Cockrell School of Engineering Experts
Maruthi R Akella
Professor, Department of Aerospace Engineering and Engineering Mechanics, Cockrell School of Engineering
makella@mail.utexas.edu
+1 512 471 9493
Expertise: Nonlinear and robust adaptive control; Dynamics of networked systems and sensors; Control applications for supersonic flows
David T Allen
Director, Center for Energy and Environmental Resources, McKetta Department of Chemical Engineering
allen@che.utexas.edu
+1 512 471 0049, +1 512 475 7842
Expertise: Atmospheric chemistry; Urban air quality and pollution prevention; Environmental and industrial reaction engineering
Neal E Armstrong
Professor Emeritus, Fariborz Maseeh Department of Civil, Architectural and Environmental Engineering
neal_armstrong@mail.utexas.edu
Expertise: Water quality management; Water quality analysis; Water quality modeling; Water pollution ecology; Ecological risk analysis
Aaron B Baker
Professor, Biomedical Engineering, Cockrell School of Engineering
abbaker@austin.utexas.edu
Expertise: Cardiovascular biology including atherosclerosis, thrombosis and in-stent restenosis; Vascular biomechanics/mechanotransduction; Development of medical devices, Drug delivery/tissue engineering systems for enhancing tissue repair; Glycobiology
Matthew T Balhoff
Department Chair, Petroleum and Geosystems Engineering, Cockrell School of Engineering
balhoff@mail.utexas.edu
+1 512 471 3246
Expertise: Chemical Enhanced Oil Recovery, Geological CO2 Storage, Reservoir Simulation
Sanjay K Banerjee
Director, Microelectronics Research Center, Chandra Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering
banerjee@austin.utexas.edu
+1 512 471 6730, +1 512 924 4799
Expertise: Ultra-high vacuum and remote plasma-enhanced chemical vapor deposition; Silicon-germanium-carbon heterostructure MOSFETs and nanostructures; Ultra-shallow junction technology; Semiconductor device modeling
Jeffrey K Bennighof
Professor, Department of Aerospace Engineering and Engineering Mechanics, Cockrell School of Engineering
bennighof@mail.utexas.edu
512 471 4709
Expertise: Computation in Structural Dynamics; Noise and Vibration Analysis of Vehicles; Minimum Time Control of Structures
Srinivas V Bettadpur
Professor, Department of Aerospace Engineering and Engineering Mechanics, Cockrell School of Engineering
srinivas@csr.utexas.edu
+1 512 471 7587
Expertise: Orbital Mechanics, Perturbations, and Orbit Determination; Space Geodesy (Earth''s Shape, Orientation & Gravity Field); Modeling, Determination and Interpretation of Gravity Field; Space Mission Design; Data Processing and Numerical Methods
J E Bickel
Professor, Walker Department of Mechanical Engineering
ebickel@utexas.edu
+1 512 232 8316
Expertise: Decision making under uncertainty; value of information; economics; business strategy; energy and climate policy
Roger T Bonnecaze
Dean, Cockrell School of Engineering, Cockrell School of Engineering
rtb@che.utexas.edu
+1 512 471 1497
Expertise: We specialize in the rheology of suspensions, emulsions & complex fluids turbidity and debris flows, computational fluid mechanics imprint and immersion lithography, electrical impedance tomography, and the self-assembly of nanoparticles at surfaces.
Amy Brock
Associate Professor, Biomedical Engineering, Cockrell School of Engineering
amy.brock@utexas.edu
Expertise: Cancer systems biology, Heterogeneity and cell state plasticity, Gene regulatory networks, Chemotherapy drug resistance and Normal differentiation and differentiation therapy.
