Mechanical Engineering News
- Mechanical engineering student Paul Cipparone combines his love for film with engineering skills.
- A Fairfax County Police pilot demonstrates the principles of vertical lift as well as how cyclic and collective flight systems affect motion and control of the rotor blades on the Merten Hall lawn as part of Engineers Week.
- A Mason Engineering researcher has discovered that artificial microswimmers accumulate where their speed is minimized, an idea that could have implications for improving the efficacy of targeted cancer therapy.
- George Mason University’s first satellite "ASTERIA," part of Mason Engineering’s ThinSat program, successfully passed environmental testing at the Northrop Grumman facility on Wallops Island and was integrated into a deployer. ASTERIA is now ready for launch.
- Many people dream of being an astronaut and rocketing into outer space, but senior Sidney Boakye just landed an opportunity that launches him closer to that long-standing dream.
- Engineers Week is a time to celebrate this important work and engage with other innovators. Even with social distancing, you can participate and share in the excitement.
- Mechanical engineering seniors design a wheelchair that aids a veteran from a non-profit organization.
- George Mason University is poised to be named a managing member in the Cybersecurity Manufacturing Innovation Institute (CyManII), a $111 million public-private partnership led by the University of Texas at San Antonio.