Dean and Leadership
UVA Engineering leaders work collaboratively to support and advance the school's mission for making the world a better place by educating engineering leaders and creating and disseminating knowledge.
Dean
Jennifer L. West
Dean of Engineering
Saunders Family Professor of Engineering
Department Chairs
Scott Acton
American Telephone and Telegraph Company Professor of Engineering and Chair, Electrical and Computer Engineering
Jonathan Beever
Chair, Department of Engineering and Society
Sandhya Dwarkadas
Walter N. Munster Professor and Chair, Department of Computer Science
Anne Fernando
Director, Center for Applied Mathematics
Professor, Academic General Faculty, Teaching Track, Applied Mathematics
Alfredo Garcia
Chair, Department of Systems and Information Engineering
Devin K. Harris
Professor and Chair, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering
Ayman Karim
Olsen Professor and Chair, Department of Chemical Engineering
Richard W. Kent
Frederick Tracy Morse Professor and Chair, Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering
Elizabeth Opila
Rolls-Royce Commonwealth Professor and Chair, Department of Materials Science and Engineering
Shayn Peirce-Cottler
Harrison Distinguished Teaching Professor and Chair, Department of Biomedical Engineering
Leyf Starling
Director, First-Year Engineering Center
Associate Deans and Executive Directors
Warren Buford
Executive Director of Development
William H. Guilford
Associate Dean for Undergraduate Affairs
Associate Professor, Department of Biomedical Engineering
Meara M. Habashi
Associate Dean for Community, Opportunity and Engagement
Susan B. Klobuchar
Executive Director of Strategic Communications
Anne C. Kromkowski
Senior Associate Dean and Chief Operating Officer
Matthew B. Panzer
Associate Dean for Graduate Education and Post-Doctoral Affairs
Professor, Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering
Brian L. Smith, PE
Senior Associate Dean for Faculty Affairs and Research
Professor, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering
Assistant Deans
David Chen
Assistant Dean for Entrepreneurship and Innovation Partnerships, UVA Engineering
Managing Director, Wallace H. Coulter Center for Translational Research
Instructor, Biomedical Engineering
Amy Clobes
Assistant Dean for Graduate Affairs
Jeffrey J. Fox
Assistant Dean for Research
Lisa Lampe
Assistant Dean for Undergraduate Affairs