Noel T Clemens
Professor, Department of Aerospace Engineering and Engineering Mechanics, Cockrell School of Engineering
clemens@mail.utexas.edu
+1 512 471 6773
Expertise: Fundamental Studies of Turbulent Combustion and Mixing; Unsteadiness of Shock-induced Turbulent Separation; Supersonic Cavity Flows
Clinton N Dawson
Department Chair, Aerospace Engineering and Engineering Mechanics, Cockrell School of Engineering
clint.dawson@austin.utexas.edu
+1 512 475 8627
Expertise: Numerical Solution to Partial Differential Equations; Algorithms for Massively Parallel Scientific Computation; Application to Surface and Subsurface Flow and Transport in Earth Systems
Leszek F Demkowicz
Professor, Department of Aerospace Engineering and Engineering Mechanics, Cockrell School of Engineering
leszek@oden.utexas.edu
+1 512 471 4199
Expertise: Computational Acoustics and Electromagnetics; hp-Adaptive Finite and Boundary Element Methods; Applied Functional Analysis
Andrew K Dunn
Professor, Biomedical Engineering, Cockrell School of Engineering
adunn@utexas.edu
+1 512 232 2808
Expertise: Optical microscopy; Functional brain imaging; Molecular imaging; Neuroscience
Thomas F Edgar
Professor and George T. and Gladys H. Abell Endowed Chair of Engineering, Department of Chemical Engineering, Cockrell School of Engineering
edgar@che.utexas.edu
Expertise: Process control; Modeling; Optimization; Energy systems; Combined heat and power; Fault detection; Data analytics; Energy policy; Alternative and renewable energy; Smart Grid
John G Ekerdt
Professor and Dick Rothwell Endowed Chair in Chemical Engineering, Department of Chemical Engineering, Cockrell School of Engineering
ekerdt@utexas.edu
Expertise: Dr. Ekerdt's research is on the surface, growth and materials chemistry of metal, dielectric, ferroelectric, and polymer thin films. We seek to understand and describe nucleation and growth of films and nanostructures, their structure-property relationships, and site-specific reactions that lead to their formation. The programs are motivated by applications in electronic materials, energy and sensors. The research programs are highly interdisciplinary and involve collaborations with faculty in chemical engineering, physics and electrical engineering, and researchers in industry.
Gregory L Fenves
Professor Emeritus, Fariborz Maseeh Department of Civil, Architectural and Environmental Engineering
fenves@utexas.edu
Expertise: Modeling and computational simulation of structures; earthquake engineering; structural health monitoring and assessment
Wallace T Fowler
Professor and Paul D.& Betty Robertson Meek Centennial Professorship in Engineering & Distinguished Teaching Professor, Department of Aerospace Engineering and Engineering Mechanics, Cockrell School of Engineering
wallace.fowler@austin.utexas.edu
Expertise: Spacecraft and Mission Design; Aircraft Design; Vehicle Modeling; Lunar and Planetary Exploration Systems; Multimedia Engineering Education
David W Fowler
Professor and T.U. Taylor Professorship in Engineering; Joe J. King Chair of Engineering No. 2; Distinguished Teaching Professor, Department of Civil, Architectural, and Environmental Engineering, Cockrell School of Engineering
dwf@mail.utexas.edu
Expertise: Polymer-concrete materials; Structural building systems in wood and reinforced concrete; Concrete aggregates
George Georgiou
Professor and Cockrell Family Regents Chair in Engineering No. 9, Department of Molecular Biosciences, College of Natural Sciences
gg@che.utexas.edu
+1 512 471 6975
Expertise: Engineering and preclinical/clinical development of human enzyme therapeutics for cancer treatment. Development of methods for the molecular-level understanding of antibody responses to immune challenge. Analysis of the antibody repertoire elicited by viral infection (e.g. HIV-1) and vaccination to aid the development of more efficient vaccines. Engineering of antibody therapeutics displaying enhanced ability to recruit cytotoxic leukocytes and blood proteins (complement) for the effective clearance of pathogens.
