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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. 

Adjunct Professor Matthew Doyle is leading a new senior design class, advising competition-winning teams, and guiding a student organization that provides water to communities in need. He also oversees the design and construction of capital projects for the wastewater collection system for Fairfax County. 

On October 8, 2024, more than 150 civil engineering students met with 58 companies for the twentieth annual George Mason University American Society of Civil Engineers (GMU ASCE) Career Fair. 

With a new $3.69 million grant, the Research and Engagement for Action in Climate and Health (REACH) Center—which includes George Mason—is set to tackle the urgent intersection of climate change and public health in the nation’s capital.

George Mason University is now part of the Kern Entrepreneurial Engineering Network (KEEN), a nationwide collaboration of 66 institutions.

Seniors who completed capstone design projects presented their work at the spring 2024 senior design project presentations. The event attracted a diverse audience, including industry experts from both the public and private sector as well as students’ teachers, families, and peers. 

It was a day that residents in the Washington, D.C.-Baltimore metropolitan areas won’t soon forget: March 26, 2024, when the Baltimore Francis Scott Key Bridge collapsed, killing six and leaving many more forever impacted. Since then, George Mason University professors Elise Miller-Hooks, Alireza Ermagun, and Shanjiang Zhu have received two NSF RAPID grants to study the cause and impact of the collapse, and potential preventative methods for the future.

More than 250 people are working on the construction of the Fuse building at Mason Square, including George Mason University rising senior Leslie Hernandez. “It’s my way of giving back to my school and community,” said Hernandez, who is majoring in civil and infrastructure engineering in the College of Engineering and Computing.

New CEC professor Catalina Gonzalez-Duenas studies how communities are impacted by large-scale disasters.

Viviana Maggioni was recently named editor-in-chief of the Journal of Hydrometeorology.

Two Northern Virginia newspapers quote civil engineering assistant professor Kirin Emlet Furst about the effects of forever chemicals on the region's drinking water.

Civil engineering assistant professor Kirin Emlet Furst is quoted in Scientific American about the effect of extreme heat on infrastructure.