CEC Global Engagement

Two College of Engineering and Computing faculty members moderated sessions at the World Engineering Education Forum in Sydney.

George Mason faculty members recently presented new work on aiding first responders with AI at a major international conference.

Gurdip Singh is quoted.

George Mason University Engineers for International Development (EfID) improves water access in underserved communities abroad. Advised by Adjunct Professor Matthew Doyle, EfID students manage their own projects, secure funding through competitions, and build connections with industry professionals to make a meaningful impact worldwide. 

George Mason University’s College of Engineering and Computing (CEC) plans to collaborate with the Indian Institute of Technology–Ropar (IIT–Ropar) as one of three Centers of Excellence (CoEs) in AI. This collaboration results from a call for proposals last winter from the Ministry of Education of India which seeks to improve the nation’s AI ecosystem through cooperation with partners worldwide. 

Ken Ball and Ariela Sofer were elected to the executive committees of the Global Engineering Deans Council and International Federation of Engineering Education Societies, respectively.

The Carter School and College of Engineering and Computing are teaming up on a peace engineering minor.

George Mason computer science students spent six weeks in Vienna Austria earning academic credit in a first-of-its-kind program.

The National Science Foundation's Navigating the New Arctic researchers traveled to a remote location to attend the Permafrost and Infrastructure Symposium in Utqiaġvik, Alaska, some 320 miles north of the Arctic Circle.

The EfID-GMU team will travel to San Pablo de Amali in Ecuador this year, to work on restoring water accessibility for the community.