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Joan and Irwin Jacobs

Telecommunications Pioneer Endows Two Professorships at GW Engineering

June 26, 2024

GW Today announced that mobile chipmaker Qualcomm co-founder Irwin Jacobs and his late wife, Joan, endowed two professorships at GW Engineering, creating the Joan and Irwin Jacobs Professorships in Biomedical and Electrical Engineering.

Andre Douglas

Q&A with GW Engineering Alumnus and Astronaut Andre Douglas

June 19, 2024

GW alumnus Andre Douglas was selected to join NASA’s 2021 astronaut candidate class. Learn more about Douglas in this Q&A with GW Today.

EV Charging

Professor Helveston Explains the Importance of ‘World’s First’ EV Battery Passport Debuting with Volvo’s New EX90

June 4, 2024

Electrek interviewed assistant professor John Helveston for his insight into the importance of the EV battery passport being launched with the release of the new Volvo EX90 later this year.

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THE STATE OF

ENGINEERING for women

 

 GW Engineering beats the national average for women pursuing engineering degrees. 

24.5%
 

National Average,
undergraduate women
in engineering
source: ASEE 2020
Engineering By
The Numbers 
)

45%
 

Women in the GW Engineering
Undergraduate class 
of 2026
(source: GW Engineering)

28%
 

National Average, graduate women in engineering,
source: ASEE 2020 Engineering By The Numbers)

34%
 

Women enrolled as GW Engineering On-Campus graduate students (source: GW Engineering Data)