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Nanette Acosta
Assistant Professor of Practice, Department of Theatre and Dance, College of Fine Arts
nanette.acosta@austin.utexas.edu
+1 512 471 0641, +1 512 471 0642
Expertise: costumes, costume design, undergraduate teaching, recruitment, theatrical design, theatre design, film design
D. Michelle Addington
Academic Center Affiliate, School of Architecture
addington@utexas.edu
Expertise: Sustainability; Smart Materials; Building Physics; Lighting; History of Building Technology; Leadership
Abigail R Aiken
Associate Professor, Lyndon B Johnson School of Public Affairs
araa2@utexas.edu
+1 512 232 2561
Expertise: public health policy, women's health, reproductive health outcomes
Deji Akinwande
Professor, Chandra Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering
deji@ece.utexas.edu
+1 512 471 4345
Expertise: Nanoscale devices, carbon nanotubes and graphene; Plastic nanoelectronics and nanotechnology; High-frequency analog circuit design; Biosensors
Celeste D Alexander
Director - Education Research Center, Department of Educational Leadership and Policy, College of Education
celeste.alexander@austin.utexas.edu
+1 512 471 4528
Expertise: Manages and coordinates multiple research and evaluation grants and contracts for the Educational Research Center.
Dean J Almy
Professor, School of Architecture
dja3@utexas.edu
+1 512 232 9311
Expertise: Urban design, landscape architecture, Dallas Urban Laboratory
Hal S Alper
Professor, McKetta Department of Chemical Engineering
halper@che.utexas.edu
+1 512 471 4417
Expertise: Our group focuses on engineering biology to produce organic molecules of interest such as biofuels, commodity and specialty chemicals and protein pharmaceuticals. Specifically, our lab alters cells and hijacks the basic metabolism to convert cellular systems into industrially-relevant biochemical factories. We utilize a variety of host systems including microbial (eg. Eschericia coli), fungal (eg. the yeasts Saccharomyces cerevisiae and Yarrowia lipolytica), and mammalian cells (eg. Chinese Hamster Ovary (CHO) cells and human HEK293). To accomplish these tasks, traditional pathway engineering approaches are merged with novel synthetic biology tools, protein engineering strategies, systems biology paradigms and applied genetic engineering capabilities. Our research group focuses on the integration and implementation of these tools and knowledge for the design, production, and elicitation of phenotypes relevant to biotechnological processes and medical interest. In addition, we are heavily invested in developing novel synthetic biology approaches aimed at increasing our capacity to engineer cells.
Kevin S Alter
Professor, School of Architecture
alter@utexas.edu
+1 512 797 6903
Expertise: Architecture
Cassandre Alvarado
Senior Associate Dean for Undergraduate Education, Moody College of Communication
cassandre.alvarado@austin.utexas.edu
+1 512 232 3997
Expertise: Focuses research on student success and graduation initiatives, including innovative college readiness assignments, student success programs and understanding the completion agenda.
Edward G Anderson
Professor, Department of Information, Risk, and Operations Management, Red McCombs School of Business
edward.anderson@mccombs.utexas.edu
+1 512 471 6394
Expertise: Edward Anderson is a professor of supply chain and operations management for The University of Texas at Austins McCombs School of Business. Within the schools Department of Information, Risk, and Operations Management, he has taught supply chain and operations management courses, project management, health care, and new venture design and implementation for the BBA, MBA, Ph.D., and Executive Education programs. Anderson has also served as director of the McCombs Healthcare Innovation Center, a research center specializing in innovation in healthcare delivery. Anderson worked as a product design engineer in the automotive industry and currently holds six patents. Numerous national media outlets have featured Anderson for his expertise in supply chain innovation, disruption, outsourcing, and industrial policy.
Jacqueline L Angel
Professor, Lyndon B Johnson School of Public Affairs
jangel@austin.utexas.edu
+1 512 471 2956
Expertise: Hispanic health and demographics; aging policy; social policies; long-term care; ethnic studies
Chandrajit L Bajaj
Professor, Department of Computer Science, College of Natural Sciences
bajaj@cs.utexas.edu
+1 512 471 5133, +1 512 471 8870
Expertise: Image Processing, Computer Graphics, Geometric Modeling, Computational Biology & Bioinformatics, Data Analysis & Visualization. In one project, he's developing chemical imaging techniques that could enable earlier cancer detection by identifying the chemical make-up of individual cells in a biopsy. In another, he models the 3D structures of HIV and other viruses to search for drugs that might be a good fit.
