College of Engineering and Computing Graduate Faculty

Several categories of graduate faculty exist at George Mason University. Current Mason tenured and tenure-track faculty are automatically granted active graduate faculty status and maintain that status throughout their employment as tenure-line faculty. Please see the list of CEC’s tenured and tenure-track graduate faculty below. CEC and Provost-appointed non-tenured/tenure-track graduate faculty can be found in the database located on the Provost’s Office website.

Meet the College of Engineering and Computing Tenured and Tenure-Track Graduate Faculty

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    Associate Professor, Department of Computer Science

    Research Interests: Multi-gigabit millimeter wave wireless networks, wearable computing systems, remote sensing through RF signals, and Internet-of-Things for healthcare applications and energy efficiency in cyber-physical systems
  • Mason associate professor Nathalia Peixoto

    Associate Professor, Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering; Affiliate Faculty in Bioengineering

    Research interests: Brain-computer interfaces with wearable devices, neural engineering, biomedical applications of sensors and actuators
  • A headshot of Bioengineering professor Ketul Popat

    Chair, Professor, Department of Bioengineering

    Research Interests: Biomaterials, Tissue Engineering, Nanomaterials, Surface Modification, Orthopedic and Cardiovascular applications
  • Headshot of assistant professor David J. Porfirio

    Assistant Professor, Department of Computer Science

    Research Interests: Human-robot interaction, end-user development, AI planning, interaction design
  • Mason Electrical and Computer Engineering assistant professor Sai Manoj

    Assistant Professor, Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering

    Research Interests: Distributed learning for MAS, information security for NxG robots, resilient multi-robot systems
  • Mason IST associate professor Hemant Purohit

    Associate Professor / Tenured

    Research Interests: Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning, Human-Centered Computing, Smart Communities
  • Mason statistics professor Wanli Qiao

    Associate Professor, Department of Statistics

    Research Interests: Nonparametric statistics, geometric data analysis, machine learning, extreme value theory
  • Mason SEOR assistant professor Ali Raz

    Assistant Professor, Department of Systems Engineering and Operations Research

    Research Interests: Defense and aerospace systems, system of systems/ multi-robots, information fusion, test, evaluation, and explainable AI
  • Associate Professor Pouya Rezai

    Associate Professor, Department of Mechanical Engineering

    Research Interests: Microfluids, Lab-on-a-Chip, Point of Need Detection, Sensors, Multiphase Microfluidics
  • Mason CS associate professor Dana Richards

    Associate Professor, Department of Computer Science

    Research Interests: Parallel and Distributed Systems