Faculty Directory
Artificial Intelligence and Information Engineering
Maruthi Akella
Professor
Aerospace Engineering and Engineering Mechanics
makella@mail.utexas.edu
512-471-9493
Office Location: ASE 3.224
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Areas of Impact
Artificial Intelligence and Information Engineering
Autonomy and Robotics
Space and Aeronautics
Nonlinear and robust adaptive control; dynamics of networked systems and sensors; control applications for supersonic flows
Jonathan Bard
Professor
Mechanical Engineering
jbard@mail.utexas.edu
512-471-3076, 512-471-1336
Office Location: ETC 5.126
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Areas of Impact
Artificial Intelligence and Information Engineering
Computational Engineering/Science
Manufacturing and Materials
Design and analysis of manufacturing systems; large-scale hierarchical optimization; healthcare delivery improvement; workforce planning & scheduling
Chandra Bhat
Professor
Civil, Architectural and Environmental Engineering
bhat@mail.utexas.edu
512-471-4535
Office Location: ECJ 6.810
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Areas of Impact
Artificial Intelligence and Information Engineering
Energy and Environment
Transportation and Infrastructure
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
J. Eric Bickel
Professor
Mechanical Engineering
Petroleum and Geosystems Engineering
ebickel@mail.utexas.edu
512-232-8316
Office Location: ETC 5.128D
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Areas of Impact
Artificial Intelligence and Information Engineering
Computational Engineering/Science
Energy and Environment
Decision making under uncertainty; value of information; economics; business strategy; energy and climate policy
George Biros
Professor
Mechanical Engineering
biros@oden.utexas.edu
512-232-8248
Office Location: POB 5.234
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Areas of Impact
Artificial Intelligence and Information Engineering
Bioengineering and Health
Computational Engineering/Science
Parallel algorithms; numerical algorithms for integral and differential equations; inverse problems; data assimilation; computational statistics; biological complex fluids; blood rheology; soft tissue and cardiovascular mechanics; and medical image analysis
Raghavendra Bollapragada
Assistant Professor
Mechanical Engineering
raghu.bollapragada@utexas.edu
Office Location: ETC 5.118
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Areas of Impact
Artificial Intelligence and Information Engineering
Computational Engineering/Science
Nonlinear optimization, stochastic optimization, derivative-free optimization, distributed optimization, machine learning
Maura Borrego
Professor
Mechanical Engineering
maura.borrego@austin.utexas.edu
(512) 471-3083
Office Location: EER
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Areas of Impact
Artificial Intelligence and Information Engineering
Successful transfer of Hispanic engineering students from two-year to four-year institutions; engineering undergraduate student resistance to active learning; how engineering instructors make decisions about their teaching; learning in graduate engineering research groups; interdisciplinary education and teamwork
Alan Bovik
Professor
Electrical and Computer Engineering
bovik@ece.utexas.edu
512-471-5370
Office Location: EER 7.862
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Areas of Impact
Artificial Intelligence and Information Engineering
Autonomy and Robotics
Computational Engineering/Science
Wireless and Network Science
Digital and wireless video communication; image and video processing and quality assessment; computer vision; computational aspects of biological visual perception
Constantine Caramanis
Professor
Electrical and Computer Engineering
caramanis@mail.utexas.edu
512-471-9269
Office Location: EER 6.820
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Areas of Impact
Artificial Intelligence and Information Engineering
Computational Engineering/Science
Security
Wireless and Network Science
Robust and adaptive optimization and control; statistical learning; applications in telecommunications; applications in air traffic control
Kaushik Chowdhury
Professor
Electrical and Computer Engineering
kaushik@utexas.edu
Office Location: EER 6.878
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Areas of Impact
Artificial Intelligence and Information Engineering
Computational Engineering/Science
Pervasive computing; Machine learning; Wireless communications
Richard Crawford
Professor
Mechanical Engineering
rhc@mail.utexas.edu
512-471-3030
Office Location: ETC 4.108
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Areas of Impact
Artificial Intelligence and Information Engineering
Computer-aided mechanical design and manufacturing; geometric modeling; solid freeform fabrication
Gustavo de Veciana
Professor
Electrical and Computer Engineering
gustavo@ece.utexas.edu
512-471-1573
Office Location: EER 6.874
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Areas of Impact
Artificial Intelligence and Information Engineering
Autonomy and Robotics
Computational Engineering/Science
Wireless and Network Science
Analysis and design of wireless and wireline telecommunication networks; architectures and protocols to support sensing and pervasive computing; applied probability, queueing and information theory