Robert B Gilbert
Professor and Bruswick-Abernathy Regents Professorship in Soil Dynamics & Geotechnical Engineering, Department of Civil, Architectural, and Environmental Engineering, Cockrell School of Engineering
bob_gilbert@mail.utexas.edu
+1 512 232 3688
Expertise: Performance reliability and risk management for slopes, dams & levees, foundations, waste containment and site remediation
David B Goldstein
Professor, Department of Aerospace Engineering and Engineering Mechanics, Cockrell School of Engineering
david@cfdlab.ae.utexas.edu
+1 512 471 4187
Expertise: Development of Numerical Methods; Applications of Computational Fluid Dynamics; Detailed Flow Physics
Paul S Ho
Professor and Cockrell Family Regents Chair in Engineering No. 5, Department of Mechanical Engineering, Cockrell School of Engineering
hops@austin.utexas.edu
Expertise: Thin films and interfaces in microelectronics materials; Reliability of interconnect and packaging structures; Polymer films and metal-polymer interfaces
Rui Huang
Professor, Department of Aerospace Engineering and Engineering Mechanics, Cockrell School of Engineering
ruihuang@mail.utexas.edu
+1 512 471 7558
Expertise: Mechanics of integrated materials and structures at micro and nano scales; Reliability of advanced interconnects and packaging for microelectronics; Mechanical instability of thin films and nanostructures; Multiscale modeling and simulations.
Thomas J Hughes
Professor, Department of Aerospace Engineering and Engineering Mechanics, Cockrell School of Engineering
hughes@oden.utexas.edu
+1 512 232 7775
Expertise: Acoustics; Bioengineering; Complex Fluids; Computational Mechanics; Fluid Mechanics; Solid Mechanics
David G Hull
Professor Emeritus, Department of Aerospace Engineering and Engineering Mechanics, Cockrell School of Engineering
dghull@mail.utexas.edu
Expertise: Analytical and numerical methods in optimal control theory and their application to aerospace vehicle trajectory optimization and guidance;
Todd E Humphreys
Director, Organized Research Unit, Wireless Networking and Communications Group, Department of Aerospace Engineering and Engineering Mechanics, Cockrell School of Engineering
todd.humphreys@utexas.edu
+1 512 471 4489
Expertise: Estimation and Filtering; Satellite Navigation Technology and Security; Software-defined Radio
James O Jirsa
Professor and Janet S. Cockrell Centennial Chair in Engineering, Department of Civil, Architectural, and Environmental Engineering, Cockrell School of Engineering
jirsa@utexas.edu
Expertise: Design and behavior of reinforced concrete structures; Earthquake engineering; Repair and rehabilitation of structures
Brian A Korgel
Professor and Matthew Van Winkle Regents Professorship in Chemical Engineering, Department of Chemical Engineering, Cockrell School of Engineering
korgel@che.utexas.edu
+1 512 471 5633
Expertise: Brian A. Korgel is the Director of The University of Texas at Austin Energy Institute and the Rashid Engineering Regents Chair Professor in the McKetta Department of Chemical Engineering. He also directs the Industry/University Cooperative Research Center (IUCRC) for a Solar Powered Future (SPF2050), the Nanotechnologies area of the UT Austin Portugal Program at UT, and serves as Associate Editor of the journal, Chemistry of Materials. He is a former Fulbright Fellow and has been Visiting Professor at the University of Alicante in Spain, the Université Josef Fourier in France and the Chinese Academy of Sciences in Beijing.
Stelios Kyriakides
Professor, Department of Aerospace Engineering and Engineering Mechanics, Cockrell School of Engineering
skk@mail.utexas.edu
+1 512 471 4167
Expertise: Instability in Solids and Structures (Plastic Buckling of Structures; Propagating Instabilities in Shape Memory Metals; Composites; Foams); Modeling of Nonlinear Behavior and Failure of Solids (Metals; Composites; Foams)
Chad M Landis
Professor, Department of Aerospace Engineering and Engineering Mechanics, Cockrell School of Engineering
landis@utexas.edu
+1 512 471 4273
Expertise: Mechanics of materials; Ferroelectrics; Ferromagnetic shape memory alloys; Fracture Mechanics; Continuum thermodynamics
Sheldon Landsberger
Professor and Hayden Head Centennial Professorship, Department of Mechanical Engineering, Cockrell School of Engineering
s.landsberger@mail.utexas.edu
+1 512 796 0287
