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 of Materials Science and Engineering Director, Rolls Royce University Technology Center on Advanced Material Systems
    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

  • 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
    Currently Recruiting
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    My research interests are generally in operations research and, more specifically, in stochastic models and stochastic dynamic programming applied to healthcare. My research is in data-driven models for improving decision-making in cardiovascular disease, cancer, mental health, and substance abuse.
    Google Scholar Website

  • 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.
    Research Group Website Google Scholar Researchgate