from the role.

Clockwise from top left, Ted Segal, Stacie Lissette, Kevin Brown and Jonathan Perlin are joining the GW Board of Trustees. Pictured below, outgoing trustee Avram "Ave" Tucker.

Alumnus Kevin Brown Elected to GW Board of Trustees

June 3, 2025

In May, GW Engineering alumnus Kevin Brown joined Stacie Lissette, Johnathan Perlin, and Ted Segal as the newest elected members of the GW Board of Trustees.

Attendees at the ECE Blitz event

ECE Brings Research to Life at Second “Blitz” of the Semester

June 3, 2025

On April 15, the ECE Department hosted its second “ECE Blitz” of the semester to highlight the department’s exceptional, wide-ranging student research.

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Alumna Advances Prosthetic Knee Testing Abroad While Pursuing U.S. Approval

May 29, 2025

In Technical.ly, Sarah Malinowski, BME alumna and CEO of Seamless Transitions, discusses plans to pilot her prosthetic knee in Ukraine as she works toward FDA approval.

Annaliza Perez Torres

GW Engineering Alumna Honored with National Emerging Leadership Award

May 29, 2025

GW Engineering alumna Annaliza Perez Torres, D.Eng. ’25, received a national leadership award from SAMPE for her early-career impact in materials engineering.