Dawna Ballard
Associate Professor, Department of Communication Studies, Moody College of Communication
diballard@utexas.edu
+1 512 471 5251
Expertise: chronemics: the study of time as its bound to human communication; time; teams; work; time management; work-life balance; slow movement; speed, mindfulness; overload; availability; 24-7 culture; convenience; scheduling; punctuality; deadlines; children's advocacy centers; secondary/vicarious trauma
Suzanne Barber
Professor, Chandra Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering
sbarber@identity.utexas.edu
+1 512 656 6152
Expertise: Software engineering, design and architectures; Distributed artificial intelligence; Information assurance, trust and security; Multi-agent systems
Janine Barchas
Professor, Department of English, College of Liberal Arts
barchas@austin.utexas.edu
+1 512 471 8379
Expertise: 18th-century literature and culture; digital humanities; the British novel; book history; textual studies; Jane Austen; early fiction by women; Shakespeare reception
Jonathan F Bard
Professor, Walker Department of Mechanical Engineering
jbard@utexas.edu
+1 512 471 3076
Expertise: Development of efficient algorithms; Design and analysis of manufacturing systems; Large-scale hierarchical optimization; Workforce planning and scheduling;
Jay Bartroff
Professor, Department of Statistics and Data Sciences, College of Natural Sciences
bartroff@austin.utexas.edu
Expertise: statistics, statistical computing, data science, sampling, sequential and streaming data, mathematics, probability, forensic statistics, clinical trials, gambling and casino games
James P Barufaldi
Professor Emeritus, Department of Curriculum and Instruction, College of Education
jamesb@utexas.edu
Expertise: Curriculum design, teacher education, science education
Oguzhan Bayrak
Professor, Fariborz Maseeh Department of Civil, Architectural and Environmental Engineering
bayrak@mail.utexas.edu
+1 512 232 6409, +1 512 232 7826
Expertise: Behavior, analysis, and design of reinforced and prestressed concrete structures; Bridge engineering; Evaluation of structures in distress; Use of fiber reinforced polymers for structural repair
Joseph J Beaman
Professor, Walker Department of Mechanical Engineering
jbeaman@mail.utexas.edu
+1 512 471 3058
Expertise: Freeform fabrication; System dynamics; Control; Manufacturing control; Innovations in manufacturing, machine design, modeling and control of physical systems, control of thermal processes, technical analysis of intellectual property; selective laser sintering (SLS)
Tasha Beretvas
Senior Vice Provost for Faculty Affairs, Faculty Affairs
tberetvas@austin.utexas.edu
+1 512 471 3007, +1 512 471 4363
Expertise: Interested in statistical models with a focus on deriving and evaluating multilevel model extensions and meta-analysis models for educational, behavioral, social and medical science data.
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
Chandra R Bhat
Professor, Fariborz Maseeh Department of Civil, Architectural and Environmental Engineering
bhat@mail.utexas.edu
+1 512 471 4535
Expertise: Activity and travel behavior analysis; Travel demand modeling; Application of econometric, discrete choice and market research techniques in transportation planning; Logistics and freight modeling; Transportation energy and transportation air quality analysis; Urban form and spatial data modeling; Artificial Intelligence and Transportation Safety and Equity; Urban management; Pollution
Darlene Bhavnani
Assistant Professor of Population Health, Department of Population Health, Dell Medical School
darlene.bhavnani@austin.utexas.edu
Kory Bieg
Associate Dean of Academic Affairs, School of Architecture
bieg@utexas.edu
Expertise: Artificial Intelligence, 3D Printing, CNC Technology, Creative AI, Digital Design, Digital Fabrication, Generative Design, Theory, Visualization
James S Black
Professor Emeritus, School of Architecture
sinclair@blackvernooy.com
Expertise: Urban design, new urbanism, development, Austin Downtown Alliance
Carl S Blyth
Associate Professor, Department of French and Italian, College of Liberal Arts
cblyth@austin.utexas.edu
+1 512 232 2312, +1 512 471 5531
Expertise: Applied linguistics (instructional technology, corpus linguistics, pedagogical grammar); French sociolinguistics (style, stance and interaction); Discourse studies (narrative analysis, cultural scripts, indexicality)
Andree H Bober
Director, Landmarks Public Art Program, College of Fine Arts
abober@landmarksut.org
+1 512 415 7392, +1 512 495 4315
Expertise: art museums, museum administration, arts administration, museum directorship, museum studies, contemporary art, public art, art in public spaces, collections, collections management, UT special collections
Danelle Briscoe
Associate Professor, School of Architecture
briscoed@utexas.edu
Expertise: Building Information Modeling (BIM), Fabrication, Relationships of analog to digital design
Matthew A Brown
Lecturer, Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences, Jackson School of Geosciences
matthewbrown@utexas.edu
+1 512 232 5515
Expertise: Brown's primary research goal is to develop a more thorough understanding of how past and future treatments affect specimens as sources of data, and the impact these treatments have on the science of paleontology. This approach examines the interplay of historic and current practices in the field, laboratory, and collections, and how the scientific community interprets these results in the literature. He also studies how such events foster an evolution of best practices, policy, and law, and he advocates for fossils on public lands. Brown is an active member of the Society of Vertebrate Paleontology and the Society for the Preservation of Natural History Collections, and is the founder of the Association for Materials and Methods in Paleontology.
John C Butler
Clinical Associate Professor, Department of Finance, Red McCombs School of Business
butlerjc@mccombs.utexas.edu
+1 512 232 6821
Expertise: Dr. Butler's research focuses on the Decision Sciences: decision analysis, operations, information systems, management science and statistics. He serves as Secretary/Treasurer of INFORMS Decision Analysis Society, an organization comprised of over 900 academics and practitioners in the field of decision analysis. For EMIC, Dr. Butler is focused on building energy-specific business curriculum. He teaches MBA-level energy finance classes and supervises student participation in practicums and case competitions.
Marika Cabral
Associate Professor, Department of Economics, College of Liberal Arts
marika.cabral@utexas.edu
Expertise: Economics; health-related economics; health insurance; insurance; taxation; privatization of health markets
Debra Cantu
Associate Professor of Practice, Department of Educational Leadership and Policy, College of Education
debra.cantu@austin.utexas.edu
+1 512 471 6137
Expertise: Leadership Development
*Develops PK-12 school leaders. Designs and coordinates learning objectives, knowledge development, and effective practices for graduate students to apply theory into practice in their internship based on the following learning outcomes:
*Develop Capacity for Teaching and Learning Excellence
*Advocate for and Ensuring Equitable Support Systems for All
*Build Executive Leaders to Promote Ethical Policies and Practices
*Partner Authentically and Equitably with Families and Communities
Curriculum and School Improvement
*Leads and develops curriculum content, scope and sequence, standards alignment and performance assessments for higher education and school district curriculum.
*Diagnose problems and challenges using school data, research and planning, implementation and progress monitoring and reflection.
