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Jacob A Abraham
Professor, Chandra Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering
jaa@cerc.utexas.edu
+1 512 471 8983
Expertise: VLSI design and testing; Formal verification; Fault-tolerant computing

Jagdish K Aggarwal
Professor Emeritus, Chandra Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering
aggarwaljk@mail.utexas.edu
Expertise: Image processing; Pattern recognition; Computer vision

Ivo M Babuska
Professor Emeritus, Department of Aerospace Engineering and Engineering Mechanics, Cockrell School of Engineering
babuska@ices.utexas.edu
Expertise: Numerical methods for the solution of partial differential equations; Computational mechanics; Finite element methods; Theory of partial differential equations

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.

Brett J Baker
Associate Professor, Department of Marine Science, College of Natural Sciences
brett_baker@utexas.edu
Expertise: He uses DNA sequencing technologies and computational analyses to discover marine microbes that can't be cultured in the lab and reconstruct their evolutionary histories. Keywords: metagenomics, transciptomics, proteomics, marine microbial communities.

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)

Mary C Beltran
Associate Professor, Department of Radio-Television-Film, Moody College of Communication
mary.beltran@austin.utexas.edu
+1 512 471 0021, +1 608 320 9041
Expertise: U.S. Latina/o media studies; racial diversity and the U.S. media industries; mixed race and media culture; U.S. television and film history; feminist media studies; media activism and independent media production

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

Ben Bentzin
Assistant Professor of Instruction, Department of Marketing, Red McCombs School of Business
ben.bentzin@mccombs.utexas.edu
+1 512 750 9253
Expertise: Marketing of technology, product marketing, strategic pricing, social media, entrepreneurship

Kory Bieg
Associate Professor, School of Architecture
bieg@utexas.edu
Expertise: Digital Fabrication, 3D Printing, Digital Design, Visualization, CNC Technology, Theory

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)

Roger T Bonnecaze
Dean, 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.

Alan C Bovik
Professor, Chandra Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering
bovik@ece.utexas.edu
+1 512 471 5370
Expertise: Digital and wireless video communication; Image and video processing and quality assessment; Computer vision; Computational aspects of biological visual perception

Robert S Boyer
Professor Emeritus, Department of Philosophy, College of Liberal Arts
robertstephenboyer@gmail.com
Expertise: Automated reasoning; formal methods; artificial intelligence, computers, technology

Laura F Bright
Associate Professor, Stan Richards School of Advertising and Public Relations, Moody College of Communication
laurabright@utexas.edu
+1 512 699 8218
Expertise: social media effects, social media fatigue, big data, advertising personalization, digital wellness

Danelle Briscoe
Associate Professor, School of Architecture
briscoed@utexas.edu
Expertise: Building Information Modeling (BIM), Fabrication, Relationships of analog to digital design

Jerome F Bump
Professor Emeritus, Department of English, College of Liberal Arts
bump@utexas.edu
Expertise: Gerard Manley Hopkins; Alice books; Victorian literature; literature of nature; animal humanities; digital humanities; computers and English studies, including social networking and multi-player online games; social media

Edward J Buskey
Department Chair, Marine Science, College of Natural Sciences
ed.buskey@utexas.edu
+1 361 749 3102, +1 361 749 3104
Expertise: Biological oceanography; marine ecology; marine plankton; harmful algal blooms (red tides brown tides); behavior and sensory perception of marine organisms; bioluminescence

M Bayani Cardenas
Professor, Department of Geological Sciences, Jackson School of Geosciences
cardenas@jsg.utexas.edu
+1 512 471 6897
Expertise: Hydrology and Hydrogeology

William D Carlson
Professor Emeritus, Department of Geological Sciences, Jackson School of Geosciences
wcarlson@jsg.utexas.edu
Expertise: Field, analytical, and experimental studies of metamorphic petrogenesis, with emphasis on the rates and mechanisms of metamorphic reactions.
Geological applications of high-resolution X-ray computed tomography.
Analytical and computational studies of intracrystalline and intergranular diffusion.

