Systems Engineering and Operations Research Faculty

  • June 16, 2026

    The College of Engineering and Computing's Janis Terpenny was elected president of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers.

  • May 6, 2026

    George Mason University hosted one of the field's premier systems engineering conferences at Fuse in April.

  • April 9, 2026

    Lizhi Wang was made a Fellow at the Institute of Industrial and Systems Engineers

  • January 23, 2026

    A George Mason professor is using machine learning to improve the yield of almond trees, a major crop around the world.

  • September 4, 2025

    The Department of Systems Engineering and Operations Research welcomes Guiping Hu as the new department chair. Hu is ready to take the department to new heights and achieve its full potential.

  • Research Interests: Machine Learning and Data Analytics, Supply Chain Design and Planning, Precision and Sustainable Agriculture, Manufacturing System Design and Modeling, Healthcare and Welfare Analytics

  • Research Interests: Operations research, Bilevel optimization, Plant breeding, Crop modeling, Data analytics, Digital twin

  • Research Interests: Mathematical Modeling, Data Visualization, Systems Thinking, Systems Engineering, Engineering Design

  • Research Interests: Cost Modeling, Cyber-Physical Systems, Requirements Engineering, Systems Engineering, Systems Modeling

  • Research Interests: Smart integrated systems and processes for design, manufacturing, and design education.