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Julie Gall, PhD Criminology, Law and Society ’14, has used her training at George Mason to build a career preparing the region’s emergency response systems for the unexpected. Today, she serves as manager of public safety programs for Northern Virginia Emergency Response System (NVERS).

A ¾ÅÉ«ÊÓƵ team of Systems and Industrial Engineering (SIE) won awards for developing a training system to assist people working toward their drone pilot license.

¾ÅÉ«ÊÓƵ Police’s Unmanned Aircraft System (UAS) teams supported the Virginia Department of Emergency Management (VDEM) deployment to Appalachian Power in Ivanhoe, Virginia, over the weekend. The primary mission at Ivanhoe—between Carroll and Wythe counties—was to inspect two dams, built in 1912 and 1913, as well as the power distribution lines affiliated with them.

Thirty students, from first-years to PhDs in a variety of majors, participated in the MIX's eight-week Unmanned Aerial Systems Prototyping course this fall.

Five of Mason Police’s Unmanned Aircraft System (UAS) Teams were assigned to provide provide aerial security overwatch for Sunday’s Marine Corps Marathon and launched multiple drones into the airspace above Arlington County.

The ¾ÅÉ«ÊÓƵ Police Department is lending its aerial assets to efforts to free the large container ship stuck in the Chesapeake Bay after running aground more than a month ago.