Meet Our Faculty

  • Mason cyber security engineering professor Zhengdao Wang

    Professor, Department of Cyber Security Engineering

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

    Associate Professor, Department of Cyber Security Engineering

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

    Assistant Professor, Department of Mechanical Engineering

    Research Interests: Mechanics and material behavior.
  • Mason CYSE Professor Duminda Wijesekera

    Professor, Department of Cyber Security Engineering and Department of Computer Science

    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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    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.
  • GM SEOR professor Ju Xie wears glasses and a light shirt

    Professor, Department of Systems Engineering and Operations Research

    Research Interests: Air Transportation, Artificial Intelligence, Cyber-physical Systems, Data Centers, Digital Twin, Manufacturing Management, Optimization, Power Systems, Simulation
  • Mason ECE assistant professor 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
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    Assistant Professor, Department of Bioengineering

    Research Interests: Neural deficits and motor control, Upper extremity functional impairments, Computational modeling of human movement
  • Mason professor Syed Abbas Zaidi

    Professor, Department of Systems Engineering and Operations Research

    Research Interests: Systems Architecture