EXHIBIT 24.1
                                GSE SYSTEMS, INC.
                              9189 Red Branch Road
                            Columbia, Maryland 21045


                                POWER OF ATTORNEY

     KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS that the undersigned  Officers and Directors
of GSE Systems,  Inc., a Delaware  corporation,  hereby  constitute  and appoint
Christopher  M. Carnavos,  Jeffery G. Hough and Stephen J. Fogarty,  and each of
them, the true and lawful agents and  attorneys-in-fact  of the undersigned with
full power and authority in said agents and attorneys-in-fact, and in any one or
both of them, to sign,  for the  undersigned  and in their  respective  names as
Officers and Directors of the  Corporation the Annual Report on Form 10-K of the
Corporation to be filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission, Washington,
D.C., under the Securities  Exchange Act of 1934, as amended,  and any amendment
or amendments to such Annual  Report;  hereby  ratifying and confirming all acts
taken by such  agents  and  attorneys-in-fact,  or any one or more of  them,  as
herein authorized.

Dated:   March 26, 1999



         Name                            Title

/S/ JEROME I. FELDMAN             Chairman of the Board
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    Jerome I. Feldman

/S/ CHRISTOPHER M. CARNAVOS       President and Director
- ---------------------------       (Principal Executive Officer)
    Christopher M. Carnavos
                                  Senior Vice President and Chief Financial 
/S/ JEFFERY G. HOUGH              Officer  (Principal Finance and Accounting 
- ---------------------------       Officer)
    Jeffery G. Hough

/S/  SHELDON L. GLASHOW           Director 
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     Sheldon L. Glashow

/S/ JOHN A. MOORE, JR.            Director
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    John A. Moore, Jr.

/S/ GEORGE J. PEDERSEN            Director  
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    George J. Pedersen

/S/ SYLVAN SCHEFLER               Director  
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    Sylvan Schefler