Improvement Science
*Identify the Problem
*Analyze the Problem and Diagnose Its Causes
*Develop a Theory of Action
*Design the Strategy
*Plan for Implementation
*Implement the Strategy
*Assess Progress
*Adapt and Modify for Continuous Improvement
Certification
*Leads policies, practices and designs systems required by Texas Education Agency for admissions, clinical experiences and certification for the program and department.
School District Partnerships
*Building a Partnership
*Co-designing curriculum
*Collaboration and Planning
*Implementation and Progress Monitoring
Executive Coaching
*Design
*Implementation
*Strategic Planning
*Progress Monitoring
Kate Catterall
Associate Professor, Department of Design
katecat@utexas.edu
+1 512 471 0902
Expertise: History and theory of design; furniture and product design
Stephanie W Cawthon
Professor, Department of Educational Psychology, College of Education
stephanie.cawthon@austin.utexas.edu
+1 512 471 0378
Expertise: Investigates issues of access and equity for disabled people, with a special focus on systems change, research translation, and assessment.
Swarat Chaudhuri
Professor, Department of Computer Science, College of Natural Sciences
swarat@cs.utexas.edu
Expertise: artificial intelligence, AI, formal methods, safe autonomous systems, trustworthy machine learning, automated reasoning, programming languages, compilers, program synthesis
Joshua Childs
Associate Professor, Department of Educational Leadership and Policy, College of Education
joshuachilds@austin.utexas.edu
Expertise: Examines collaborative approaches involving community organizations and stakeholders that improve academic achievement and reduce opportunity gaps for students. Also studies chronic absenteeism, the role of high school athletics in school settings, and computer science education.
Kasey Claborn
Associate Professor, School of Social Work
kasey.claborn@austin.utexas.edu
Expertise: Kasey Claborn is a licensed clinical psychologist and assistant professor of Social Work and Psychiatry at The University of Texas at Austin. She is the Steve Hicks Fellow of Addiction and Recovery Services and Director for the Addictions Research Institute. Claborn is the Principal Investigator for several projects funded by the National Institutes of Health, the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration, and the Health Resources and Services Administration. Claborns research focuses on improving the addiction system of care through community based participatory research methods and system science. She has expertise in drug policy, designing and building digital technologies to improve care coordination and community overdose prevention efforts. In 2021, Claborn received an international award from Google for her work in building innovative technologies for social impact. Claborns current work seeks to use innovative methods to combine traditional and non-traditional overdose surveillance methods to inform data-driven community response.
https://ari.socialwork.utexas.edu/dr-kasey-claborn/
Richard L Cleary
Professor Emeritus, School of Architecture
cleary@utexas.edu
Expertise: Architectural history; architecture
Renita Coleman
Professor, School of Journalism and Media, Moody College of Communication
renita.coleman@austin.utexas.edu
+1 512 471 1969
Expertise: visual communication; ethics; agenda setting; journalism and public relations; stereotyping in the media; media; photojournalism; photography
Julia L Coronado
Clinical Associate Professor, Department of Finance, Red McCombs School of Business
julia.coronado@austin.utexas.edu
Expertise: Julia Coronado is a clinical associate professor of finance at the McCombs School of Business and associate director for the school's real estate center. The Texas Real Estate Center aims to facilitate cutting-edge research in finance, real estate, law, design, and planning, and to allow students to connect and learn from industry professionals. Before joining McCombs faculty, Coronado worked for the Federal Reserve Board of Governors in Washington, D.C., contributing to the Federal Open Market Committee forecasts for eight years. Coronado is also president and co-founder of MacroPolicy Perspectives LLC, which leverages the expertise of former Federal Reserve and Treasury senior officials who understand how economic and financial developments impact policy decisions. Coronado has researched and published several papers on pension finances and market valuations, social security, retirement saving adequacy and behavior, the frontier of private and public data collection, and monetary policy.
Richard L Corsi
Distinguished Teaching Professor Emeritus, Fariborz Maseeh Department of Civil, Architectural and Environmental Engineering
corsi@mail.utexas.edu
Expertise: Indoor air quality; Sources, fate and control of indoor air pollution; Homogeneous and heterogeneous indoor environmental chemistry; Human exposure to toxins in indoor environments
Richard H Crawford
Professor, Walker Department of Mechanical Engineering
rhc@mail.utexas.edu
+1 512 471 3030
Expertise: Computer-aided mechanical design and manufacturing; Geometric modeling; Solid freeform fabrication
Elizabeth A Danze
Professor, School of Architecture
edanze@utexas.edu
+1 512 471 1922
Expertise: Contemporary architecture, equitable housing
Jaimie N Davis
Professor, Department of Nutritional Sciences, College of Natural Sciences
jaimie.davis@austin.utexas.edu
+1 512 471 0971
Expertise: child and adolescent health, nutritional sciences, obesity, behaviour
Gustavo A De Veciana
Professor, Chandra Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering
deveciana@utexas.edu
+1 512 471 1573
Expertise: Analysis and design of wireless and wireline telecommunication networks; Architectures and protocols to support sensing and pervasive computing; Applied probability, queueing and information theory
Andrea DeLong-Amaya
Director of Horticulture, Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center, School of Architecture
adelongamaya@wildflower.org
+1 512 232 0114
Expertise: Native plants; horticulture; garden design
Andrew P Dillon
Professor, School of Information
adillon@ischool.utexas.edu
+1 512 471 3821
Expertise: the psychology of internet use, world wide web, human performance with technology, digital design, education, digital libraries, human-computer interaction, usability, social informatics, applied cognition, digital documents, online learning, information architecture, individual differences, technology, digital libraries
Lisa Dobias
Associate Professor of Instruction, Stan Richards School of Advertising and Public Relations, Moody College of Communication
dobias@austin.utexas.edu
+1 512 471 1101
Expertise: social media; branding
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.
