The Volgenau School of Engineering is located in the Fairfax campus of George Mason University in the Commonwealth of Virginia. The Volgenau School offers programs at the B.S., M.S., and Ph.D. levels. In 2009, the school moved to a new building, which is a LEED certified green building.The Dean of the School is Dr. Kenneth Ball, its Senior Associate Dean is Dr. Steven Nash, and its Associate Dean for Undergraduate Studies is Dr. Sharon Caraballo.ResearchThe Volgenau School has an active research program that currently brings around $20 million a year in research expenditures. The school's faculty members published over 70 books and generated over 30 patents. Through the school's research and education in Information Assurance, Mason has been designated by the NSA and by the DHS as a Center of Excellence in Research in Information Security and Assurance and as a Center of Excellence in Education in Information Security and Assurance.Nine of the school's junior faculty members received the prestigious CAREER award from the National Science Foundation.DepartmentsDepartment of Applied Information Technology Department of Bioengineering Department of Civil, Environmental and Infrastructure Engineering Department of Computer Science Department of Electrical and Computer EngineeringDepartment of Statistics Department of Systems Engineering and Operations Research