Darla M Castelli
Professor, Department of Kinesiology and Health Education, College of Education
dcastelli@utexas.edu
+1 512 232 7636
Expertise: Studies the relationship between physical activity and cognitive performance in children, adolescents, and emerging adults.

Robert L Causey
Professor Emeritus, Department of Philosophy, College of Liberal Arts
rlc@cs.utexas.edu
Expertise: Applied logic; philosophical issues in artificial intelligence; scientific methodology

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

Davida H Charney
Professor, Department of Rhetoric and Writing, College of Liberal Arts
dcharney@austin.utexas.edu
+1 512 471 8746
Expertise: Scholarly writing; public policy discourse; scientific and technical writing; proposal writing; public opinion writing; cognitive skill learning; writing processes; reading processes; rhetorical theory; college writing; Jewish studies; Hebrew Bible

James R Chelikowsky
Professor, Department of Physics, College of Natural Sciences
jrc@utexas.edu
+1 512 232 9083
Expertise: Quantum models for functionalized nanostructures; simulations of liquids and crystal growth; simulated images from probe microscopies; defects in oxides; materials informatics; high performance algorithms for the electronic structure problem.

Wenhong Chen
Associate Professor, Department of Radio-Television-Film, Moody College of Communication
wenhong.chen@austin.utexas.edu
+1 512 471 4952
Expertise: media studies and sociology; digital media in entrepreneurial and civic settings

Joshua Childs
Assistant 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.

Derek Chiou
Professor, Chandra Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering
derek@utexas.edu
Expertise: Computer architecture; Parallel computer architecture; Internet router architecture; Simulation techniques

Leslie B Cohen
Professor Emeritus, Department of Psychology, College of Liberal Arts
cohen@psy.utexas.edu
Expertise: Perception, memory, and cognition of infants; Infant development; infant cognition; infant language, psychology

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

Maytal Dahan
Associate Director, Texas Advanced Computing Center
maytal@tacc.utexas.edu
Expertise: Web & Mobile Applications; Cloud & Interactive Computing

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

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

Leszek F Demkowicz
Professor, Department of Aerospace Engineering and Engineering Mechanics, Cockrell School of Engineering
leszek@ices.utexas.edu
+1 512 471 4199
Expertise: Computational Acoustics and Electromagnetics; hp-Adaptive Finite and Boundary Element Methods; Applied Functional Analysis

Kenneth R Diller
Professor, Biomedical Engineering, Cockrell School of Engineering
kdiller@mail.utexas.edu
+1 512 471 7167
Expertise: Biomedical heat and mass transfer; Hyperthermia treatment of tumors; Therapeutic hypothermia for treating stroke, cardiac arrest and traumatic brain injury; Devices for intermittent and continuous cooling of body core temperature; Prevention and treatment of burn injuries; Cryotherapy of injured tissues; Cryopreservation of cells and tissues

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

Mattan Erez
Professor, Chandra Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering
mattan.erez@utexas.edu
+1 512 471 7846
Expertise: Computer architecture; High-performance computing; Programming languages and models

Terry S Falcomata
Professor, Department of Special Education, College of Education
falcomata@austin.utexas.edu
Expertise: Focuses primarily on the assessment and treatment of severe challenging behavior displayed by individuals with autism and other developmental disabilities.

Gregory L Fenves
Professor Emeritus, Department of Civil, Architectural, and Environmental Engineering, Cockrell School of Engineering
fenves@utexas.edu
Expertise: Modeling and computational simulation of structures; earthquake engineering; structural health monitoring and assessment

Kenneth Flamm
Professor Emeritus, Lyndon B Johnson School of Public Affairs
kflamm@mail.utexas.edu
Expertise: Flamm, an expert on the economics of trade and investment in high technology industries, has published extensively on the economics of the semiconductor, computer, and telecommunications industries. He has worked closely with the semiconductor industry's SEMATECH research consortium in building economic models describing the impact of technological innovation on industrial competition in that industry.

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

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.