Zachary S Elkins
Professor, Department of Government, College of Liberal Arts
zelkins@austin.utexas.edu
+1 512 232 7250
Expertise: national constitutions, democracy, institutional reform, research methods, and national identity, with an emphasis on cases in Latin America
Andrew Ellington
Professor, Department of Molecular Biosciences, College of Natural Sciences
andy.ellington@austin.utexas.edu
+1 512 232 3424, +1 512 471 6445
Expertise: Directed evolution; ribozymes; biotechnology; chemical and biological warfare detection
Brian L Evans
Professor, Chandra Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering
bevans@ece.utexas.edu
+1 512 232 1457
Expertise: Digital signal processing; Image processing; Communication systems; Electronic design automation
D Emma Fan
Professor, Walker Department of Mechanical Engineering
dfan@austin.utexas.edu
+1 512 471 5874
Expertise: Nanomaterials design and synthesis; nano-biotechnolgy; nano-manipulation; nanoelectromechanical system (NEMS); energy
Juliana Felkner
Assistant Professor, School of Architecture
juliana.felkner@austin.utexas.edu
+1 512 471 0868
Expertise: Sustainable Design, Urban Design, Structural Design, Climate Change, Climate Scenarios, Carbon Management, Life-cycle Assessment (LCA), Energy Modeling
Peter B Flemings
Professor, Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences, Jackson School of Geosciences
pflemings@jsg.utexas.edu
+1 512 475 8738, +1 512 475 9520
Expertise: Stratigraphy, basin analysis, basin-scale fluid flow, pore pressures in seafloor sediments, submarine landslides, oil and gas migration, methane hydrates, Integrated Ocean Drilling Program (IODP)
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
Karl H Frank
Professor Emeritus, Fariborz Maseeh Department of Civil, Architectural and Environmental Engineering
kfrank@uts.cc.utexas.edu
Expertise: Fatigue and fracture of structures; design and behavior of bridges; performance of cable stays; strength of steel and concrete; composite members; bolt and bolted joint behavior
Cynthia G Franklin
Professor, School of Social Work
cfranklin@austin.utexas.edu
+1 512 471 0533
Expertise: School mental health, Solution-focused Brief Therapy, dropout prevention, at-risk youth, research on how to design schools that promote achievement and a safe, respectful and violent free culture.
Niall Gaffney
Director for Data Intensive Computing, Texas Advanced Computing Center
ngaffney@tacc.utexas.edu
+1 512 475 9504
Expertise: Design of data workflows in parallel computing systems; Data discovery systems; Data preservation; Astronomical data reduction and analysis
Venkat Ganesan
Professor, McKetta Department of Chemical Engineering
venkat@che.utexas.edu
+1 512 471 4856
Expertise: My research focus is to develop a theoretical and computationally-based program aimed at elucidating the fundamental mechanisms underlying the design of novel, self-assembled advanced materials. The goal is to complement the research of experimentalists (synthetic chemists, chemical engineers, and material scientists) by providing simple but quantitative guidelines to rationally design and synthesize these materials. Towards this broad objective, our groups research focuses on the development and use of a wide variety of tools spanning both equilibrium and nonequilibrium statistical mechanics, conventional fluid mechanics, molecular rheology and computational tools to complex fluids and biological systems.
Michael L Garrison
Professor, School of Architecture
mgarrison@utexas.edu
+1 512 471 0185, +1 512 471 1922
Expertise: Advanced Design, environmental controls, solar design
Andreas Gerstlauer
Professor, Chandra Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering
gerstl@utexas.edu
+1 512 232 8294, +1 949 413 3250
Expertise: Embedded system design; Electronic system-level (ESL) design automation, modeling, languages, methodologies and tools; Embedded hardware and software synthesis
Omar Ghattas
Professor, Walker Department of Mechanical Engineering
omar@ices.utexas.edu
+1 512 232 4304
Expertise: Computational geoscience and engineering, simulation and optimization of complex solid, fluid, and biomechanical systems, inverse problems, optimal design, and optimal control
Benjamin G Gregg
Professor, Department of Government, College of Liberal Arts
bgregg@austin.utexas.edu
+1 512 232 7274
Expertise: Democracy, Rule of Law, Human Rights, Political Theory, Social Theory, Bioethics, Genetic Manipulation of Humans
Lisa Griffin
Associate Professor, Department of Kinesiology and Health Education, College of Education
l.griffin@austin.utexas.edu
+1 512 471 2786
Expertise: Investigates neuromuscular control mechanisms during fatigue, training, rehabilitation and aging with single-motor unit recording, and designs electrical stimulation protocols for individuals with paralysis.
Todd A Helwig
Professor, Fariborz Maseeh Department of Civil, Architectural and Environmental Engineering
thelwig@mail.utexas.edu
+1 512 232 2239, +1 512 475 8195
Expertise: Design and behavior of steel structures
Marlone D Henderson
Professor, Department of Psychology, College of Liberal Arts
marlone.henderson@utexas.edu
+1 512 471 6447
Expertise: social conflict, social judgements, prosocial behavior, social cognition, social harmony, cognition, abstract thinking, concrete thinking
Graeme A Henkelman
Professor, Department of Chemistry, College of Natural Sciences
henkelman@utexas.edu
+1 512 769 3180
Expertise: Energy conversion and storage; fuel cells; chemical reactions at surfaces; novel catalysts; battery materials.
David D Heymann
Professor, School of Architecture
heymann@utexas.edu
+1 512 232 4083
Expertise: Architecture, including buildings and landscapes, particularly natural landscapes.
