Mechanical Engineering Faculty

Our faculty work in thermal and fluid sciences, micro/nano mechanics, photonics, tribology, and energy-water nexus.

  • Mehdi Darehbidi wears a dark suit, striped tie, and glasses in his faculty profile for the Department of Mechanical Engineering

    Assistant Professor, Department of Mechanical Engineering

    Research Interests: Fatigue and Fracture, electrochemistry and corrosion, computational materials, reliability, thermodynamics and heat transfer, failure mechanics.
  • Assistant Professor Shaghayegh Bagheri in a black cardigan and white blouse

    Assistant Professor, Department of Mechanical Engineering

    Research Interests: Additive Manufacturing, advanced materials, failure mechanics
  • Mason assistant professor Ali Beheshti

    Assistant Professor, Department of Mechanical Engineering

    Research Interests: Additive Manufacturing, advanced materials, failure mechanics
  • Mason Instructor Colleen Berg

    Instructor, Department of Mechanical Engineering

    Colleen Berg has been an instructor in Mechanical Engineering since 2006.
  • Mason Bioengineering professor Juan Cebral

    Professor, Bioengineering and Mechanical Engineering

    Research Interests: Stroke, cerebral aneurysms, blood flow, image-based modeling, patient-specific modeling, computational fluid dynamics, hemodynamics, modeling medical devices
  • Professor and Director of MARC Missy Cummings

    Professor and Director of Mason Autonomy and Robotics Center (MARC); First American Bank Chair

    Missy Cummings is co-director of the Mason Autonomy and Robotics Center
  • Mechanical engineering associate professor Pei Dong

    Associate Professor, Department of Mechanical Engineering

    Research Interests: Materials Science, Carbon Nanomaterials, Energy, Water, Biomedical
  • Mechanical engineering assistant professor Zelalem Eshete

    Assistant Professor, Department of Mechanical Engineering

    Zelalem Eshete is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Mechanical Engineering.
  • A place holder photo of the George Mason statue for the faculty profile

    Adjunct Professor and Affiliate Faculty, Department of Mechanical Engineering

    Research Interests: Systems Engineering Theory and Engineering Design Decision Making. 
  • Mechanical engineering assistant professor Saanyol Igbax

    Assistant Professor, Department of Mechanical Engineering

    Research Interests: Thermal Fluid Systems, Power Plant Design Engineer, Sustainable Energy Systems, Safety and Quality Assurance in Manufacturing and Application of Teaching Methods