Dean & 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
Department Chairs
Scott Acton
Professor and Chair, Electrical and Computer Engineering
Rosalyn W. Berne
Professor and Chair, Engineering & Society
Sandhya Dwarkadas
Professor and Chair, Computer Science
William Epling
Professor and Chair, Chemical Engineering
Anne Fernando
Director, Center for Applied Mathematics
Professor, Academic General Faculty, Teaching Track, Applied Mathematics
Devin K. Harris
Professor and Chair, Civil and Environmental Engineering
Richard W. Kent
Professor and Chair, Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering
Shayn Peirce-Cottler
Professor and Chair, Biomedical Engineering
Elizabeth Opila
Professor and Chair, Materials Science and Engineering
In Memoriam: William T. Scherer
Professor and Chair, Systems and Information Engineering
Director, Accelerated Masters Degree Program
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 Diversity, Equity and Inclusion
Susan Klobuchar
Executive Director of Strategic Communications
Anne C. Kromkowski
Senior Associate Dean and Chief Operations Officer
Matthew B. Panzer
Associate Dean for Graduate Education and Post-Doctoral Affairs
Professor of Mechanical & Aerospace Engineering
Brian L. Smith, PE
Senior Associate Dean for Faculty Affairs and Research
Professor 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
Julia Lapan
Assistant Dean for Career Development
Faculty and Staff Council Representatives
Michelle D. Busby
Staff Council Representative
Director of Operations, Civil and Environmental Engineering
Matthew J. Lazzarra
Faculty Senate Representative
Professor of Chemical Engineering and Biomedical Engineering