Expertise: Radioactive and solid waste management; Low-level counting of natural radioactivity; Compton suppression gamma-ray spectrometry; Risk assessment in radioactivity handling
Desmond F Lawler
Professor and Nassir I. Al-Rashid Chair in Civil Engineering, Department of Civil, Architectural, and Environmental Engineering, Cockrell School of Engineering
dlawler@mail.utexas.edu
Expertise: Particles in water and wastewater treatment processes; Mathematical modeling of treatment processes; Physical-chemical treatment; Drinking and industrial process water treatment
Fernanda L Leite
Associate Dean for Research, Cockrell School of Engineering
fernanda.leite@utexas.edu
+1 512 471 4689
Expertise: Computer-aided engineering and design; Product and process modeling; Construction management; Building information modeling; Information technology for project management; Life-cycle information integration; Collaboration and coordination technologies; Building energy performance
Kenneth M Liechti
Professor, Department of Aerospace Engineering and Engineering Mechanics, Cockrell School of Engineering
kml@mail.utexas.edu
+1 512 471 4164
Expertise: Delamination Fracture Mechanics; Adhesive Bonding and Composite Materials; Microelectronics Packaging; Mark Mear:; Micromechanics; Fracture Mechanics; Boundary Element Methods
Nanshu Lu
Professor, Department of Aerospace Engineering and Engineering Mechanics, Cockrell School of Engineering
nanshulu@utexas.edu
+1 512 471 4208
Expertise: Dr. Lu's research focuses on the mechanics of flexible and stretchable electronics in all aspects including structural design, micro-fabrication, mechanical tests, bio-integration as well as analytical and numerical mechanics modeling. She is interested in the mechanics of stretchable electronics, wearable devices for diagnosis and therapy of movement disorders, and flexible glass photonics.
Randy B Machemehl
Professor and Nasser I. Al-Rashid Centennial Professorship in Transportation Engineering, Department of Civil, Architectural, and Environmental Engineering, Cockrell School of Engineering
rbm@mail.utexas.edu
+1 512 232 3100, +1 512 471 4541
Expertise: Transportation system operational analysis and design software development; Transport system demand estimation
Arumugam Manthiram
Professor and Joe C. Walter, Jr. Chair in Engineering, Department of Mechanical Engineering, Cockrell School of Engineering
manth@austin.utexas.edu
+1 512 471 1791, +1 512 471 7394
Expertise: Clean energy materials; Electrochemical energy conversion and storage; Lithium ion batteries, fuel cells, supercapacitors, and solar cells; Nanomaterials
Mia K Markey
Professor, Biomedical Engineering, Cockrell School of Engineering
mia.markey@utexas.edu
+1 512 471 1711, +1 512 471 8660
Expertise: Machine learning and statistical techniques for detection; Classification and prediction in biology and medicine; Biomedical image analysis
Elena C McDonald-Buller
Senior Research Engineer, Center for Energy and Environmental Resources, Cockrell School of Engineering
ecmb@mail.utexas.edu
+1 512 471 2891
Expertise: Air quality modeling; emissions trading; atmospheric chemistry; impacts of urban development patterns on air quality and population exposure to pollution; applications of satellite remote sensing data for air quality research
Mark E Mear
Professor, Department of Aerospace Engineering and Engineering Mechanics, Cockrell School of Engineering
mear@mail.utexas.edu
+1 512 471 4212
Expertise: Micromechanics; Fracture Mechanics; Boundary Element Methods
Dean P Neikirk
Professor and Cullen Trust for Higher Education Endowed Professorship in Engineering No. 7, Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Cockrell School of Engineering
neikirk@mail.utexas.edu
Expertise: Sensors and transducers; Electromagnetic and micromachined devices; Integrated circuits and semiconductors; Microwave devices
Richard R Neptune
Professor, Department of Mechanical Engineering, Cockrell School of Engineering
rneptune@mail.utexas.edu
+1 512 471 0848
Expertise: Musculoskeletal modeling and simulation of human movement; Neuromotor control and adaptation; Sports biomechanics and equipment design; Rehabilitation engineering, prosthetic and orthotic design
Dev Niyogi
Professor, Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences, Jackson School of Geosciences
dev.niyogi@jsg.utexas.edu
Expertise: Research Group: The University of Texas Extreme weather and Urban Sustainability "TExUS" Lab.
