at the Clark School of Engineering

Women are a significant force in engineering research, education, entrepreneurship and service here at the Clark School, whether as members of the faculty, staff, or Board of Visitors, or as graduate and undergraduate students.

L-R: Marilyn Berman Pollans, Norine Walker, Mary Lacey and Paige Smith.

Using this page, you may learn about and access:

• Women Faculty Members and their research and educational activities
• Women Staff Members and their areas of administrative responsibility
• Women Board of Visitors Members
• Clark School Alumnae
• Women Graduate Students and their research activities
• Women Undergraduate Students
• Resources for information, support, and professional and social interaction
• Parental Use Room: A facility in Martin Hall for breast-feeding and other parent-related activities that require privacy.

We encourage you to get to know us. We are eager to develop fruitful collegial and mentoring relationships, discuss opportunities and challenges for women in our field, and pursue initiatives to make the Clark School the best possible environment for our success. Welcome to our community!
 

Resources

• ADVANCE (professional growth of women in science and engineering)
• Women in Engineering
• Women in Electrical and Computer Engineering (WECE)
• Society of Women Engineers
• Clark School Board of Visitors
• MentorNet
• National Academy of Sciences Committee on Women in Academic Science and Engineering
• Center for Minorities in Science & Engineering
• Engineer Girl
• Maryland's Top 100 Women Awards

Department Chairs

Department of Aerospace Engineering
Dr. Norman M. Wereley
Chair and Minta Martin Professor
Room 3179F Glenn L. Martin Hall
Phone: (301) 405-1927  |  Email: wereley@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. Sheryl Ehrman
Keystone Professor and Chair
2113D Chemical & Nuclear Engineering Building
Phone: (301) 405-1917  |  E-mail: sehrman@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. Rama Chellappa
Minta Martin Professor of Engineering and Chair
Room 2415 A.V. Williams Building
Phone: (301) 405-3683  |  E-mail: chella@umd.edu

Department of Fire Protection Engineering
Dr. Jim Milke
Professor and Chair
Room 3104B J.M. Patterson Building
Phone: (301) 405-3995  |  E-mail: milke@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. Balakumar Balachandran
Chair and Professor of Mechanical Engineering
Room 2133 Glenn L. Martin Hall
Phone: (301) 405-5309  |  E-mail: balab@umd.edu

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

Center for Advanced Life Cycle Engineering (CALCE)
Dr. Michael Pecht
George Dieter 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, Lockheed Martin Chair in Systems Engineering, and Director
Room 2247 A.V. Williams Building
Phone: (301) 405-6606    E-mail: baras@umd.edu

Maryland Center for Automotive Research & Testing (MCART)
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
Minta Martin Professor and Director
Room 2145 A.V. Williams Building
Phone: (301) 405-2949  |  E-mail: rubloff@umd.edu

Maryland Cybersecurity Center
Michael Hicks, Director
Phone: (301)405-9800  |  Email: mwh@cs.umd.edu
and
Eric Chapman, Associate Director
Phone: (301)405-7136  |  Email: echapman@umd.edu

Maryland Robotics Center
Nuno Martins
Associate Professor and Director
2423 A.V. Williams Building
Phone: (301) 405-9198  |  Email: nmartins@umd.edu

Materials Research Science and Engineering Center (MRSEC)
Janice Reutt-Robey
Professor and Director
Room 2224E Chemistry Building
Phone: (301) 405-1807  |  Email: rrobey@umd.edu

University of Maryland Energy Research Center (UMERC)
Dr. Eric D. Wachsman
Professor, William L. Crentz Centennial Chair in Energy Research and Director
3232 Jeong H. Kim Engineering Building
Phone: (301) 405-4799  |  E-mail: ewach@umd.edu

Institute Directors

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

Maryland Technology Enterprise Institute (MTECH)
Dr. Peter Sandborn
Director and Professor
Room 2106A Martin Hall
Phone: (301) 405-3167 |  E-mail: sandborn@umd.edu

Institute for Research in Electronics & Applied Physics (IREAP)
Dr. Thomas E. Murphy
Assoc. Professor and Interim Director
Phone: (301) 405-3602  |  E-mail: tem@umd.edu

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

University of Maryland Institute for Advanced Computer Studies (UMIACS)*
Dr. Amitabh Varshney
Professor and Director
Room 4407 A.V. Williams Building
Phone: (301) 405-6722  |  E-mail: varshney@umiacs.umd.edu

*These institutes are not housed within the Clark School, but work in close association with the school.

