August 20, 2026The Kern Entrepreneurial Engineering Network (KEEN) named Doaa Bondok a 2026 Engineering Unleashed Fellow, one of only 30 people nationwide to achieve the distinction. The fellowship is recognition of a commitment to developing engineers with an entrepreneurial mindset (EM) and comes with a $10,000 grant.
August 17, 2026Postdoctoral researcher Mehrdad Ghyabi is leveraging drones, computer vision, and AI to develop innovative bridge inspection technologies that improve infrastructure safety, reduce costs, and support smarter maintenance decisions through advanced structural monitoring.
Research Interests: Hydroclimatology, AI/ML applications, Water resources, Large-scale climate/weather data
February 12, 2026George Mason University BAM student Michael Smedley is carrying on a family legacy of working in water resources.
October 8, 2025Diana Veronez brought her research in flood hazards and water resources from Brazil to work on her PhD in George Mason's renowned Flood Hazards Research Lab.
Research Interests: Water treatment processes, Water quality; Global water, sanitation, and hygiene (WASH), Willingness to pay for public service and environmental improvements, Utility consolidation, Hazardous waste site engineering and remediation
August 19, 2025From data centers to the National Geographic Museum, civil engineering student Esmeralda Martinez is building her future one project at a time. Through hands-on internships with HITT Contracting and lessons from George Mason classrooms, she’s shaping a career that blends technical skills, leadership, and a passion for construction.
May 21, 2025A partnership between the Brazilian Air Force and the College of Engineering and Computing is yielding explosive results in blast research, in what one faculty members describes as a win-win collaboration.
November 11, 2024Dave Lattanzi, an associate professor in the Sid and Reva Dewberry Department of Civil, Environmental, and Infrastructure Engineering has examined structures as diverse as 20th-century bridges, ancient towers, the sunken hull of a Confederate submarine, a naval destroyer, and most recently, images of human bruises. This work produced a series of strategies and tools that promote safety, enhance resiliency, and improve health, all connected by data analysis and image diagnostics.
October 1, 2024New CEC professor Catalina Gonzalez-Duenas studies how communities are impacted by large-scale disasters.