Meet Our Faculty

  • Mason associate professor Songjun Luo wears a navy-blue suit and light shirt in his profile

    Associate Professor, Department of Systems Engineering and Operations Research

    Songjun Luo enjoys sharing his experience in applying analytical approaches to business problems with students.
  • Mason CEIE Professor Elise Miller-Hooks

    Professor and Interim Department Chair; affiliate faculty Systems Engineering and Operations Research

    Bill and Eleanor Hazel Endowed Chair

    Research Interests: Multi-hazard civil infrastructure resilience quantification, disaster planning and response, sustainability, network algorithms, transportation systems optimization, intermodal and freight transport, supply chains, public transit and alternative modes.
  • SEOR assistant professor Shima Mohebbi

    Assistant Professor, Department of Systems Engineering and Operations Research; CEIE Affiliate Faculty

    Research Interests: Cyber-physical systems, game theory, smart cities
  • Mason SEOR professor and associate dean of research Art Pyster

    Associate Dean for Research in the CEC; Professor, Department of Systems Engineering and Operations Research

    At Mason, Art Pyster is a professor of systems engineering, but his primary role is associate dean for research in the College of Engineering and Computing (CEC)
  • Mason SEOR assistant professor Ali Raz

    Assistant Professor, Department of Systems Engineering and Operations Research

    Research Interests: Defense and aerospace systems, system of systems/ multi-robots, information fusion, test, evaluation, and explainable AI
  • SEOR associate professor 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
  • Mason SEOR professor and department chair John Shortle has balding hair and wears a light-blue shirt in his profile

    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.
  • Volgenau Divisional Dean 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

    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
  • SEOR and mechanical engineering professor Janis Terpenny

    Professor, Department of Systems Engineering and Operations Research and Department of Mechanical Engineering

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