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Contact Information
Prospective Students
For information regarding prospective students, admissions, requirements, scholarships, K-12 programs, student Ambassadors, undergraduate recruitment or outreach (summer camps), please contact:
Mr. Bruk Berhane, Coordinator of Outreach and Recruitment
A. James Clark School of Engineering
1131 Glenn Martin Hall
University of Maryland
College Park, MD 20742
Phone: (301) 405-0287 (office)
Fax: (301) 314-9867 (fax)
Email: bberhane@umd.edu
If you are a Clark School student seeking information about study abroad or the Minor in International Engineering,or the Minor in Engineering Leadership, please visit the web page www.ilp.umd.edu.
For scholarship information, visit www.engrscholarships.umd.edu.
Transfer Students
If you have been accepted as a Scholars program student at University of Maryland and completed the transfer application to become a student in the school of Engineering, and have not heard back if you were accepted, please contact:
LEP Coordinator, Admissions office
Email: lep@umd.edu
Phone: 301-314-8385
Undergraduate Advising
Office Location: 1131S Glenn L. Martin Hall, College Park, MD 20742
Phone: (301) 405-9973
Fax: (301) 314-9867
Office Hours: Monday-Friday (8:30am-4:30pm)
General Questions
Current Students or Degree Navigator Concerns, Email: engrhelp@umd.edu
Prospective Transfer Students, Email: transfer_engr@umd.edu
Thinking of Attending?
If you are a prospective undergraduate student, you will apply for admission to the Clark School of Engineering by submitting an application to the Office of Undergraduate Admissions:
Office of Undergraduate Admissions
Mitchell Building
College Park, MD 20742
(301) 314-8385
(800) 422-5867
Clark School Administrative Contacts
http://www.eng.umd.edu/facstaff/administration
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The Clark School Board of Visitors
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The Board of Visitors assists the Clark School in gaining recognition and support as a leader in engineering education and research. Members provide the dean and school leadership with objective information and intellectual stimulation, advising on a wide range of issues that include strategic planning, corporate relations, fund raising initiatives, communications strategies and other opportunities. As knowledgeable and dedicated advocates of the school, members help attract and engage a diverse group of supporters and serve as liaisons between the Clark School, industry, government and other academic institutions.
Mr. Jean-Luc Abaziou
CEO
Techno-Sciences, Inc.
Mr. Rajeev Batra
Partner
Mayfield Fund
Dr. Kimberly Brown
CEO and President
Amethyst Technologies, LLC
Mr. William Calhoun, Jr.
Executive Vice President
Clark Construction Group, LLC
Mr. Warren Citrin
Co-founder and Director
Gloto Corporation
Mr. P. Douglas Dollenberg
Retired
Nottingham Properties, Inc.
Mr. Steve Dubin
Principal
SDA Ventures, LLC
Mr. Emilio Fernandez
(BOV Vice-Chair)
Managing Director
Pulse Capital LLC
Dr. Robert E. Fischell
CEO and Chairman
Fischell Biomedical, LLC
Mr. T. Paul Gaske
Executive Vice President
Hughes Network Systems, LLC
Mr. William Gausman
Sr. Vice President
Asset Management & Planning
Pepco Holdings, Inc.
Mr. Andrew (Jody) Gessow
Partner
DivcoWest
Dr. Delon Hampton
Chairman & Founder
Delon Hampton & Associates
Mr. Brian L. Hinman
Venture Partner
Oak Investment Partners
Mr. Ali Hirsa
Managing Partner
Sauma Capita, LLC
Mr. Christopher R. Hutter
Partner
Cooley Godward Kronish LLP
Dr. Ray O. Johnson
Senior Vice President and Chief Technology Officer
Lockheed Martin Corporation
Dr. Christopher T. Jones
President, Technical Services Sector
Northrop Grumman Corporation
Mr. William E. Koffel
President
Koffel Associates, Inc.
Mr. Rajiv Laroia
Mr. Ronald W. Lowman
Mr. G. Lee Lushbaugh, Jr.
Sr. Vice President
Bechtel Group, Inc.
Greg Moores
Vice President, Engineering
Vitamix
Dr. Arthur Morrish
Vice President & CTO, Business Operations,
L-3 Communications
Mr. Ram Mukunda
CEO
India Globalization Capital
Mr. J. Scott Ogilvie
Director
Bechtel Group, Inc.
Dr. Y.C. (Buno) Pati
Dr. Marilyn R. Berman Pollans
Mr. James L. Redifer
Ms. Jennifer F. Regan
CEO and President
Key Technologies, Inc.
