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Bioengineering students won first-place in a national design competition for Project S.E.R.V.E. (Student Engineering for Resilience of Veterans). The annual event included engineering students from 11 universities across the country to design custom adaptive devices for injured veterans on Team USA’s para bobsled and para skeleton teams.

Three College of Engineering and Computing faculty received Presidential Awards at a reception on May 12. The recipient of this year’s SCHEV Outstanding Faculty Award, Xuesu Xiao was also recognized.

At George Mason, Zarin Musarrat Niladree learned that science is ultimately an act of care. This led her to pursue medicine with the goal of becoming the kind of physician who makes patients feel safe.

Postdoctoral researchers Blanca Gutiérrez-Guzmán and J Jesús Hernández-Pérez and assistant professor of bioengineering Holger Dannenberg’s latest publication in Nature Communications asks: If the world suddenly gets bigger, do our mental maps stretch with it, or do they break?

A George Mason University team is taking a promising medical imaging technology closer to real-world use, supported by the Virginia Innovation Partnership Corporation.

Bioengineering faculty member Siddhartha Sikdar was named Fellow of the American Institute of Ultrasound in Medicine.

Driven by a growing passion for data interpretation and real‑world health applications, bioengineering major Mansi Joseph is fast‑tracking her academic journey through George Mason’s Bachelor’s‑to‑Accelerated‑Master’s program in biostatistics.

George Mason University President Gregory Washington has announced the recipients of the 2026 Presidential Awards for Faculty Excellence, honoring George Mason faculty members for their work on behalf of the university, students, and the broader community.

Lizhi Wang was made a Fellow at the Institute of Industrial and Systems Engineers

At George Mason University’s College of Engineering and Computing, the Peer Mentor Center has become a place where students can find guidance from peers who have been in their shoes.

George Mason’s Department of Bioengineering brought together students, faculty, industry partners, and alumni for an evening of career exploration, networking, and research excellence.

Two multidisciplinary senior design teams in the College of Engineering and Computing are taking on major health‑related challenges, showcasing how engineering students are applying research, innovation, and collaboration to improve health outcomes.