Darryll Pines
Darryll Pines | |
---|---|
34th President of the University of Maryland, College Park | |
Assumed office July 1, 2020 | |
Preceded by | Wallace Loh |
Personal details | |
Born | Darryll John Pines August 28, 1964 Oakland, California, U.S. |
Children | Donovan |
Education | University of California, Berkeley (BS) Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MS, PhD) |
Darryll John Pines is an American aerospace engineer and academic administrator currently serving as president of University of Maryland, College Park. He was previously dean of the A. James Clark School of Engineering and held the Glenn L. Martin professorship of aerospace engineering.
Early life and education
Darryll John Pines was born in Oakland, California, on August 28, 1964. He completed a B.S. in Mechanical Engineering at University of California, Berkeley.[1] Pines earned a M.S. (1988) and Ph.D. (1992) in Mechanical Engineering at Massachusetts Institute of Technology.[2]
Career
In 1995, Pines joined the faculty of University of Maryland, College Park (UMD), as an assistant professor. He served as dean of the A. James Clark School of Engineering and held the Glenn L. Martin professorship of aerospace engineering.[3][4] Pines assumed the presidency on July 1, 2020, succeeding President Wallace Loh.[5]
Awards and honors
Pines was elected a member of the National Academy of Engineering in 2019 for inspirational leadership and contributions to engineering education excellence in the United States.[citation needed]
Personal life
Pines' son Donovan Pines played for the Maryland Terrapins men's soccer team and is currently a professional soccer player on the roster of D.C. United.[6]
References
- ^ Greenberg, Susan H. (June 30, 2022). "How Berkeley Engineering launched three Black AAU presidents". Inside Higher Ed. Retrieved 11 July 2022.
- ^ "Darryll Pines's Biography". The HistoryMakers. Retrieved November 25, 2021.
- ^ "USM Board of Regents Appoints Darryll J. Pines as President of University Of Maryland, College Park". University System of Maryland Newsroom. February 12, 2020.
- ^ Richman, Talia (February 13, 2020). "What you need to know about Darryll Pines, the next University of Maryland president". Baltimore Sun. Retrieved July 2, 2020.
- ^ Hansen, Drew (February 12, 2020). "UMd. goes in-house for new president". Washington Business Journal.
- ^ Goff, Steven (February 13, 2020). "University of Maryland's next president is a soccer dad to D.C. United's Donovan Pines". Washington Post. ISSN 0190-8286. Retrieved July 22, 2021.
External links
- Darryll Pines's publications indexed by the Scopus bibliographic database. (subscription required)
- 20th-century American educators
- 20th-century American engineers
- 21st-century American educators
- 21st-century American engineers
- 1964 births
- African-American academic administrators
- African-American engineers
- American aerospace engineers
- American mechanical engineers
- Educators from California
- Engineers from California
- Fellows of the American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics
- Fellows of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers
- Fellows of the Institute of Physics
- Living people
- Members of the United States National Academy of Engineering
- MIT School of Engineering alumni
- Academics from Oakland, California
- Presidents of the University of Maryland, College Park
- UC Berkeley College of Engineering alumni
- University of Maryland, College Park faculty
- 21st-century African-American academics
- 21st-century American academics