Department Leadership

Department Chair Clint Dawson

Clint Dawson began serving as chair of the Department of Aerospace Engineering and Engineering Mechanics on Sept. 1, 2020. He has been a faculty member of the department since 1995. His research in data-driven storm-surge modeling has had a major impact on the response to natural disasters in Texas, and he was instrumental in establishing the new computational engineering undergraduate program. Dawson holds the J.J. McKetta Centennial Energy Chair in Engineering.