Research seeks to significantly contribute to our understanding of the Earth system, particularly the urban and agricultural landscapes, and the dynamic role of coupled land surface processes on regional hydroclimatic extremes. Translate the scientific work undertaken into decision tools and portals with a particular focus on sustainable climate-ready/resilient coastal, cities, and agricultural systems.
Dr. Niyogi has coauthored over 200 peer-reviewed papers for international journals, 18 book chapters, and over 150 conference proceedings or abstracts for professional conferences such as the AMS and AGU annual meetings. According to Google Scholar, his research has been cited over 19,000 times (h index = 70), and his work has been read over 122,000 times per Research Gate statistics. His work has been highlighted in various media outlets including in the popular press such as Yahoo!, MSNBC, Wired, CNN, LiveScience, National Geographic, Tedx Talk, NASA press releases.
Dr. Niyogi's research is funded through a variety of competitive federal grants- NSF (Atmospheric and Geosciences, Hydrology, Cyberinfrastructure, Computer Sciences, Geoscience Education, International Programs, RAPID, and CAREER), NASA (Hydrology, Interdisciplinary Sciences), Joint Center for Satellite Data Assimilation, DOE, NOAA, and USDA/NIFA. He has developed over 30 successful research projects, which have led to a total award of more than $100 million to Purdue ($ 6 million as an individual share) through grants. At Purdue, Dr. Niyogi received Purdue Seeds for Success award, Million Dollar research award, and the University Faculty Scholar recognition, the NSF CAREER award, the USDA NIFA Partnership Award, and has been part of the 2018 Indiana Governor Award for Environmental Excellence- amongst other.
<strong>At University of Texas at Austin, Dr. Niyogi is also part of the Theme Organizing Committee of the Planet Texas 2050 </strong> <a href="https://bridgingbarriers.utexas.edu/planet-texas-2050/" target="_blank"> </a>
Donald R Paul
Professor and Ernest Cockrell, Sr. Chair in Engineering, Department of Chemical Engineering, Cockrell School of Engineering
drp@che.utexas.edu
Expertise: Interests include the broad areas of polymer science and engineering and chemical engineering. Current research involves various aspects of polymeric materials including polymer blends; membranes for separations, drug delivery, packaging, etc.; and polymer processing. The blend research deals with the thermodynamics of polymer-polymer interactions (miscibility, phase diagrams, interfaces), reactive compatibilization of multiphase mixtures, rubber toughening, the control of phase morphology during processing by both chemical and physical means, and polymeric nanocomposites. The research on diffusion in polymers involves investigation of structure-property relationships to design better membranes for separation processes and improved barrier materials plus an interest in theories and models for describing sorption and permeation of small molecule penetrants in polymers including the rubbery, glassy, semi-crystalline, and liquid crystalline states of these materials. The research on nanocomposites involves devising chemical and processing strategies for exfoliating layered silicates in polymer matrices for improvement of performance using nanoscale reinforcement. Synthesis, characterization, and performance of polymers are an integral part of the research in all these areas.
John A Pearce
Professor and Temple Foundation Endowed Professorship No. 3, Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Cockrell School of Engineering
jpearce@mail.utexas.edu
Expertise: Tissue fusion and ablation processes with radio frequency current and lasers; Applications of the complex electrical properties of and admittance measurements in tissues; Industrial applications of radio frequency and microwave energy
Nicholas A Peppas
Professor, Biomedical Engineering, Cockrell School of Engineering
peppas@che.utexas.edu
+1 512 471 6644, +1 512 633 6740
Expertise: Biomaterials; Controlled drug delivery; Molecular modeling of protein structures in contact with biomaterials and tissues; Modeling of biomedical devices; Bionanotechnology; Molecular recognition processes
Dewayne E Perry
Professor and Motorola Regents Chair in Electrical and Computer Engineering, Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Cockrell School of Engineering
perry@mail.utexas.edu
Expertise: Software architecture; Software engineering process, analyses and tools; Empirical studies in software engineering
Varun Rai
Professor, Lyndon B Johnson School of Public Affairs
rai@austin.utexas.edu
+1 512 471 4697, +1 512 471 5057
Expertise: Dr. Rai's principal research interests are in technological change, innovation and diffusion; economics of climate change/integrated assessment models; and energy and development. His research combines energy systems modeling with the political economy of energy markets to understand how changes in energy technologies, market conditions, policies and regulation, and environment could impact energy generation. The emphasis of his research is on interdisciplinary and integrative research in engineering and policy to ensure that the insights from his policy research are rooted in the underlying technical realties.
