UVA ENGINEERING - Key Persons


Adam N. Harrell Jr.

Job Titles:
  • Richmond, VA / Ex Officio - Appointee, Board of Visitors

Adam Pearson

Job Titles:
  • Human Resources Business Partner

Albert Small

Job Titles:
  • Engineer

Amy Clobes

Job Titles:
  • Assistant Dean for Graduate Affairs
  • Director of Graduate Programs
Amy provides graduate student support, which often looks like helping students navigate their UVA experience and connecting students to School and University resources. She also provides guidance on academic policies, manages school fellowship awards, and assists in recruiting new students.

Anne C. Kromkowski

Job Titles:
  • Charlottesville, VA / Ex Officio - Senior Associate Dean and Chief Operating Officer, UVA School of Engineering and Applied Science
  • Senior Associate Dean & COO
  • Senior Associate Dean and Chief Operations Officer

Ashley Haddox

Job Titles:
  • Graduate Student Services Coordinator
Ashley works closely with the Graduate Engineering Registrar, providing support for maintaining student records, entering student milestones, enrollment, tracking academic requirements and overseeing degree conferral. She also provides support for graduate student admissions and recruitment along with fiscal support to the Office of Graduate Programs. She is happy to assist current and prospective students in their academic needs and connect them with UVA resources.

Barker, Shannon

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Undergraduate Curriculum Committee

Barnes, Laura

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Graduate Studies Committee

Berne, Rosalyn

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Endowed Chair Committee

Beth Hill

Job Titles:
  • Senior Human Resources Business Partner

Blemker, Silvia

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Endowed Chair Committee

Bowers, Steve

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Reappointment Committee

Brian L. Smith

Job Titles:
  • Associate Dean for Faculty Affairs / Professor of Civil and Environmental
  • Associate Dean for Faculty Affiars and Research
  • Associate Dean for Research and Faculty Affairs

Campbell, Joe

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Endowed Chair Committee

Carla Davis

Job Titles:
  • Recruitment and Outreach Co - Ordinator
Carla manages graduate student recruitment, outreach and engagement efforts toward increasing the quality and diversity of the graduate student body. As the secondary university representative for the National GEM Consortium, she serves as liaison between GEM fellowship applicants and departments. She is responsible for identifying innovative ways to expand our reach through prospect communication. Additionally, Carla provides fiscal management and budget support to the Office of Graduate Programs.

Catherine Broaddus

Job Titles:
  • Director of Faculty and Staff Affairs PO Box 400241 Phone

Chester, VA

Job Titles:
  • Pro Tempore Advisor

Choi, Josh

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Reappointment Committee

Chris Ervin

Job Titles:
  • Director of Corporate Relations

Concord, MA

Job Titles:
  • Pro Tempore Advisor

Crystal C. Ro

Job Titles:
  • Ellicott City, MD / Trustee

Dana Quist

Job Titles:
  • Assistant Director & Career Advisor
Dana counsels engineering students on all job and internship search related topics. She is the primary contact for BS and BA students majoring in computer science and helps organize events and programs with a technology emphasis including alumni talks and panels, technical interviewing skills, and employer events. When she's not working with students, Dana spends time on her Etsy shop side hustle, listening to podcasts, trail running and hanging out with her husband and two teenagers.

Davidson, Jack

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Graduate Studies Committee

Dayna Grayson

Job Titles:
  • Chevy Chase, MD / Trustee

Devin K. Harris

Job Titles:
  • Professor and Chair, Civil and Environmental

Douglas D. Garson

Job Titles:
  • Richmond, VA / Pro Tempore Advisor

Douglas P. Garland

Job Titles:
  • Charlottesville, VA / Pro Tempore Advisor

Dufalla, Nicole

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Undergraduate Curriculum Committee

Elizabeth Opila

Job Titles:
  • Professor and Chair, Materials Science and

Fitz-Gerald, James

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Undergraduate Curriculum Committee

Floryan, Mark

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Undergraduate Curriculum Committee

Fran O'Sullivan

Job Titles:
  • Naples, FL / Pro Tempore Advisor

Frances McBride

Job Titles:
  • Associate Director & Career Coach
Frances provides comprehensive career counseling and development services to undergraduate and graduate students. She also implements career education programs, consults with students on career search strategies, and conducts career assessments.

