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Office of the Dean of the School of Engineering and Applied Science

• James H. Aylor, Ph.D., Dean, Louis T. Rader Professor
• Edward J. Berger, B.S., M.S., PhD., Associate Dean for Undergraduate Programs, Associate Professor
• Robert E. Bremer, Associate Dean for Management and Finance
• George L. Cahen, Director of Experimental Programs and Engineering Outreach, Professor
• Joanne Bechta Dugan, Director of Computer Engineering Programs, Undergraduate and Graduate Director for Program Assessment, Professor
• Dana M. Elzey, B.S., M.S., D.Sc, Director of Rodman Program and International Studies, Associate Professor
• Bernard I. Fulgham, B.A., M.S., Ph.D., Assistant Professor of Applied Mathematics
• James F. Groves, B.S., M.S., Ph.D., Assistant Dean for Research and Outreach and Director of Distance Learning Program
• Frances H. Hersey, Associate Director of Center for Engineering Career Development, Lecturer
• Barry W. Johnson, Senior Associate Dean,  Professor
• Pamela N. Norris, Ph.D., Associate Dean for Research and Graduate Programs
• Jeffrey E. Sands, Associate Dean for Development and Vice President of University of Virginia Engineering Foundation
• Houston G. Wood III, B.A., M.S., Ph.D., Professor of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, Director of Applied Mathematics
• Mitchel C. Rosen, B.E., M.S., Ph.D., Chief Technology Officer, Associate Professor
• Mary D. Smith, B.S., M.S., Assistant Dean for Finance and Budget, Lecturer
• Carolyn A. Vallas, B.A., M.S., Assistant Dean of Center for Engineering Diversity, Lecturer

Department of Biomedical Engineering

Professors

• Scott T. Acton, B.S., Ph.D.
• Brian H. Annex. M.D.
• Stuart S. Berr, B.A., Ph.D.
• Kenneth L. Brayman, M.D., Ph.D.
• James R. Brookeman, B.S., Ph.D.
• Jeffrey R. Crandall, B.S., M.S., Ph.D.
• Frederick H. Epstein, B.S., M.S., Ph.D., Chair
• Cassandra Fraser, B.A., M.T.S., Ph.D.
• Brent A. French, B.S., Ph.D.
• John A. Hossack, B.Eng., Ph.D.
• Richard Kent, Ph.D.
• Yong I. Kim, B.S., M.S., Ph.D.
• John P. Mugler III, B.S., M.E., Ph.D.
• Michael L. Reed, B.S., M.Eng., Ph.D.
• George F. Rich, B.S., M.D., Ph.D.
• Thomas C. Skalak, B.E.S., Ph.D., Vice President for Research

Associate Professors

• Timothy Allen, Ph.D.
• Silvia Salinas Blemker, Ph.D.
• William H. Guilford, B.S., Ph.D.
• Brian P. Helmke, B.S., B.S.E., M.S., Ph.D.
• Jeffrey W. Holmes, B.S., M.D., Ph.D.
• Song Hu, Ph.D.
• Adam Katz, M.D.
• Kimberly A. Kelly, Ph.D.
• Alexander Klibanov, B.S., Ph.D.
• Michael B. Lawrence, B.A., Ph.D.
• Craig H. Meyer, B.S., M.S., Ph.D.
• Jason A. Papin, B.S., M.S., Ph.D.
• Shayn Peirce-Cottler, B.S., Ph.D.
• Richard J. Price, B.S., M.S., Ph.D.
• Mark B. Williams, B.S., Ph.D.

Assistant Professors

• Timothy E. Allen, Ph.D.
• David Chen, B.S., M.S., M.B.A.
• Christopher Deppman, Ph.D.
• Kevin A. Janes, Ph.D.
• Peter A. Kasson, M.D., Ph.D.
• Kimberly A. Kelly, Ph.D.
• G. Wilson Miller, P.D.
• Michael Salerno, M.D., Ph.D.
• Jeffrey J. Saucerman, Ph.D.
• Brian R. Wamhoff, Ph.D.
• Paul A. Yates, M.D., Ph.D.

