Graduate Admissions is still accepting applications for Fall 2012

Graduate Admissions is still accepting applications for Fall 2012 Masters, Ph.D. and Certificates on our Space-Available deadline until June 15th! Visit our deadlines for more information. 

Dean Griffiths Recognition Celebration

Enjoy these videos created for the March 9 Volgenau School Recognition Celebration, honoring Lloyd Griffiths who is stepping down as Dean of the School at the end of the academic year. The event also recognized the growth and support of the school over the past 15 years by donors, faculty, and alumni.

Senior Gabriel Lewis wins a $5,000 grant

Senior Gabriel Lewis won a $5,000 grant. Photo courtesy of Gabriel Lewis
Senior Gabriel Lewis, a systems engineering major in the accelerated BS/MS systems engineering program, was awarded the 2011 INCOSE/Johns Hopkins University/Applied Physics Laboratory Alexander Kossiakoff Scholarship Award.
The scholarship, which is awarded by the International Council on Systems Engineering (INCOSE), recognizes and rewards students engaged in promising research in applied science systems engineering in a master’s or doctoral program. The award includes a $5,000 grant and an optional paid internship at Johns Hopkins University Applied Science Laboratory (APL) working on systems engineering problems.
This is the third year the scholarship has been provided, and is the second time it has been awarded to a Mason student. Colin Mullery, another Mason BS/MS systems engineering student, won it in 2010.
“I am very honored and humbled to have received the JHU-APL Alexander Kossiakoff scholarship,” says Lewis. “I’m especially grateful to Dr. Sam Seymour [of the Systems Engineering Program at APL], whose inspiration and assistance since being awarded the scholarship have been very valuable. I’d also like to thank the faculty of the Systems Engineering and Operations Research Department at Mason, whose rigorous teaching has enabled me to compete successfully in professional arenas.”

Kenneth S. Ball Named New Dean of Mason’s Volgenau School of Engineering

Fairfax, Va. – Kenneth S. Ball, L.S. Randolph Professor and head of the Department of Mechanical Engineering at Virginia Tech, has been appointed dean of George Mason University’s Volgenau School of Engineering, effective August 10, 2012. Ball succeeds Lloyd Griffiths, who previously announced he was stepping down.  See the full article here.

Second cohort of the Executive MS in Management of Secure Information Systems to start in the Fall 2012.

The first cohort of 30 students of the Executive MS in Management of Secure Information Systems started in the Spring 2012. A second cohort will start in the Fall 2012. More details about the program can be found at http://som.gmu.edu/msis. For more information please send e-mail to cyber@gmu.edu or call Robin Littleton at 703.993.4399.

Dean Griffiths meeting VSE students at the 2012 Consumer Electronics Show

From left to right Garrett McNamara, Jong Sung “JS” Ham, Dean Lloyd Griffiths, Arlene Page, Jonathan Posey and Hoa “Khanh” Nguyen.

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