Franco F. Tao

Job Titles:
  • Arlington, VA / Trustee

Franco, Diana

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Undergraduate Curriculum Committee

Frederick H. Epstein

Job Titles:
  • Associate Dean for Research / Chair and Mac Wade Professor, Biomedical Engineering / Professor, Radiology and Medical Imaging

Geise, Geoff

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Undergraduate Curriculum Committee

Ghosh, Avik

Job Titles:
  • Co - Chair ) ( 22 - ECE )

Grace Grundy

Job Titles:
  • Houston, TX / Trustee

Griffin, Don

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Graduate Studies Committee

Groves, James

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Reappointment Committee

Guilford, Will

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Undergraduate Curriculum Committee

Habashi, Meara

Job Titles:
  • Co - Chair ) ( DO )

Hannah Richards

Job Titles:
  • Boise, ID / Trustee

Heather Palmer

Job Titles:
  • Assistant Director & Career Advisor
Heather advises undergraduate and graduate students on career exploration, internship/job search strategies, and decision making through individual coaching and small group workshops. In addition to advising, she manages our email marketing to students, website, and social media presence. Heather also co-chairs the University-wide Global Careers Committee, is a first-generation UVA alumna, and took a career break to live in Australia for a year.

Henry L. Kinnier

Job Titles:
  • Professor of Civil

Heydarian, Arsalan

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Reappointment Committee

Ihlefeld, Jon

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Reappointment Committee

J. Brian Jackson

Job Titles:
  • Charlottesville, VA / Pro Tempore Advisor

James A. Smith

Job Titles:
  • Associate Dean for Graduate Education and Henry L. Kinnier Professor of Civil
  • Associate Dean for Graduate Programs
Jim oversees the graduate program within UVA Engineering, which includes over 1100 full-time Master-of-Science and Doctoral Students.

James Bland

Job Titles:
  • Director

James E. Ryan Jr.

Job Titles:
  • Richmond, VA / Pro Tempore Advisor

Jane B. Rudolph

Job Titles:
  • Leesburg, VA / Trustee and Chair, Audit Committee

Javadi, Parisa

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Graduate Studies Committee

Jay Rolls

Job Titles:
  • Cherry Hills Village, CO / Trustee

Jayne Weber

Job Titles:
  • Graduate Engineering Registrar
Jayne is responsible for maintaining student records, entering student milestones, enrollment, tracking academic requirements and overseeing degree conferral.

Jennifer L. West

Job Titles:
  • Dean
  • Charlottesville, VA / Ex Officio - Dean, UVA School of Engineering and Applied Science

Jennifer Mauller

Job Titles:
  • Academic Programs Manager
  • Graduate Online Programs Administrator
Jennifer oversees Virginia Engineering Online (VEO), assisting both degree and non-degree graduate students in the engineering school. She provides student support, maintains student records, and assists with course registration.

Jesse Rogers

Job Titles:
  • Undergraduate Engineering Registrar

Jill Tietjen

Job Titles:
  • Centennial, CO / Pro Tempore Advisor

Jingyi Fan

Job Titles:
  • Assistant Director of Research Administration, Post - Award Post Award Administration Albert H. Small Building

John B. Koch

Job Titles:
  • Tampa, FL / Trustee

John DeMaso

Job Titles:
  • Charlottesville, VA / Pro Tempore Advisor

John Nisi

Job Titles:
  • Poughkeepsie, NY / Trustee

John Notis

Job Titles:
  • Director of Facilities

John R. Peeler

Job Titles:
  • Clarksburg, MD / Trustee

Josh Thomas

Job Titles:
  • Director of IT and Analytics

Julia Lapan

Job Titles:
  • Director
  • Director of Engineering Career Development
Julia manages all facets of career development by providing strategic and tactical leadership and direction to the Engineering Career Development team. She also maintains and nurtures existing relationships, as well as develops new relationships, with a significant base of employers.

