Please visit us at our new website: https://megl.science.gmu.edu/.
This site will remain as an archive of our past activity, but will not be updated beyond Spring 2021.

MEGL is an experimental research lab in mathematics at George Mason University (L106 Exploratory Hall).
We develop alternative modes of experiencing mathematics and engage in grassroots public outreach that fosters excitement about mathematics. Our activities naturally lead to development in 3D printing, virtual reality, and parallel computing.
DONATE HERE. Donations support research, visualization, & outreach.
Announcements:
End of Semester Events: To showcase this semseter's research projects, we hosted two events, a poster session and symposium. For more info on these events visit this link.
Geometry Labs United 2020 Conference was held online by ICERM July 16 - 17. If you want to know more visit this link.
AMS Notices: MEGL and its sister labs have been prominently featured in the AMS Notices.
MEGL in the Media: MEGL has been featured in video and print. Check us out here!
Congratulations:
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2020 GMU Faculty Awards: Congratulations to Prof. Sean Lawton who won the prestigious 2020 University Teaching Excellence Award and also the OSCAR Mentoring Excellence Award 2020. He was also promoted to full professor. |
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Budapest Semester in Mathematics: We are very proud of MEGL student Julian Benali who was accepted into the Budapest Semester in Mathematics for Spring 2020. Congratulations! |
MEGL researchers publish results! Rarity, Ethan; Schluchter, Steven; Schroeder, J. Z. The Smallest Self-dual Embeddable Graphs in a Pseudosurface. Missouri J. Math. Sci. 30 (2018), no. 1, 85—92. https://projecteuclid.org/euclid.mjms/1534384958 |
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2018: MEGL member Marvin Castellon has been accepted in the mathematics PhD program at UC, Berkeley with the Chancellor's Fellowship. |
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MEGL member Stephanie Mui has won the regional competition to compete in the 2016 Intel International Science and Engineering Fair based on her work on embedding geometric surfaces in 3D (see examples of her 3D prints and 3D movies of tori and spheres). At the IISEF in Arizona she won the first place award of $2000 from American Mathematics Society. Stephanie is GMU's youngest graduate. Here is NBC coverage and FOX coverage. Washington Post article. |
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2017 graduating MEGL members: Patrick Bishop (BS), Mae Markowski (BS), Zhusong Mei (BS), Stephanie Mui (BS/MS), Tim Reid (BS) |
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Tim Reid won an OSCAR grant to do research in MEGL during Fall 2016. He will be continuing his search for "special words" in free groups. UPDATE: his work won a 2017 OSCAR Student Excellence Award, and was featured at the National Conference on Undergraduate Research where Tim presented his work. |
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MEGL member Austin Alderete has won the National Science Foundation Graduate Fellowship in Mathematical Sciences - Algebra, Number Theory, and Combinatorics based on his research during Summer 2015 and Fall 2015 under the tab Polytopes. He is now pursuing a PhD at the University of Texas-Austin. |
Archive of Accolades