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

Joydeep Ghosh
Professor, Chandra Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering
jghosh@utexas.edu
+1 512 471 8980
Expertise: Data Mining; Web mining; Predictive analytics, machine learning; large-scale statistical analysis; high-performance computing;

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

Robin R Gutell
Professor Emeritus, Department of Integrative Biology, College of Natural Sciences
rgutell@austin.utexas.edu
Expertise: Computational Biology, Comparative Analysis of RNA, RNA Structure, Predicting RNA Structure

Jo A Hackett
Professor Emeritus, Department of Middle Eastern Studies, College of Liberal Arts
hackett15@icloud.com
Expertise: Old Testament, epigraphy, Phoenician language and religion; the period of Judges; women's lives in the ancient Near East; "fertility" religion; sacrifice, including child sacrifice; the study of myths and mythology; polemic against foreigners in the ancient Near East; and computer imaging of Ugaritic tablets; religion

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.

Martha F Hilley
Distinguished Teaching Professor Emeritus, Sarah and Ernest Butler School of Music, College of Fine Arts
mfhilley@austin.utexas.edu
Expertise: Group piano; piano pedagogy; career goals and management; dedicated web sites created for both non-music major and music major group piano classes.

Jennifer J Holme
Professor, Department of Educational Leadership and Policy, College of Education
jholme@austin.utexas.edu
Expertise: Focuses on the politics and implementation of educational policy with an emphasis on school reform, equity and diversity in schools.

Susan D Hovorka
Senior Research Scientist, Bureau of Economic Geology, Jackson School of Geosciences
susan.hovorka@beg.utexas.edu
+1 512 471 4863
Expertise: Geologic carbon sequestration in deep sedimentary environments as part of carbon capture and storage. PI of the Gulf Coast Caron Center (www.gulfcoastcarbon.org) focused on research relevant to commercial development of geologic sequestration in regions where it is both needed and possible. Monitoring field projects.
Petrography and sedimentology supporting hydrogeology in karst and contaminated systems.
K-12 and public outreach and education.

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

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.

Gyeong S Hwang
Professor, McKetta Department of Chemical Engineering
gshwang@che.utexas.edu
+1 512 471 4847
Expertise: Dr. Hwang's research has a well-balanced emphasis on fundamentals and applications. Using first principles-based tomistic modeling my research group focuses on developing a better understanding of (1) surface chemical reactions and dynamics, (2) solid-solid and solid-fluid interfacial interactions, and (3) defect nature and formation as well as their role in controlled chemical doping. By incorporating the fundamental knowledge and understanding into larger scale simulations, my research group also attempts to solve engineering problems encountered in the fabrication of nanoscale electronic, chemical and biological devices.

Charles S Jackson
Research Associate Professor, Institute for Geophysics, Jackson School of Geosciences
charles@ig.utexas.edu
+1 512 471 0401
Expertise: global warming, abrupt climate change, sea level rise, ocean mixing, Bayesian Inference, inverse modeling, simulation, climate projections, uncertainty quantification

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

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;
Cory F Juhl
Professor, College of Liberal Arts
juhl@austin.utexas.edu
+1 512 471 4944
Expertise: Philosophy of science; philosophy of mind; logic, philosophy of religion, formal learning theory

Christine L Julien
Associate Dean for Diversity, Equity and Inclusion, Chandra Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering
c.julien@utexas.edu
+1 512 232 5671
Expertise: Mobile and pervasive computing; Software engineering and middleware for dynamic environments; Algorithms and protocols for mobile and pervasive computing; mobile testbed development and use; Application of formal methods to mobile and pervasive computing networks;

Loukas F Kallivokas
Professor, Department of Civil, Architectural, and Environmental Engineering, Cockrell School of Engineering
loukas@mail.utexas.edu
+1 512 232 5769
Expertise: Computational mechanics; Inverse problems in engineering; Wave propagation and structural dynamics; Earthquake engineering; Numerical methods; Large-scale computational modeling

John W Kappelman
Professor, Department of Anthropology, College of Liberal Arts
jkappelman@austin.utexas.edu
+1 512 471 0055
Expertise: Evolutionary history of primates and especially hominoid evolution and hominid origins, paleoecology, functional morphology, stratigraphy, paleomagnetism, and computer imaging

