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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.
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
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.
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
Henry W Brands
Professor, Department of History, College of Liberal Arts
hwbrands@austin.utexas.edu
+1 512 471 3261
Expertise: U.S. history; American presidents; Franklin Roosevelt; Andrew Jackson; Woodrow Wilson; Benjamin Franklin; the Cold War.
Catherine Calder
Senior Vice Provost for Academic Administration and Planning, Resource Management
calder@austin.utexas.edu
+1 512 475 8802
Expertise: Spatial statistics, Bayesian modeling and computation, and statistical network analysis. Focused on applications in the environmental, social, and health sciences.
M. Bayani Cardenas
Professor, Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences, Jackson School of Geosciences
cardenas@jsg.utexas.edu
+1 512 471 6897
Expertise: Hydrology and Hydrogeology
North Cooc
Associate Professor, Department of Special Education, College of Education
ncooc@austin.utexas.edu
+1 512 471 7923
Expertise: Explores how migration, race and language impact special education services in U.S. schools and international contexts.
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
Susan B Empson
Professor Emeritus, Department of Curriculum and Instruction, College of Education
empson@austin.utexas.edu
Expertise: Elementary children's mathematics thinking; sociocognitive theories of learning, classroom processes; teacher development
Terry S Falcomata
Professor, Department of Special Education, College of Education
falcomata@austin.utexas.edu
Expertise: Assessment and treatment of problem behavior displayed by individuals with ASD/DD, methods for increasing behavioral variability in individuals with ASD/DD, and methods for preventing clinical relapse pertaining to challenging behavio
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
Charles Fraser
Department Chair, Cardiovascular Surgery, Department of Pediatrics, Dell Medical School
charles.fraser@austin.utexas.edu
John W Hatfield
Professor, Department of Finance, Red McCombs School of Business
john.hatfield@mccombs.utexas.edu
+1 512 471 4901
Expertise: Finance
Keith Hawkins
Associate Professor, Department of Astronomy, College of Natural Sciences
keithhawkins@utexas.edu
+1 512 471 1309
Expertise: Galactic & stellar archaeology; Chemical composition of stars; stellar spectroscopy; Galactic structure
Samuel A Kruger
Associate Professor, Department of Finance, Red McCombs School of Business
sam.kruger@mccombs.utexas.edu
+1 512 232 6839
Expertise: Asset Pricing, Finance - Corporate, Real Estate Finance, Automobile Lending, Financial Advising, Government Programs, Real Estate
Desmond F Lawler
Professor and Nassir I. Al-Rashid Chair in Civil Engineering, Department of Civil, Architectural, and Environmental Engineering, Cockrell School of Engineering
dlawler@mail.utexas.edu
Expertise: Particles in water and wastewater treatment processes; Mathematical modeling of treatment processes; Physical-chemical treatment; Drinking and industrial process water treatment
Kathleen Li
Associate Professor, Department of Marketing, Red McCombs School of Business
kathleen.li@mccombs.utexas.edu
+1 512 471 5476
Expertise: Clicks and Mortar, Empirical Methods, Marketing Models, Public Policy, Statistical Analysis
Michael P Marder
Executive Director - UTeach, 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.
Alberto A Martinez
Professor, Department of History, College of Liberal Arts
almartinez@austin.utexas.edu
Expertise: History of science and math, Einstein, historical myths in science, notions of race, political news media.
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
Stella S Offner
Professor and Harrington Faculty Fellow, Department of Astronomy, College of Natural Sciences
soffner@astro.as.utexas.edu
+1 512 471 3853
Expertise: star formation, artificial intelligence, machine learning, numerical simulations, computational methods & hydrodynamics, astrostatistics, astrochemistry
Sarah R Powell
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 mathematics.
Mark G Raizen
Professor, Department of Physics, College of Natural Sciences
raizen@physics.utexas.edu
+1 512 471 0883, +1 512 471 4753
Expertise: Atomic physics; laser cooling of atoms; trapping atoms; methods for enriching stable isotopes; desalination of water; energy efficient lighting; molecular motion; materials science; quantum optics; laser optics.
Joshua D Rhodes
Research Scientist, Walker Department of Mechanical Engineering
joshdr@austin.utexas.edu
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 core ideas, frameworks, and practices of Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) to explain phenomena or to solve problems that are meaningful and consequential to them.
Luis Sentis
Professor, Department of Aerospace Engineering and Engineering Mechanics, Cockrell School of Engineering
lsentis@austin.utexas.edu
+1 512 471 5987
Expertise: Human centered robotics; Mathematics of movement and manipulation; Building legged humanoid robots; Software architectures for sensing and acting; Biomechatronics
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
Ioannis Stamatopoulos
Associate Professor, Department of Information, Risk, and Operations Management, Red McCombs School of Business
yannis.stamos@mccombs.utexas.edu
Expertise: Operations management and studies technology and operations, revenue management, and public policy
Michael Sury
Associate Professor of Practice, Department of Finance, Red McCombs School of Business
michael.sury@mccombs.utexas.edu
Expertise: Analytical Methodology, Artificial Intelligence (AI), Asset Allocation and Investment Performance, Asset Management, Business Valuation, Capital Budgeting, Capital Markets, Capital Structure, Corporate Finance, Corporate Finance - Investments, Corporate Finance - Valuation, Corporate Restructuring, Curriculum Development, Derivatives, Executive Education, Executive Training, Finance, Financial Analysis, Financial Analytics, Financial Management, Financial Markets, Financial Mathematics, Financial Modeling, Investment Criteria, Investment Management, Investment Strategy Design, Investments, Optimization, Option Pricing, Portfolio Management, Security Analysis, Valuation
Philip M 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
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
