First Company to Lease Space Scores Big Hit

Metron Aviation Wins Largest Small Business Award in FAA History

Dulles, Virginia, June 30, 2010-The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) awarded Metron Aviation the System Engineering 2020 (SE-2020) Research and Mission Analysis Set-Aside.  SE-2020 is the FAA's strategic program for implementing the Next Generation Air Transportation System (NextGen).  The ten-year contract awarded to Metron Aviation has a value of $1.15 billion, making it the largest single award to a small business in FAA history.



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Ernst & Young Entrepreneur Of The Year 2010 Award

Dr. Long Nguyen was recently awarded the Ernst & Young Entrepreneur Of The Year® 2010 Award in Greater Washington in the IT Services category.  Dr. Nguyen is the  Founder, Chairman, and CEO of Pragmatics, Inc.  He and his wife, Kimmy Duong, named the Nguyen Engineering Building at George Mason University in 2009.



New Bioengineering Undergraduate Degree Program

George Mason University’s Volgenau School of Information Technology and Engineering Offers New Leading Edge Bioengineering Undergraduate Degree Program


Fairfax, VA, June 9, 2010 -- George Mason University, the largest public university in Virginia, is once again on the forefront of science and commerce just having obtained approval from the State Council of Higher Education for Virginia to offer a Bachelor of Science degree in Bioengineering for the fall 2010 semester.

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Voice-Activated Wheelchair

Graduate Students and Faculty created a Voice-Activated Wheelchair at Mason's state of the art Nyugen Engineering Building.

Click the full story for a video of the chair in action.


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Northrop Grumman at Volgenau



Wes Bush (center), CEO and President of Northrop Grumman Corporation, presents a check during his recent visit to George Mason to Dean Lloyd Griffiths and President Alan Merten.


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ITEA Scholarships

Two students recently received scholarships from the GW Chapter of ITEA (International Testing and Evaluation Association).  Jarret Askvig, a systems engineering student, received the ITEA Scholarship, and Ira Hunt, an electrical engineering student, received the Robert Bell Scholarship.  Both were recognized at an ITEA Luncheon at the Army Navy Country Club in Arlington, VA.

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2010 Convocation Speech by Dr. Vint Cerf

Volgenau School of Information Technology and Engineering Convocation

On the Responsibilities of Engineering

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AUGUST 2010

Fall Graduate Student Orientation
Date: 25 August 2010
Time: 5:30-9 PM
Location: To Be Announced
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SEPTEMBER 2010

Ice Cream Social
Date: 2 September 2010
Time: 2-4 PM
Location: Nguyen Engr Bldg, Atrium
Tickets can be picked up in the Nguyen Engineering Building Suite 5100
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