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There are many ways to look at the Clark School of Engineering. This page provides facts and brief descriptions concerning major attributes of the school, in the following categories: The Basics, News Summary, Engineering Education, Engineering Research, Technology Entrepreneurship, and Partners. In addition to the links provided at left, other useful sources include Significant Accomplishments and From the Dean.
Darryll Pines, Dean
Department Chairs and Institute Directors
Founded in College Park, Maryland
The College of Engineering becomes the Glenn L. Martin College of Engineering and Aeronautical Sciences
The Glenn L. Martin College of Engineering and Aeronautical Sciences becomes the Glenn L. Martin Institute of Technology
The academic departments and research institutes of the Glenn L. Martin Institute of Technology become the A. James Clark School of Engineering. The Glenn L. Martin Institute of Technology now comprises the Clark School plus units that provide outreach to business and industry, now collectively known as the Maryland Technology Enterprise Institute or MTECH.
For a detailed history of the Clark School, see "Engineering at the University of Maryland: The First 100 Years," by former dean George Dieter.
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On the north side of the College Park campus, the Clark School operates in 14 buildings (more than 750,000 square feet of space), either as the sole occupier or as a major stakeholder. The newest facility is the Jeong H. Kim Engineering Building. Other notable facilities include the Neutral Buoyancy Research Facility, Glenn L. Martin Wind Tunnel, and Bioprocess Scale-Up Facility (see Resources and Facilities).
- Engineering Research
The Clark School engages in a broad and deep array of research programs to solve important engineering problems and develop new knowledge.
- Engineering Education
The Clark School provides training for undergraduate and graduate students in the full range of engineering disciplines.
- Technology Entrepreneurship
The Clark School, through the Maryland Technology Enterprise Institute (MTECH), fosters technology entrepreneurship among students and faculty and serves the needs of technology businesses.
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The Clark School's graduate programs collectively rank 17th in the nation
according to the U.S. News & World Report "America's Best Graduate Schools
2010." The Clark School is ranked 9th in the nation among public universities
and is the top public graduate engineering program in the Mid-Atlantic area. In
2009 the Institute of Higher Education and Center for World-Class Universities
ranked the Clark School 14th in the world among all engineering programs.
Ranking: Undergraduate
The Clark School's undergraduate programs collectively rank 23rd in the nation
according to the 2010 U.S. News & World Report survey. The Clark School is tied
for 9th in the nation among public undergraduate engineering programs. Five
Clark School programs were ranked in the top 20 for their disciplines:
- Aerospace engineering: 6th
- Computer engineering 16th
- Electrical engineering 17th
- Mechanical engineering 20th
- Entrepreneurship programs* 11th
*These are offered by the Clark School's Maryland Technology Enterprise
Institute and the Smith School of Business.
- , pioneer airplane builder, university benefactor
- , Chairman and CEO, Clark Enterprises, Inc., Clark School benefactor. More about Mr. Clark »
- , Clark School faculty member and benefactor, president of Bell Labs. More about Dr. Kim »
- Robert E. Fischell, benefactor and inventor of medical devices.
- , Director of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration. More about Dr. Griffin »
- Brian Hinman, '82, benefactor, entrepreneur and educational innovator
- , Deputy Secretary of the U.S. Department of Defense. More about Mr. England »
- , co-founder of Sirius Satellite Radio.
- , and , 2005 Charles Stark Draper Prize winners. More about Mr. Miller and Mr. Plummer »
- The Clark School Board of Visitors consists of leaders from industry and government.
Members of the Innovation Hall of Fame, who may be alumni, faculty, and others closely linked with the Clark School, have made a positive impact on society by creating a working product, system or design, or by producing a comprehensive body of technical work that has advanced the understanding of the engineering profession.
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- Bachelor of Science
- Master of Science
- Master of Engineering
- Professional Master of Engineering
- Doctorate
- Engineering Graduate Certificate
- Undergraduate enrollment (total): 2968
- Fall '09 freshman class (total): 670
- Graduate enrollment (total): 1804
- Undergraduate transfer students per year: 100-125
- Undergraduate enrollment: 19.9 percent female, 10.4 percent underrepresented minorities and 30.5 percent minorities ("underrepresented minorities" does not include Asian Americans, but "minorities" does).
- Graduate enrollment: 22.9 percent female, 8.7 percent underrepresented minorities, 17.7 percent minorities
- Overall enrollment: 21 percent female, 9.8 percent underrepresented minorities, 25.6 percent minorities.
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- The Class of 2013 is 9.3 percent larger than the Class of 2012, totaling 670 new
students, including increased numbers of women.
- 50 percent of the class scored between 1290 and 1430 on the SAT.
- The Clark School's nearly 200 faculty members are nationally recognized
and highly respected in their fields.
- 100+ faculty members are fellows of engineering professional societies and 50+
are recipients of National Science Foundation Early Career Awards.
The Clark School and the National Academy of Engineering
- Tenured or Tenure-Track Faculty Members Who Are NAE Members:
- Gregory Baecher
- Jack Gansler
- C.D. Mote
- Katepalli Sreenivasan
- Non-Tenure-Track Faculty Members Who Are NAE Members:
- Arthur Bergles
- Mel Bernstein
- Howard Baum
- James Dally
- Robert Deutsch
- George Dieter
- Millard Firebaugh
- Robert Fischell
- Gerald Galloway
- Jeong Kim
- Lyle Schwartz
- Retired or Deceased NAE Members
- Howard Frank (retired)
- George Irwin (deceased)
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- Current external research expenditures: $126 million
- Major areas of emphasis:
- Telecommunications and networking
- Nanotechnology
- Systems research
- Embedded computing
- Rotorcraft technology
- Propulsion launch and re-entry vehicles
- Space robotics
- Intelligent transportation systems
- Advanced materials
- Electronic packaging
- Energy systems
- New product design and production
- Chaos theory
See also Research
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- ATK
- BAE Systems
- Bechtel
- Black and Decker
- Booz Allen Hamilton
- Cisco Systems
- Clark Construction Group, LLC
- Computer Sciences Corporation
- Constellation Energy
- ExxonMobil
- Hughes Network Systems
- IBM
- Lockheed Martin
- LGS
- Northrop Grumman
- Terex Corporation
- Texas Instruments
- Thales Communications
- Whiting-Turner
See Corporate Partners for
information about our program.
- National Aeronautics and Space Administration
See also: So You
Want to be an Astronaut?
- National Institutes of Health
- National Institute of Standards and Technology
- Army Research Laboratory
- Naval Research Laboratory
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