Megan L Hildebrandt
Associate Professor of Practice, Department of Art and Art History, College of Fine Arts
megan.hildebrandt@austin.utexas.edu
Expertise: contemporary art, foundations art pedagogy, drawing, artist mothers, arts-in-healthcare, community-based art practices
Michael Holleran
Associate Professor, School of Architecture
holleran@utexas.edu
+1 512 471 3792
Expertise: Historic preservation, urban development, history of water, canals and ditches
George P Huber
Professor Emeritus, Department of Management, Red McCombs School of Business
george.huber@mccombs.utexas.edu
Expertise: Organizational change; organizational design; organizational learning; organizational decision-making
Joan Hughes
Associate Professor, Department of Curriculum and Instruction, College of Education
joanh@austin.utexas.edu
+1 512 232 4145
Expertise: Research focuses on school contexts and teacher knowledge and experiences that support the establishment of digital equity for learning in K-12 schools, classrooms, and communities.
Jody L Jensen
Professor Emeritus, Department of Kinesiology and Health Education, College of Education
jodyljensen@utexas.edu
+1 512 689 7442
Expertise: Studies biomechanics and changes in motor competencies across a lifetime with an emphasis on posture and locomotor control including populations of autism and cerebral palsy.
Junfeng Jiao
Associate Professor, School of Architecture
jjiao@austin.utexas.edu
Expertise: Smart communities and built environments; Transit and food access; Active travel; Shared mobility
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
Lizy K John
Professor, Chandra Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering
ljohn@ece.utexas.edu
+1 512 232 1455
Expertise: Design of high-performance, low-power microprocessors; Multicore processors; Memory Systems; Performance Evaluation and Benchmarking; Workload characterization; Adaptive computing;
Keith P Johnston
Professor, McKetta Department of Chemical Engineering
kpj@che.utexas.edu
+1 512 471 4617
Expertise: We utilize fundamental concepts in colloid and interface science, materials chemistry, nanotechnology, and polymer science to design, synthesize, and characterize materials for advanced performance in energy, pharmaceutical, and biomedical applications. We focus on
Advanced Functional Nanomaterials: functionalization of metals and metal oxide/polymer systems
Nanoparticle Interactions with Liquid and Solid Interfaces: engineered interfacial interactions in solids and oil/water and gas/water systems
Nanocluster Self Assembly Platform for Enhanced Properties: protein nanoclusters, photonic NIR gold nanoclusters, metal oxides for subsurface imaging and catalysis
Octavio Kano-Galvan
Assistant Professor of Practice, Stan Richards School of Advertising and Public Relations, Moody College of Communication
octavio.kanogalvan@austin.utexas.edu
+1 240 426 1762
Expertise: creative; art director; photography; 3D video production; web/mobile interactive media; motion graphics; 3D modeling and cinematography
William R Kelly
Professor, Department of Sociology, College of Liberal Arts
wkelly@austin.utexas.edu
+1 512 232 4142
Expertise: Criminal Justice/Criminology/Ecology of Crime, Program and Policy Research and Evaluation, Research Methodology and Statistics
Spyridon A Kinnas
Professor, Fariborz Maseeh Department of Civil, Architectural and Environmental Engineering
kinnas@mail.utexas.edu
+1 512 475 7969
Expertise: Ocean engineering; Hydrodynamics; Cavitation; Wave mechanics; Computational fluid dynamics (CFD); Design of ocean vehicle control and propulsion systems; Tidal turbines;
Richard E Klingner
Professor Emeritus, Fariborz Maseeh Department of Civil, Architectural and Environmental Engineering
klingner@mail.utexas.edu
Expertise: Experimental and analytical investigation of the response of masonry and reinforced concrete masonry structures; Earthquake engineering; Anchorage to concrete
Kara Kockelman
Professor, Fariborz Maseeh Department of Civil, Architectural and Environmental Engineering
kkockelm@mail.utexas.edu
+1 512 471 0210
Expertise: Travel behavior; traffic safety; urban form and land development; transportation planning and policy-making.
Shanti Kumar
Associate Professor, Department of Radio-Television-Film, Moody College of Communication
shanti.kumar@austin.utexas.edu
+1 512 232 3498
Expertise: Global media; cultural studies
Nancy B Kwallek
Professor Emeritus, School of Architecture
nkwallek@austin.utexas.edu
Expertise: Interior design, human behavior and design, history and theory of design, interior environments
Matthew A Lease
Professor, School of Information
ml@utexas.edu
+1 512 471 9350
Expertise: Lease is a professor in the School of Information. He researches artificial intelligence combined with human-computer interaction techniques in crowdsourcing and human computation, information retrieval, and natural language processing fields. He is also a faculty founder and leader of UT Austin's Good Systems, an eight-year, university-wide "moonshot" Grand Challenge to design responsible AI technologies. As part of Good Systems, Lease leads a six-year, seven-member faculty project that focuses on developing explainable AI techniques to combat disinformation. One of Lease's ongoing projects is content moderation, which involves using automated, human-in-the-loop, and human-safe practices to curb online disinformation, hate speech, and polarization.
Wei-Na Lee
F. J. Heyne Centennial Professor Emerita in Communication, Stan Richards School of Advertising and Public Relations, Moody College of Communication
weina@utexas.edu
Expertise: advertising, education; practice; communication process; how culture influences consumer response to communication; personal factors; message design; psychological response); communicating philanthropy and corporate social responsibility (CSR); overcoming skepticism
Jack C Lee
Professor Emeritus, Chandra Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering
jacklee@mail.utexas.edu
Expertise: High-K gate dielectrics and gate electrodes; Alternative channel materials for MOSFET applications; Fabrication methods and novel device structures for future integrated circuit device applications; Compound semiconductor device design and fabrication.
