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.

Full Faculty Directory

  • A headshot of CS professor Amarda Shehu

    Inaugural VP and Chief AI Officer; Associate Dean for Research; Professor, Department of Computer Science

    Research Interests: Artificial Intelligence, foundation models, representation learning, generative AI, language models, AI-enabled scientific discovery
  • SEOR professor Lance Sherry

    Professor, Director at Center for Air Transportation Systems Research; Department of Systems Engineering and Operations Research

    Research Interests: Aircraft and drone systems, urban air mobility, air transportation, system modeling and simulation
  • Mechanical engineering assistant professor Daigo Shishika

    Assistant Professor, Department of Mechanical Engineering

    Research Interests: Multi-robot systems, Multi-Agent Games, Dynamics and Control, Cooperative Control, Animal Group Behavior, Bio-inspired Robotics
  • Mason SEOR professor John Shortle has balding hair and wears a light-blue shirt in his profile

    Professor, Department of Systems Engineering and Operations Research

    Research Interests: Simulation, queueing, and analysis of rare events with applications in air transportation, aviation safety, power systems, and telecommunications
  • Mason IST assistant professor Gene Shuman

    Associate Professor / Teaching

    Research Interests: Data mining, machine learning, analytics, visualization, biomechanical applications, software engineering, and project management.
  • Mason Bioengineering professor Siddhartha Sikdar

    Professor, Department of Bioengineering

    Research Interests: Biomechanics, Assistive Technology, Biomedical Imaging, Musculoskeletal Modeling, Neuroengineering, Neuroprosthetics, Rehabilitation Engineering, Sensorimotor Integration, Ultrasound
  • A headshot of School of Computing dean Gurdip Singh wearing a navy suit jacket, a light blue shirt and a striped red tie.

    Divisional Dean, School of Computing

    Research Interests: Real-time embedded systems, sensor networks, network protocols, distributed computing
  • Jennifer Skorzawski-Ross

    Acting Associate Dean for Graduate Programs, College of Engineering and Computing

    Research Interests: Higher Education Administration, Educational Leadership and Policy Studies, Organizational Effectiveness
  • A headshot of assistant professor Daniel Worthington Smith

    Assistant Professor, Sid and Reva Dewberry Department of Civil, Environmental, and Infrastructure Engineering

    Research Interests: Water treatment processes, Water quality; Global water, sanitation, and hygiene (WASH), Willingness to pay for public service and environmental improvements, Utility consolidation, Hazardous waste site engineering and remediation
  • A headshot of CS professor Mark Snyder wearing a blue dress shirt and tie.

    Professor (Teaching) and Associate Chair, Department of Computer Science

    Research Interests: Computer science education, computer systems