- April 16, 2026
George Mason University PhD candidate in environmental engineering Xiaorong Shan was selected as a COVES Policy Fellow, where she will apply data‑driven research to support environmental justice and regulatory decision‑making at the Virginia Department of Environmental Quality this summer.
- November 6, 2025
George Mason University’s SAME student chapter is making an impact from Costa Rica to Northern Virginia, winning a national design challenge with a solar-powered water system while building local service projects and career connections in the military engineering sector.
- August 8, 2024
Two Northern Virginia newspapers quote civil engineering assistant professor Kirin Emlet Furst about the effects of forever chemicals on the region's drinking water.
- August 8, 2024
Civil engineering assistant professor Kirin Emlet Furst is quoted in Scientific American about the effect of extreme heat on infrastructure.