Janis Terpenny, PhD

Janis Terpenny is Professor with joint appointments in the Department of Systems Engineering and Operations Research and the Department of Mechanical Engineering at George Mason University. She is also an Expert for the National Science Foundation (NSF) with a focus on manufacturing systems integration. Her research focuses on smart integrated systems and processes for design […]

Muhammad Salar Khan

I am a Postdoctoral Fellow in Science and Technology Policy at the Schar School of Policy and Government, George Mason University. I recently completed PhD in Public Policy from Schar School. Earlier, I earned a master’s degree in Public Policy (Economic Policy) as a Fulbright scholar at Oregon State University and a bachelor’s degree in […]

Holger Dannenberg, Ph.D.

Dr. Holger Dannenberg joined the Department of Bioengineering and the Interdisciplinary Program for Neuroscience as Assistant Professor at George Mason University in 2021. He completed his Ph.D. summa cum laude in Neuroscience at the University of Bonn, Bonn, Germany, in 2015 and completed his postdoctoral training in the Center of Systems Neuroscience at Boston University, […]

Bo Han, PhD

Bo Han’s research interests are in the areas of networked systems, mobile computing, and wireless networking. His research recently focuses on immersive video streaming, augmented, virtual, and mixed reality, and their applications in various domains such as education, training, healthcare, data visualization and analytics, and digital twin. He has published 70+ papers in prestigious international […]

Pelin Kurtay, PhD

Pelin Kurtay earned her PhD in Electrical and Computer Engineering from George Mason University. She is associate chair of the department and heads the undergraduate curriculum development efforts and other departmental initiatives. She is the recipient of the 2015 Teacher of Distinction Award at George Mason University for exceptional teaching and commitment to teaching-related activities […]

Estela Blaisten-Barojas, Ph.D.

Professor Blaisten-Barojas’s research interests are focused on the organization of the microscopic interactions between atoms and molecules in condensed phases of materials including biomaterials. Her research involves large scale dynamical simulations of systems in condensed phases, computational statistical mechanics algorithms, physics of elemental and molecular clusters, development of model potentials for molecular dynamics, applications of […]

Shahnaz Kamberi, DSc

Shahnaz Kamberi is an educational games and ed-tech designer and developer and a serious games published researcher. She has taught computer science and computer game programming courses for over twelve years at multiple levels, both onsite and online. Kamberi is a STEM research and outreach professional responsible for focusing on engaging the student in the […]

Mingrui Liu, PhD

I am an assistant professor at Department of Computer Science, George Mason University. Before that I was a postdoc at Rafik B. Hariri Institute at Boston University, hosted by Francesco Orabona. I received my Ph.D. at Department of Computer Science, The University of Iowa in August 2020, under the advise of Tianbao Yang. Before that […]

Sungsoo Ray Hong, PhD

Ray Hong is a researcher who specialized in Human-Computer Interaction. His emphasis is to help human users to better leverage Deep Neural Networks (DNNs) in the context below: 1. Human-AI Collaboration: My research group design interactive systems that leverage DNN-driven automation to support professional workers. In particular, we are developing interactive tools for radiologists who […]

Mehmet Altug, PhD

Mehmet Altug is an Associate Professor of Operations Management at the School of Business at George Mason University. Prior to joining George Mason, he was a faculty member of the Decision Sciences department at the George Washington University School of Business. He has a PhD in Decision, Risk and Operations from Columbia Business School. His […]