Women Faculty, A. James Clark School of Engineering, University of Maryland

Women Faculty Members

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, Visiting Professor Research in space systems and operations, structural dynamics. 3156 Martin Hall \| (301) 405-0011 \| Profile E-mail: bowden@umd.edu

	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

Bioengineering

	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, 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 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 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, 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

	Deborah J. Goodings, Professor Geotechnical engineering; engineering and public policy; international development engineering; cold regions geotechnique; cratering by explosives; hot soil geotechnique; ground improvement-grouting; river scour; sinkholes; embankment dam design; contaminant fate and transport. Martin Hall \| (301) 405-1960 \| Profile \| Website E-mail: goodings@umd.edu

	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. Martin Hall \| (301) 405-2046 \| Profile E-mail: elisemh@umd.edu

	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, 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 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, 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, 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, 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, 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, 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

	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 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, 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 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, Assistant Professor Microrobotics, MEMS, networked multi-robot systems, and sensor networks. 2170 Martin Hall \| (301) 405-6506 \| Profile \| Website E-mail: sarahb@umd.edu

	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, 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, 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, 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

Miller-Hooks Named Senate Chair-Elect

Dr. Elise Miller-Hooks
Elise Miller-Hooks, civil engineering associate professor, will chair the University Senate in 2009-2010. "I am honored to have this opportunity to serve the Senate and our campus in this role and to facilitate discussion and open debate as we strive to reach our goals," she said. More...

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