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17 fatalities, 736 crashes: The shocking toll of Tesla’s Autopilot

On Jan. 9, over 400 students from five counties and 22 high schools came together at Mason for CyberSlam 2023, to get hands-on learning about opportunities in cybersecurity. The huge gathering was deemed a state affair, as interest in CyberSlam increased significantly from last year.

Mason researchers Jeffrey Moran in the Department of Mechanical Engineering, Rémi Veneziano in the Department of Bioengineering, and Monique van Hoek, a microbiologist in the School of Systems Biology, won the NBIB R21 Trailblazer award. The team will research methods to dissolve harmful biofilms.

ÑÇÖÞAV invites over 200 researchers from around the world to a virtual workshop, to discuss and examine the effects of global warming from clouds generated by aircraft.

Through an NSF grant titled Situated Algorithmic Thinking: Preparing the Future Computing Workforce for Ethical Decision-Making through Interactive Case Studies, students will develop the mindset to tackle ethics in the digital technology space.

Gurdip Singh has been named as the new divisional dean for the School of Computing and professor in the College of Engineering and Computing.

Long-time faculty member and associate chair of the Department of Systems Engineering and Operations Research, Andrew (Andy) Loerch passed away June 16 after an unexpected and brief battle with cancer. Loerch had just retired on May 24, 2022 after 22 years of service to ÑÇÖÞAV.

Bonnie Crews joins ÑÇÖÞAV as the Senior Director of Advancement for the College of Engineering and Computing.

An enterprising team of System Engineering students decided it might be worth investigating to see if they could uncover how to decrease costs and improve efficiencies to maintain jet engine parts.

Hybrid Air Vehicles sponsored a System Engineering Capstone team to develop a tool to assess the best seat and payload configuration for their vehicle for routes in the U.S. market.