Systems Engineering and Operations Research

George Mason students won best paper in four of the five tracks at the 9th Annual Andrew P. Sage Memorial Design Competition.

A team of Systems Engineering and Operations Research is improving health care for people with intellectual and developmental disabilities.

A systems engineering team won first place in the George Mason Patriot Pitch Social Impact Track and won the People’s Choice Award, along with first place in the U.S. Military Academy System Engineering Design Competition.

George Mason University hosted one of the field's premier systems engineering conferences at Fuse in April.

Graduate students launched George Mason University’s INFORMS student chapter in January 2026 to optimize connection and professional development for an interdisciplinary community of master’s and PhD students.

George Mason University’s Department of Systems Engineering and Operations Research students turned bold ideas into award-winning innovations in 2025.

Fellowships, cybersecurity accolades, and top conference wins prove George Mason University’s Department of Systems Engineering and Operations Research isn’t just competing—it’s setting the standard for excellence.

Professor Lizhi Wang, a new faculty member with a joint appointment in George Mason University’s Department of Bioengineering and Department of Systems Engineering and Operations Research, has brought his systems approach to optimizing agriculture, livestock farming, and now human health.

The Department of Systems Engineering and Operations Research welcomes Guiping Hu as the new department chair. Hu is ready to take the department to new heights and achieve its full potential.

Four George Mason students in the aviation flight training and management minor took to the skies recently for a solo flight, the final step in completing requirements for the program.