Program Directors

Graduate Program in Bioengineering
Dr. Peter Kofinas
Keystone Professor and Director
Room 1120 Jeong H. Kim Engineering Building
Phone: (301) 405-7335  |  Email: 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's Program in Telecommunications
(Interdisciplinary)
Zoltan Safar
Director
1367 A.V. Williams Building
Phone: (301) 405-5779  |  Email: zsafar@umd.edu

Master of Science in Systems Engineering
Stephen J. Sutton, PE, ESEP
Director, Systems Engineering Program
Room 2175 A.V. Williams Building
Phone: (301) 405-4419  |  E-mail: ssutton@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

Dean's Office

• Dean of Engineering
  Dr. Darryll Pines (meet the Dean)
  Nariman Farvardin Professor and Dean
  Dean's Office Phone: (301) 405-8335
• Sheron Williams
  Assistant to the Dean
  Room 3110C Jeong H. Kim Engineering Building
  E-mail: sheronw@umd.edu
  Phone: (301) 405-3869
• Julie E. Berry
  Administrative Assistant
  Room 3110 Jeong H. Kim Engineering Building
  E-mail: jeberry@umd.edu
  Phone: (301) 405-8335
• M. Christine Ford
  Executive Administrative Assistant
  Room 3110 Jeong H. Kim Engineering Building
  E-mail: mford125@umd.edu
  Phone: (301) 405-8074

• Dean's Office Fax: (301) 314-5908

Administrative Units

Business Office

• Maureen Meyer
  Assistant Dean for Finance
  Room 3110 Jeong H. Kim Engineering Building
  E-mail: mmeyer@umd.edu
  Phone: (301) 405-3859
• Kathleen Gibson
  Manager
  Room 3132 Jeong H. Kim Engineering Building
  E-mail: kgibson@umd.edu
  Phone: (301) 405-3865

• Paula Beaver
  Coordinator
  Room 3124 Jeong H. Kim Engineering Building
  E-mail: pbeaver@umd.edu
  Phone: (301) 405-7122
• Janet Murphy
  Coordinator
  Room 3110 Jeong H. Kim Engineering Building
  E-mail: jmurphy@umd.edu
  Phone: (301) 405-8393
• Lisa Perez
  Coordinator
  Room 3130 Jeong H. Kim Engineering Building
  E-mail: ldperez@umd.edu
  Phone: (301) 405-7266 

Center for Minorities in Science and Engineering

• Rosemary L. Parker
  Director
  Room 1131 Glenn L. Martin Hall
  E-Mail: rparker@umd.edu
  Phone: (301) 405-3878
• CMSE Fax: (301) 314-9867

 Communications

• Ted Knight
  Assistant Dean for Communications
  Room 3226 Jeong H. Kim Engineering Building
  E-mail: teknight@umd.edu
  Phone: (301) 405-3596
• Elise Carbonaro
  Communications Coordinator
  Room 3214 Jeong H. Kim Engineering Building
  E-mail: ecarbo@umd.edu
  Phone: (301) 405-6501
• Jennifer Rooks
  Communications Coordinator
  2135 Glenn L. Martin Hall
  E-mail: jfrooks@umd.edu
  Phone: (301) 405-1458
• Communications Fax: (301) 314-6868

Development, Alumni & Corporate Relations

• Leslie Borak
  Assistant Dean for External Relations
  Room 3292 Jeong H. Kim Engineering Building
  E-mail: lborak@umd.edu
  Phone: (301) 405-0317
• Jennifer Schwartz
  Director of Development for Corporations and Foundations
  Room 3218 Jeong H. Kim Engineering Building
  E-mail: jschwar2@umd.edu
  Phone: (301) 405-8289
• Josefina P. Simpson
  Director of Alumni Relations
  Room 3216 Jeong H. Kim Engineering Building
  E-mail: josey@umd.edu
  Phone: (301) 405-2150
• Allison Corbett
  Assistant Development Director
  Room 3205 Jeong H. Kim Engineering Building
  E-mail: acc@umd.edu
  Phone: (301) 405-5841
• Sammy Popat
  Director of Development
  Room 3212 Jeong H. Kim Engineering Building
  E-mail: spopat@umd.edu
  Phone: (301) 405-0224

• Diane Hicks
  Coordinator
  Room 3207 Jeong H. Kim Engineering Building
  E-mail: dhicks@umd.edu
  Phone: (301) 405-3870

• Chelsea Brown
  Stewardship Coordinator
  Room 3207 Jeong H. Kim Engineering Building
  E-mail: crb@umd.edu
  Phone: (301) 405-2799

• Stephanie Selzer
  Administrative Assistant II
  Room 3207 Jeong H. Kim Engineering Building
  E-mail: sselzer@umd.edu
  Phone: (301) 405-5776

• Development, Alumni & Corporate Relations Fax: (301) 314-6868

 Distance Education Technology and Services (DETS)