Justin L. Dean

Job Titles:
  • Washington, D.C. Pro Tempore Advisor

Kathryn S. Harris

Job Titles:
  • Crozet, VA / UVEF President

Katie Lewis

Job Titles:
  • Director of Development

Kenneth A. Bronfin

Job Titles:
  • New York, NY / Pro Tempore Advisor

Koenig, Gary

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Graduate Studies Committee

Kristine Lipscomb

Job Titles:
  • New Canaan, CT / Trustee

Lakshmi, Venkat

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Endowed Chair Committee

Lambert, Jim

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Endowed Chair Committee

Lampe, Lisa - Chairman

Job Titles:
  • Chairman
  • Member of the Undergraduate Curriculum Committee

Lauren Carter

Job Titles:
  • Washington, D.C. Trustee

Lazzara, Matthew - Chairman

Job Titles:
  • Chairman

Leslie H. "Les" Williams Jr.

Job Titles:
  • Arlington, VA / Trustee

Li, Chris

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Endowed Chair Committee

Lin, Felix

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Graduate Studies Committee

Lin, Zongli

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Graduate Studies Committee

Linwood A. "Chip" Lacy

Job Titles:
  • Midlothian, VA / Pro Tempore Advisor

Lisa E. Meadows

Job Titles:
  • Executive Assistant
  • Senior Executive Assistant to the Dean

Lisa Lampe

Job Titles:
  • Assistant Dean for Undergraduate Affairs

Ma Hui

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Undergraduate Curriculum Committee

Marley, Jenny

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Reappointment Committee

Matthew Burkett

Job Titles:
  • Director of Accelerated Master 's Program ( AMP ) in Systems

McDonnell, Stephen

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Graduate Studies Committee

Meara M. Habashi

Job Titles:
  • Associate Dean for Diversity, Equity and Inclusion

Michael N. Garrett

Job Titles:
  • Sammamish, WA / Pro Tempore Associate

Michael Speight

Job Titles:
  • Director of Development

Michelle D. Busby

Job Titles:
  • Staff Council Representative Director of Operations, Engineering Systems and Environment

Mike Raker

Job Titles:
  • Charlottesville, VA / Trustee

Momot, Mike

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Undergraduate Curriculum Committee

Nancy Lyons Callahan

Job Titles:
  • Tampa, FL / UVEF President - Elect

Natalie Grandison

Job Titles:
  • Washington, D.C. Trustee

Nikseresht, Fateme

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Graduate Studies Committee

Norton, Peter

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Undergraduate Curriculum Committee

Olsson Hall

Job Titles:
  • Engineer

Panzer, Matt

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Graduate Studies Committee

Park, Brian

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Graduate Studies Committee

Patti Melcher

Job Titles:
  • Houston, TX / Pro Tempore Advisor

Peggy Reed

Job Titles:
  • Employer Relations Manager
Peggy is experienced in corporate human resource management, including employee communications on an international level. She also organizes and arranges employer events and visits, increasing employer and student interaction.

Peter Quick

Job Titles:
  • Mill Neck, NY / Pro Tempore Advisor

Priya Date

Job Titles:
  • Assistant Director for Graduate Student Success / Priya
Priya creates and develops programs and initiatives to support the professional, personal, and career growth of graduate and professional students; provides career counseling and advisement support to students; and supports efforts to attract a diverse student population.

Prof. Reid Bailey

Job Titles:
  • Director of the Rodman Scholars Program
  • Professor of Systems
  • Systems and Information
Reid Bailey joined the University of Virginia faculty in 2006, after he had held faculty posts at the University of Dayton and the University of Arizona, where he was the Lockheed Martin Assistant Professor of Engineering Design. With a focus on integrating real world engineering work into classes, Reid: created and currently leads two study abroad programs at the University of Virginia: UVA in Argentina which focuses on projects with wineries in Mendoza, Argentina and UVA in Sweden which focuses on environmental sustainability projects with clients near Lund, Sweden led the development of the Technology Leaders Program, an interdisciplinary undergraduate engineering design program at the University of Virginia, including co-creating the Rice 120 Lacy Engineering Design Studio, a maker-type space at UVa. coordinated and taught capstone programs at all three schools, personally mentoring dozens of industry-supported capstone teams continually integrates real world projects with actual clients into first-year engineering design courses including teaching a section of ENGR 1620 at UVa and leading the first-year engineering design course at Arizona (roughly 800 students per year) leads student-focused engineering design conferences including chairing the IEEE Systems and Information Engineering Design Symposium at UVa from 2007-2016 and co-founding Engineering Design Day at Arizona, the largest annual display of student work in the College of Engineering co-authored a design-centered textbook written specifically for first-year engineering students, Becoming a Technical Professional authored numerous publications on engineering design education and industrial ecology.

