FAIRFAX, Va., May 7 -- George Mason University issued the following news release:
What began as a routine college course quickly turned into an innovation with real‑world impact for a team of systems engineering students, winning first place in the George Mason Patriot Pitch Social Impact Track along with a People's Choice Award. The team also captured first place in the U.S. Military Academy System Engineering Design Competition.
"One minute we were playing video games in our dorm room. The next we were in the system engineering capstone class designing ways to deliver humanitarian aid to citizens in distress," said Tim Shipman, a senior system engineering major. "Systems engineering is mind‑blowing."
The student team set ou...