Faculty Directory


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John Ekerdt

Associate Dean for Research and Professor

Chemical Engineering


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

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Chadi El Mohtar

Associate Professor

Civil, Architectural and Environmental Engineering


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

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Janet Ellzey

Professor

Mechanical Engineering


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

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Michael Engelhardt

Professor

Civil, Architectural and Environmental Engineering


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

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Mattan Erez

Professor

Electrical and Computer Engineering


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

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Nicolás Espinoza

Associate Professor

Petroleum and Geosystems Engineering


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

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Brian Evans

Professor

Electrical and Computer Engineering


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

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Ofodike Ezekoye

Professor

Mechanical Engineering
Electrical and Computer Engineering


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