Carey W King
Research Scientist, Energy Institute
careyking@mail.utexas.edu
+1 512 471 5468
Expertise: Energy and renewable energy generation, usage, conservation, policy, and education; energy systems approaches; energy return on energy invested, net energy; carbon capture and sequestration; nexus of water and energy; renewable energy and electricity integration

Spyridon A Kinnas
Professor, Department of Civil, Architectural, and Environmental Engineering, Cockrell School of 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;

Adam R Klivans
Professor, Department of Computer Science, College of Natural Sciences
klivans@cs.utexas.edu
+1 512 471 9790
Expertise: His research interests lie in machine learning and theoretical computer science, in particular, Learning Theory, Computational Complexity, Pseudorandomness, Limit Theorems, and Gaussian Space. He also serves on the editorial board for the Theory of Computing and Machine Learning Journal.

J. Richard Kyle
Professor Emeritus, Department of Geological Sciences, Jackson School of Geosciences
rkyle@jsg.utexas.edu
+1 512 471 4351
Expertise: Ore deposits geology, mineral resources and society, geology and supply chains of critical materials, minerals exploration and evaluation, industrial mineral resources, origin of ore-forming fluids in sedimentary environments, fluid inclusions, stable isotopes, salt dome cap rock formation, surficial processes and earth resource formation, high resolution X-ray computed tomography applications to petrology, adaptive reuse of mining and processing sites.

Simon S Lam
Professor Emeritus, Department of Computer Science, College of Natural Sciences
lam@cs.utexas.edu
Expertise: Computer networks; internet security; distributed multimedia; quality of service guarantees; performance analysis

Dorothy D Lambdin
Clinical Professor Emeritus, Department of Kinesiology and Health Education, College of Education
lambdin@utexas.edu
Expertise: Elementary physical education; teachers'''' careers; assessment in physical education; teachers'''' goals and intents

Leon S Lasdon
Professor Emeritus, Department of Information, Risk, and Operations Management, Red McCombs School of Business
lasdon@utexas.edu
Expertise: Decision Support Systems, Decision Theory, Management Science, Operations Research, Optimization, Supply Chain Management

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: cross-cultural consumer behavior, multicultural marketing communication, consumer response to new media

Fernanda L Leite
Professor, Department of Civil, Architectural, and Environmental Engineering, Cockrell School of Engineering
fernanda.leite@austin.utexas.edu
+1 512 471 5957
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

Hao Ling
Professor Emeritus, Chandra Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering
ling@ece.utexas.edu
Expertise: Computational electromagnetics; Radar sensors and radar signal processing; Antennas and propagation

Min Liu
Professor, Department of Curriculum and Instruction, College of Education
mliu@austin.utexas.edu
+1 512 232 6248, +1 512 471 5942
Expertise: Examines inequities in digital spaces and focuses on creating technology-enhanced learning opportunities for socioeconomically disadvantaged middle school students and supporting in-service teachers to integrate technology in their classrooms.

Brad Love
Associate Professor, Stan Richards School of Advertising and Public Relations, Moody College of Communication
lovebrad@utexas.edu
Expertise: persuasive capabilities of mass media; public health

Josephine Lukito
Assistant Professor, School of Journalism and Media, Moody College of Communication
jlukito@utexas.edu
Expertise: Intersection of computational sociolinguistics and global political communication; power and the role of systems in societies, especially political and economic systems.

Jessica A Maisano
Research Engineering/ Scientist Associate V (4207), Department of Geological Sciences, Jackson School of Geosciences
maisano@utexas.edu
+1 512 471 0260
Expertise: Vertebrate paleontology, herpetology, morphology, developmental biology, high-resolution x-ray computed tomography, digital morphology, DigiMorph.org

Lance Manuel
Professor, Department of Civil, Architectural, and Environmental Engineering, Cockrell School of 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

Edward M Marcotte
Professor, Department of Molecular Biosciences, College of Natural Sciences
marcotte@utexas.edu
+1 512 232 3919, +1 512 471 5435
Expertise: biochemistry, cancer, computational biology, drug discovery, systems and synthetic biology

Michael P Marder
Director Academic Center, Department of Physics, College of Natural Sciences
marder@chaos.utexas.edu
+1 512 471 3612
Expertise: Fracture; deformation of materials; computational materials science; condensed matter physics; nonlinear dynamics; teacher preparation; discovery learning; Uteach.

