Darryll J. Pines, Ph.D, has served on ULRI’s Board of Trustees since 2018. Since 2022, Dr. Pines has also served as president of the University of Maryland. Dr. Pines brings a wealth of technical scientific expertise to the Board, as well as experience in leading a non-profit institution.

Dr. Pines began his career at the University of Maryland in 1995 as an assistant professor, eventually becoming chair of the Department of Aerospace Engineering and serving as dean and Nariman Farvardin Professor of Aerospace Engineering at the A. James Clark Schoolof Engineering.

A member of the National Academy of Engineering, Dr. Pines has focused his research on structural dynamics, including structural health monitoring and prognosis, 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.