October 28, 2026Erica King, who earned both her BS and PhD in bioengineering from George Mason University, received the prestigious 2026 Cosmos Scholars Prize for her innovative research on wearable ultrasound technology.
October 26, 2026Ali Raz, assistant professor in the Department of Systems Engineering and Operations Research, was named a 2027 Associate Fellow of the American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics in recognition of his contributions to autonomous systems, AI-enabled aerospace technologies, and distributed decision-making, underscoring George Mason University's growing leadership in aerospace research and innovation.
October 23, 2026At Alexandria's Spooky Mad Science Expo, a team of George Mason researchers taught thousands of K-12 students how statistics influence the world around them.
October 19, 2026George Mason University researcher Marcos Zampieri has earned a prestigious $800,000 Humanities and AI Virtual Institute Award from Schmidt Sciences to develop AI tools that analyze ancient Mesopotamian cuneiform tablets.
October 14, 2026The Department of Systems Engineering and Operations Research celebrated two major faculty achievements this year as Lizhi Wang was named an IISE Fellow, one of the profession’s highest honors, and Shima Mohebbi received the 2026 IISE Sustainable Development Division Excellence in Teaching Sustainability Award in recognition of her innovative and impactful teaching.
George Mason students win Microsoft, CCI Innovation Challenge with AI-powered disaster recovery toolOctober 12, 2026George Mason University students Iamen Ibrahim and Caleb Zerihun won the $10,000 Microsoft and Commonwealth Cyber Initiative Innovation Challenge for Virginia with Last Mile, a disaster recovery platform that combines artificial intelligence and cybersecurity safeguards to help survivors quickly find reliable, location-specific assistance.
October 12, 2026George Mason University researcher Celso Ferreira is helping two Virginia towns prepare for flooding through advanced hazard mapping and resilience planning.
October 8, 2026Congratulations to Elise Miller-Hooks on being elected a 2026 INFORMS Fellow, one of the highest honors in operations research and analytics.
October 5, 2026Associate Professor Shanjiang Zhu’s Virginia Transportation Research Council–funded research is developing innovative methods to improve traffic forecasting and extract valuable planning insights from privacy-protected connected vehicle data, helping transportation agencies make smarter decisions about future infrastructure and mobility.
October 5, 2026George Mason University researchers are leading a National Science Foundation–funded collaboration to develop sustainable, biology-based methods for recovering valuable resources from silicon-rich waste materials, transforming industrial byproducts into reusable resources while reducing energy use and emissions.