Ashish D. Deshpande
Professor
Mechanical Engineering
ashish@austin.utexas.edu
512-475-7773
Office Location: ETC 5.134
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Areas of Impact
Artificial Intelligence and Information Engineering
Autonomy and Robotics
Bioengineering and Health
Design and building of robots for rehabilitation, prosthetic and assistive purposes; study of human movement control through experiments and mathematical modeling
Georgios-Alex Dimakis
Professor
Electrical and Computer Engineering
alex.dimakis@gmail.com
510-388-1905
Office Location: EER 6.816
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Areas of Impact
Artificial Intelligence and Information Engineering
Computational Engineering/Science
Security
Wireless and Network Science
Information theory; coding theory; signal processing; networking
Dragan Djurdjanovic
Professor
Mechanical Engineering
dragan.djurdjanovic@mail.utexas.edu
512-232-0815
Office Location: ETC 5.122
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Areas of Impact
Artificial Intelligence and Information Engineering
Bioengineering and Health
Computational Engineering/Science
Manufacturing and Materials
Advanced quality control in multi-station manufacturing systems; immunity inspired approaches to diagnosis and control of complex dynamic systems; maintenance decision-making in flexible and reconfigurable systems; applications of advanced signal processing in biomedical engineering
Thinh Doan
Assistant Professor
Aerospace Engineering and Engineering Mechanics
thinhdoan@utexas.edu
Office Location: ASE 3.206
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Areas of Impact
Artificial Intelligence and Information Engineering
Autonomy and Robotics
Real-time decision making for autonomy; Control theory; Optimization, applied probability theory; Reinforcement learning, generative AI, and distributed learning
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
Computer architecture; high-performance computing; programming languages and models
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
Digital signal processing; image processing; communication systems; electronic design automation
Kevin Folliard
Professor
Civil, Architectural and Environmental Engineering
folliard@mail.utexas.edu
512-232-3591, 512-232-7820
Office Location: ECJ 4.716, PRC 18B
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Areas of Impact
Artificial Intelligence and Information Engineering
Portland cement concrete; concrete durability; high-performance concrete; controlled low-strength materials
Andreas Gerstlauer
Professor
Electrical and Computer Engineering
gerstl@ece.utexas.edu
512-232-8294
Office Location: EER 5.882
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Areas of Impact
Artificial Intelligence and Information Engineering
Autonomy and Robotics
Computational Engineering/Science
Wireless and Network Science
Embedded system design; electronic system-level (ESL) design automation, modeling, languages, methodologies and tools; embedded hardware and software synthesis
Omar Ghattas
Professor
Mechanical Engineering
omar@ices.utexas.edu
512-232-4304
Office Location: POB 4.236A
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Areas of Impact
Artificial Intelligence and Information Engineering
Computational Engineering/Science
Energy and Environment
Computational fluid, solid, bio, and geomechanics; inverse problems and optimization; uncertainty quantification; parallel numerical algorithms and large-scale supercomputing
Joydeep Ghosh
Professor
Electrical and Computer Engineering
ghosh@ece.utexas.edu
512-471-8980
Office Location: EER 6.812
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Areas of Impact
Artificial Intelligence and Information Engineering
Bioengineering and Health
Computational Engineering/Science
Wireless and Network Science
Data mining; web mining; predictive analytics, machine learning; large-scale statistical analysis; high-performance computing
Alex J. Hanson
Assistant Professor
Electrical and Computer Engineering
ajhanson@utexas.edu
(512) 232-8110
Office Location: EER 7.886
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Areas of Impact
Artificial Intelligence and Information Engineering
Component- and system-level power electronics; high-frequency magnetics and circuits
Zoya Heidari
Professor
Petroleum and Geosystems Engineering
zoya@utexas.edu
512-471-7218
Office Location: PGE 5.108
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Areas of Impact
Artificial Intelligence and Information Engineering
Computational Engineering/Science
Energy and Environment
Petrophysics; borehole geophysics; formation evaluation; rock physics; inverse problems; integrated reservoir characterization of carbonates and unconventional resources; completion petrophysics
Jean Anne Incorvia
Associate Professor
Electrical and Computer Engineering
incorvia@austin.utexas.edu
(737) 808-4124
Office Location: EER 3.820
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Areas of Impact
Artificial Intelligence and Information Engineering
Energy and Environment
Manufacturing and Materials
Nanotechnology, Spintronics, Magnetic Memory
Brandon Jones
Associate Professor
Aerospace Engineering and Engineering Mechanics
brandon.jones@utexas.edu
(512) 471-4743
Office Location: ASE 3.230