Laxminarayan L Raja
Professor, Department of Aerospace Engineering and Engineering Mechanics, Cockrell School of Engineering
lraja@mail.utexas.edu
+1 512 471 4279
Expertise: Low-temperature Glow Discharge Plasma
Ellen M Rathje
Professor and Warren S. Bellows Centennial Professorship in Civil Engineering, Department of Civil, Architectural, and Environmental Engineering, Cockrell School of Engineering
e.rathje@mail.utexas.edu
+1 512 232 3683, +1 512 471 4929
Expertise: Geotechnical earthquake engineering and engineering seismology; Seismic stability of earth structures and slopes; Earthquake-induced landslides; Seismic site response; Field liquefaction evaluation and soil improvement; Application of remote sensing to earthquake damage assessment;
Krishnaswa Ravi-Chandar
Professor and Temple Foundation Endowed Professorship No. 1, Department of Aerospace Engineering and Engineering Mechanics, Cockrell School of Engineering
ravi@utexas.edu
+1 512 471 4213
Expertise: Mechanical Behavior of Materials at High Strain Rates; Fracture in Nominally Brittle Materials; Shear Banding in Polymeric Materials; Phase Transformation in Shape Memory Alloys
Pengyu Ren
Professor, Biomedical Engineering, Cockrell School of Engineering
pren@mail.utexas.edu
+1 512 232 1832
Expertise: Molecular modeling of biological systems; Computational drug discovery
Gary T Rochelle
Professor and Carol & Henry Groppe Professorship in Chemical Engineering, Department of Chemical Engineering, Cockrell School of Engineering
rochelle@che.utexas.edu
+1 512 471 7230
Expertise: Dr. Rochelle's research includes a focus on control of air pollution by acid gases, carbon dioxide, and air toxics, CO2 capture, flue gas desulfurization, acid gas treating, CO2 mass transfer with chemical reaction, electrolyte thermodynamics, reaction kinetics in aqueous solutions.
Gregory J Rodin
Professor and Temple Foundation Endowed Faculty Fellowship No. 6, Department of Aerospace Engineering and Engineering Mechanics, Cockrell School of Engineering
gjr@oden.utexas.edu
+1 512 471 4230
Expertise: Fast Algorithms for Composite Materials; Mechanics of Ice; Creep Deformation and Fracture
Henry G Rylander
Professor and Harry H. Power Professorship in Engineering, Biomedical Engineering, Cockrell School of Engineering
rylander@mail.utexas.edu
+1 512 471 1995
Expertise: Vision research; Biomedical sensors; Laser applications; Neuroprosthesis design
Michael S Sacks
Professor, Biomedical Engineering, Cockrell School of Engineering
msacks@oden.utexas.edu
+1 512 232 7773
Expertise: Cardiovascular biomechanics; computational simulation of the behavior of the cardiovascular system; advanced constitutive models, biomechanical interactions of cell, tissue, and organ in native and engineered heart valves and myocardium.
