Our faculty have a wide range of expertise and education. Their interdisciplinary work in teaching and research spurs exciting opportunities for students and partners.
MARC has 50+ faculty members and dedicated PhD students who make strides in research and education that connect us with sponsors from across the public and private sectors.
MARC Leadership

Professor and Director of the Mason Autonomy and Robotics Center (MARC)

Associate Research Professor and Co-director of the Mason Autonomy and Robotics Center (MARC)
MARC-Affiliated Faculty
Associate Professor, Department of Computer Science
Research Interests: Haptics, computer vision, HRIProfessor; Director, Center for Transportation Public-Private Partnership Policy
Research Interests: Civil Engineering, Development and Delivery, Federalism/State and Local Government, Fiscal Policy and Budgeting, Infrastructure Finance, Public-Private Partnerships, Regional Development, Transportation Policy, Urban PolicyAssistant Professor, Sid and Reva Dewberry Department of Civil, Environmental, and Infrastructure Engineering
Research Interests: Integration of advanced data analytics, and complex system simulation in construction management and infrastructure systems.Don E. Kash Postdoctoral Fellow in Science and Technology Policy, Schar School of Policy and Government, George Mason University
Research Interests: Technology and Development; Technological Innovation; AI Policy; X-AI; Economics of Innovation; Tech Governance; Science and Technology PolicyAssociate Research Professor, Co-director of the Mason Autonomy and Robotics Center (MARC)
Kirkpatrick's research is interdisciplinary, cutting across such fields as Philosophy, Political Science, Public Policy, and Computer ScienceProfessor, Associate Chair, Department of Computer Science
Research Interests: Visual perception, navigation, machine learningAssociate Professor, Department of Computer Science
Research Interests: Multi-robot systems, motion planning, computational geometryProfessor, Department of Computer Science
Research Interests: Multi-agent systems, evolutionary computingAssociate Professor, Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering
Research Interests: Multi-robot systems, swarm robots, bio-inspired robots, distributed resource allocation