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Areas of Impact
Artificial Intelligence and Information Engineering
Computational Engineering/Science
Space and Aeronautics
Orbit state and uncertainty propagation; Multi-target, multi-sensor tracking and filtering; Space situational awareness; Satellite navigation; Numerical methods and modeling
Sarfraz Khurshid
Professor
Electrical and Computer Engineering
khurshid@ece.utexas.edu
512-471-8244
Office Location: EER 7.880
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Areas of Impact
Artificial Intelligence and Information Engineering
Computational Engineering/Science
Security
Software testing; specification languages; code conformance; model checking; heuristics in program analysis; data structure repair; program repair
Hyeji Kim
Assistant Professor
Electrical and Computer Engineering
hyeji.kim@austin.utexas.edu
512-232-8117
Office Location: EER 6.870
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Areas of Impact
Artificial Intelligence and Information Engineering
Information theory, machine learning and wireless communications
Jaydeep Kulkarni
Associate Professor
Electrical and Computer Engineering
jaydeep@austin.utexas.edu
(512) 471-4802
Office Location: EER 4.882
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Areas of Impact
Artificial Intelligence and Information Engineering
Computational Engineering/Science
Manufacturing and Materials
Integrated Circuits; Emerging Nano-technologies
Fernanda Leite
Professor
Civil, Architectural and Environmental Engineering
fernanda.leite@austin.utexas.edu
512-471-5957
Office Location: ECJ 5.302
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Areas of Impact
Artificial Intelligence and Information Engineering
Autonomy and Robotics
Transportation and Infrastructure
Information technology for project management; building information modeling; life-cycle information integration; collaboration and coordination technologies; information technology-supported construction safety management
Diana Marculescu
Department Chair and Professor
Electrical and Computer Engineering
dianam@utexas.edu
(512) 471-6179
Office Location: EER 5.814
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Areas of Impact
Artificial Intelligence and Information Engineering
Autonomy and Robotics
Computational Engineering/Science
Energy and Environment
Mia Markey
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Professor
Biomedical Engineering
mia.markey@utexas.edu
512-471-1711, 512-471-8660
Office Location: BME 5.202L, BME 5.108
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Areas of Impact
Artificial Intelligence and Information Engineering
Bioengineering and Health
Biomedical informatics; decision support; biomedical image analysis; biometrics
José Del Rocio Millán Ruiz
Professor
Electrical and Computer Engineering
Biomedical Engineering
jose.millan@austin.utexas.edu
(512) 232-8111
Office Location: EER 7.822
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Areas of Impact
Artificial Intelligence and Information Engineering
Autonomy and Robotics
Bioengineering and Health
Wireless and Network Science
Brain-computer interfaces (BCI); neuroengineering; neuroprosthetics; human-robot interaction; statistical machine learning; neuroscience; neurorehabilitation
Ilias Mitra
Assistant Professor
Chemical Engineering
ilias.mitra@austin.utexas.edu
Office Location: CPE 4.468
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Areas of Impact
Artificial Intelligence and Information Engineering
Artificial intelligence assisted optimization, control, and modeling of complex process systems
Areas of Impact
Artificial Intelligence and Information Engineering
Bioengineering and Health
Energy and Environment
Optimization and artificial intelligence in power grids; Electrified transportation systems, smart buildings, and smart cities; Modeling implications of transitioning to a low-carbon energy economy
Aryan Mokhtari
Assistant Professor
Electrical and Computer Engineering
mokhtari@austin.utexas.edu
512-232-8112
Office Location: EER 6.826
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Areas of Impact
Artificial Intelligence and Information Engineering
Optimization; machine learning; data science; artificial intelligence and signal processing
Michael Orshansky
Professor
Electrical and Computer Engineering
orshansky@mail.utexas.edu
512-471-1082
Office Location: EER 4.814
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Areas of Impact
Artificial Intelligence and Information Engineering
Security
Statistical analysis and optimization algorithms for yield improvement; circuit design for manufacturability; robust low-power circuit design
Michael Pyrcz
Professor
Petroleum and Geosystems Engineering
mpyrcz@austin.utexas.edu
(512) 471-3252
Office Location: CPE 4.186B
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Areas of Impact
Artificial Intelligence and Information Engineering
Computational Engineering/Science
Energy and Environment
Integrated Reservoir Characterization; Unconventional Resources; Petrophysics and pore-scale processes; Geologic Carbon Storage
Sujay Sanghavi
Associate Professor
Electrical and Computer Engineering
sanghavi@mail.utexas.edu
512-475-9798
Office Location: EER 6.824
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Areas of Impact
Artificial Intelligence and Information Engineering