• Jim Zahniser
  Executive Director, EIT
  Room 2125L JM Patterson Building
  E-mail: zahniser@umd.edu
  Phone: (301) 405-3885
• Marty Ronning
  Assistant Director, DETS
  Room 2125E JM Patterson Building
  E-mail: cronning@umd.edu
  Phone: (301) 405-4899

Engineering Co-op & Career Services

• Heidi Sauber
  Director
  Room 1131 Glenn L. Martin Hall
  E-mail: hsauber@umd.edu
  Phone: (301) 405-3863
• Deborah Vidmar
  Assistant Director for Employer Relations
  Room 1131 Glenn L. Martin Hall
  E-mail: dvidmar@umd.edu
  Phone: (301) 405-8096
• Veronica Perrigan
  Program Director for Student Services
  Room 1131 Glenn L. Martin Hall
  E-mail: vperriga@umd.edu
  Phone: (301) 405-3863
• Debbie Densmore
  Administrative Assistant
  Room 1131 Glenn L. Martin Hall
  E-mail: ddensmor@umd.edu
  Phone: (301) 405-3863
• Engineering Co-op & Career Services Fax: (301) 314-9867

 Engineering Information Technology

• Jim Zahniser
  Executive Director
  Room 2125L JM Patterson Building
  E-mail: zahniser@umd.edu
  Phone: (301) 405-3885
• Lalitha Shalini
  Assistant Director, Business Office
  Room 2125K JM Patterson Building
  E-mail: lshalini@umd.edu
  Phone: (301) 405-0174

Faculty Affairs

• Peter Kofinas
  Associate Dean for Faculty Affairs and Graduate Programs
  Room 3110 Jeong H. Kim Engineering Building
  Email: kofinas@umd.edu
  Phone: (301) 405-7335

• M. Christine Ford
  Executive Administrative Assistant
  Room 3110 Jeong H. Kim Engineering Building
  E-mail: mford125@umd.edu
  Phone: (301) 405-8074
• Dean's Office Fax: (301) 314-5908

International and Leadership Programs

• Jane Fines
  Director
  Room 1131 Glenn L Martin Hall
  E-mail: jfines@umd.edu
  Phone: (301) 405-3857
• Ramsey  Jabaji
  Coordinator
  Room 1131 Glenn L Martin Hall
  E-mail: rjabaji@umd.edu
  Phone: (301) 405-0234
• Gregory Fleck
  Graduate Assistant, International Programs
  Room 1131 Glenn L Martin Hall
  E-mail: gfleck@umd.edu
  Phone: (301) 405-8921

International and Leadership Programs Fax:  (301) 314-9867
Or, e-mail: engineersabroad@umd.edu

Research

• Dr. Alison Flatau
  Associate Dean for Research
  3110 Jeong H. Kim Engineering Building
  E-mail: aflatau@umd.edu
  Phone: (301) 405-1959
  Website: Clark School Research

• M. Christine Ford
  Executive Administrative Assistant
  Room 3110 Jeong H. Kim Engineering Building
  Email: mford125@umd.edu
  Phone: (301) 405-8074

Successful Engineering Education & Development Support
(SEEDS)

• Paige Smith
  PI
  Room 1131 Glenn L. Martin Hall
  E-mail: pesmith@umd.edu
  Phone: (301) 405-3931
• William Fourney
  Co-PI
  Room 1131 Glenn L. Martin Hall
  E-mail: four@umd.edu
  Phone: (301) 405 3936
• Tamara Fuller
  Coordinator
  Room 1131 Glenn L. Martin Hall
  E-mail: tamaraf@umd.edu
  Phone: (301) 405-8308
• Matthew Wootten
  Graduate Assistant
  Room 1131 Glenn L. Martin Hall
  Email: mwootten@umd.edu
  Phone: (301) 405-6610

Undergraduate Advising and Academic Support

• Kayla Anthony
  Graduate Student/Academic Advisor
  Room 1131 Glenn L. Martin Hall
  E-mail: kga@umd.edu
  Phone: (301) 405-9973
• Jenna Dolan
  Director
  Room 1131 Glenn L. Martin Hall
  E-mail: jdolan@umd.edu
  Phone: (301) 405-9973
• Rebeca Hosten
  Academic Program Specialist
  Room 1131 Glenn L. Martin Hall
  E-mail: ihosten@umd.edu
  Phone: (301) 405-9973

• Undergraduate Advising and Academic Support Fax: (301) 314-9867
  Or, e-mail: engrhelp@umd.edu

Undergraduate Recruitment and Scholarship Programs

• Bruk Berhane
  Coordinator
  Scholarship Contact for New Freshmen and Transfer Students
  Room 1131HH Glenn L. Martin Hall
  E-mail: bberhane@umd.edu
  Phone: (301) 405-0287

• Nicole Roop
  Assistant Director, Keystone Program
  Scholarship Contact for Current Students
  Room 2108 J.M. Patterson Building
  E-mail: nroop@umd.edu

