Darryll John Pines is an American
aerospace engineer
Aerospace engineering is the primary field of engineering concerned with the development of aircraft and spacecraft. It has two major and overlapping branches: aeronautical engineering and astronautical engineering. Avionics engineering is si ...
and academic administrator currently serving as president of
University of Maryland, College Park
The University of Maryland, College Park (University of Maryland, UMD, or simply Maryland) is a public land-grant research university in College Park, Maryland. Founded in 1856, UMD is the flagship institution of the University System of Mary ...
. 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
Oakland is the largest city and the county seat of Alameda County, California, United States. A major West Coast of the United States, West Coast port, Oakland is the largest city in the East Bay region of the San Francisco Bay Area, the third ...
, on August 28, 1964. He completed a B.S. in Mechanical Engineering at
University of California, Berkeley
The University of California, Berkeley (UC Berkeley, Berkeley, Cal, or California) is a public land-grant research university in Berkeley, California. Established in 1868 as the University of California, it is the state's first land-grant u ...
. Pines earned a M.S. (1988) and Ph.D. (1992) in Mechanical Engineering at
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
The Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) is a private land-grant research university in Cambridge, Massachusetts. Established in 1861, MIT has played a key role in the development of modern technology and science, and is one of the ...
.
Career
In 1995, Pines joined the faculty of
University of Maryland, College Park
The University of Maryland, College Park (University of Maryland, UMD, or simply Maryland) is a public land-grant research university in College Park, Maryland. Founded in 1856, UMD is the flagship institution of the University System of Mary ...
(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
Aerospace engineering is the primary field of engineering concerned with the development of aircraft and spacecraft. It has two major and overlapping branches: aeronautical engineering and astronautical engineering. Avionics engineering is si ...
. Pines assumed the presidency on July 1, 2020, succeeding President
Wallace Loh
Wallace Dao-kui Loh ( zh, c=陸道逵, p=Lù Dàokuí; born 1946) was the president of the University of Maryland, College Park, a position assumed November 1, 2010. He retired from the presidency on June 30, 2020 and was succeeded by Darryl ...
. In October 2021, Pines stated his opinion that
Greek life at UMD did not "have a big problem" with
sexual assault
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. Previous research on colleges nationwide, although no such studies have been conducted on UMD Greek life specifically, has found that college Greek life membership is associated with higher prevalence rates of sexual assault against women and
rape myth
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Extensive research has bee ...
acceptance among men. Pines' comments have been criticized by editorial staff of ''
The Diamondback
''The Diamondback'' is an independent student newspaper associated with the University of Maryland, College Park. It began in 1910 as ''The Triangle'' and became known as ''The Diamondback'' in 1921. Now a weekly online journal, ''The Diamondback ...
'' for "enabl
ngrape culture
Rape culture is a setting, studied by several sociological theories, in which rape is pervasive and normalized due to societal attitudes about gender and sexuality. Behaviors commonly associated with rape culture include victim blaming, slut-s ...
and discredit
ngsurvivors" on campus. Dozens of student protestors at an annual campus
Slut Walk booed Pines for his remarks.
Awards and honors
Pines was elected a member of the
National Academy of Engineering
The National Academy of Engineering (NAE) is an American nonprofit, non-governmental organization. The National Academy of Engineering is part of the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine, along with the National Academy ...
in 2019 for inspirational leadership and contributions to engineering education excellence in the United States.
Personal life
Pines' son
Donovan Pines
Donovan C. Pines (born March 7, 1998) is an American professional soccer player who plays as a center-back for D.C. United in Major League Soccer and the United States national team. Pines previously played college soccer for the University of ...
played for the
Maryland Terrapins men's soccer
The Maryland Terrapins men's soccer team represents the University of Maryland in National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) college soccer competition. The program has won four NCAA Division I College Cup national championships (1968, 2005, ...
team and is currently a professional soccer player on the roster of
D.C. United
D.C. United is a professional soccer club based in Washington, D.C. that competes in the Eastern Conference of Major League Soccer, the top tier of American soccer. Domestically, the club has won four MLS Cups (league championships), four Supp ...
.
References
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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
People from Oakland, California
Presidents of the University of Maryland, College Park
UC Berkeley College of Engineering alumni
University of Maryland, College Park faculty