Prof. William H. Guilford

Job Titles:
  • Associate Dean for Undergraduate Affairs / Associate Professor, Department of Biomedical
  • Associate Dean of Undergraduate Education
  • Associate Dean of Undergraduate Programs

Quinn, Dan

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Reappointment Committee

Randy Daniel

Job Titles:
  • Richmond, VA / Pro Tempore Advisor

Richard W. Kent

Job Titles:
  • Professor and Chair, Mechanical and Aerospace

Riggs, Robert

Job Titles:
  • Chairman of the Undergraduate Curriculum Committee

Riggs, Sara

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Reappointment Committee

Robert E. Bremer

Job Titles:
  • Charlottesville, VA / UVEF Treasurer

Robert M. "Rob" Wadsworth

Job Titles:
  • Wellesley, MA / Pro Tempore Advisor

Rodman Scholars

Job Titles:
  • Director

Rogers, Jesse

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Undergraduate Curriculum Committee

Rohde, Gustavo

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Reappointment Committee

Rosalyn W. Berne

Job Titles:
  • Professor and Chair, Engineering & Society

Russell B. Mait

Job Titles:
  • Kilmarnock, VA / Trustee

Ruth Firsching Haile

Job Titles:
  • Charlottesville, VA / Pro Tempore Advisor

Sandhya Dwarkadas

Job Titles:
  • Professor and Chair, Computer Science

Sara Riggs

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Graduate Studies Committee

Sarah Mullen

Job Titles:
  • Director of Campaign Initiatives

Scott Acton

Job Titles:
  • Professor and Chair, Electrical and Computer

Shayn Peirce-Cottler

Job Titles:
  • Professor and Chair, Biomedical

Shen, Haiying

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Reappointment Committee

Skadron, Kevin

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Endowed Chair Committee

Smith, Brian

Job Titles:
  • Co - Chair )

Smith, James

Job Titles:
  • Chairman of the Graduate Studies Committee

Stacie Pisano

Job Titles:
  • Director, Center for Applied Mathematics

Stan, Mircea

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Graduate Studies Committee

Stephen H. "Steve" Wadsworth

Job Titles:
  • Atherton, CA / Pro Tempore Advisor

Sukhdeep S. "Gulu" Gambhir

Job Titles:
  • Vienna, VA / UVEF past President

Susan Klobuchar

Job Titles:
  • Executive Director of Communications

Thomas E. Noonan Jr.

Job Titles:
  • Charlottesville, VA / Trustee

Thornton Hall

Job Titles:
  • & Society
  • Graduate Admissions Coordinator

Tian, Jianghong

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Reappointment Committee

Tiffany Sheldon Link

Job Titles:
  • McLean, VA / Trustee

Todd A. Kennedy

Job Titles:
  • Keswick, VA / Pro Tempore Advisor

Vicki Schmanske

Job Titles:
  • McLean, VA / Pro Tempore Advisor

Vincent H. Derr

Job Titles:
  • Charlottesville, VA / Pro Tempore Advisor

Wadley, Haydn

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Endowed Chair Committee

Warren Buford

Job Titles:
  • Executive Director of Development

William Blaise Warren

Job Titles:
  • Atlanta, GA / UVEF Secretary

William Epling

Job Titles:
  • Professor and Chair, Chemical

William J. "Bill" Gorman Jr.

Job Titles:
  • San Francisco, CA / Trustee

William L. "Lee" DeLong III

Job Titles:
  • McLean, VA / Trustee

William T. Scherer

Job Titles:
  • Professor and Chair, Systems and Information Engineering Director, Accelerated Masters Degree Program

Williams, Keith

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Undergraduate Curriculum Committee

Winfred "Win" Phillips

Job Titles:
  • Gainesville, FL / Pro Tempore Advisor