Richard A Matzner
Professor, Department of Physics, College of Natural Sciences
matzner2@physics.utexas.edu
+1 512 471 5062
Expertise: Cosmology; general relativity; computational astrophysics; satellite dynamics; large-scale computation

Michael Mauk
Professor, Department of Neuroscience, College of Natural Sciences
mauk@utexas.edu
+1 512 232 3978
Expertise: Mechanisms of learning and plasticity, Information processing in the cerebellum, Computer simulation of cerebellum

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

J S Moore
Professor Emeritus, Department of Computer Science, College of Natural Sciences
moore@cs.utexas.edu
Expertise: Verification of computer hardware and software; automatic theorem proving; artificial intelligence

Paul A Navratil
Senior Research Scientist, Texas Advanced Computing Center
pnav@tacc.utexas.edu
+1 512 471 6245
Expertise: Scientific data visualization; Irregular algorithms; Parallel systems

Richard R Neptune
Professor, Walker Department of Mechanical 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 Geological 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>

Atila Novoselac
Professor, Department of Civil, Architectural, and Environmental Engineering, Cockrell School of Engineering
atila@mail.utexas.edu
+1 512 475 8175
Expertise: Ventilation and indoor air quality; Computations and measurements of airflows in buildings; Pollutants transport modeling; Building energy analysis

William J O'Brien
Professor, Department of Civil, Architectural, and Environmental Engineering, Cockrell School of Engineering
wjob@mail.utexas.edu
+1 512 471 4638
Expertise: Production systems: project supply chain management, project controls; Computer integrated construction: information integration, collaborative systems, human-computer interaction, implementation issues

Mark F O'Reilly
Department Chair, Department of Special Education, College of Education
markoreilly@austin.utexas.edu
Expertise: Assesses and supports individuals with intellectual disabilities and develops social skill/communication interventions for children with ASD.

J T Oden
Professor and Cockrell Family Regents Chair in Engineering No. 2, Department of Aerospace Engineering and Engineering Mechanics, Cockrell School of Engineering
oden@oden.utexas.edu
+1 512 471 3312
Expertise: Finite element and computational methods and computational methods that can be applied to multiple physical phenomena and applications including energy, via subsurface fluid flow of oil, gas, and CO2 storage.
Jeeyun Oh
Associate Professor, Stan Richards School of Advertising and Public Relations, Moody College of Communication
jeeyunoh@utexas.edu
+1 512 471 8134
Expertise: user interaction with new media interface and its impact on health/environmental message processing and persuasion
Todd A Olmstead
Associate Professor, Lyndon B Johnson School of Public Affairs
tolmstead@austin.utexas.edu
+1 512 471 8456
Expertise: Healthcare Policy, Healthcare, Health Economics, Health Services Research

Jeffrey G Paine
Senior Research Scientist, Bureau of Economic Geology, Jackson School of Geosciences
jeff.paine@beg.utexas.edu
+1 512 471 1260, +1 512 471 1534
Expertise: Near-surface geophysics in hydrogeology and environmental and Quaternary geology; coastal geology; Quaternary geology and geomorphology; computer applications in the geological sciences

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

James W Pennebaker
Distinguished Teaching Professor Emeritus, Department of Psychology, College of Liberal Arts
pennebaker@utexas.edu
Expertise: Natural language and social behavior; group processes and educational outcomes; how individuals, groups, and cultures respond to traumatic events

Steven M Phelps
Professor, Department of Integrative Biology, College of Natural Sciences
sphelps@utexas.edu
+1 512 475 6304
Expertise: gene regulaton, social cognition, epigenetics and transcription, population genetics, neural network models

Suzanne A Pierce
Assistant Professor of Research, Environmental Science Institute, College of Natural Sciences
spierce@tacc.utexas.edu
+1 512 954 1810
Expertise: Integrated Water Resources Management; Decision Support Systems; Sustainability Science; Energy-Water; Groundwater Management; Participatory Modeling

Sarah R Powell
Associate Professor, Department of Special Education, College of Education
srpowell@utexas.edu
+1 512 475 6556
Expertise: Develops and tests interventions for students with mathematics difficulties, emphasizing word-problem solving, mathematics writing, data-based decision making, and the vocabulary within math.

