Project Management Research

Our project management research emphasizes new concepts, technologies, developments, and techniques applicable to both corporate and government project management. Through partnerships with agencies and industry, our results improve the efficiency, sustainability, and cost-effectiveness of projects.

Active research areas include: 

• Building energy
• Management of construction technology and robotics cross-industry agility at scale
• Public-private partnerships
• Risk management

Centers

The Project Management Center for Excellence is a research and education center dedicated to advancing project management understanding and fostering experts in emerging technologies and best practices. In addition to their UMD academic programs, the center also provides training and professional development for the community at large. 

Symposium

The annual Project Management Symposium enables project managers from the Baltimore-Washington area and beyond to share best practices, lessons learned, and new technologies on a broad range of related topics. Attendees can earn up to 11 professional development hours toward maintaining their Project Management Institute credential. 

Faculty

	Bilal M. Ayyub Professor 301-405-1956 | ba@umd.edu Profile
	Gregory B. Baecher Professor 202-577-6925 | gbaecher@umd.edu Profile
	Qingbin Cui Professor 301-405-8104 | cui@umd.edu Profile
	John Johnson Professional Programs Manager for Project Management Programs 301.405.1961 | johnj85@umd.edu Profile
	Mirosław J. Skibniewski Professor 301-405-9364 | mirek@umd.edu Profile