Mr. Timothy J. Regan
Executive Vice President
The Whiting-Turner Contracting Company
Mr. Joseph Reyes
President, Orion Enterprises
Mr. Phil Samper
Mr. Raymond P. Schiavone
President and CEO, Quark, Inc.
Thomas A. Scholl
(BOV Chair)
General Partner
Novak Biddle Venture Partners
Mr. Saul Seltzer
President, S. Seltzer Construction Corporation
Mr. Alex Severinsky
CEO, Fuelcor LLC
Ms. Julia Spicer
Executive Director, Mid Atlantic Venture Association
Mr. Philip Tan
Group Head of E Business
Bank of Ayudhya Public Co. Ltd.
Mr. Charles E. Waggner
President
Esselen Associates Co.
Steve Walker
Steve Walker & Associates
Mr. Pedro Wasmer
Retired, President, Somerset Capital Group, Ltd.
Mr. Thomas L. Wilson, Jr.
Vice President and General Manager
Spacecraft Systems and Services
ATK Space Systems
Mr. Stephen J. Woerner
Senior VP and Chief Operating Officer
Baltimore Gas and Electric Company
Mr. Stephen P. Zaminski
Meet Dr. Darryll Pines, Dean of the Clark School
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Darryll J. Pines became Dean and Nariman Farvardin Professor of Aerospace Engineering at the Clark School on January 5, 2009, having come to the school in 1995 as an assistant professor and served as chair of the school's Department of Aerospace Engineering from 2006 to 2009.
As dean, Pines has led the development of the Clark School's current strategic plan and achieved notable successes in key areas, such as improving teaching in fundamental undergraduate courses and raising student retention; achieving success in national and international student competitions; giving new emphasis to sustainability engineering and service learning; promoting STEM education among high school students; increasing the impact of research programs; and expanding philanthropic contributions to the school. Today, the school's one-year undergraduate retention rate and five-year graduation rate is 90 percent and 65% respectively, the university's Solar Decathlon team placed first worldwide in the most recent competition against other leading universities, our Engineers Without Borders chapter is considered one of the nation's best, and the Engineering Sustainability Workshop launched by Pines has become a key campus event. Pines has testified before Congress on STEM education and created the Top 25 Source Schools program for Maryland high schools. At a national level he has led an effort as part of the American Society for Engineering Education-ASEE Deans Council’s K-12 STEM Committee to develop a potential College Board AP Exam in Engineering. He is the current Secretary on the Executive Committee of the National GEM Consortium's (GEM), a national non-profit providing programming and full fellowships to support increasing untapped domestic human capital at the graduate level in STEM fields.
At $144 million, the Clark School's research expenditures are at a record high, and the school is ranked 16th worldwide by the Academic Ranking of World Universities, which focuses on research citations. The Clark School led the university in achieving and surpassing its $185 million Great Expectations campaign goal, going on to reach $240 million as of the most recent accounting.
During Pines' leadership of aerospace engineering, the department was ranked 8th overall among U.S. universities and 5th among public schools in the U.S. News and World Report graduate school rankings. Pines has been director of the Sloan Scholars Program since 1996 since 1999, and served as chair of the Engineering Council, director of the NASA CUIP Program, and director of the SAMPEX flight experiment. He currently serves on the Executive and Advisory Board for Engineers Without Borders-EWB National and major corporations.
During a leave of absence from the University (2003-2006), Pines served as Program Manager for the Tactical Technology Office and Defense Sciences Office of DARPA (Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency). While at DARPA, Pines initiated five new programs primarily related to the development of aerospace technologies, for which he received a Distinguished Service Medal. He also held positions at the Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL), Chevron Corporation, and Space Tethers Inc. At LLNL, Pines worked on the Clementine Spacecraft program, which discovered water near the south pole of the moon. A replica of the spacecraft now sits in the National Air and Space Museum.
Pines' current research focuses on structural dynamics, including structural health monitoring and prognosis, smart sensors, and adaptive, morphing and biologically-inspired structures, as well as the guidance, navigation, and control of uninhabited aerospace vehicles. He is a fellow of the Institute of Physics, the American Society of Mechanical Engineers and the American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics, and has received an NSF CAREER Award.
Pines received a B.S. in mechanical engineering from the University of California, Berkeley. He earned M.S. and Ph.D. degrees in mechanical engineering from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.
Facts and Figures
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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.
