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Colin Reagle joined George Mason University in January 2014 as an Assistant Professor of Mechanical Engineering specializing in the area of thermal fluid flows and sustainable energy. He is working to build the mechanical engineering program through teaching, research, and community outreach. Colin received his doctorate, master’s, and bachelor’s degrees from Virginia Tech in mechanical engineering (2007, 2009, 2012).

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Oscar Barton, Jr., Ph.D, P.E. is a Professor of Mechanical Engineering at George Mason University A native of Washington, D.C., Professor Barton received his B.S in Mechanical Engineering from Tuskegee (Institute) University, his M.S in Mechanical Engineering and Ph.D degree in Applied Mechanics from Howard University. Dr. Barton joined the faculty of Mechanical Engineering Department at George Mason University fall 2014, after completing a 22 year career at the U.S. Naval Academy. His research focuses on the development of approximate closed form solutions for linear self-adjoint systems, those that govern the responses of composite structures, and the analysis of dynamic systems. More recently, He has mentored numerous midshipmen through independent research projects and has directed two Trident Scholars, the Naval Academy's flagship research program. He has published over 50 journal and conference articles on these topics.

Dr. Barton is actively involved in curriculum development and program assessment. He chairs ASME Committee on Engineering Accreditation. He serves a Commissioner for Engineering Accreditation Commission of ABET, Inc. and was a program evaluator for 6 six years prior to joining the commission. Dr. Barton holds a professional engineering license in the State Maryland. He is a member of the Board of Education, ASME.

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Ken Ball is Dean of the Volgenau School of Engineering at George Mason University in Fairfax, Virginia. He received his BSME degree from Lehigh University, his MSME and PhD in mechanical engineering from Drexel University, and completed post-doctoral studies in applied mathematics at Brown University. He previously served as the L.S. Randolph Professor and Head of the Department of Mechanical Engineering at Virginia Tech from 2004-2012, and was Temple Foundation Endowed Faculty Fellow in Engineering and Professor of Mechanical Engineering at The University of Texas at Austin from 1989-2004.

Ken has been an active member of ASEE since 1992. He is currently the Campus Representative Coordinator for the Southeast Section of ASEE, and also serves on the ASEE Constitution and Bylaws Committee. Ken has been involved in the ASEE Public Policy Colloquium the past four years, and is a member of the ASEE Deans Public Policy Committee. Ken is a registered professional engineer in the State of Texas and a member of NSPE. He is also active in the Virginia Society of Professional Engineers, and is involved in legislative initiatives and public policy issues at both the state and local levels.

Ken is an Associate Fellow of AIAA and a Fellow of ASME. He served on the Executive Committee of the ASME Department Heads Committee from 2006-2012, and was Secretary and Vice-Chair Elect. He is an ABET Program Evaluator and a Commissioner on the Engineering Accreditation Commission. He also serves on the ASME Board on Education’s Committee on Engineering Accreditation. In 2012, he was awarded the Edwin F. Church Medal by ASME for “eminent service in increasing the value, importance, and attractiveness of mechanical engineering education.” He has published over 100 technical articles and has obtained funding in excess of $20M for research projects and educational program development in engineering.

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Abe Eftekhari.

Ph.D. in Mathematical Science, University of Texas
M.S. in Nuclear Engineering, MIT.

Abe Eftekhari has is presently the Dean for Mathematics, Science & Engineering at NVCC (since July 2007). He is also a Environmental/Energy consultant with Picket Consulting and On-Location.
He served as the Chairperson of the Computer Science and Information Technology Department of Southeastern University (1998 - 2007).
Before joining SEU, he was the Chief Scientist responsible for Research and Development Programs at Mnemonic Systems (FBI pattern recognition contracts) in Washington, DC. (1996 - 1998).
He has worked as a Research Scientist at the NASA Langley Research Center while teaching at Hampton University as a full professor (1989 - 1996).
Principal Engineer at Reuters Information Service in Long Island (1987 - 1988).
Bio-mathematician at the Cornell University Medical College (1985 - 1987).
Postdoc./Physics Lecturer at UTA (1982 – 1985).
Manager of the training department at Bell Operation Corporation -Textron in Hurst, Texas (1978 - 1980).

Abe Eftekhari is also an adjunct member of the faculties of Johns Hopkins University, George Mason University, George Washington University, and the Maryland University. His previous teaching positions were with Hampton University, Dowling College, Tarrent County Junior College, and the University of Texas at Arlington.

Abe Eftekhari has been recipient of several research grants from NSF, NASA, Space Grant Consortium, and NIH. In recent years he has been the Principal Investigator of three research grants in data-mining, satellite communication and Web-enabled Intelligent Tutoring System.
Abe Eftekhari publishes in Physics and Material Science Journals under the subject of “Positron Annihilation Spectroscopy and Micro/Nano-structural Characteristics of Material”. He has patented five inventions, including a table-top low-energy positron accelerator apparatus.

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