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
• Infrastructure management
• Public-private partnerships
• Workplace happiness

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

Gregory Baecher PROFESSOR 301-405-1972 | gbaecher@umd.edu Profile

John Cable DIRECTOR, project management center for excellence 301-405-8935 | jcable@umd.edu Profile

Qingbin Cui ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR 301-405-8104 | cui@umd.edu Profile

Allison Reilly ASSISTANT PROFESSOR 301-405-8846 | areilly2@umd.edu Profile

Miroslaw Skibniewski Professor in construction engineering and management 301-405-9364 | mirek@umd.edu Profile