Research

• George T. Gillies, B.S., M.S., Ph.D., Professor
• F. William Mauldin, Ph.D.
• Yang, Zequan, M.D., Assistant Professor

Department of Chemical Engineering

Professors

• Giorgio Carta, Laurea, M.Ch.E., Ph.D., Lawrence R. Quarles Professor of Engineering and Applied Science
• Robert J. Davis, B.S., M.S., Ph.D., Earnest Jackson Oglesby Professor of Engineering and Applied Science
• Roseanne Marie Ford, B.S., M.S., Ph.D., Chair
• John Yates, B.A., B.S., Ph.D., (Courtesy)

Associate Professor

• David L. Green, B.S., M.S., Ph.D.

Assistant Professors

• Joshua J. Choi, B.E., M.E., Ph.D.
• Geoffrey M. Geise, B.S., M.S., Ph.D
• Gary L. Koenig, Jr., B.S., Ph.D.
• Kyle J. Lampe, B.S., Ph.D. 
• Michael Shirts, A.B., Ph. D.

Lecturer

• Eric W. Anderson, S.B, M.S. 

Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering

Professors

• Roseanne M. Ford, B.S., M.S., Ph.D., Professor and Chair, CHE (joint appt.)
• Yacov Y. Haimes, B.S., M.S., Ph.D., P.E., Lawrence R. Quarles Professor of Engineering and Applied Science (joint appt.)
• Wu-Seng Lung, B.S., M.S., Ph.D., P.E.,
• Richard W. Miksad, B.S., M.S., Sc.D., P.E., Thomas M. Linville Professor
• Marek-Jerzy Pindera, B.S., M.S., Ph.D.
• William T. Scherer, B.S., M.E., Ph.D. (joint appt.)
• Brian L. Smith, B.S., M.S., Ph.D., P.E., F. ASCE, Professor and Chair
• James A. Smith, B.S., M.S., Ph.D., F. ASCE, Henry L. Kinnier Professor of Civil Engineering

Associate Professors

• Thomas T. Baber, B.S., M.S., Ph.D., P.E.
• Andres F. Clarens,  B.S., M.S.E., Ph.D.
• Teresa B. Culver, B.S., M.S., Ph.D.
• Jonathan L. Goodall, B.S.C.E., M.S.C.E., Ph.D.
• Garrick E. Louis, B.Sc., M.Sc., Ph.D. (joint appt.)
• Byungkyu (Brian) Park, B.S., M.S., Ph.D.
• Lisa Colosi Peterson,  B.S., M.S.E., Ph.D.

Assistant Professors

• Devin K. Harris, B.S.C.E., M.S.C.E., Ph.D.
• Osman E. Ozbulut, B.S.C.E., M.S., Ph.D.

Lecturers

• Michael C. Brown, B.S.C.E., M.S.C.S., Ph.D., P.E.
• Lindsay Ivey-Burden, B.S.C.E., M.S.C.E., Ph.D.
• Michael D. Fontaine, B.S.C.E., M.S.C.E., Ph.D., P.E
• Jose P. Gomez, B.S.C.E., M.E.C.E., Ph.D., P.E.
• John S. Miller, IV, B.S.EE., Ph.D., P.E.
• William A. McIntosh, B.S.C.E., P.E.
• H. Celik Ozyildirim, B.S.C.E., M.S.C.E., Ph.D., P.E.
• S. Keith Rittenhouse, B.S.C.E., M.S.C.E., P.E.
• David M. Salzer, B.S., M.E.C.E., P.E.
• Bob Schrider, B.S., P.E.
• O. Christopher Webster, B.S.C.E., M.S.C.E., P.E., F. ASCE
• Karen L. S. White, B.S.C.E.

Research

• Steven B. Chase, B.S.C.E., M.S.C.E., Ph.D., Research Professor
• James H. Lambert, B.S.E., M.S., Ph.D., P.E., Research Associate Professor  (joint appt.)

Department of Computer Science

Professors

• Jack W. Davidson, B.A.S., M.S., Ph.D.
• David E. Evans, B.S., M.S., Ph.D.
• Andrew S. Grimshaw, B.A., M.S., Ph.D.
• John C. Knight, B.Sc., Ph.D.
• Gabriel Robins, B.S., M.S.E., PH.D.
• Kevin Skadron, B.A., B.S., M.A., Ph.D., Chair
• Mary Lou Soffa, B.S., M.S., Ph.D., Owen R. Cheatham Professor of Sciences
• John A. Stankovic, Sc.B., Sc.M., Ph.D., BP America Professor of Computer Science
• Alfred C. Weaver, B.S., M.S., Ph.D.

