Top Performers

Enrollment trends at SEAS are up—and so is our selectivity. Enrollment has grown steadily, and SEAS is educating—and graduating—some amazingly talented people. Meet a few of our recent and not-so-recent, graduates.

SEAS alumna Dr. Serena Auñón-Chancellor is a NASA astronaut who spent six months aboard the International Space Station in 2018.

Jay Kaplan chose SEAS because the National Security Agency (NSA) had designated it a Center of Academic Excellence in Cybersecurity. Now an alumnus, Jay has launched his own cybersecurity company, and Forbes magazine named him to its “30 Under 30” list for 2015.

Dr. Christine Mann Darden, a retired NASA director and aerospace engineer and a GW alumna, is an internationally recognized authority in the field of sonic-boom minimization. Known as one of NASA’s “human computers” in the 60s and 70s, Dr. Darden’s story was featured in the 2016 bestseller, Hidden Figures.

Recent graduate Eric Prokop transferred into engineering as a sophomore. He thrived in the civil engineering program and is now doing his graduate study at Stanford University.

Hannah Stuart wanted a college that allowed her lots of opportunities and the chance to excel. That is what she did at GW—playing on the university’s volleyball team, participating in undergraduate research, and even flying aboard NASA’s zero-gravity airplane.

Andrea Lehn’s undergraduate research with Dr. Megan Leftwich got her started on a path that took her to national conferences to present her research and to a summer research experience at Harvard University. After graduating, Andrea started her doctoral studies at MIT.

Science and Engineering Hall: A Game Changer

GW’s Science and Engineering Hall (SEH) opened in January 2015, and this new 500,000-gross-square-foot, 14-story structure is giving faculty and students opportunities they previously only dreamed of.

Graphical representation of all of the parts of the science and engineering hall

Our location near numerous federal agencies and research labs means unparalleled research and job opportunities for our students.

Our students have access to research facilities that range from our three-story high bay to the real-world lab of one of the world’s largest wastewater treatment plants.

Through research and teaching, we contribute to computing breakthroughs that fuel advances across areas vital to our society and the world.

Led by 7 IEEE Fellows, our faculty conduct cutting-edge research in our state-of-the-art building.

Our department offers one of the largest engineering management and systems engineering programs in the U.S.

We are home to one of the nation’s leading fluid dynamics programs, as well as research spanning traditional to emerging engineering areas.