Distinguished Scholar-Teacher Award

This university-wide award honors senior faculty who, as men and women of outstanding scholarly accomplishment, combined with excellence in teaching, personify our image of the professorate.

Meet The Clark School's Most Recent Recipient

Patrick O'Shea, chairman of the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, has been selected is a 2009-2010 University Distinguished Scholar-Teacher. O’Shea is the director of the University of Maryland Electron Ring and Free Electron Laser projects, and is leading a multi-disciplinary research team to develop charged particle beam technologies. He also is executive director of the new Center for Applied Electromagnetics.

O’Shea is a fellow of the American Physical Society, the American Association for the Advancement of Science and the Institute for Electrical and Electronic Engineers. He is the former Director of the Institute for Research in Electronics and Applied Physics.
Last fall, O'Shea taught "Explore Electronics," a one-credit introduction to electronics and circuitry. In the fall of 2009, he will teach "Electromagnetic Theory." O'Shea's current research is in the area of charged particle beam technology and applications.