The Basics
Department Chairs and Institute Directors
1894: Founded in College Park, Maryland
1949: The College of Engineering becomes the Glenn L. Martin College of Engineering and Aeronautical Sciences
1955: The Glenn L. Martin College of Engineering and Aeronautical Sciences becomes the Glenn L. Martin Institute of Technology
1994: 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.
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).
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Engineering Research
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Engineering Education
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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.
The Clark School's graduate programs collectively rank 19th in the nation according to the U.S. News & World Report's "America's Best Graduate Schools." The Clark School is ranked 11th in the nation among public universities. The Academic Ranking of Worldwide 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 2013 U.S. News & World Report Best Colleges survey. The Clark School is ranked 11th in the nation among public undergraduate engineering programs.
Some Notable Alumni and Friends
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Glenn L. Martin, pioneer airplane builder, university benefactor.
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A. James Clark, '50, Chairman and CEO, Clark Enterprises, Inc., Clark School benefactor.
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Jeong H. Kim, '91, Clark School faculty member and benefactor, president of Bell Labs, LGS Innovations, LLC.
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Robert E. Fischell, benefactor and inventor of medical devices.
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Michael D. Griffin, '77, former director of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration.
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Brian Hinman, '82, benefactor, entrepreneur and educational innovator.
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Gordon England, '61, former deputy secretary of the U.S. Department of Defense.
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Robert Briskman, '61, co-founder of Sirius Satellite Radio.
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Edward Miller, '50, and James Plummer, '53, 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.
News Summary
Major Recent Events
- The Annual Fischell Festival—A Celebration of Bioengineering's Potential to Improve Life for Millions of People—showcases the Fischell Department of Bioengineering.
- Maryland Robotics Day is held once a year by the Maryland Robotics Center to show case its innovations and facilities.
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National Science Foundation I-Corps Grant establishes a regional I-Corps node for National Innovation Network.
Major New Programs
- Keystone: The Clark School Academy of Distinguished Professors
- Maryland Robotics Center
- Maryland Cybersecurity Center
- Advanced Cybersecurity Experience for Students (ACES)
- University of Maryland Energy Research Center (UMERC)
- Center for Excellence in Regulatory Science and Innovation (CERSI)
- Maryland NanoCenter
- Professional Development Program in Project Management and Master of Engineering in Project Management
Engineering Education
- Bachelor of Science
- Master of Science
- Master of Engineering
- Professional Master of Engineering
- Doctorate
- Engineering Graduate Certificate
- Aerospace Engineering
- Bioengineering
- Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering
- Civil and Environmental Engineering
- Electrical and Computer Engineering
- Fire Protection Engineering
- Materials Science and Engineering
- Mechanical Engineering
Undergraduate Minors
- International Engineering
- Project Management
- Nanoscience and Technology
- Nuclear Engineering
- Engineering Leadership Development
- Undergraduate enrollment (total): 3660
- Fall '13 freshman class (total): 686
- Graduate enrollment (total): 2084
- Undergraduate transfer students per year: 125
- Undergraduate enrollment: 19.9 percent female, 11 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.
- 50 percent of the Class of 2017 scored between 1320 and 1450 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:
- John Anderson (emeritus)
- Gregory Baecher
- Jack Gansler
- Eugenia Kalnay
- Ali Mosleh
- C.D. Mote
- Ben Shneiderman
- Katepalli Sreenivasan
Non-Tenure-Track Faculty Members Who Are NAE Members:
- Arthur Bergles
- Howard Baum
- James Dally
- Robert Deutsch
- George Dieter
- Millard Firebaugh
- Robert Fischell
- Howard Frank
- Gerald Galloway
- Jeong Kim
- Lyle Schwartz
- Hratch G. Semerjian
- G.W. "Pete" Stewart
Retired or Deceased NAE Members:
- George Irwin (deceased)
Engineering Research
Current external research expenditures: $144 million
Major areas of emphasis:
- Rotorcraft technology
- Energy storage and innovative batteries
- Sustainable technologies
- Disaster resilience
- Biomedical devices
- Robotics
- Cybersecurity and digital forensics
- Nanotechnology
- Systems research
- Embedded computing
- Regulatory science
- Networking
- Propulsion launch and re-entry vehicles
- Intelligent transportation systems
- Advanced materials
- Electronic packaging
- New product design and production
- Chaos theory
See also Research
Industry-Oriented Research
- Maryland Industrial Partnerships (MIPS) Program: faculty research to enhance company competitiveness
- Biotechnology Program (Biotech): bioprocess scale-up, technical assistance, and training
- Maryland Technology Extension Service (MTES): manufacturing solutions for Maryland companies
- A Scholars Program for Industry-Oriented Research in Engineering (ASPIRE): undergraduate research projects
- Center for Advanced Life Cycle Engineering (CALCE): leader in physics-of-failure approaches to reliability and life-cycle management
Technology Entrepreneurship
- The Maryland Technology Enterprise Institute (Mtech) accelerates new ventures, spurs economic growth, and brings university expertise to Maryland companies through technology entrepreneurship and research programs.