 Undergraduate Student Affairs

• William Fourney
  Associate Dean
  Room 1131 Glenn L. Martin Hall
  E-mail: four@umd.edu
  Phone: (301) 405-1129
• Main Reception: (301) 405-6200

 Women In Engineering

• Paige Smith
  Director
  Room 1131 Glenn L. Martin Hall
  E-mail: pesmith@umd.edu
  Phone: (301) 405-3931
• Bria McElroy
  Assistant Director
  Room 1131 Glenn L. Martin Hall
  E-mail: bmcelroy@umd.edu
  Phone: (301) 405-3283
• Jennifer Eliason
  Graduate Assistant, Program and Student Support
  Room 1131 Glenn L. Martin Hall
  E-mail: jeliason@umd.edu
  Phone: (301) 405-0315
• Elizabeth Remmers
  Graduate Assistant, Program and Student Support
  Room 1131 Glenn L. Martin Hall
  E-mail: eremmers@umd.edu
  Phone: (301) 405-0315
• Candice Staples
  Graduate Assistant, Flexus
  Room 1131 Glenn L. Martin Hall
  E-mail: cstaples@umd.edu
  Phone: (301) 405-6610
• Women In Engineering Fax: (301) 314-9867

The Clark School and the University of Maryland honor faculty and staff for their service, research, teaching and creativity. For a rundown of awards by type, please follow the links below. Or, for the latest accolades earned by our faculty, alumni, students and programs, please visit Significant Accomplishments.

National Honors and Awards

Our faculty are not only well-known among their campus colleagues and students for the quality of their research and teaching, they also have received national recognition from many organizations.

University of Maryland Honors

Invention of the Year Award
Each year a panel of judges made up of University of Maryland personnel and industry experts selects one winner from groups of finalists in each of three categories: information science, life science and physical science.

Distinguished University Professor
This formal title denotes an academic honor of highest distinction and is awarded to a limited number of the university's most accomplished professors.

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

Clark School Honors

Innovation Hall of Fame
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.

E. Robert Kent Outstanding Teaching Award for Junior Faculty
This award is given to a junior faculty member for excellence in teaching.

Dr. Marilyn Berman Pollans Outstanding Service Award for Staff
This award is given to a staff member whose service to his or her department, to the school, and the university has been judged outstanding. 

Poole & Kent Teaching Award for Senior Faculty
This award is given to a senior faculty member for excellence in teaching.

Faculty Service Award
This award is given to a faculty member whose service to his or her department, to the Clark School, and to the university has been judged outstanding.

Junior Faculty Outstanding Research Award
This award was instituted by the Clark School to recognize exceptionally influential research accomplishments by its junior faculty.

Faculty Outstanding Research Award
This award was instituted by the Clark School to recognize exceptionally influential research accomplishments by its faculty.

Other Awards and Honors

Learn more about distinguished, talented, and dedicated faculty who have won a variety of university-wide honors.

Behind each major Clark School advance of the last five years—growth in research expenditures to more than $125 million, completion of the multidisciplinary Kim Engineering Building, financial support for undergraduate education through the Clark Scholarship Endowment and for bioengineering through the gifts of the Fischell family, and on and on—are creative and dynamic faculty and staff members who envision progress and work to make it happen. They are the driving force that propels the Clark School forward, and this site will help you find out more about them:

• Dean Darryll Pines
  Meet our dean and learn about his vision for the Clark School.
• Clark School Administration
  Obtain contact information and campus addresses for the school's administrators.
• Clark School Chairs and Directors
  Find leaders of departments, institutes, centers and programs.
• University of Maryland Faculty and Staff Directory Search
  Search for individual faculty and staff members.
• Clark School Departments, Centers, Institutes, and Programs
  Visit these sites for faculty listings, news, and academic and research information.
• Faculty and Staff Honors
  Learn about recent national, university and Clark School awards granted to Clark School faculty and staff members.
• ClarkNet (for Faculty and Staff)
  Access important Clark School faculty and staff services, from payroll to Blackboard.
• Clark School Faculty Experts
  Visit the UM Newsdesk to learn how to contact faculty experts for information on specific hot topics.
• Women's Community
  View this new section that highlights the Clark School's women faculty and staff members and students.

Browse for Faculty By Department or Program:

• Aerospace Engineering
• Bioengineering
• Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering
• Civil and Environmental Engineering
• Electrical and Computer Engineering
• Fire Protection Engineering
• Materials Science and Engineering
• Mechanical Engineering
• Nuclear Engineering
• Reliability Engineering
• Systems Engineering
• Master of Engineering and Public Policy
• Masters Program in Telecommunications
• Master of Science in Systems Engineering
• Professional Master of Engineering
• Project Management