Isaac C Sanchez
Professor and William J. (Bill) Murray, Jr. Endowed Chair in Engineering, Department of Chemical Engineering, Cockrell School of Engineering
sanchez@che.utexas.edu
Expertise: Statistical thermodynamics of bulk and interfacial phenomena in polymers; Solubility of fluids in polymers; Computer simulations of polymer properties
Philip S Schmidt
Professor and Donald J. Douglass Centennial Professor, Department of Mechanical Engineering, Cockrell School of Engineering
pschmidt@mail.utexas.edu
Expertise: Industrial electrotechnology applications and economics; Industrial energy management and conservation; Project-based engineering instruction
Bob E Schutz
Professor and Joe J. King Chair; FSX Professorship in Space Applications and Exploration, Department of Aerospace Engineering and Engineering Mechanics, Cockrell School of Engineering
schutz@csr.utexas.edu
512-471-4267
Expertise: Spaceborne laser altimetry; especially GLAS on ICESat; Airborne laser altimetry; Space Geodesy; including Global Positioning System (GPS) and laser ranging; Spacecraft dynamics; including orbit and attitude determination; Satellite mission design; Applications of satellites to Earth system studies
Luis Sentis
Professor, Department of Aerospace Engineering and Engineering Mechanics, Cockrell School of Engineering
lsentis@austin.utexas.edu
+1 512 471 5987
Expertise: Human centered robotics; Mathematics of movement and manipulation; Building legged humanoid robots; Software architectures for sensing and acting; Biomechatronics
Kamy Sepehrnoori
Professor and Bank of America Centennial Professorship in Petroleum Engineering, Department of Petroleum and Geosystems Engineering, Cockrell School of Engineering
kamys@mail.utexas.edu
+1 512 471 0231, +1 512 471 3161
Expertise: Reservoir simulation development and application; Simulation of enhance oil recovery processes; Computational methods; Parallel computations; Applied mathematics; Naturally fractured reservoir modeling; Co-optimization of CO2 sequestration and enhanced oil recovery; inverse modeling;
Jayant Sirohi
Professor, Department of Aerospace Engineering and Engineering Mechanics, Cockrell School of Engineering
sirohi@utexas.edu
+1 512 471 4186
Expertise: High Power Density Solid State Actuators; Multifunctional Structures; Multi-mission Capable Micro/Unmanned Aerial Vehicles; Rotorcraft Design
Gerald E Speitel
Professor and John J. McKetta Energy Professorship in Engineering, Department of Civil, Architectural, and Environmental Engineering, Cockrell School of Engineering
speitel@utexas.edu
+1 512 471 7995
Expertise: Treatment processes for hazardous organic chemicals, including biodegradation and adsorption; Drinking water treatment; Computer models of treatment processes
S V Sreenivasan
David Allen Cockrell Chair in Engineering, Cockrell Family Regents Chair in Engineering #7, Joe C. Walter, Jr. Chair in Engineering, Walker Department of Mechanical Engineering, Cockrell School of Engineering
sv.sreeni@mail.utexas.edu
+1 512 471 6546
Expertise: Nano-resolution lithography; Flexure-based micro- and nano-precision machines; Precision optical systems; Real-time nano-resolution optical sensor architectures
Jeanne C Stachowiak
Professor, Biomedical Engineering, Cockrell School of Engineering
jcstach@austin.utexas.edu
+1 512 471 5477
Expertise: Biological membranes; Biophysics; Drug delivery.
Ben Streetman
Dean Emeritus, Cockrell School of Engineering
bstreet@mail.utexas.edu
Expertise: Engineering education; Engineering workforce issues; Microelectronics; Semiconductor materials and devices; Epitaxy
Laura J Suggs
Professor, Biomedical Engineering, Cockrell School of Engineering
laura.suggs@mail.utexas.edu
+1 512 232 1671
Expertise: Cardiovascular tissue engineering; Adult progenitor cells and vasculogenesis; Biologically active materials
Byron D Tapley
Professor and Clare Cockrell Williams Centennial Chair in Engineering, Department of Aerospace Engineering and Engineering Mechanics, Cockrell School of Engineering
tapley@csr.utexas.edu
+1 512 471 5573
Expertise: Orbital Mechanics; Satellite Orbit Determination; Earth Satellite Applications
Delbert Tesar
Professor and Carol Cockrell Curran Chair in Engineering, Department of Mechanical Engineering, Cockrell School of Engineering
tesar@mail.utexas.edu
Expertise: Robotics, electro-mechanical actuators, embedded intelligence; Open architecture vehicles, ships, aircraft, machinery for manufacturing; Human rehabilitation systems; Long duration lunar base habitat operation
