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The women on the Clark School’s faculty pursue leading research in a wide range of topics and provide excellent teaching and mentoring skills in the classroom and many Clark School programs. They are:

Aerospace Engineering

Mary Bowden Mary Bowden, Visiting Professor
Research in space systems and operations, structural dynamics.
3156 Martin Hall | (301) 405-0011 | Profile
E-mail: bowden@umd.edu
Alison Flatau Alison Flatau, Professor
Magnetostrictive materials & transduction, nanotechnology sensors, synthetic jet actuators, and active flow control.
3148 Martin Hall | (301) 405-1131 | Profile | Website
E-mail: aflatau@umd.edu
Pino Martin Pino Martin, Associate Professor
Computational fluid dynamics, numerical simulation of turbulent flows, physics of compressible turbulence shock waves and turbulence interaction, turbulence and finite-rate chemistry interaction, surface reactions.
3172 Martin Hall | Website
E-mail: mpmartin@umd.edu

Bioengineering

Silvia Muro

Silvia Muro, Assistant Professor
Joint appointment with the Center for Biosystems Research
Mechanisms of endocytic vesicular transport.
5115 Plant Sciences | 301-405-4777 | Profile
E-mail: muro@umbi.umd.edu

Chemical & Biomolecular Engineering

Sheryl Ehrman Sheryl Ehrman, Associate Professor
Aerosol and nanoparticle technology. Formation, characterization, and processing of dry particles (aerosols). Particles and particle-based materials; developing processes to make materials with tailored properties.
1223C Chem-Nuc | (301) 405-1917 | Profile | Website
E-mail: sehrman@umd.edu
Maria Klappa Maria I. Klapa, Adjunct Assistant Professor
Metabolic engineering: metabolic flux analysis & metabolic profiling; functional genomics; mathematical modeling of biological networks; quantitative systems biology.
Assoc Researcher, FORTH/ICE-HT, Greece
Profile | Website | E-mail: mklapa@umd.edu

Civil & Environmental Engineering

Kaye Brubaker Kaye L. Brubaker, Associate Professor
Hydrology and hydroclimatology; computer models; remotely-sensed data (satellite multispectral, airborne LiDAR, ground-based radar); geographic information systems, and the theory of space-time random fields.
1180 Martin Hall | (301) 405-1965 | Profile
E-mail: klbrubak@umd.edu
Cinzia Cirillo Cinzia Cirillo, Assistant Professor
Discrete choice analysis; advanced demand modeling; activity based models; revealed and stated preference surveys; large scale model systems; value of time studies.
3250 Kim Building | (301) 405-6864 | Profile
E-mail: ccirillo@umd.edu
Elise Miller-Hooks Elise Miller-Hooks, Associate Professor
Stochastic and dynamic network algorithms; optimization and mathematical modeling with applications in transportation, regional and building evacuation, emergency preparedness, response and recovery; transportation infrastructure vulnerability and protection; routing and scheduling.
Kim Bldg | (301) 405-2046 | website
E-mail: elisemh@umd.edu
Alba Torrents Alba Torrents, Professor
Fate and transport of organic pollutants in the environment. Fate of endocrine disrupting chemicals upon released from wastewater treatment plants and from the land application of biosolids.
Martin Hall | (301) 405-1979 | Profile
E-mail: alba@umd.edu

Electrical & Computer Engineering

Pamela Abshire Pamela Abshire, Associate Professor
VLSI circuit design and bioengineering; better understanding tradeoffs between performance and resources in natural and engineered systems.
2211 AV Williams | (301)405-6629 | Profile | Website
E-mail: pabshire@umd.edu
Carol Espy-Wilson Carol Y. Espy-Wilson, Professor
Speech communication: integration of engineering, linguistics, and speech science; speech recognition based on phonetic features; speech production and enhancement; relationship between articulation, acoustics, and perception.
2205 AV Williams | (301) 405-7411| Profile | Website
E-mail: espy@umd.edu
Kristine Rosfjord Kristine Rosfjord, Assistant Professor
Nanostructures and nanofabrication processes for sensor applications, optical and magnetic properties of materials at short wavelengths.
2230 Kim Bldg | (301)405-1770 | Profile | Website
E-mail: rosfjord@umd.edu
Sennur Ulukus Sennur Ulukus, Associate Professor
Wireless communication theory and networking. Network information theory for wireless networks. Signal processing for wireless communications. Security for multi-user wireless communications.
2337 AV Williams | (301)405-4909 | Profile | Website
E-mail: ulukus@umd.edu
Min Wu Min Wu, Associate Professor
Information security and forensics, and multimedia signal processing and communications.
2330 Kim Building | (301) 405-0401 | Profile | Website
E-mail: minwu@umd.edu
Kawthar Zaki Kawthar Zaki, Professor Emeritus
Microwaves millimeter waves and optics; millimeter waves and optical devices; computer-aided design.
2349 AV Williams | (301)405-3674 | Profile | Website
E-mail: zaki@umd.edu

