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Before you can build, you have to break

Before you can build, you have to break. How else will you begin to understand the strengths and weaknesses of the materials we build with? That’s what we do in the materials testing laboratories at GW. We break things.
Computers can simulate almost everything

How can the inanimate world of computers mimic the teeming life of the physical world? GW students learn just how computers can simulate almost everything—from airflow over an airplane wing to biological processes.
Interesting, important and powerful things

Think about turning on a bedroom light, placing a cell phone call or landing an aircraft. Circuits make all of these possible. GW students understand that circuits are the tools we use to make interesting, important and powerful things.
The Labs at GW

The Labs at GW: Our labs are where it all happens, where students experiment, analyze, create and design. In the labs, theory meets experimentation and ideas meet application while students master their projects, their innovations and their education.

Visit our Web site

SEAS students take pride in managing the rigors of engineering classes and the one-of-a-kind internships available in Washington, D.C.
http://www.seas.gwu.edu

Environmental Engineering

Our environmental engineering faculty and students use one of the world’s largest wastewater treatment plants as their real-world laboratory. As they do, they improve the water quality of the Potomac River and the Chesapeake Bay watershed.