College of Engineering and Computing

College of Engineering and Computing (CEC) Professor Janis Terpenny has joined the National Science Foundation Division of Civil, Mechanical and Manufacturing Innovation (CMMI) where she will serve in the expert role and lead in the creation of CMMI’s Manufacturing System Integration program.

Last spring the college offered an interactive, discussion-based course that investigated the history of contributions by engineers marginalized by race or gender and studied cases where a lack of diversity contributed to adverse engineering consequences. 

Research Interests: Smart integrated systems and processes for design, manufacturing, and design education.

Research Interests: Bio-medical robots, soft robotics

Lily Patterson knew she wanted to make things when she began her studies at George Mason University.

“I just wanted to turn physical things into something that’s really cool and awesome,” she said.

Colleen Berg has been an instructor in Mechanical Engineering since 2006.

The George Mason University Board of Visitors voted Thursday, Oct. 1, to house the new School of Computing and the existing Volgenau School of Engineering in a newly formed College of Engineering and Computing led by Ken Ball, the current dean of the Volgenau School of Engineering.

Research Interests: Multi-robot systems, multi-agent games

Research Interests: Additive Manufacturing, advanced materials, failure mechanics

Research interests: Critical Infrastructure Protection (CIP), vulnerability assessments and mitigations, probabilistic risk evaluation and risk management, security engineering, blast modeling and mitigation of effects, facilities engineering, and facilities management.