Capstone Design Showcase

George Mason University students earned top honors while tackling challenges with engineering technologies at the 2026 Andrew P. Sage Memorial Design Competition.

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George Mason Secures $1.5M for AI Research Lab

George Mason University secured $1.5 million to launch Virginia's first grid-interactive AI data center research lab.

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When Mental Maps Collapse

Bioengineering Associate Professor Holger Dannenberg's research shows how the brain's "spatial ruler" can break when environments grow too large, revealing limits in how we map space.

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