A World Class Engineering School in the Heart of the Nation's Capital
GW Engineering strives to be a preeminent engineering school with recognized and differentiated strengths in high-quality education and high-impact research that leverage our competitive advantages and our diverse community. These strengths emerge from the synthesis of technical expertise, a broader perspective, and our unique location in the nation’s capital, empowering our faculty, students, and alumni for leadership, innovation, and societal impact. This “engineering and…” mindset drives GW Engineering to partner with other GW schools and colleges and with companies and government agencies around DC and the world to connect engineering to other disciplines and to responsibly translate innovations to society.
GW Engineering’s faculty, which includes many society fellows, winners of early-career awards, and a PECASE award winner, have long held “engineering and…” mindsets, which brought them to GW and DC in the first place. Our Trustworthy AI initiative connects core technical strengths in computing and data analytics to policy, law, business, ethics, equity, and other social sciences to explore the role of AI in our society. Our work in Energy Innovation connects materials, thermal transport, power systems, and systems engineering expertise to critical policy, business, and equity issues that largely determine the societal adoption of energy technologies. Faculty in Photonics-based Computing – including members of a new JUMP 2.0 Center – are innovating a new light-based computing substrate while addressing critical national security and competitiveness challenges. These and other efforts have helped double the school’s research expenditures over the last seven years.
GW Engineering’s commitment to justice, equity, diversity and inclusion is based on the belief that diversity of thought, identity, and lived experience is critical to innovation and to solving society’s most challenging problems. We are therefore proud that 45% of our last two undergraduate classes and 55% of our tenure-track faculty hires over the last three years are female. Our Center for Women in Engineering is not only making GW Engineering a top school for female engineers but is also leading efforts to promote gender equity in the field of engineering more broadly.
I invite you to learn more about GW Engineering through the efforts of our academic departments.
John Lach, Ph.D.,
Dean,
School of Engineering and Applied Science
The George Washington University
BME faculty conduct a wide range of biomedical research across many disciplines of engineering and medicine. We receive prestigious research grants from the National Institutes of Health, National Science Foundation, Department of Defense, American Heart Association, private foundations, and industry. BME students are essential contributors to the faculty’s research initiatives and are critical to the Department’s mission to train the next generation of biomedical engineers.
CIVIL AND ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING
As we reflect on the challenges the world is facing with respect to emerging infectious diseases, climate-related disasters and natural hazards, the complementary roles of arts, sciences, and technologies in creating a safe, pleasant, resilient, and sustainable world have become increasingly apparent. To prepare the next generation of civil engineers who can help address these challenges, we have just started a newly revised curriculum that aims to facilitate the students’ desire to explore complementary minors in arts, sciences, and other engineering disciplines.
CS faculty members teach and conduct cutting-edge research in algorithms and theory; artificial intelligence, machine learning, and robotics; biomedical engineering and computing; climate informatics; cloud computing; computer security and information assurance; digital media; networking and mobile computing; pervasive computing and embedded systems; systems and software engineering; and search and data mining. We place a great deal of emphasis on creative interdisciplinary solutions to real-world problems.
ELECTRICAL AND COMPUTER ENGINEERING
Our cutting-edge research program and innovations include future technologies for AI and Computing; cyber security at scale; energy innovation in the Arctic, among others. Our faculty are world class leaders who include five IEEE Fellows, a recipient of the IEEE Computer Society Edward J. McCluskey Technical Achievement Award, a recipient of the Alexander von Humboldt Research Award, a recipient of the U.S. Presidential PECASE Award, and many other prestigious recognitions.
ENGINEERING MANAGEMENT AND SYSTEMS ENGINEERING
EMSE faculty and students tackle an extraordinary array of interesting and important challenges. From managing global supply chains and understanding the planet’s climate system to investigating the spread of malicious content online, we pursue interdisciplinary, problem-driven research, seeking to understand how the parts of complex systems fit together. Alongside policymakers and technology leaders, we’re developing and delivering solutions, improving decision-making and having an impact on the world around us.
MECHANICAL AND AEROSPACE ENGINEERING
The MAE Department embodies the spirit of collaborative innovation, connecting mechanical and aerospace engineering with the many aspects of our diverse, complex lives. With a deep understanding of how thermal and fluid sciences, manufacturing, materials science, robotics, and design form a foundation for infrastructure and technologies that touch all aspects of our lives, our department’s faculty and students build on that foundation to impact business, law, policy, and health.