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
Catherine Riegle-Crumb
Professor, Department of Curriculum and Instruction, College of Education
riegle@austin.utexas.edu
+1 512 232 2388, +1 512 475 8642
Expertise: Focuses on the social construction of gender and racial/ethnic inequality in educational opportunities and experiences in STEM fields from a sociological perspective. Methodological expertise in quantitative research methods and analyses of large scale datasets.

Timothy B Rowe
Professor, Department of Geological Sciences, Jackson School of Geosciences
rowe@utexas.edu
+1 512 232 5512, +1 512 471 1725
Expertise: Vertebrate paleontology, evolution and development of the vertebrate skeleton, phylogenetic systematics, the early history of mammals and their extinct relatives among Synapsida, the history of birds and their extinct relatives among Dinosauria, the history of other amniotes, high-resolution X-ray computed tomography, CT scanner, DigiMorph, informatics

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.

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.

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

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

James G Scott
Professor, Department of Information, Risk, and Operations Management, Red McCombs School of Business
james.scott@mccombs.utexas.edu
+1 512 471 5905
Expertise: statistical computation, Bayesian interference, machine learning, hierarchical models

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;

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

Peter H Stone
Professor, Department of Computer Science, College of Natural Sciences
pstone@cs.utexas.edu
+1 512 471 9796
Expertise: Artificial intelligence, multi-agent systems, machine learning, multi-agent learning, robotics, e-commerce, trading agents, autonomic computing

Earl E Swartzlander
Professor, Chandra Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering
eswartzla@utexas.edu
+1 512 471 5923
Expertise: VLSI (very large scale integration) circuit technology; Special purpose processors; Computer arithmetic and systolic array architecture
Margaret L Syverson
Associate Professor Emeritus, Department of Rhetoric and Writing, College of Liberal Arts
pegsyverson@utexas.edu
Expertise: Writing; technology; literacy; teaching and learning; impact of technology on culture; information architecture; knowledge ecology; virtual environments; Web development; MOOs and MUDs; cognitive science; assessment

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

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

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.

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

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

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

Jun Wang
Associate Professor, Department of Speech, Language, and Hearing Sciences
jun.wang@austin.utexas.edu
Expertise: assistive speech technologies; neurogenic motor speech disorders; speech brain-computer interfaces

Mary F Wheeler
Professor, Department of Aerospace Engineering and Engineering Mechanics, Cockrell School of Engineering
mfw@oden.utexas.edu
+1 512 475 8625
Expertise: Numerical solution of partial differential systems with applications to the modeling of subsurface and surface flows and parallel computation.

Andrew B Whinston
Professor, Department of Information, Risk, and Operations Management, Red McCombs School of Business
abw@uts.cc.utexas.edu
+1 512 471 7962, +1 512 471 8879
Expertise: Resource allocation issues; bundle markets in electronic commerce; digital economy; electronic commerce; electronic financial markets; network management, business.

Claus O Wilke
Department Chair, Integrative Biology, College of Natural Sciences
wilke@austin.utexas.edu
+1 512 232 2459
Expertise: computational evolutionary biology, bioinformatics, population genetics, statistics

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

Samuel C Woolley
Assistant Professor, School of Journalism and Media, Moody College of Communication
swoolley@utexas.edu
Expertise: computational propoganda

Stephen G Wright
Professor Emeritus, Department of Civil, Architectural, and Environmental Engineering, Cockrell School of Engineering
swright@mail.utexas.edu
Expertise: Geotechnical engineering; soil mechanics; slope stability

Ali E Yilmaz
Professor, Chandra Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering
ayilmaz@mail.utexas.edu
+1 512 471 2054
Expertise: Computational electromagnetics; High performance computing; Fast algorithms; Antenna systems