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Maruthi R. Akella
Professor
Cockrell Family Chair in Engineering # 19
makella@mail.utexas.edu
(512) 471-9493
Office Location: ASE 3.224
Efstathios Bakolas
Associate Professor
Eli H. and Ramona Thornton Centennial Fellowship in Engineering
bakolas@austin.utexas.edu
(512) 471-4250
Office Location: ASE 4.232
Srinivas V. Bettadpur
Professor
Fellow of the FSX Professorship in Space Applications and Exploration
srinivas@csr.utexas.edu
(512) 471-7587
Office Location: ASE 3.212
Fabrizio Bisetti
Associate Professor
George & Dawn L. Coleman Centennial Fellowship in Engineering
fbisetti@utexas.edu
(512) 471-5696
Office Location: ASE 4.206
Tan Bui-Thanh
Associate Professor
William J. Murray, Jr. Fellowship in Engineering No. 4
tanbui@oden.utexas.edu
(512) 471-8176
Office Location: POB 3.118, ASE 4.220
Jingyi "Ann" Chen
Associate Professor
jingyi.ann.chen@utexas.edu
(512) 471-7034
Office Location: ASE 3.214
John-Paul Clarke
Professor
Ernest Cockrell, Jr. Memorial Chair in Engineering
johnpaul@utexas.edu
512-471-4371
Office Location: ASE 3.222
Noel T. Clemens
Professor
Clare Cockrell Williams Centennial Chair in Engineering
clemens@mail.utexas.edu
(512) 471-6773
Office Location: ASE 4.224
Clint N. Dawson
Professor; Department Chair
Cockrell Family Regents Chair in Engineering #2
clint.dawson@austin.utexas.edu
(512) 475-8627
Office Location: ASE 2.210, POB 6.430
Leszek F. Demkowicz
Professor; Assistant Director of the Oden Institute for Computational Engineering and Sciences
W.A. "Tex" Moncrief Chair in Computational Engineering & Sciences II
leszek@oden.utexas.edu
(512) 471-4199
Office Location: POB 6.326
John Foster
Associate Professor
George H. Fancher Professorship in Petroleum Engineering
jfoster@austin.utexas.edu
(512) 471-6972
Office Location: CPE 3.108
David B. Goldstein
Professor
Bob R. Dorsey Professorship in Engineering
david (at) oden.utexas.edu
(512) 471-4187
Office Location: ASE 4.214
Rui Huang
Professor
Bettie Margaret Smith Professorship in Engineering
ruihuang@mail.utexas.edu
(512) 471-7558
Office Location: ASE 5.210
Thomas J. Hughes
Professor
John O. Hallquist Chair in Computational Mechanics; Peter O'Donnell, Jr. Chair in Computational and Applied Mathematics
hughes@oden.utexas.edu
(512) 232-7775
Office Location: POB 5.430A
Todd E. Humphreys
Professor
Ashley H. Priddy Centennial Professorship in Engineering
todd.humphreys@utexas.edu
(512) 471-4489
Office Location: ASE 3.234
Moriba K. Jah
Professor
Mrs. Pearlie Dashiell Henderson Centennial Fellowship in Engineering
moriba@utexas.edu
(512) 471-5322
Office Location: POB 3.446
Brandon Jones
Associate Professor
Charles Elmer Rowe Fellowship in Engineering
brandon.jones@utexas.edu
(512) 471-4743
Office Location: ASE 3.230
Stelios Kyriakides
Professor; Director of Center for Research in Mechanics of Solids, Structures and Materials
John Webb Jennings Chair in Engineering
skk@mail.utexas.edu
(512) 471-4167
Office Location: ASE 5.230
Chad M. Landis
Professor, Department Associate Chair
T. U. Taylor Professorship in Engineering
landis@utexas.edu
(512) 471-4273
Office Location: ASE 5.214
Nanshu Lu
Professor
Carol Cockrell Curran Chair in Engineering
nanshulu@utexas.edu
(512) 471-4208
Office Location: EER 7.614B
Lori Magruder
Associate Professor; Director of the Center for Space Research
Myron L. Begeman Fellowship in Engineering
lori.magruder@austin.utexas.edu
(512) 471-6069
Office Location: ASE 3.220
Mark E. Mear
Professor; Associate Chair for Academic Affairs
Engineering Foundation Centennial Teaching Fellow in Engineering #1
mear@mail.utexas.edu
(512) 471-4212
Office Location: ASE 5.220
Laxminarayan L. Raja
Professor
Robert L. Parker, Sr. Centennial Professorship in Engineering
lraja@mail.utexas.edu
(512) 471-4279
Office Location: ASE 4.234
Manuel Rausch
Associate Professor; Associate Chair for Faculty Development
General Dynamics Endowed Faculty Fellowship
manuel.rausch@utexas.edu
Office Location: EER 7.620
