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List of Announcements (details below):

  * VSE in the News
  * Photo of the Week
  * Funding Opportunity:Computer and Information Science and Engineering
    (CISE) Research Initiation Initiative (NSF)


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*VSE in the News*

Here is a list of new stories about VSE that have been posted:

Beyond Mason:

  * The Tonight Show starring Jimmy Fallon
    <http://www.nbc.com/the-tonight-show/segments/129606>: A week after
    graduating from George Mason University, Seth Robertson and Viet
    Tran made their debut on The Tonight Show starring Jimmy Fallon.
  * WAMU
    <http://wamu.org/news/15/05/21/kids_cheer_official_jeer_as_computer_glitches_delay_standardized_testing_in_virginia>:
    In a story about cyber security issues, professor Jim Jones says
    it’s likely a 12-year-old took down school systems’ Internet so as
    to avoid taking a test.


At the Mason Newsdesk (http://newsdesk.gmu.edu/):

  * Mason Students Graduate to The Tonight Show
    <http://newsdesk.gmu.edu/2015/05/mason-students-graduate-to-the-tonight-show/>:
    Seth Robertson and Viet Tran appear on the Tonight Show starring
    Jimmy Fallon and watch as Kevin Delaney demonstrates their wave
    extinguisher.
  * Korea Awards Cybersecurity Defense Grant to Mason Professors
    <http://newsdesk.gmu.edu/2015/05/korea-awards-cybersecurity-defense-grant-to-mason-professors/>:
    Angelos Stavrou and J.P. Auffret will provide technical consulting
    on test and evaluation methodologies for cybersecurity technologies
    that the Korea Agency for Defense Development is creating.


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

  * Volgenau School of Engineering Students Graduate to The Tonight Show
    <http://volgenau.gmu.edu/home/-/asset_publisher/HNSOWRmBcc5U/content/volgenau-school-of-engineering-students-graduate-to-the-tonight-show?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>:
    This is a version of the Newsdesk story featured above.
  * Student Chapter of ASCE Wins National Award
    <http://volgenau.gmu.edu/home/-/asset_publisher/HNSOWRmBcc5U/content/student-chapter-of-asce-wins-national-award?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>:
    George Mason University's team of engineering students won the title
    of #1 Stiffest Steel Bridge in the United Sates. First Place in
    Stiffness at the National Competition in Kansas City, Mo.
  * Korea Awards Cybersecurity Defense Grant to Mason Professors
    <http://volgenau.gmu.edu/home/-/asset_publisher/HNSOWRmBcc5U/content/korea-awards-cybersecurity-defense-grant-to-mason-professors?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>:
    This is a version of the Newsdesk story featured above.
  * What's in a Name? AIT Becomes IST
    <http://volgenau.gmu.edu/home/-/asset_publisher/HNSOWRmBcc5U/content/what-s-in-a-name-ait-becomes-ist?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>:
    The Department of Applied Information Technology is now the
    Department of Information Sciences and Technology
  * Information for Our Newest Alumni
    <http://volgenau.gmu.edu/home/-/asset_publisher/HNSOWRmBcc5U/content/information-for-our-newest-alumni?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>:
    Includes information about graduation photos from 2015 commencement.


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

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*Photo of the Week*



Members of the ASCE student chapter pose with their award at the 
National Steel Bridge Competition.

The steel bridge team members are: Ben Quann (Team Captain), Lisa Grube, 
Clint Ledford, Mark Fiorina, Yahya Ahmed, Brandon Limberis, and Farhan 
Choudhry.

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*Funding Opportunity:Computer and Information Science and Engineering 
(CISE) Research Initiation Initiative (NSF)*

Sponsor:Directorate for Computer and Information Sciences and 
Engineering/NSF

With the goal of encouraging research independence immediately upon 
obtaining one's first academic position after receipt of the PhD, the 
Directorate for Computer and Information Science and Engineering (CISE) 
will award grants to initiate the course of one's independent research. 
Understanding the critical role of establishing that independence early 
in one's career, it is expected that funds will be used to support 
untenured faculty or research scientists (or equivalent) in their first 
two years in a primary academic position after the PhD, but not more 
than a total of five years after completion of their PhD. One may not 
yet have received any other grants or contracts in the Principal 
Investigator (PI) role from any department, agency, or institution of 
the federal government, including from the CAREER program or any other 
program, post-PhD, regardless of the size of the grant or contract, with 
certain exceptions noted below. Serving as co-PI, Senior Personnel, 
Postdoctoral Fellow, or other Fellow does not count against this 
eligibility rule. Grants, contracts, or gifts from private companies or 
foundations; state, local, or tribal governments; or universities do not 
count against this eligibility rule.

Deadline(s):09/30/2015
Program URL: http://www.nsf.gov/pubs/2015/nsf15569/nsf15569.htm

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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