Chairs and Directors

Center Directors | Institute Directors | Program Directors

Department Chairs

Department of Aerospace Engineering
Dr. Mark J. Lewis
Willis Young Professor and Chair
Room 3188 Glenn L. Martin Hall
Phone: (301) 405-1133
Email: mjlewis@umd.edu

Fischell Department of Bioengineering
Dr. William E. Bentley
Robert E. Fischell Distinguished Professor and Chair
Room 2330 Jeong H. Kim Engineering Building
Phone: (301) 405-4321
Email: bentley@umd.edu

Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering
Dr. Joseph Schork
Professor and Chair
Room 2113 Chemical and Nuclear Engineering Bldg.
Phone: (301) 405-1935
E-mail: fjschork@umd.edu

Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering
Dr. Ali Haghani
Professor and Chair
Room 1173D Glenn L. Martin Hall
Phone: (301) 405-1972
E-mail: haghani@umd.edu

Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering
Dr. Patrick O'Shea
Professor and Chair
Room 2415 A.V. Williams Building
Phone: (301) 405-3683
E-mail: poshea@umd.ed

Department of Fire Protection Engineering
Dr. Marino Di Marzo
Professor and Chair
Room 3104B J.M. Patterson Building
Phone: (301) 405-5257
E-mail: marino@umd.edu

Department of Materials Science and Engineering
Dr. Robert Briber
Professor and Chair
Room 2141 Chemical Engineering Bldg.
Phone: (301) 405-7313
E-mail: rbriber@umd.edu

Department of Mechanical Engineering
Dr. Avram Bar-Cohen
Professor and Chair
Room 2181B Glenn L. Martin Hall
Phone: (301) 405-3173
E-mail: abc@umd.edu

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Center Directors

Alfred Gessow Rotorcraft Center (AGRC)
Dr. Inderjit Chopra
Alfred Gessow Professor and Director
Room 3148 Glenn L. Martin Hall
Phone:(301) 405-1122
E-mail: chopra@umd.edu

Computer Aided Life Cycle Engineering (CALCE)
Dr. Michael Pecht
Chair, Professor and Director
Rm 1103 Engineering Laboratory Building
Phone:(301) 405-5278
E-mail: pecht@calce.umd.edu

Center for Environmental Energy Engineering (CEEE)
Dr. Reinhard Radermacher
Professor and Director
Room 4164A Glenn L. Martin Hall
Phone: (301) 405-5286
E-mail: raderm@umd.edu

Maryland Hybrid Networks Center (HyNet)
Dr. John Baras
Professor, Martin Marietta Chair, and Director
Room 2247 A.V. Williams Building
Phone: (301) 405-6606
E-mail: baras@umd.edu

Maryland Center for Automotive Research & Testing (MCAR)
Dr. Gregory Schultz
Lecturer
Phone: (301) 405-1000
E-mail: gschultz@umd.edu

Maryland Center for Firefighter Safety
Research & Development
Dr. Steven Edwards
Director
Phone: (301) 226-9960
E-mail: sedwards@mfri.org

Maryland NanoCenter
Dr. Gary Rubloff
Professor and Director
Room 2145 A.V. Williams Building
Phone: (301) 405-2949
E-mail: rubloff@umd.edu

Materials Research Science and Engineering Center (MRSEC)
Dr. Ellen D. Williams
Distinguished University Professor and Director
Room 2332 Physics Building
Phone: (301) 405-6156
E-Mail: edw@umd.edu

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Institute Directors

Institute for Physical Science & Technology (IPST)
Dr. Rajarshi Roy
Professor and Director
Room 4211 Computer & Space Sciences Building
Phone: (301) 405-4878
E-Mail: rroy@umd.edu

Institute for Research in Electronics & Applied Physics(IREAP)
Dr. Dan Lathrop
Associate Professor and Acting Director
Phone: (301) 405-1594
E-mail: lathrop@umd.edu

Institute for Systems Research (ISR)
Dr. Reza Ghodssi
Herbert Rabin Distinguished Associate Professor and Director
Room 2173 A.V. Williams Building
Email: ghodssi@umd.edu
Phone: (301) 405-8158

Maryland Technology Enterprise Institute (MTECH)
Dr. Herbert Rabin
Director and Associate Dean
Room 2120 Potomac Building
Phone: (301) 405-3906
E-mail: hrabin@umd.edu

University of Maryland Institute for Advanced Computer Studies (UMIACS)
Dr. V.S. Subrahmanian
Professor and Director
Room 3733 A.V. Williams Building
Phone: (301) 405-2711
E-mail: vs@umd.edu

Program Directors

Graduate Program in Bioengineering
Dr. Peter Kofinas
Professor and Director
Room 1120 Jeong H. Kim Engineering Building
Phone: (301) 405-7335
kofinas@umd.edu

Graduate Program in Nuclear Engineering
Professor Mohammad Modarres
Room 0151C Glenn L. Martin Hall
Phone: (301) 405-5226
E-mail: modarres@umd.edu

Master of Engineering and Public Policy (MEPP)
(Interdisciplinary)
Dr. Steven A. Gabriel
Associate Professor and Co-Director
Room 1143 Glenn L. Martin Hall
Phone: (301) 405.3242
Email: sgabriel@umd.edu

Master's Program in Telecommunications
(Interdisciplinary)
Dr. Mehdi Kalantari Khandani
Assistant Research Scientist and Director
Room 3447 A.V. Williams Building
Phone: (301) 405-6622
Email: mehkalan@umd.edu

Master of Science in Systems Engineering
Dr. Mark A. Austin
Associate Professor and Director
Room 2149 A.V. Williams Building
Phone: (301) 405-6627
E-mail: maustin1@umd.edu

Office of Advanced Engineering Education
Dr. George Syrmos
Executive Director
Room 2123 J.M. Patterson Building
Phone: (301) 405-3633
E-mail: syrmos@umd.edu

Project Management Program
John Hart Cable
Director
Room 1168 Glenn L. Martin Hall
Phone: (301) 405-8935
E-mail: jcable@umd.edu