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

  • Mason cyber security engineering professor Zhengdao Wang
    Zhengdao Wang

    Professor, Department of Cyber Security Engineering

    Research Interests: Machine Learning, Cybersecurity, Signal Processing, Communications, Information Theory
  • GMU associate professor Mingkui Wei profile
    Mingkui Wei

    Associate Professor, Department of Cyber Security Engineering

    Research Interests: Computer network and web application security
  • Bioengineering associate professor Qi Wei
    Qi Wei

    Associate Professor, Department of Bioengineering

    Research Interests: Computer Simulation and Modeling, Computer Graphics, Robotics, Biomechanics, Biomedical Imaging, Musculoskeletal Modeling, Rehabilitation Engineering, Sensorimotor Integration
  • Mechanical engineering assistant professor Charles White
    Charles White

    Assistant Professor, Department of Mechanical Engineering

    Research Interests: Mechanics and material behavior.
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    Elizabeth White

    Associate Professor, Department of Computer Science

    Research Interests: Parallel and distributed systems
  • Mason CYSE Professor Duminda Wijesekera
    Duminda Wijesekera

    Professor, Department of Cyber Security Engineering

    Research Interests: Safety and security of networked control systems overall and Intelligent Transportation Systems (ITS), Next G-based Edge services, building digital twins and vulnerability detection, and mitigation and applying formal methods to ensure cyber security
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    Christi Wilcox

    Director of Programs and Research, Deputy Title IX Coordinator; Office of Outreach, Student Success, and Engagement (OSSE)

    Christi Wilcox is a higher education professional with extensive experience in cross-collaboration between higher education, community, corporate, and foundation partners.
  • A headshot of CS assistant professor Xuesu Xiao wearing a white collared shirt and black suit jacket.
    Xuesu Xiao

    Assistant Professor, Department of Computer Science

    Research Interests: Field robotics, motion planning, machine learning
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    Zhisheng Yan

    Associate Professor / Tenured; Co-Director of MS INFS Program

    Research Interests: Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning, Cybersecurity, Human-Centered Computing, Immersive Systems
  • Mason IST assistant professor Lei Yang
    Lei Yang

    Assistant Professor / Tenure-track

    Research Interests: Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning, Data Science