Meet Our Faculty

  • Mason assistant professor Quentin Sanders
    Quentin Sanders

    Assistant Professor, Department of Bioengineering and Department of Mechanical Engineering

    Research Interests: Bio-medical robots, soft robotics
  • Data analytics engineering instructor Bernard Schmidt
    Bernard Schmidt

    Instructor, Assistant Director MS Data Analytics Engineering Program

    Research Interests: Ranges from software development to systems and infrastructure engineering
  • Mason CYSE assistant professor Vijay Shah
    Vijay Shah

    Assistant Professor, Department of Cyber Security Engineering

    Research Interests: 5G/Next-G Networks, Wireless security, O-RAN, AI/ML, and Spectrum sharing
  • SEOR associate professor Lance Sherry
    Lance Sherry

    Associate Professor, Director at Center for Air Transportation Systems Research; Department of Systems Engineering and Operations Research

    Research Interests: Aircraft and drone systems, urban air mobility, air transportation, system modeling and simulation
  • Mechanical engineering assistant professor Daigo Shishika
    Daigo Shishika

    Assistant Professor, Department of Mechanical Engineering

    Research Interests: Multi-robot systems, multi-agent games
  • Mason SEOR professor and department chair John Shortle has balding hair and wears a light-blue shirt in his profile
    John Shortle

    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 Bioengineering professor Siddhartha Sikdar
    Siddhartha Sikdar

    Professor, Department of Bioengineering

    Research Interests: Biomechanics, Assistive Technology, Biomedical Imaging, Musculoskeletal Modeling, Neuroengineering, Neuroprosthetics, Rehabilitation Engineering, Sensorimotor Integration, Ultrasound
  • Volgenau Divisional Dean Ariela Sofer
    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 assistant professor Vadim Sokolov wears a light-blue, striped shirt in his profile and has brown hair
    Vadim Sokolov

    Assistant 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 ECE associate professor Tolga Soyata
    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