Engineers, by nature, like tinkering. But when Orville Standifer, SEAS BS ’67, tackles a do-it-yourself project, he takes it to the extreme. Take his re-piping project. After two hot water pipes in his house sprang pinhole leaks in a 60-day period, he decided to redo much of the plumbing in his house. The project was […]
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GW Alumna Prepares for International Space Station Mission
Astronaut Serena Auñón-Chancellor, SEAS BS ’97, said the first time she sat down for a class about the electrical power station on the International Space Station (ISS), the NASA instructor was concerned that it might not make much sense to her. As a former flight surgeon, this information was outside of her expertise—but as a […]
Alumnus Creates Scholarship for Future Engineers
Reg Mitchell, SEAS BS ’65, MS ’67 remembers the moment that his lifelong fascination with trains began. He was 3 years old, standing on a platform at Washington, D.C.’s Union Station with his father. It was the first time he saw a steam locomotive up close and personal. “I was just drawn to it,” Mitchell […]
A New England Welcome
President Thomas LeBlanc shared his university priorities with GW community members in the greater Boston area, including members of the class of 2022. Generations of Colonials—from the class of 1953 to the incoming class of 2022—came together April 10 in Boston to make new connections and hear from the George Washington University President Thomas […]
Annual 5K Honors SEAS Graduate Taken by Oral Cancer
Months before his passing from oral cancer in 2009, Peter Hoffman, SEAS BS ’07, began scripting notes about an idea. While undergoing treatment in London, Peter started organizing a DC-based 5K walk/run to raise funds for oral cancer awareness and research. In April of 2015, six years after Peter’s death, the Hoffman family made Peter’s […]
Christine Darden Is One of NASA’s ‘Hidden Figures’
NASA engineer Christine Darden is often asked which movie star played her in the motion picture “Hidden Figures,” the film about African American women who worked as human computers during the era of the space race. “I am not in the movie, but I am in the book,” she told a George Washington University Lehman […]
In Their Own Words: Priya and Andrew
Thanks to Priya Mehta, CCAS BA ’12, SMHS MD ’16, and Andrew Vasko, SEAS BS ’13, MS ’15, for sharing their story! My fiancé, Andrew Vasko, and I met 8 years ago at GW. We were both freshman living in Lafayette Hall; I was on the 8th floor and he was on the 7th. We […]
In Their Own Words: Lindsay and John
Thanks to Lindsay Martin, SMPA BA ’15, and John Gearheart, SEAS BS ’13, for sharing their story! I met my fiancé John when I joined the University Singers in January 2012. We had some memorable initial conversations that spring semester, but we really had a chance to connect when we were cast as romantic opposites […]
Colonial Love: Andrew & Elizabeth
As sophomores at GW, Andrew (Andy) and Elizabeth (Elizabeth “Lisa” Smith) Lacher had something in common right off the bat – they were the only two engineering majors on their floor in Crawford Hall. Their roommates were already friends, so between shared classes, study groups, and free time, Andy and Elizabeth found they were often […]
A Different Kind of Operation
Studying engineering was not on Anirudh Kulkarni’s mind when he began his freshman year at GW in 1982. He wanted to become a doctor, like his father, and go the pre-med route as an undergraduate. The elder Kulkarni, recognizing the tremendous analytical skills of his son, suggested engineering might be better suited to his natural […]