List of Announcements (details below):

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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

At the Volgenau website (http://volgenau.gmu.edu/):

If you have suggestions for other stories, please submit them to Martha Bushong, [log in to unmask].

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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]).

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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.”

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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.”

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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.”

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Stephen G. Nash
Senior Associate Dean
Volgenau School of Engineering
George Mason University
Nguyen Engineering Building, Room 2500
Mailstop 5C8
Fairfax, VA 22030

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Phone: (703) 993-1505
Fax: (703) 993-1633
http://volgenau.gmu.edu/web/volgenau/senior-associate-dean