Office of the Vice President for Research Experts
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.
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
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
Radek K Bukowski
Director of Computational Health & Medicine Initiatives
, Texas Advanced Computing Center
radek.bukowski@austin.utexas.edu
John Cazes
Director Of High Performance Computing
, Texas Advanced Computing Center
cazes@tacc.utexas.edu
+1 512 232 5777
Expertise: Parallel I/O; Advanced computer architectures
Maytal Dahan
Associate Director
, Texas Advanced Computing Center
maytal@tacc.utexas.edu
Expertise: Web & Mobile Applications; Cloud & Interactive Computing
David J Eaton
Professor
, Lyndon B Johnson School of Public Affairs
eaton@austin.utexas.edu
+1 512 471 8959, +1 512 471 8972
Expertise: Eaton has written on rural water supply, international water resource conflicts, energy management, environmental problems of industries, management of emergency medical services, applications of mathematical programming to resource problems, insurance, and agriculture. His research focuses on sustainable development in international river basins, evaluation of energy and water conservation programs, and prevention of pollution. Eaton's current research concerns U.S.-Mexico environmental cooperation, new methods for evaluation of air pollution emissions, joint management by Palestinians and Israelis of shared groundwater, and water conservation in Texas; conservation, energy, pollution, water & wastewater
Andrew Ellington
Professor
, 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
Ofodike A Ezekoye
Professor
, Walker Department of Mechanical Engineering
dezekoye@mail.utexas.edu
+1 512 471 3085
Expertise: Jet flames; Aerosols; Fire dynamics; Flame Ignition
Carol Fletcher
Director of Expanding Pathways in Computing (EPIC)
, Texas Advanced Computing Center
cfletcher@tacc.utexas.edu
+1 512 232 5690
Expertise: Equity in computer science education; Evaluating large-scale professional development; Collective impact models for social change
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
Kelly Gaither
Director Of Health Analytics
, Texas Advanced Computing Center
kelly@tacc.utexas.edu
+1 512 471 8957
Expertise: Scientific visualization; Feature detection; Illumination techniques; Visualization techniques; Visualization applications
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, biomechanical systems, inverse problems, optimal design, optimal control
Mark F Hamilton
Professor
, Walker Department of Mechanical Engineering
hamilton@mail.utexas.edu
+1 512 471 3055
Expertise: Nonlinear propagation of ultrasound in tissue; Biophysical responses to underwater sound; Acoustic cavitation in shock wave lithotripsy; Micro-electro-mechanical systems-based parametric acoustic arrays
Matt Kammer-Kerwick
Director of BBR (0379)
, IC2 Institute
mattkk@ic2.utexas.edu
Expertise: operations research; decision science; social justice; well-being economy; sustainability
Sheldon Landsberger
Professor and Hayden Head Centennial Professorship
, Walker 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
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.
Suzanne A Pierce
Assistant Professor of Research
, Environmental Science Institute
, Jackson School of Geosciences
spierce@tacc.utexas.edu
+1 512 954 1810
Expertise: Integrated Water Resources Management; Decision Support Systems; Sustainability Science; Energy-Water; Groundwater Management; Participatory Modeling
Mary A Steinhardt
Professor
, Department of Kinesiology and Health Education
, College of Education
msteinhardt@austin.utexas.edu
+1 512 232 3535
Expertise: Focuses on how individuals adapt to stress and strengthen their resilience.
Delbert Tesar
Professor and Carol Cockrell Curran Chair in Engineering
, Walker 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