Associate Professors

• Aaron Bloomfield, B.S., B.S., M.S., Ph.D.
• James P. Cohoon, B.S., M.S., Ph.D.
• Thomas B. Horton, B.A., Ph.D.
• Marty A. Humphrey, B.S., M.S., Ph.D.
• Jason Lawrence, B.S., Ph.D.
• Worthy N. Martin, B.A., M.A., Ph.D.
• Abhi Shelat, B.A., M.S., Ph.D.
• Mark Sherriff, B.S., M.S., Ph.D.
• Kevin J. Sullivan, B.A., M.S., Ph.D.
• Westley Weimer, B.A., M.S., Ph.D.
• Kamin D. Whitehouse, B.A., B.S., M.S., Ph.D., Commonwealth Associate Professor

Assistant Professors

• Connelly Barnes, B.S., Ph.D.
• Mohammad Mahmoody Ghidary, B.Sc., Ph.D.
• Yanjun (Jane) Qi, B.Eng., M.Eng., M.S., Ph.D.
• Hongning Wang, B.E., M.E. Ph.D.

Lecturers

• Nada Basit, B.Sc., M.Sc., Ph.D.
• Mark Floryan, B.S., Ph.D.
• Luther A. Tychonievich, B.S., M.S., Ph.D.

Charles L. Brown Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering

Professors

• Scott T. Acton, B.S., M.S., Ph.D.
• J. Milton Adams, B.S., Ph.D., Vice Provost of Academic Programs
• James H. Aylor, B.S., M.S., Ph.D., Louis T. Rader Professor, Dean of Engineering
• N. Scott Barker, B.S., M.S., Ph.D.
• Jeffrey T. Barth, B.A., M.A., Ph.D., ABPP, John Edward Fowler Professor of Clinical Psychology
• John C. Bean, B.S., M.S., Ph.D., John Marshall Money Professor
• Toby Berger, B.E., M.S., Ph.D.
• Maite Brandt-Pearce, B.S., M.S., M.E., Ph.D.
• Joe C. Campbell, B.S., M.S., Ph.D., Lucien Carr III Professor
• Joanne Bechta Dugan, B.A., M.S., Ph.D., Director of Computer Engineering Program
• Mool Gupta, B.S., M.S., Ph.D., Langley Professor
• Lloyd R. Harriott, B.S., M.A., Ph.D., Virginia Microelectronics Consortium Professor, Associate Chair of Undergraduate Programs
• Archie L. Holmes, Jr., B.S., M.S., Ph.D., Vice Provost, Educational Innovation & Interdisciplinary Studies
• John A. Hossack, B.Eng., Ph.D.
• Barry W. Johnson, B.S., M.E., Ph.D., L.A. Lacy Distinguished Professor, Senior Associate Dean
• John C. Lach, B.S., M.S., Ph.D., Chair
• Zongli Lin, B.S., M.E., Ph.D.
• Michael L. Reed, B.S., M.Eng., Ph.D.
• Mircea R. Stan, Diploma, M.S., Ph.D
• Gang Tao, B.S., M.S., Ph.D.
• Malathi Veeraraghavan, B.Tech., M.S., Ph.D.
• Robert M. Weikle, B.S., B.A., M.S., Ph.D.
• Stephen G. Wilson, B.S., M.S., Ph.D., Associate Chair  

Associate Professors

• Travis N. Blalock, B.S., M.S., Ph.D.
• Benton H. Calhoun, B.S., Ph.D., Commonwealth Associate Professor 
• Avik Ghosh, B.S., M.S., Ph.D.
• Harry C. Powell, Jr., B.S., M.S., Ph.D.
• Nathan Swami, B.S., M.S., Ph.D.
• Ronald D. Williams, B.S., M.S., Ph.D., P.E.

Assistant Professor

• Andreas Beling, M.Sc., Ph.D.
• Steven M. Bowers, B.S., M.S., Ph.D.
• Daniel S. Weller, B.S., S.M., Ph.D.

