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.

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  • Mason SEOR professor and department chair John Shortle has balding hair and wears a light-blue shirt in his profile

    Professor and Chair, 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
  • Mason professor Robert Simon a plaid-blue shirt and glasses

    Professor, Department of Computer Science

    Research Interests: Wireless sensor networks, mobile networking, performance analysis, robotic cooperation
  • Mason school of computing dean Gurdip Singh

    Divisional Dean, School of Computing

    Research Interests: Real-time embedded systems, sensor networks, network protocols, distributed computing
  • Mason CS associate professor Mark Snyder

    Associate Professor, Department of Computer Science

    Research Interests: Computer Science Education, Computer Systems
  • Volgenau Divisional Dean Ariela Sofer

    Divisional Dean for the Volgenau School of Engineering; Professor, Systems Engineering and Operations Research

    Ariela Sofer is the Divisional Dean for the Volgenau School of Engineering and a professor in the Systems Engineering and Operations Research department.
  • Mason associate professor Vadim Sokolov wears a blue striped shirt

    Associate Professor, Department of Systems Engineering and Operations Research; CEIE Affiliate Faculty

    Research Interests: Bayesian statistics, machine learning, deep learning, complex systems and simulation, numerical optimization, intelligent transportation systems
  • Mason CS assistant professor Shvetha Soundararajan

    Assistant Professor, Department of Computer Science

    Research Interests: Agile Transformation, Software Metrics, Software Quality Assessment and Prediction, User Experience Research, Requirements Engineering, Educational Technology, Computer Science Education, and Software Architecture
  • Mason ECE associate professor Tolga Soyata

    Associate Professor, Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering

    Research Interests: Computer architecture, CMOS VLSI ASIC design, FPGA-based system design, and GPU architecture and programming