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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.
Herbert Rabin
Interim Dean
Department Chairs and Institute Directors
Founded in College Park, Maryland
The College of Engineering becomes the Glenn L. Martin College of Engineering and Aeronautical Sciences
The Glenn L. Martin College of Engineering and Aeronautical Sciences becomes the Glenn L. Martin Institute of Technology
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.
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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).
- Engineering Research
The Clark School engages in a broad and deep array of research programs to solve important engineering problems and develop new knowledge.
- Engineering Education
The Clark School provides training for undergraduate and graduate students in the full range of engineering disciplines.
- 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.
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The Clark School's graduate programs collectively rank 16th in the nation according to the U.S. News & World Report's "America's Best Graduate Schools 2008." The Clark School is ranked 10th in the nation among public universities and is the top public graduate engineering program in the Mid-Atlantic area. In 2007, The Princeton Review ranked the Clark School 6th among graduate engineering programs and The Institute of Higher Education and Center for World-Class Universities ranked the Clark School 13th in the world among all engineering programs.
- , pioneer airplane builder, university benefactor
- , Chairman and CEO, Clark Enterprises, Inc., Clark School benefactor. More about Mr. Clark »
- , Clark School faculty member and benefactor, president of Bell Labs. More about Dr. Kim »
- Robert E. Fischell, benefactor and inventor of medical devices.
- , Director of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration. More about Mr. Griffin »
- Brian Hinman, '82, benefactor, entrepreneur and educational innovator
- , Deputy Secretary of the U.S. Department of Defense. More about Mr. England »
- , co-founder of Sirius Satellite Radio.
- , and , 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.
- The Clark School Innovation Hall of Fame members—alumni, faculty and others closely associated with the school—are leaders in the development of creative engineering technologies.
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- Bachelor of Science
- Master of Science
- Master of Engineering
- Professional Master of Engineering
- Doctorate
- Engineering Graduate Certificate
- Undergraduate enrollment (total): 2436
- Fall '07 freshman class (total): 635
- Graduate enrollment (total): 1618
- Undergraduate transfer students per year: 100-125
- Undergraduate enrollment: 16.8 percent female, 13 percent underrepresented minorities and 32.4 percent minorities ("underrepresented minorities" does not include Asian Americans, but "minorities" does).
- Graduate enrollment: 22.7 percent female, 7.9 percent underrepresented minorities, 15.6percent minorities
- Overall enrollment: 19.1 percent female, 11.0 percent underrepresented minorities, 25.9 percent minorities.
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- The Class of 2011 is 6 percent larger than the Class of 2010, totaling 635 new students, including increased numbers of women and minorities.
- 50 percent of the class scored between 1270 and 1420 on the SAT.
- 47 new students are joining the Inventis program, an invitation-only, four-year program for the Clark School's top students. The median SAT score for these students is 1440.
- 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.
- 13 current faculty are members of the National Academy of Engineering:
- Greg Baecher
- Arthur Bergles
- Howard Baum
- James Dally
- George Dieter
- Robert Fischell
- Howard Frank
- Gerald Galloway
- Jacques Gansler
- George Irwin (deceased)
- Eugenia Kalnay
- Jeong Kim
- C.D. "Dan" Mote, Jr.
- Katepalli Sreenivasan
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- FY '06 external research expenditures: $111 million
- Major areas of emphasis:
- Telecommunications and networking
- Nanotechnology
- Systems research
- Embedded computing
- Rotorcraft technology
- Propulsion launch and re-entry vehicles
- Space robotics
- Intelligent transportation systems
- Advanced materials
- Electronic packaging
- Energy systems
- New product design and production
- Chaos theory
See also Research
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- ATK
- BAE Systems
- Bechtel
- Black and Decker
- Cisco Systems
- Clark Construction
- Computer Sciences Corporation
- Constellation Energy
- Harris Corporation
- Hughes Network Systems
- IBM
- Lockheed Martin
- Lucent Technologies
- Northrop Grumman
- Texas Instruments
- Thales Communications
- Whiting-Turner
- W.R. Grace
See Corporate Partners for information about our program.
- National Aeronautics and Space Administration
- National Institutes of Health
- National Institute of Standards and Technology
- Army Research Laboratory
- Naval Research Laboratory
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