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

    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 of Materials Science and Engineering Director, Rolls Royce University Technology Center on Advanced Material Systems
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    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 Opila Lab Tour Rolls-Royce UTC for Advanced Materials Systems

  • Angela Orebaugh

    Assistant Professor, Academic General Faculty, Teaching Track, Computer Science
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    Angela Orebaugh is an Assistant Professor in the Engineering School's Computer Science Department. Her teaching and research is focused on keeping us safe and secure in the cyber world. She is also lead faculty member for cybersecurity, information technology, and sustainability for UVA's School of Continuing and Professional Studies.
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  • Elizabeth Orrico

    Lecturer Academic General Faculty Teaching Track, Computer Science
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    Elizabeth Orrico joined the Department of Computer Science as a lecturer in August 2020. Prior to her appointment at UVA Engineering, she spent two years as a physics and math teacher in Los Angeles as a Teach For America corpsmember.

  • Osman E. Ozbulut

    Professor
    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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