- Hinman Campus Entrepreneurship Opportunities (Hinman CEOs) Program: a living/learning undergraduate entrepreneurship program.
- Technology Advancement Program (TAP): incubator for technology-based start-up companies.
- VentureAccelerator Program: Intense, hands-on assistance to guide faculty and students in launching new technology ventures.
Partners
Major Corporate Partners
See Corporate Partners for information about our program.
Major Government Partners in the Washington Area
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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
Major Campus Partners
- The Robert H. Smith School of Business collaborates with QUEST and the Hinman CEOs program
- The College of Computer, Mathematical and Natural Sciences and the support the Maryland NanoCenter.
- School of Agriculture
- School of Public Policy
Significant Accomplishments Archives
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From the Dean
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At the Clark School of Engineering we bring together forward-looking people dedicated to creating progress and making the world a better place, including talented undergraduate and graduate students, award-winning faculty, dedicated staff, leading corporate and government partners, supportive alumni and visionary philanthropists.
We work together in eight academic departments, three research institutes, an array of innovative cross-disciplinary programs, major corporate and government labs, nationwide alumni chapters and our sterling Board of Visitors. Together we help to make this diverse and dynamic campus located on the edge of the nation's capitol a place to discover ideas and technologies that will change the world.
Dr. Darryll Pines, Farvardin Professor and Dean
Learn more about the dean, including his accomplishments and background.
A Major Force in Engineering
Because of the quality and scope of our work, and our location, we are a major force in the nation's technological advancement, working hand-in-hand with corporate, government and academic colleagues. Our research expenditures—more than $110 million for the most recent fiscal year—indicate our leading role in aerospace, networking technologies, bioengineering, defense and consumer electronics, intelligent transportation, advanced materials, nanotechnology, energy and public safety, to name only a few. If you want to help our country take on difficult challenges—how to explore space, communicate more securely and effectively, develop new treatments for diseases, travel with greater safety, create new energy resources and unlock the potential of the "nano-world"—come to the Clark School.
If you want to build sustainable solutions for specific engineering problems in countries around the globe, work with our award-winning Engineers Without Borders program. If you want to help advance innovative ventures to drive the region's economy, facilitate technology transfer, and promote technology entrepreneurship, work with our Maryland Technology Enterprise Institute. At the Clark School, we're fully engaged—in the region, the nation and the world.
Where Everything Comes Together
Ideas that can change the world have their foundations in specialized knowledge—yet these ideas inevitably rise up to interconnect and become more powerful. As a model for this interconnection, we have constructed the Kim Engineering Building. With nearly 30 state-of-the-art laboratories and a wide range of participating departments, the Kim Building is home to some of the most exciting and innovative interdisciplinary research and educational programs in the nation.
Innovative thinking is well-established at the Clark School and underlies the many "first-of-its-kind" educational programs for which we are well known, including: Hinman Campus Entrepreneurship Opportunities (CEOs), Gemstone, and College Park Scholars, three of our "living and learning" programs; Inventis: The Academy of Engineering Scholars; QUEST (quality enhancement systems); the "Introduction to Engineering Design" course; Women In Engineering; and a host of programs focusing on undergraduate research opportunities, including ASPIRE (industry-oriented research); and MERIT-BIEN (research internships). We are fiercely committed to undergraduate research, developing a working knowledge of research methods and that sense of possibility that only research can instill.
Change—We Thrive On It
At the Clark School we thrive on change. The school itself has undergone an enormous transformation in the past several years, rising quickly among the ranks of the nation's finest institutions. If you, too, thrive on change, we invite you to browse the above web pages to learn more about us and how you can join in our work. Let's start today to work creatively together to make our world a better place.
About Us
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With some 4500 students, 200 tenured and tenure-track faculty members and facilities in more than 14 buildings on the College Park campus of the University of Maryland, the A. James Clark School of Engineering can seem overwhelming at first, whether you're a student, faculty member, returning alumnus or alumna, or colleague from business or government.
But while there certainly is a large contingent of engineers here, and an incredible array of opportunities for lab and classroom work, it is not difficult to break these components down into more manageable groups, and make the school easier to access and navigate. To begin this process, try these:
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