Distinguished University Professors are established scholars, held in the highest esteem by professional colleagues nationally and internationally, and whose contributions have had a significant influence on their discipline and perhaps beyond.

Term Recipient Department
2023 Liangbing Hu Department of Materials Science and Engineering
2023 Sennur Ulukus Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering
Institute for Systems Research
2022 Bala Balachandran Department of Mechanical Engineering
2021 Michael Pecht Department of Mechanical Engineering
2021 Eric Wachsman Department of Materials Science and Engineering
Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering
Maryland Energy Innovation Institute
2020 Dinesh Manocha Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering
Department of Computer Science
Institute for Systems Research
2019 K.J. Ray Liu Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering
2018 John Baras Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering
Institute for Systems Research
2018 Isaak Mayergoyz Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering
2017 Thomas Antonsen Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering
Department of Physics
Institute for Research in Electronics and Applied Physics
2016 Mikhail Anisimov Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering
Institute for Physical Science and Technology
2016 William E. Bentley Fischell Department of Bioengineering
Institute for Bioscience and Biotechnology Research
2016 Rama Chellappa Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering
Center for Automation Research
2016 Gary Rubloff Department of Materials Science and Engineering
Institute for Systems Research
2014 Inderjit Chopra Aerospace Engineering
2012 Anthony Ephremides Electrical and Computer Engineering
2008 Ashwani K. Gupta Mechanical Engineering
2005 Avram Bar-Cohen Mechanical Engineering
2003 Ramamoorthy Ramesh Materials Science and Engineering, Physics
1999 Jan V. Sengers Chemical Engineering/Institute for Physical Science & Technology
1995 Edward Ott Electrical and Computer Engineering and Physics 

Visit the Office of Faculty Affairs website for a complete list of University of Maryland Distinguished University Professors.


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