Faculty Directory
John Ekerdt
Associate Dean for Research and Professor
Chemical Engineering
ekerdt@che.utexas.edu
512-471-4689
Office Location: CPE 4.468
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Areas of Impact
Manufacturing and Materials
Research Interests
Electronic materials chemistry; thin film growth kinetics and chemistry; barrier materials; biomass conversion kinetics and chemistry
Chadi El Mohtar
Associate Professor
Civil, Architectural and Environmental Engineering
elmohtar@mail.utexas.edu
512-471-3695
Office Location: ECJ 9.227K
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Areas of Impact
Energy and Environment
Manufacturing and Materials
Transportation and Infrastructure
Research Interests
Pore fluid engineering; non-aqueous flow through porous media; earthquake engineering; liquefaction; fatigue life and behavior of asphalt concrete
Janet Ellzey
Professor
Mechanical Engineering
jellzey@mail.utexas.edu
512-471-7020
Office Location: IO1 2.200C, ETC 7.148B
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Areas of Impact
Computational Engineering/Science
Manufacturing and Materials
Research Interests
Combustion in porous media; low-emission burners; fuel reformers, biomass combustion
Michael Engelhardt
Professor
Civil, Architectural and Environmental Engineering
mde@mail.utexas.edu
512-471-6837, 512-471-4592
Office Location: PRC 177, ECJ 4.730
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Areas of Impact
Security
Transportation and Infrastructure
Research Interests
Design and behavior of steel structures; structural-fire engineering; earthquake engineering; steel and composite bridges
Mattan Erez
Professor
Electrical and Computer Engineering
mattan.erez@mail.utexas.edu
512-471-7846
Office Location: EER 5.872
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Areas of Impact
Artificial Intelligence and Information Engineering
Computational Engineering/Science
Research Interests
Computer architecture; high-performance computing; programming languages and models
Nicolás Espinoza
Associate Professor
Petroleum and Geosystems Engineering
espinoza@austin.utexas.edu
512-471-8280
Office Location: CPE 3.118A, CPE 2.502
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Areas of Impact
Energy and Environment
Research Interests
Mechanics and physics of natural porous solids, methane recovery from microporous organic rocks, methane hydrate-bearing sediments and geological carbon sequestration
Brian Evans
Professor
Electrical and Computer Engineering
bevans@ece.utexas.edu
512-232-1457
Office Location: EER 6.882
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Areas of Impact
Artificial Intelligence and Information Engineering
Wireless and Network Science
Research Interests
Digital signal processing; image processing; communication systems; electronic design automation
Ofodike Ezekoye
Professor
Mechanical Engineering
Electrical and Computer Engineering
dezekoye@mail.utexas.edu
512-471-3085
Office Location: ETC 7.130
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Areas of Impact
Computational Engineering/Science
Energy and Environment
Manufacturing and Materials
Security
Research Interests
Jet flames; aerosols; fire dynamics; flame ignition
