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 CS assistant professor Lishan Yang
    Lishan Yang

    Assistant Professor, Department of Computer Science

    Research Interests: System reliability, including the reliable operation of GPUs, nonconventional sensors, autonomous driving systems, and neural networks
  • Mason ECE assistant professor Ningshi Yao
    Ningshi Yao

    Assistant Professor, Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering

    Research Interests: Human-robot interactions, human-robot co-learning, bio-inspired robotics, distributed resource allocation
  • Computer Science assistant professor Shuochao Yao
    Shuochao Yao

    Assistant Professor, Department of Computer Science

    Research Interests: physical-aware, resource-efficient, reliable, and predictable artificial intelligence systems for future intelligent Internet of Things (IoT) and Cyber-Physical Systems (CPS)
  • A headshot of CS assistant professor Ziyu Yao, wearing glasses, a dark winter coat with a fur-trimmed hood, stands outdoors near a green-tiled wall and brick buildings.
    Ziyu Yao

    Assistant Professor, Department of Computer Science

    Research Interests: Human-AI interaction, NLP, machine learning
  • Mason CS assistant professor Grigory Yaroslatsev
    Grigory Yaroslavtsev

    Assistant Professor, Department of Computer Science

    Research Interests: Machine learning, data science, and private data release
  • A headshot of CS associate professor Jinwei Ye, wearing a grey blazer over a white blouse, facing the camera and smiling slightly against a neutral grey background.
    Jinwei Ye

    Associate Professor, Department of Computer Science

    Research Interests: Computer vision, computational imaging, and computer graphics
  • A headshot of CS assistant professor Binqian (Bella) Yin, wearing a red checkered blouse in front of a beige background.
    Binqian (Bella) Yin

    Assistant Professor (Teaching), Department of Computer Science

    Research Interests: Developing novel machine learning algorithms for geological problems
  • Bo Yu wears a gray skirt suit and glasses
    Bo Yu

    Associate Professor, Department of Cyber Security Engineering

    Research Interests: Computer Network Security, Autonomous Vehicle Safety, Medical Safety and Sensitive Data Privacy, Cyber Physical Systems (CPS) Security Assurance, Machine Learning
  • A photo of CS associate professor Lap-Fai (Craig) Yu, wearing a light blue button-up shirt, sitting indoors with an American flag blurred in the background.
    Lap-Fai (Craig) Yu

    Associate Professor, Department of Computer Science

    Research Interests: Human-computer interaction (HCI), virtual reality (VR)/augmented reality (AR)
  • George Mason statue
    Khadija Zaidi

    Assistant Professor, Department of Bioengineering

    Research Interests: Neural deficits and motor control, Upper extremity functional impairments, Computational modeling of human movement