Research

• Boris Gelmont, M.S., Ph.D., D.Sc., Associate Professor
• Tatiana Globus, M.S., Ph.D., Associate Professor
• Arthur W. Lichtenberger, B.S., M.S., Ph.D., Associate Professor  

Department of Materials Science and Engineering

Professors

• Sean R. Agnew, B.S., M.S., Ph.D.
• Raul A. Baragiola, M.S., Ph.D., Alice M. and Guy A. Wilson Professor of Engineering 
• George L. Cahen, Jr., B.E.S., M.S., Ph.D.
• John J. Dorning, B.S., M.S., Ph.D., Whitney Stone Professor of Nuclear Engineering, Professor of Engineering Physics
• Richard P. Gangloff, B.S., M.S., Ph.D., Ferman W. Perry Professor
• James M. Howe, B.S., M.S., Ph.D., Thomas Goodwin Digges Professor
• Robert E. Johnson, B.A., M.A., Ph.D., John Lloyd Newcomb Professor of Engineering Physics
• William C. Johnson, B.S., M.S., Ph.D., Chair
• Robert G. Kelly, B.E.S., M.S.E., Ph.D.
• John R. Scully, B.E.S., M.S.E., Ph.D., Charles Henderson Professor of Materials Science and Engineering
• Gary J. Shiflet, B.S., M.S., Ph.D., William G. Reynolds Professor
• Haydn N.G. Wadley, B.S., Ph.D., Edgar A. Starke, Jr., Research Professor of Materials Science
• Stuart A. Wolf, A.B., Ph.D.
• Giovanni Zangari, M.S., Ph.D.
• Leonid V. Zhigilei, M.S., Ph.D.

Associate Professors

• James M. Fitz-Gerald, B.S., M.S., Ph.D.
• Jerrold A. Floro, B.S., Ph.D.
• James F. Groves, B.S., M.S., Ph.D.
• Elizabeth J. Opila, B.S., M.S., Ph.D.
• Petra Reinke, Diploma, Ph.D.

Visiting Professor

• Robert Hull, B.S., Ph. D

Research

• James T. Burns, B.S., M.S., Ph.D., Assistant Professor
• Dana M. Elzey, B.S., M.S., D.Sc., Associate Professor
• Jiwei Lu, B.E., M.E., Ph.D., Assistant Professor

Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering

Professors

• Harsha K. Chelliah, B.S., M.S., Ph.D.
• Jeffrey Crandall, B.S., M.S., Ph.D., Nancy and Neal Wade Professor of Engineering and Applied Science
• Hossein Haj-Hariri, S.B., S.M., Ph.D., Chair
• Richard W. Kent, B.Sc., M.Sc., Ph.D.
• Xiandong (Chris) Li, B.S., M.S., Ph.D.
• Eric Loth, B.S., M.S., Ph.D..
• James C. McDaniel, Jr., B.S., M.S.A.A., M.S.E.E., Ph.D.
• Pamela M. Norris, B.S., M.S., Ph.D., Frederick Tracy Morse Professor of Mechanial and Aerospace Engineering
• Larry G. Richards, B.S., M.A., Ph.D.
• John G. Thacker, B.M.E., M.S.M.E., Ph.D., P.E., Associate Chair
• Kathryn C. Thornton, B.S., M.S., Ph.D., Professor of Science, Technology and Society
• Houston G. Wood III, B.A., M.S., Ph.D.

Associate Professors

• Hilary Bart-Smith, B.Eng., S.M., Ph.D.      
• Edward J. Berger, B.S., M.S., Ph.D.
• Habio Dong, B.S., M.E., Ph.D.
• Carl R. Knospe, B.S., Ph.D.
• Gabriel Laufer, B.Sc., M.Sc., M.A., Ph.D.

Assistant Professors

• Patrick Hopkins, B.S., Ph.D.                 

Research

• Gavin Garner, B.S., M.S., Ph.D., Assistant Professor
• George Gillies, B.S., M.S., Ph.D., Professor
• Christopher Goyne, B.E., Ph.D., Assistant Professor 
• Robert Lindberg, B.S., M.S., Eng.Sc.D., Professor
• Costin Untaoiu, B.S., M.S., Ph.D., Assistant Professor

Department of Engineering and Society

Professors

• George L. Cahen, Director of Experimental Programs and Engineering Outreach, Professor
• W. Bernard Carlson, A.B., M.A., Ph.D., Chair
• Michael E. Gorman, B.A., M.A., Ph.D.
• Deborah G. Johnson, B.Ph., M.A., M.Phil., Ph.D., Anne Shirley Carter Olsson Professor of Applied Ethics
• Houston G. Wood, B.A., M.S., Ph.D., Professor of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, Director of Applied Mathematics

