Meet Our Faculty

Get to know our faculty and their areas of expertise

The College of Engineering and Computing features 200+ faculty members across 10 departments with areas of expertise in engineering and technology, research, design, and teaching. Select the tabs below to learn more about our expert faculty.

Bioengineering Faculty
Civil, Environmental, and Infrastructure Engineering Faculty
Cyber Security Engineering Faculty
Data Analytics Engineering Faculty
Electrical and Computer Engineering Faculty
Mechanical Engineering Faculty
Systems Engineering and Operations Research Faculty
Computer Science Faculty
Information Sciences and Technology Faculty
Statistics Faculty

Full Faculty Directory

  • A professional headshot of Professor of Practice Robert Pettit
    Robert Pettit

    Professor of Practice, Department of Computer Science; Associate Chair for Graduate Studies

    Research Interests: Software engineering, software design, real-time embedded software, mission-critical software, spaceflight software
  • A headshot of Bioengineering professor Ketul Popat
    Ketul Popat

    Chair, Professor, Department of Bioengineering

    Research Interests: Biomaterials, Tissue Engineering, Nanomaterials, Surface Modification, Orthopedic and Cardiovascular applications
  • Mason IST associate professor Hemant Purohit
    Hemant Purohit

    Associate Professor / Tenured

    Research Interests: Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning, Human-Centered Computing, Smart Communities
  • Mason statistics professor Wanli Qiao
    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
    Ali K. 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
  • Mason associate professor Michael S. Reep
    Michael Reep

    Associate Professor (Teaching), Department of Computer Science

    Research Interests: Software engineering, Agile in federal government, disciplined Agile
  • Associate Professor Pouya Rezai
    Pouya Rezai

    Associate Professor, Department of Mechanical Engineering

    Research Interests: Microfluids, Lab-on-a-Chip, Point of Need Detection, Sensors, Multiphase Microfluidics
  • Mason IST associate professor Hadi Rezazad
    Hadi Rezazad

    Associate Professor / Teaching

    Research Interests: AI and ML, Data Science, Cybersecurity, Education Technology, Health Informatics, Human-Centered Computing, Smart Communities
  • Mason CS associate professor Dana Richards
    Dana Richards

    Associate Professor, Department of Computer Science

    Research Interests: Parallel and Distributed Systems
  • A headshot of Statistics assistant professor Nicholas Rios stands for a headshot photo in front of the Nguyen Engineering building.
    Nicholas Rios

    Assistant Professor, Department of Statistics

    Research Interests: Experimental design, optimal subsampling, functional data analysis, computational statistics, Gaussian process modeling, models for compositional data analysis