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Local high school students explore maritime robotics at NSF-supported summer camp.

Mechanical engineer Jeffrey Moran, whose lab focuses on self-propelled micro- and nanoparticles, has loved outer space since childhood. Now, one of his experiments, exploring aerosol thermophoresis, will be carried out on the International Space Station. 

George Mason's top-ranked aviation program allows students to earn a pilot's license while completing their degree.

From the fabrication floor to the incubator’s loft, the MIX demonstrates how principles of entrepreneurship and innovation aren’t so easily siloed with two new courses: BLIMP and Student Innovator Mastermind.

George Mason University officially opened its Mason Autonomy and Robotics Center, a collaborative space where students will perform research on a variety of emerging fields related to artificial intelligence and autonomous devices.

A group of George Mason University mechanical engineering students are building a motorized Vitruvian man for a Center for the Arts (CFA) performance of "Flying to the Stars," a choral concert dedicated to the beginnings of flight from the time of Leonardo da Vinci to the exploration of space. 

Pei Dong, an assistant professor in the Department of Mechanical Engineering, was recently awarded a National Science Foundation (NSF) CAREER award for her work on the multi-scale manufacturing of carbon nanostructures.

Jeffrey Moran and Amit Kumar Singh's Coffee Bots are featured as a low-cost solution to contaminated water supplies.

The College of Engineering and Computing is leveraging the a new clean room for its graduate certificate in microfabrication.

Mason's Department of Mechanical Engineering is offering a new certificate in responsible AI.

As the College of Engineering and Computing celebrates Innovation Week, George Mason University President Gregory Washington talks about why he chose to pursue engineering, how being an engineer informs his role as university president, and his induction into the National Academy of Engineering.

A Mason team including a high school student, a postdoctoral scholar, and a mechanical engineering professor has developed a way to use spent coffee grounds to remove diverse contaminants from water.