January 8, 2024Every year, the American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE) allows its college chapters to participate in competitions that showcase the engineering knowledge and finesse of civil engineering students across the country. Two Mason ASCE teams—Team Surveying and Team Sustainable Solutions—participated and won in the annual competition.
October 24, 2023Certain types of mushrooms—or fungi—may have a place in infrastructure, potentially saving costly repairs and time. Xijin “Emma” Zhang, assistant professor in civil engineering, is researching this relatively new area of engineering and other green technology solutions for common challenges.
September 21, 2023David Prester’s previous experience with George Mason University's Engineers for International Development lined up perfectly for his work at CDM Smith, where he spent time outside analyzing and monitoring soil, traveling to excavation sites, and overseeing subsurface drilling.
January 11, 2023The EfID-GMU team will travel to San Pablo de Amali in Ecuador this year, to work on restoring water accessibility for the community.
September 21, 2022George Mason PhD students Soelem Bhuiyan and Ishrat Dollan participated in the SMAPVEX 2022 summer field campaign. The SMAP mission is an orbiting observatory measuring the amount of water on soil surfaces.
January 3, 2022George Mason University PhD candidate Benjamin Atsem says it’s his passion to make an impact in the field of transportation engineering. His focus has led him to win the U.S. Department of Transportation Dwight David Eisenhower Transportation Fellowship Program award not once, but twice.