Darryll J. Pines, Ph.D. — elected to ULRI’s Board of Trustees in 2018 — became president in July 2022 of the University of Maryland, where he also serves as the Glenn L. Martin Professor of Aerospace Engineering. He arrived on campus in 1995 as an Assistant Professor, then served as Chair of the Department of Aerospace Engineering from 2006 to 2009 and for the following 11 years as Dean and Nariman Farvardin Professor of Aerospace Engineering at the A. James Clark School of Engineering.

As Dean, Dr. Pines revamped teaching in fundamental undergraduate courses, encouraged participation in national and international student competitions, emphasized sustainability engineering and service learning, and expanded innovation and entrepreneurship activities.

Dr. Pines made diversity a hallmark of his tenure, increasing the number of faculty and students from underrepresented populations. With his leadership team, he secured a historic $219.5 million investment from the A. James & Alice B. Clark Foundation in 2017 to fund need-based scholarships campuswide, as well as graduate fellowships, faculty positions, infrastructure, and other initiatives.

A member of the National Academy of Engineering, Dr. Pines focuses his research on structural dynamics, smart sensors, and adaptive, morphing, and biologically inspired structures as well as the guidance, navigation, and control of aerospace vehicles.

He is a Fellow of the American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics, the American Society of Mechanical Engineers and Institute of Physics, and Chair of the Engineering Advisory Committee for the National Science Foundation’s Engineering Directorate. 

Dr. Pines received a B.S. in mechanical engineering from the University of California, Berkeley, and an M.S. and Ph.D. in mechanical engineering from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.