The honorary rank of Emeritus Professor may be conferred on retired or retiring faculty upon evidence of outstanding academic accomplishment and service to the University.
Professor, Academic General Faculty Teaching Track, Electrical and Computer EngineeringAssociate Chair for Undergraduate Programs
Dr. Powell is an Associate Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering at the University of Virginia. He was an active research and design engineer, focusing on automation, embedded systems, remote control, and electronic/mechanical co-design techniques before getting his Ph.D in 2011 and holds 16 patents in these areas.
After purchasing his first home PC in the early 1980’s, Bob soon realized that the education of engineers could never be the same, and resolved to be a leader in that change. He received plenty of encouragement while teaching regularly in the Commonwealth Graduate Education Program…
Professor Emeritus Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, Virginia Middle School Engineering Education Initiative, The Engineers Way
Larry G. Richards came to UVA in 1969, joined the School of Engineering and Applied Science in 1976, and moved to Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering in 1985 to develop and administer the Manufacturing Systems Engineering Program. He served as Director of the MSE Program from 1986 to…
Professor William W. Roberts, Jr., a native of Huntington, West Virginia, earned his S.B. in mathematics from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in 1964 and his Ph.D. in applied mathematics from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in 1969. Professor Roberts came to the…
Professor Gabriel Robins earned his Ph.D. in Computer Science from UCLA in 1992, where he received an IBM Fellowship and a Distinguished Teaching Award.
After receiving my PhD at UVA, I worked with a venture capitalist to start an engineering software business. After the venture capitalist sold that company to Ansys Inc, I started another engineering software business (Blue Ridge Numerics Inc) with a business partner. That company…
Dr. Shiflet's primary interests are in the kinetics and thermodynamics of phase transformations in crystalline and amorphous solids with particular emphasis on the atomic mechanism involved.Interaction potential models are used to compare experiment with theory. Results are extended to microstructure-property relationships.
Professor Emeritus, Executive Director of Science and Technology, Paul G. Allen Family Foundation
Tom Skalak is the founding Executive Director of The Paul G. Allen Frontiers Group, launched in 2016. The Frontiers Group seeks to explore new frontiers, re-invent fields in ways that reflect major societal challenges and fundamental scientific curiosity, and bring new knowledge to…
Mike Smith's technical expertise spans applied quantitative methods, strategic planning, technology evaluation, and organizational assessment across a variety of application domains including manufacturing, transportation, defense, and health care.
Mary Lou Soffa is the Owen R. Cheatham Professor of Sciences in the Computer Science Department at the University of Virginia, serving as the Department Chair from 2004 to 2012.