K. Ravi-Chandar
Professor
M.C. (Bud) and Mary Beth Baird Endowed Chair
ravi@utexas.edu
(512) 471-4213
Office Location: ASE 5.222
Ryan Russell
Professor
Hayden Head Centennial Professorship
ryan.russell@austin.utexas.edu
(512) 471-4190
Office Location: ASE 3.216
Luis Sentis
Professor
Frank and Kay Reese Endowed Professorship in Engineering
lsentis@austin.utexas.edu
(512) 471-5987
Office Location: ASE 4.204
Jayant Sirohi
Professor
M.J. Thompson Regents Professorship in Aerospace Engineering & Engineering Mechanics
sirohi@utexas.edu
(512) 471-4186
Office Location: ASE 5.216
Ufuk Topcu
Professor
W.A. “Tex” Moncrief, Jr. Chair in Computational Engineering and Sciences VI
utopcu@utexas.edu
(512) 232-4195
Office Location: POB 5.436
Thomas Underwood
Assistant Professor
thomas.underwood@utexas.edu
512-471-1730
Office Location: ASE 4.208
Philip L. Varghese
Professor; Director of the Center for Aeromechanics Research
Ernest H. Cockrell Centennial Chair in Engineering
varghese@mail.utexas.edu
(512) 471-3110
Office Location: ASE 4.222
Karen E. Willcox
Professor; Director of the Oden Institute for Computational Engineering and Sciences
W.A. "Tex" Moncrief Jr. Endowment in Simulation-Based Engineering and Sciences Chair No. 5; Peter O'Donnell, Jr. Centennial Chair in Computing Systems
kwillcox@oden.utexas.edu
(512) 232-6259
Office Location: POB 4.102
Adjunct Faculty and Lecturers
Tom Connolly
Assistant Professor of Instruction
tjconn@austin.utexas.edu
(512) 471-9155
Office Location: ECJ 10.346
Raghav Mahalingam
Lecturer
raghavmahalingam@austin.utexas.edu
(512) 471-3023
Office Location: ASE 4.124
Greg Zwernemann
Professor of Practice
greg.zwernemann@austin.utexas.edu
(512) 471-4258
Office Location: ASE 4.236
Research Faculty
Jeffrey K. Bennighof
Research Professor
bennighof@mail.utexas.edu
(512) 471-4709
Office Location: ASE 5.208
Emeritus Faculty
Anthony Bedford
Professor Emeritus
Distinguished Teaching Professor
Wallace T. Fowler
Professor Emeritus
Paul D. and Betty Robertson Meek Centennial Professor Emeritus in Engineering
Kenneth M. Liechti
Professor Emeritus
Zarrow Centennial Professor Emeritus in Engineering
kml@mail.utexas.edu
(512) 471-4164
Office Location: ASE 5.228
Gregory J. Rodin
Professor Emeritus
Temple Foundation Endowed Faculty Fellowship #6
Richard Schapery
Professor Emeritus
Cockrell Family Regents Chair Emeritus in Engineering #7
Byron D. Tapley
Professor Emeritus
Clare Cockrell Williams Centennial Chair Emeritus in Engineering
tapley@csr.utexas.edu
(512) 471-5573
Office Location: WPR 2.6062
Mary F. Wheeler
Professor Emeritus
Ernest and Virginia Cockrell Chair Emeritus in Engineering
mfw@oden.utexas.edu
(512) 475-8625
Office Location: POB 5.324
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From land and water on Earth to the stars and beyond, our research is not only changing the world and the lives of people who live here – it is transforming the future of air travel and space exploration, creating opportunities for future discoveries outside our world. At UT Aerospace, the sky is not the limit.
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Aerothermodynamics and Fluid Mechanics
This area involves research in hypersonics, aerodynamics, turbulence, plasma science and...
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Computational Engineering
This area involves study and research on theoretical and implementational aspects of numerical...
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Controls, Autonomy and Robotics
This area involves research in system theory, controls, networks, autonomy, and robotics with...
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This area involves study and research in orbital mechanics, space geodesy, and remote sensing in...
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This area involves study and research in mechanics of composite materials, fracture mechanics,...
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