Thomas M Truskett
Professor, Department of Chemical Engineering, Cockrell School of Engineering
truskett@che.utexas.edu
+1 512 471 6308
Expertise: Solid-liquid interfaces; Nano-confined materials; Water?s role in biological processes; Relaxation processes in supercooled liquids
James W Tunnell
Professor, Biomedical Engineering, Cockrell School of Engineering
jtunnell@mail.utexas.edu
+1 512 232 2110
Expertise: Diagnostic and therapeutic optical technologies; molecular imaging; nanophotonics; cancer;
Philip L Varghese
Professor and Stanley P. Finch Centennial Professorship in Engineering & Distinguished Teaching Professor, Department of Aerospace Engineering and Engineering Mechanics, Cockrell School of Engineering
varghese@mail.utexas.edu
+1 512 471 3110
Expertise: Laser Based Sensors; Flow Diagnostics Using Raman and Rayleigh Scattering; Optimal Modeling of Nonequilibrium Flows
Michael Webber
John J. McKetta Centennial Energy Chair, Professor, Mechanical Engineering, Cockrell School of Engineering
webber@mail.utexas.edu
+1 512 475 6867
Expertise: Energy policy; Energy & Water; Alternative and renewable energy; Biofuels; Energy in Texas; Smart Grid; Power Sector
Mary F Wheeler
Professor Emeritus, Department of Aerospace Engineering and Engineering Mechanics, Cockrell School of Engineering
mfw@oden.utexas.edu
Expertise: Numerical solution of partial differential systems with applications to the modeling of subsurface and surface flows and parallel computation.
Carlton G Willson
Professor and Rashid Engineering Regents Chair, Department of Chemical Engineering, Cockrell School of Engineering
willson@che.utexas.edu
Expertise: Polymers, materials, and processes for microelectronics; Photoresists; Liquid crystals; Computer simulation; Mass transport studies; Kinetics; Graft polymerization; Biosensor arrays; Novel processes for producing nanometer scale structures
Clark R Wilson
Professor Emeritus, Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences, Jackson School of Geosciences
crwilson@jsg.utexas.edu
+1 512 471 5008
Expertise: Geophysics, including gravity, space geodesy, and applied seismology
Kenneth W Wisian
Program Director, Bureau of Economic Geology, Jackson School of Geosciences
kenneth.wisian@utexas.edu
+1 512 471 2003
Expertise: Geothermal Geophysics, SETI, Exoplanets, Space Exploration, Disaster Response, Recovery & Resiliency, Military Technology Applications, International Affairs, Innovation, Curriculum Development
Sharon L Wood
Professor, Fariborz Maseeh Department of Civil, Architectural and Environmental Engineering
swood@utexas.edu
+1 512 232 3301
Expertise: Design and behavior of reinforced concrete structures; Infrastructure monitoring; Earthquake engineering
Thomas Yankeelov
Director of Cancer Imaging Research, LIVESTRONG Cancer Institutes, Dell Medical School
thomas.yankeelov@utexas.edu
+1 512 417 1733
Expertise: advanced imaging methods for the early identification, assessment and prediction of tumors and their response to therapy
Hsin-Chih Yeh
Professor, Biomedical Engineering, Cockrell School of Engineering
tim.yeh@austin.utexas.edu
+1 512 471 7931
Expertise: Nanobiosensor development; Cancer biomarker detection; Single-molecule spectroscopy for biomolecule and nanomaterial characterization; 3D molecular tracking and super-resolution imaging.
Jianshi Zhou
Research Professor, Walker Department of Mechanical Engineering
jszhou@mail.utexas.edu
+1 512 471 3588, +1 512 471 4773
Expertise: Design and synthesis of new electronic materials including superconductors, spintronic/orbitronic materials, thermoelectric materials, multiferroic materials and magnetoresistive materials; crystal growth, high-pressure synthesis, and physical properties under high pressure
Janeta Zoldan
Associate Professor, Biomedical Engineering, Cockrell School of Engineering
zjanet@austin.utexas.edu
+1 512 471 4884
Expertise: Human induced pluripotent stem cells (iPSCs) as a model system to explore key principles underlying tissue formation processes by integrating and applying materials and stem cell bioengineering. Understanding this process and controlling it is critical for treating a broad spectrum of pathological conditions such as diabetes, Parkinson's disease, hepatic failure and heart failure, as well as alleviating the current shortage of donor tissue necessary for tissue repair and transplant.