Associate Professors

• Edward J. Berger, B.S., M.S., Ph.D., Associate Dean for Undergraduate Programs,
• Rosalyn W. Berne, B.A., M.A., Ph.D.
• John K. Brown, B.A., M.A., Ph.D.
• Joanne McGrath Cohoon, B.A., M.A., Ph.D.
• Dana M. Elzey, B.S., M.S., D.Sc, Director of Rodman Scholars Program and International Studies
• James F. Groves, B.S., M.S., Ph.D., Assistant Dean for Research and Outreach and Director of Distance Learning Program
• Kathryn A. Neeley, B.A., M.A., Ph.D.
• Bryan Pfaffenberger, A.B., M.A., Ph.D.

Assistant Professor

• Peter Norton, B.A., M.A., Ph.D.

Lecturer

• Monika Abramenko, M.S.
• Catherine D. Baritaud, B.A., M.A., M.Ed., Ph.D.
• Mary P. Beck, M.S., Director of Student Affairs, Applied Math Instruction, Lecturer
• Matthew N. Eisler, B.A., M.A., Ph.D.
• Bernard I. Fulgham, B.A., M.S., Ph.D.
• Gianluca Guadagni, Ph.D.
• Mike Mohajeri, Ph.D.
• Stephanie Moore, Ph.D., Director of Engineering Instructional Design (affiliated)
• Diana Morris, Ph.D.
• Stacie Pisano, B.S.E.
• Michael L. Rodemeyer, A.B., J.D.

Research Associate Professor

• David L. Slutzky, B.A., J.D.

Department of Systems and Information Engineering

Professors

• Donald Edward Brown, B.S., M.S., M.Engr., Ph.D., William Stansfield Calcott Professor of Engineering and Applied Science
• Alfredo Garcia, M.Sc., Ph.D.
• Michael E. Gorman, B.A., M.A., Ph.D. (courtesy appt.)
• Yacov Y. Haimes, B.S., M.S., Ph.D., P.E., Lawrence R. Quarles Professor of Engineering and Applied Science
• Barry M. Horowitz, B.E.E., M.S., Ph.D., Walter N. Munster Professorship for Research in Intelligence Enhancement, Chair
• Boris Kovatchev, PhD (courtesy appt.)
• Roman Krzysztofowicz, M.S., Engr., M.Sc., Ph.D.
• William T. Scherer, B.S., M.E., Ph.D. (joint appt.)
• K. Preston White, Jr., B.S.E., M.S., Ph.D.

Associate Professors

• Reid Bailey, B.S., M.S., Ph.D.
• Peter A. Beling, B.A., M.S., Ph.D.
• Marc Breton, Ph.D. (Courtesy Appointment)
• Gregory J. Gerling, B.S., M.S., Ph.D.
• James Harrison, M.D., Ph.D. (Courtesy Appointment)
• Jae K. Lee, Ph.D. (Courtesy Appointment)
• Garrick E. Louis, B.Sc., M.Sc., Ph.D., (Joint Appointment)
• Stephen D. Patek, B.S., S.M.E.E., Ph.D.
• Michael C. Smith, B.S., M.S., Ph.D.

Assistant Professors

• Laura Barnes, B.S., M.S., Ph.D.
• Amy LaViers, B.S.E., M.S., Ph.D.
• Jennifer Mason, B.S., M.S., Ph.D. (Courtesy Appointment)
• Rupa Valdez, B.S., M.S., Ph.D. (Courtesy Appointment)

Visiting Professors

• Michael DeVore, B.S., M.S., D.Sc.

Visiting Scholars

• William Basener
• George Foresman
• Jose Gomez
• Garry Jacnya
• Duan Li

Research

• Matthew Gerber, B.S., Ph.D. Research Assistant Professor
• Stephanie A. E. Guerlain, B.S., M.S., Ph.D. Research Associate Professor
• James H. Lambert, B.S.E., M.S., Ph.D., P.E., Research Professor
• Gerard P. Learmonth Sr., B.S., M.B.A., M.S., Ph.D. Research Associate Professor