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
Rosemary Lester-Smith
Assistant Professor, Department of Speech, Language, and Hearing Sciences, Moody College of Communication
rosemary.lester-smith@austin.utexas.edu
+1 512 471 2690
Expertise: Diagnosis and treatment of voice disorders; vocal tremor; voice therapy, neurological voice disorders
Sanford V Levinson
Professor, School of Law
slevinson@law.utexas.edu
+1 512 232 1351
Expertise: Constitutional Law, constitutional design, emergency powers and constitutional theory, torture and the law
Charlton N Lewis
Assistant Dean for Student Affairs, School of Architecture
charltonlewis@austin.utexas.edu
Min Liu
Professor, Department of Curriculum and Instruction, College of Education
mliu@austin.utexas.edu
+1 512 232 6248, +1 512 471 5942
Expertise: Areas of expertise include designing and developing immersive, media-rich environments for learners at all age levels and research the effects of them using mixed-methods; studying the effect of other emerging technologies on learning and motivation; focusing on problem-based learning, project-based learning, and game-based learning pedagogical approaches; learning analytics in serious games and other online environments, and understanding MOOCs as an emerging online learning tool.
Hung-Wen Liu
Professor, College of Pharmacy
h.w.liu@mail.utexas.edu
+1 512 232 7811
Expertise: Antibiotic-resistant bacteria, bioorganic Chemistry, bacterial cell wall formation, biosynthesis of antibiotics, mechanistic enzymology, post translational modification of nuclear proteins.
Beili Liu
Leslie Waggener Professor, College of Fine Arts
beili@austin.utexas.edu
+1 512 471 6071
Expertise: Visual art, contemporary art, installation art, sculpture, Arctic art research, art and climate change, art and science collaboration, environmental art, art activism, interdisciplinary, multidisciplinary, fiber art, performance art, public art, feminist art, craft, indigenous craft, contemporary Asian-American art, contemporary Chinese-American art, Asian diaspora
Christopher A Long
Professor, School of Architecture
chrlong@utexas.edu
+1 512 232 4084
Expertise: Modern Architecture; history and theory of central European architecture; history of Central Europe; cultural history; Arts & Humanities
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
Beth Maloch
Senior Associate Dean, College of Education
bmaloch@austin.utexas.edu
+1 512 471 3476
Expertise: Examines literacy teacher preparation, specifically the role of coaching and mentoring that occurs inside programs.
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
Lance Manuel
Professor, Fariborz Maseeh Department of Civil, Architectural and Environmental Engineering
lmanuel@mail.utexas.edu
+1 512 232 5691
Expertise: Random vibration; Structural dynamics; Structural reliability; Atmospheric inflow turbulence simulation for wind turbine loads analysis; Computational methods for windstorm field generation; Performance of deepwater offshore platforms; Probabilistic seismic hazard analysis
Ronnie D Matthews
Professor Emeritus, Walker Department of Mechanical Engineering
rdmatt@mail.utexas.edu
Expertise: Alternative fuels; Emissions; Engine modeling
Jason McLellan
Professor, Department of Molecular Biosciences, College of Natural Sciences
jmclellan@austin.utexas.edu
+1 512 232 1906
Expertise: Jason S. McLellan specializes in understanding the structure and function of viral proteins, including those of coronaviruses. His research focuses on applying structural information to the rational design of vaccines and other therapies for viruses, including SARS-CoV-2, the novel coronavirus that causes COVID-19. McLellan and his team collaborated with researchers at the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases Vaccine Research Center to design a stabilized version of the SARS-CoV-2 spike protein, which is a key element in at least four COVID-19 vaccines to have either reached Phase 3 clinical trials or been approved for emergency use (those from Pfizer and BioNTech; Moderna; Johnson & Johnson and Janssen Pharmaceutica; and Novavax). McLellan also co-developed a vaccine candidate for RSV (respiratory syncytial virus) that is currently in human trials.
Lauren A Meyers
Professor, Department of Integrative Biology, College of Natural Sciences
utpandemics@austin.utexas.edu
+1 512 471 4950
Expertise: infectious disease epidemiology, evolutionary dynamics, molecular evolution, viruses, bacteria, RNA, mathematical modeling, computer simulation, bioinformatics, flu, Ebola, Zika, malaria
Juan Miro
Professor, School of Architecture
jmiro@austin.utexas.edu
+1 512 471 0182
Expertise: In his teaching, practice and research, Miro explores the role of the architectural profession in civic life, the relationship between the manmade and Nature, and the relevance of history for designers.
Miró was named a Distinguished Professor by the Association of Collegiate Schools of Architecture (ACSA). He is also a member of the Academy of Distinguished Teachers of the University of Texas at Austin. Other teaching awards include the Texas Excellence in Teaching Award and the ACSA New Faculty Teaching Award.
David Mohrig
Professor, Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences, Jackson School of Geosciences
mohrig@jsg.utexas.edu
+1 512 471 2282
Expertise: Sedimentary Geology, Sedimentology, Stratigraphy, Geomorphology, Rivers, Deltas, Coastlines, Submarine Channels, Geohazards, Sediment-Gravity Currents, Sediment Transport, Seismic Interpretation, Basin Analysis
Elizabeth Mueller
Professor, School of Architecture
ejmueller@austin.utexas.edu
+1 512 471 1151
Expertise: Architecture, urban planning, social equity, affordable housing, community development, urban politics and research design.
