Faculty

Our faculty are not content to trod well-worn engineering paths. Instead, they are driven to pursue innovations in teaching, research that address truly complex challenges, and to pursue worldwide leadership roles in their fields. See Also: Emeritus Faculty Directory.

  • Blair Okita

    Professor of Practice Fall 2024 Brenton S. Halsey Distinguished Visiting Professor Fall 2023 Brenton S. Halsey Distinguished Visiting Professor
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    For the past 35+ years, Blair has been a pharmaceutical manufacturing, quality, and development executive where he has had the opportunity to work globally and drive twelve new chemical/biological and biosimilar products through development and into sustained commercial production. 

  • Elizabeth J. Opila

    Department Chair Rolls-Royce Commonwealth Professor of Engineering Professor, Materials Science and Engineering Director, Rolls-Royce University Technology Center on Advanced Material Systems Professor, Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, by courtesy
    Beth Opila

    Our research focuses on materials for use in extreme environments and can be applied to materials for use in aircraft engines, rocket engines, energy conversion technologies, and thermal protection systems.
    Google Scholar Opila Research Group Rolls-Royce UTC for Advanced Materials Systems Group news

  • Angela Orebaugh

    Associate Professor, Academic General Faculty, Teaching Track, Computer Science
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    Angela Orebaugh is an Associate Professor in the Engineering School's Computer Science Department. Her teaching and research blends keeping us safe and secure in the cyber world with a passion for promoting mindful, intentional, engagement with technology.
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  • Daniel Otero-León

    Assistant Professor, Department of Systems and Information Engineering Courtesy Appointment, Department of Public Health Sciences
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    His research develops data-driven decision models for disease prevention, cancer management, and healthcare logistics to improve patient outcomes and health system efficiency.
    Google Scholar Otero Stochastic Systems Lab

  • Osman E. Ozbulut

    Professor Director of Graduate Studies, CEE
    Osman E. Ozbulut

    Osman Ozbulut is a Professor in the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering at the University of Virginia.
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