Member, Prince George's Forward Task Force, 2020-21.
Assistant Professor, 1995-99; Associate Professor. 1999-2004; Professor, 2004-, University of Maryland, College Park. Director, Sloan Scholars Program, University of Maryland, College Park, 1996-2000; Director, GEM Program, University of Maryland, College Park, 1999-2003.
Program Manager, Tactical Technology Office and Defense Sciences Office, Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency, 2003-06.
Chair, Department of Aerospace Engineering, University of Maryland, College Park, 2006-09. Dean, A. James Clark School of Engineering, University of Maryland, College Park, 2009-20. Nariman Farvardin Professor of Engineering, University of Maryland, College Park, 2009-.
Member, Federal Facilities Advisory Board, 2010-13; Maryland Economic Development and Business Climate Commission, 2014-15.
Born in Oakland, California, 1964. University of California, Berkeley, B.S. (mechanical engineering), 1986; Massachusetts Institute of Technology, M.S. (mechanical engineering), 1988, Ph.D. (mechanical engineering), 1992. Board of Trustees, University of Maryland College Park Foundation, Inc., 2009-. Fellow, Institute of Physics, 2001; American Society of Mechanical Engineers, 2009; American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics, 2010. Member, National Academy of Engineering, 2019. CAREER Award, National Science Foundation, 1996. Alumni Circle Award, National Action Council for Minorities in Education, 2009. Power 100 List, Daily Record, 2021.
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