Elizabeth A Nelson
Senior Associate Dean for Undergraduate Medical Education, Dell Medical School
beth.nelson@austin.utexas.edu
+1 512 495 5106
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
Michael E Orshansky
Professor, Chandra Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering
orshansky@utexas.edu
+1 512 471 1082
Expertise: Statistical analysis and optimization algorithms for yield improvement; Circuit design for manufacturability; Robust low-power circuit design
Zhigang Pan
Professor, Chandra Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering
dpan@mail.utexas.edu
+1 512 471 1436
Expertise: VLSI Computer Aided Design; Physical design and circuit optimization; Design and manufacturing process integration; Vertical integration of technology, circuit/CAD and system
Randall M Parker
Professor Emeritus, Department of Special Education, College of Education
r.parker@utexas.edu
Expertise: Rehabilitation counseling; adjustment to disabling conditions; vocational assessment; research design and data analysis
Keryn E Pasch
Associate Professor, Department of Kinesiology and Health Education, College of Education
kpasch@austin.utexas.edu
+1 512 232 8295
Expertise: Examines the relation between marketing influence on youth and young adult risk behavior such as substance use, nutrition, sleep and energy drink consumption.
Yale N Patt
Professor, Chandra Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering
patt@ece.utexas.edu
+1 512 471 4085
Expertise: Microprocessor architecture in the many core era; Parallelism and superscalar processor design; Seriously heterogeneous chip multiprocessors; How to help students learn
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.
Amy Pavel
Assistant Professor, Department of Computer Science, College of Natural Sciences
apavel@cs.utexas.edu
Expertise: artificial intelligence, graphics and visualization, human-computer interaction, natural language processing, human-AI interaction, accessibility, video & augmented reality/virtual reality, machine learning
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
Jorge Perez Perez
Department Chair, Spanish and Portuguese, College of Liberal Arts
jorgep@utexas.edu
+1 512 232 4549
Spanish Speaker
Expertise: 20th and 21st century Spanish cinema, novel, and popular culture; queer culture and theory; Latin American cinema; fashion; costume design; Pedro Almodovar; Penelope Cruz; celebrity culture; Chanel
Jorge A Prozzi
Professor, Fariborz Maseeh Department of Civil, Architectural and Environmental Engineering
prozzi@mail.utexas.edu
+1 512 471 4771
Expertise: Pavement materials; Pavement design and rehabilitation; Pavement monitoring, evaluation and performance analysis; Accelerated pavement testing; Applied econometrics; Transportation Infrastructure Management
Erin Reilly
Professor of Practice, Stan Richards School of Advertising and Public Relations, Moody College of Communication
ebreilly@utexas.edu
Expertise: Audience motivation and emotion, immersive and interactive storytelling, Web3, blockchain, AI, emerging technologies, immersive and interactive storytelling, extended reality technologies (AI, IoT, AR, VR, MR, Virtual Worlds)
Pedro Reyes
Department Chair, Educational Leadership and Policy, Department of Educational Leadership and Policy, College of Education
preyes@austin.utexas.edu
+1 512 475 8569
Spanish Speaker
Expertise: I study student success for children experiencing poverty. I analyze how school leadership and state policy facilitate student success across the education pipeline.
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
Christopher G Rylander
Associate Professor, Walker Department of Mechanical Engineering
cgr@austin.utexas.edu
+1 512 232 6144
Expertise: Healthcare-related manufacturing and engineering design; Biomechanical engineering; Thermal/fluid systems
Victor Sampson
Associate Professor, Department of Curriculum and Instruction, College of Education
victor.sampson@utexas.edu
+1 512 232 7504
Expertise: Studies the ways culturally and linguistically diverse groups of people use disciplinary the core ideas and practices of Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) to explain phenomena or to solve problems that are meaningful and consequential to them.
Justin T Samuel
Assistant Professor of Practice, Department of Educational Leadership and Policy, College of Education
jsamuel@austin.utexas.edu
+1 512 475 9756
Expertise: Centers research on college student identity development, personal branding for student leaders, and work/life integration for student affairs administrators
Amy K Sanders
Associate Professor, School of Journalism and Media, Moody College of Communication
amy.sanders@austin.utexas.edu
Expertise: social media; privacy; internet governance; AI
Bridget R Scanlon
Research Professor, Bureau of Economic Geology, Jackson School of Geosciences
bridget.scanlon@beg.utexas.edu
+1 512 471 1534, +1 512 471 8241
Expertise: Evaluation of the impact of climate variability and land use change on groundwater recharge, application of numerical models for simulating variably saturated flow and transport, controls on nitrate contamination in aquifers
Julie Schell
Assistant Vice Provost of Academic Technology and Director of the Office of Academic Technology
julie.schell@austin.utexas.edu
+1 512 232 1772
Expertise: Academic technology, technology-enhanced learning, learning technologies, online education, college teaching and learning, course evaluations, design thinking, design pedagogy, learning experience design, and developing expertise in generative AI tools in higher education.
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
Lawrence P Schooler
Assistant Professor of Practice, Department of Communication Studies, Moody College of Communication
larry.schooler@austin.utexas.edu
Expertise: conflict resolution; mediation; consensus building; civic/community/public engagement (involving the public in decisions that affect them) (sometimes also called deliberative democracy); digital engagement (using technology innovatively to involve the public in decision making); restorative justice; transitional justice; memory/memorials and historic preservation; accessibility; public policy and public administration; urban affairs/urban planning
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
John M Sharp
Dave P. Carlton Centennial Professor Emeritus in Geology, Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences, Jackson School of Geosciences
jmsharp@jsg.utexas.edu
Expertise: Hyrdogeology; flow in fractured rocks; thermohaline free convection; fracture skin effects; regional flow in carbonate rocks; hydrology of arid and semi-arid zones; subsidence and coastal land loss; effects of urbanization; alluvial aquifers; hydrogeology of sedimentary basins;hydrological processes in ore deposit formation; and hydrogeophysics.
