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For Mason computer science PhD students Brian Hrolenok, Keith Sullivan and Chris Vo, playing with robots is all in a day’s work.

The trio recently returned from a trip to Austria, where their soccer-playing robots competed in the Robocup World Championships — the premiere robotics competition and academic conference.

Jennifer Carroll Interview

George Mason University, located in the heart of Northern Virginia's technology corridor near Washington, D.C., is an innovative, entrepreneurial institution with national distinction in a range of academic fields. With strong undergraduate and graduate degree programs in engineering, information technology, biotechnology and health care, Mason prepares its students to succeed in the work force and meet the needs of the region and the world. Mason professors conduct groundbreaking research in areas such as cancer, climate change, information technology and the biosciences, and Mason's Center for the Arts brings world-renowned artists, musicians and actors to its stage. Its School of Law is recognized by U.S. News & World Report as one of the top 50 law schools in the United States.

Explore beyond the “No Trespassing” signs on the construction site of the future Art and Visual Technology Building and hear about all of it's exciting new features. But there’s no need to throw on your boots and hard hat. You’ll find all access right here.

Researchers at George Mason University’s Center for Computational Fluid Dynamics recently unveiled a first of its kind patient-specific blood flow simulation system that was assembled by Phillips Medical Systems using software components developed at Mason. The cutting-edge technology has the potential to improve diagnostics and treatments for millions of Americans who are affected by brain aneurysms — saclike bulges in the blood vessels — each year. A multi-disciplinary team comprised of Mason’s computational scientists, Inova Fairfax Hospital’s neuroradiologists, and Phillips Medical System’s engineers, produced the application to provide neurologists with hemodynamic (blood flow) information that is believed to be of fundamental importance for understanding the evolution and rupture process of brain aneurysms.