Institute for Systems Research (ISR)

Avis Cohen Avis Cohen, Professor
Joint Appointment Biology and ISR
Motor control; spinal cord regeneration; computational neuroscience and neuromorphic engineering
2230 Bio/Psych | (301)405-0069 | Profile | Website
E-mail: avis@isr.umd.edu
Cindy Moss Cynthia Moss, Professor
Joint Appointment Psychology and ISR
Auditory information processing and sensorimotor integration in vertebrates; acoustical, psychophysical, perceptual, computational and neurophysiological studies to develop integrative theories on brain-behavior relations in animal systems
2123M Bio/Psych | (301)405-0353 | Profile | Website
Email: cmoss@psyc.umd.edu

Materials Science and Engineering

Isabel Lloyd Isabel K. Lloyd, Associate Professor
High elastic modulus dental composites, all-ceramic dental restorations, biomaterials, effects of processing on performance of ceramic materials.
2309 Chem-Nuc | (301) 405-5221 | Profile
E-mail: illoyd@umd.edu
Luz Martinez-Miranda Luz Martinez-Miranda, Associate Professor
Liquid crystals for biological studies and general engineering applications (ex, displays); X-ray scattering techniques of liquid crystal and other materials.
1110D Chem-Nuc | (301) 405-0253 | Profile
Email: ljmm@umd.edu
Lourdes Salamanca-Riba Lourdes G. Salamanca-Riba, Professor
Multiferroic nanocomposites, DNA-based biosensors and radiation sensors on GaAs, semiconductor nanowires, and self-assembly for the formation of nanocomposite materials and structures.
1244 Kim Bldg. | (301) 405-5220 | Profile
E-mail: riba@umd.edu

Mechanical Engineering

Sarah Bergbreiter Sarah Bergbreiter, Assistant Professor
Microrobotics, MEMS, networked multi-robot systems, and sensor networks.
2170 Martin Hall | (301) 405-6506 | Profile | Website
E-mail: sarahb@umd.edu
Sarah Bergbreiter Azar Nazeri, Visiting Professor
Sol-gel processing of glass and ceramics; active and non-active thin films; organically-modified ceramics.
2168 Martin Hall | (301) 405-5171 | Profile
E-mail: anazeri@umd.edu
Linda Schmidt Linda Schmidt, Associate Professor
System and product design theory and methodology; developing designer assistance tools for system and product design; engineering student team training; preser- vation of proprietary design knowledge; conceptual design processes.
3139 Martin Hall | (301) 405-0417 | Profile | Website
E-mail: lschmidt@umd.edu
Elisabeth Smela Elisabeth Smela, Associate Professor
Microelectromechanical systems (MEMS), particularly polymer MEMS and bioMEMS. The use of organic materials (from polymers to cells) in microsystems to realize microactuators, cell-based sensors, and CMOS/MEMS integrated systems.
2176 Martin Hall | (301) 405-5265 | Profile | Website
E-mail: smela@umd.edu
Miao Yu Miao Yu, Assistant Professor
Optical sensors; sensor mechanics and material behavior at multiple spatial scales; sensor networks; adaptive optics, wavefront sensing and control, imaging through turbulence; smart materials and structures; and theoretical and experimental mechanics.
2108 Martin Hall | (301) 405-3591 | Profile
E-mail: mmyu@umd.edu

 

Carol Espy-Wilson included in an exhibit titled "Soul of Technology"

Dr. 
						Elise Miller-Hooks
Professor Carol Espy-Wilson (ECE and ISR) was included in an exhibit titled "Soul of Technology," sponsored by Palo Alto Weekly. The exhibit showcased the 50 most important African Americans in technology. Espy-Wilson is named among 16 educators on the list, and was recognized for her research and scholarly work in speech recognition and speech science.

Parental Use Room

Student Affairs Suite
1131 Martin Hall - Room 1123B
Reservations Required

The Parental Use Room provides a private, quiet and lockable space for individuals who need privacy for parent-related activities, for example, breast feeding. This room is available during business hours (8:30 am - 5:00 pm) with advanced reservations.

To reserve this room, please email Teresa Prince or call
5-3936.

This facility may be reserved by any Clark School faculty, staff, student and/or visitor


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