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Celebrating 10 Years of Zoox: NVIDIA Conducts Fireside Chat with Zoox CEO Aicha Evans

NVIDIA reported on the fireside chat their founder and CEO held with Zoox’s CEO, Aicha Evans, B.S. ‘96, and cofounder and CTO, Jesse Levinson, in honor of Zoox’s 10th anniversary.

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GW Engineering Alumna Serena Auñon-Chancellor Advances Cancer Research Aboard ISS

NASA and ISS fund five research projects addressing cancer risks, with GW Engineering alumna astronaut Serena Auñon-Chancellor contributing to Angiex Cancer Therapy.

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Aicha Evans on Zoox's Robotaxi Vision: Featured in Fortune, Observer, and Bloomberg

Zoox CEO Aicha Evans, B.S. '96, featured in Bloomberg Technology, Fortune, and Observer, outlines Zoox's unique robotaxi vision, competitive edge, and future plans for commercialization.

Professor Hermann J. Helgert and his wife, Janet, at a past SEAS Engineers' Ball.

Professor Hermann J. Helgert Creates $3 Million Fellowship Fund to Support Doctoral Research

GW Today announced Professor Emeritus Hermann J. Helgert established the Helgert Family Endowed Fellowship, providing a perpetual funding source to support doctoral students in the ECE Department.

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Empowering Early-Career Faculty

Alongside faculty from Virginia Tech, ECE Professors Tian Lan and Weidong Cao helped coordinate the NSF CISE CAREER Workshop hosted on April 29 and 30 in the Science & Engineering Hall.

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GW Engineering Alumnus Fan Yao Named 2024 NSF CAREER Award Winner

GW Engineering and Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering alumnus Fan Yao, Ph.D. ‘18, was named a 2024 NSF Faculty Early Career Development program (CAREER) award winner.

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GW Engineering Alumnus Arun Vemury Named 2024 SIA Excellence in Government Service Award Winner

Homeland Security Today reported that GW Engineering alumnus Arun Vemury was named a 2024 SIA Excellence in Government Service Award winner.

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Young People Make History and It’s Our Job to Support Them

The George Washington University School of Engineering and Applied Science is excited to welcome W. Scott Amey, M.S. ‘75 as the 2024 GW Engineering graduation celebration speaker.

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GW Engineering Student and Faculty Member Win Prizes at Regional NAGS Event

GW Today detailed the annual meeting of the Northeastern Association of Graduate Schools, where ECE professor Gina Adam and systems engineering doctoral student Leah Kaplan received awards.

From left: ECE Department Chair Tarek El-Ghazawi, Professor Herman J. Helgert, GW Engineering Dean John Lach, and Vice Provost for Graduate and Postdoctoral Affairs Suresh Subramaniam.

Professor Helgert Gives Back to GW Engineering Through Endowed Fellowship

On May 2, Professor Hermann J. Helgert joined GW Engineering Dean John Lach in a signing ceremony to establish the Helgert Family Endowed Fellowship in the Department of Electrical and Computer...