List of Announcements (details below): * VSE in the News * Study Leave Applications: Extension in Deadlines * Khondkar Islam Receives Funding from Silicon Valley Community Foundation * Max Albanese Receives Funding from Northrop Grumman * Kai Zeng Receives Funding from NSF -------------------------------------------------------------- *VSE in the News* Here is a list of news stories about VSE that have been posted at http://volgenau.gmu.edu/, or that have appeared in other venues in the last week. Beyond Mason * The Future of Personal and Photo Drones <http://thekojonnamdishow.org/shows/2014-08-26/future-personal-and-photo-drones> [Chris Vo, a PhD student in our Computer Science program, was featured on The Kojo Nnamdi Show on Tuesday, August 26] * Young Pilot Named Finalist in Entrepreneur Contest <http://generalaviationnews.com/2014/08/26/young-pilot-named-finalist-in-entrepreneur-contest/> [this story in /General Aviation News/ reports on John Hill, a Mason undergraduate advised through Volgenau's Laboratory for IT Entrepreneurship (http://lite.gmu.edu/); this was one of my announcements for 08/11/14] At the Volgenau website (http://volgenau.gmu.edu/): * CEIE Hosts Nine Foreign Students for Summer Research <http://volgenau.gmu.edu/home/-/asset_publisher/HNSOWRmBcc5U/content/ceie-hosts-nine-foreign-students-for-summer-research?redirect=http%3A%2F%2Fvolgenau.gmu.edu%2Fhome%3Fp_p_id%3D101_INSTANCE_HNSOWRmBcc5U%26p_p_lifecycle%3D0%26p_p_state%3Dnormal%26p_p_mode%3Dview%26p_p_col_id%3Dcolumn-3%26p_p_col_count%3D1> * Volgenau Students Shine at STARS Celebration <http://volgenau.gmu.edu/home/-/asset_publisher/HNSOWRmBcc5U/content/volgenau-students-shine-at-stars-celebration?redirect=http%3A%2F%2Fvolgenau.gmu.edu%2Fhome%3Fp_p_id%3D101_INSTANCE_HNSOWRmBcc5U%26p_p_lifecycle%3D0%26p_p_state%3Dnormal%26p_p_mode%3Dview%26p_p_col_id%3Dcolumn-3%26p_p_col_count%3D1> * Town Hall with Provost David Wu <http://volgenau.gmu.edu/home/-/asset_publisher/HNSOWRmBcc5U/content/town-hall-with-provost-dr-david-wu?redirect=http%3A%2F%2Fvolgenau.gmu.edu%2Fhome%3Fp_p_id%3D101_INSTANCE_HNSOWRmBcc5U%26p_p_lifecycle%3D0%26p_p_state%3Dnormal%26p_p_mode%3Dview%26p_p_col_id%3Dcolumn-3%26p_p_col_count%3D1> If you have suggestions for other stories, please submit them to Martha Bushong, [log in to unmask] <mailto:[log in to unmask]>. -------------------------------------------------------------- *Study Leave Applications: Extension in Deadlines* Because of a security breach, the server that hosts the application used for study leaves is not available.As a result, the deadlines for applications will be extended.Because it is not known when the server will be available, the new deadlines have not yet been specified. If you have questions about this, please contact Peter Barcher ([log in to unmask] <mailto:[log in to unmask]>). -------------------------------------------------------------- *Khondkar Islam Receives Funding from Silicon Valley Community Foundation* Khondkar Islam of the Applied Information Technology Department received $50K from the Silicon Valley Community Foundation for his project, "A Framework to Expand Outreach via the Virtual Learning Model." -------------------------------------------------------------- *Max Albanese Receives Funding from Northrop Grumman* Max Albanese of the Applied Information Technology Department received $7K from Northrop Grumman Corporation for his project, "Cybersecurity Engineering of Transportation Systems." -------------------------------------------------------------- *Kai Zeng Receives Funding from NSF* Kai Zeng of the Electrical & Computer Engineering Department received $225K from the National Science Foundation for his project, "Collaborative Research: Intelligence Measure of Cognitive Radio Networks." -- =============================================================== Stephen G. Nash Senior Associate Dean Volgenau School of Engineering George Mason University Nguyen Engineering Building, Room 2500 Mailstop 5C8 Fairfax, VA 22030 [log in to unmask] Phone: (703) 993-1505 Fax: (703) 993-1633 http://volgenau.gmu.edu/web/volgenau/senior-associate-dean