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
Matthew R Smith
Assistant Professor of Practice, Department of Arts and Entertainment Technologies
matt.smith@austin.utexas.edu
+1 512 232 5327
Expertise: Lighting Design, Projection Design, 3D Projection Mapping, and Media Management
Carol J Spaulding
Assistant Professor of Instruction, Department of Kinesiology and Health Education, College of Education
carolspaulding@utexas.edu
+1 512 471 1539
Expertise: Preschool childrens media use, survey design, formative research and program development for low-literacy populations
Lawrence W Speck
Professor, School of Architecture
lspeck@austin.utexas.edu
+1 512 626 7656
Expertise: Architectural design; regionalist design; design of office buildings; airport design; convention center 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
Elizabeth Swanson
Research Professor, Department of Special Education, College of Education
easwanson@austin.utexas.edu
+1 512 232 2320
Expertise: All of my work focuses on developing and testing for efficacy literacy practices for struggling readers.
This includes:
* infusing literacy practices into elementary and middle school content area classes;
* empowering parents to provide reading support to their own children;
* providing intervention to struggling readers;
* translating research to practice for teachers;
* designing effective professional development;
* translating research into usable products for parents.
Robert L Talbert
Professor Emeritus, College of Pharmacy
talbert@uthscsa.edu
Expertise: Cardiovascular therapeutics, stroke prevention and treatment, clinical trial design and evaluation, lipid disorders
Paul K Toprac
Professor of Instruction, Department of Computer Science, College of Natural Sciences
topcat@cs.utexas.edu
+1 512 471 9574
Expertise: Dr. Toprac's research continues to involve the use of games, simulations, mobile apps, and XR to change emotion, motivation, learning, and behavior in individuals. Current and past projects and software publications can be found at sagalab.utexas.edu.
Jessica R Toste
Associate Professor, Department of Special Education, College of Education
jrtoste@austin.utexas.edu
+1 512 475 6551
Expertise: Focuses on effective interventions for students with and at-risk for reading disabilities, with a focus on intensifying intervention through data-based instruction and attention to motivational processes
Nur A Touba
Professor, Chandra Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering
touba@ece.utexas.edu
+1 512 232 1456
Expertise: VLSI testing; Fault-tolerant computing; Computer-aided design
Philip U Treisman
Professor, Department of Mathematics, College of Natural Sciences
uri@austin.utexas.edu
+1 512 232 2271, +1 512 471 6190
Expertise: Education Policy; mathematics education; economics of education; educational equity; education program design and evaluation volunteerism
David P Tuttle
Research Associate, Energy Institute
dptuttle@energy.utexas.edu
+1 512 796 9771
Expertise: Dr. Tuttle is a Research Fellow in the Energy Institute at University of Texas at Austin. His lifelong passion in the automotive space intersects with his decades of experience in information technology and interest in the diffusion of innovation in the research areas of Plug-In Vehicle adoption and integration with the grid, alternative fuel and advanced powertrain vehicles, the Smartgrid, and renewable energy systems. In the past, Dr. Tuttle advised the UT GM/DOE Challenge-X hybrid development team and was the team manager for the 2007 UT DARPA Urban Challenge Autonomous vehicle team. Today, he is one of the electric vehicle researchers in Austins Pecan Street Consortium/UT-Austin Plug-In Vehicle Smartgrid research project.
Sean J Upshaw
Assistant Professor, Stan Richards School of Advertising and Public Relations, Moody College of Communication
sean.upshaw@austin.utexas.edu
Expertise: culture-centered health communication; visual communication; health and culture; health message design; health promotion messaging; health information messages; health communication; media messaging; communication education
Eric van Oort
Professor, Hildebrand Department of Petroleum and Geosystems Engineering
vanoort@austin.utexas.edu
+1 512 471 6262
Expertise: Drilling automation, real-time operations monitoring, remote command & control; Shale-fluid interaction and novel shale drilling fluids, use of nano-particles; Zonal isolation / cementing; Borehole instability / lost circulation prevention, and artificial borehole strengthening; Hydraulic fracturing and associated water management; Fit-for-purpose rig design and well manufacturing; Quantum computing
Paul Von hippel
Professor, Lyndon B Johnson School of Public Affairs
paulvonhippel@utexas.edu
+1 512 537 8112
Expertise: Demographic Analysis, Education Policy, Healthcare, Statistics
Etienne E Vouga
Associate Professor, Department of Computer Science, College of Natural Sciences
evouga@cs.utexas.edu
+1 512 232 7482
Expertise: computer graphics, applied mathematics, scientifiic computing, visualizing, geometry processing and design
Craig Watkins
Professor, School of Journalism and Media, Moody College of Communication
craig.watkins@austin.utexas.edu
+1 512 471 4071, +1 512 471 6676
Expertise: Race and pop culture; youth culture; digital media and social media; hip-hop culture and music; video games; the history of Black American cinema and the films of Spike Lee; digital media; young people and behaviors with social and online media.
Melissa Wetzel
Department Chair, Department of Curriculum and Instruction, College of Education
mmwetzel@austin.utexas.edu
Expertise: Literacy teacher preparation, coaching and mentoring, equity and justice in literacy instruction
Dan L Wheat
Associate Professor Emeritus, Fariborz Maseeh Department of Civil, Architectural and Environmental Engineering
dwheat@mail.utexas.edu
Expertise: Modeling of wood and wood structures; Behavior and design of wood structures
Sarah J Whitehead
Associate Professor of Instruction, Department of Spanish and Portuguese, College of Liberal Arts
sarahjey@utexas.edu
Spanish Speaker
Expertise: Foreign Language Pedagogy, Curriculum Design, Concept-Based Language Instruction, Epistemology, Conversation Analysis, Discourse Analysis, Ecology Theory, Critical Theory, Spanish Language
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
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
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