Security
Wireless and Network Science
Algorithms for wireless, sensor and peer-to-peer networks and the Internet; machine learning and data mining; social networks; optimization
Surya Santoso
Professor
Electrical and Computer Engineering
ssantoso@mail.utexas.edu
512-471-3371
Office Location: EER 7.876
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Areas of Impact
Artificial Intelligence and Information Engineering
Computational Engineering/Science
Energy and Environment
Electromagnetic transient and electric power quality in power systems; development of intelligent systems for enabling self-healing and self-restoring power systems; wind power interconnection and integration
Anastasia Schauer
Assistant Professor
Mechanical Engineering
anastasia.schauer@austin.utexas.edu
Office Location: ETC 4.165
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Areas of Impact
Artificial Intelligence and Information Engineering
Design cognition; Design theory and methodology; Humanitarian engineering; Cognitive bias and empathy in design; Innovation and creativity; Equity and social impact in engineering; Design for manufacturing; Engineering education
Sanjay Shakkottai
Professor
Electrical and Computer Engineering
shakkott@mail.utexas.edu
512-471-5376
Office Location: EER 6.802
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Areas of Impact
Artificial Intelligence and Information Engineering
Security
Transportation and Infrastructure
Wireless and Network Science
Scheduling and QoS in wireless networks; ad-hoc and sensor networks; congestion control in the internet; resource allocation for heterogeneous networks
Areas of Impact
Artificial Intelligence and Information Engineering
Computational Engineering/Science
Software testing and regression testing
David Soloveichik
Associate Professor
Electrical and Computer Engineering
david.soloveichik@utexas.edu
Office Location: EER 7.814
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Areas of Impact
Artificial Intelligence and Information Engineering
Bioengineering and Health
Computational Engineering/Science
Molecular programming, including the engineering of complex molecular systems for synthetic biology, nanotechnology and bioengineering.
Hewei Tang
Assistant Professor
Petroleum and Geosystems Engineering
hewei.tang@austin.utexas.edu
Office Location: CPE 3.118
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Areas of Impact
Artificial Intelligence and Information Engineering
Energy and Environment
Direct air capture with geothermal energy, fracture characterization in enhanced geothermal systems, and using neural operators for subsurface simulations
Edison Thomaz
Associate Professor
Electrical and Computer Engineering
ethomaz@utexas.edu
Office Location: EER 7.818
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Areas of Impact
Artificial Intelligence and Information Engineering
Bioengineering and Health
Wireless and Network Science
Modeling health-related behaviors, with specific focus on scalable computational methods and novel sensing approaches
Ufuk Topcu
Professor
Aerospace Engineering and Engineering Mechanics
Electrical and Computer Engineering
utopcu@utexas.edu
Office Location: POB 5.436
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Areas of Impact
Artificial Intelligence and Information Engineering
Autonomy and Robotics
Computational Engineering/Science
Design and verification of autonomous networked systems
Carlos Torres-Verdin
Professor
Petroleum and Geosystems Engineering
cverdin@mail.utexas.edu
512-471-4216, 512-471-3161
Office Location: CPE 5.182A
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Areas of Impact
Artificial Intelligence and Information Engineering
Computational Engineering/Science
Energy and Environment
Borehole geophysics; petrophysics; formation evaluation; well logging; rock physics; multi-physics geophysical detection and imaging; geophysical imaging of time-lapse subsurface phenomena; inverse problems; signal processing
Eric van Oort
Professor
Petroleum and Geosystems Engineering
vanoort@austin.utexas.edu
512-471-6262
Office Location: CPE 4.182A
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Areas of Impact
Artificial Intelligence and Information Engineering
Computational Engineering/Science
Energy and Environment
Rig automation; zonal isolation; borehole stability and lost circulation; frac optimization; frac water management, drilling and completion fluids
Haris Vikalo
Professor
Electrical and Computer Engineering
hvikalo@ece.utexas.edu
512-232-7922
Office Location: EER 7.810
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Areas of Impact
Artificial Intelligence and Information Engineering
Bioengineering and Health
Wireless and Network Science
Statistical signal processing; bioinformatics and computational biology; wireless communications systems
Zhangyang (Atlas) Wang
Associate Professor
Electrical and Computer Engineering
atlaswang@utexas.edu
Office Location: EER 6.886
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Areas of Impact
Artificial Intelligence and Information Engineering
Automated machine learning (AutoML), learning-based optimization, machine learning robustness and efficient deep learning
Karen Willcox
Professor
Aerospace Engineering and Engineering Mechanics
kwillcox@oden.utexas.edu
512-232-6259
Office Location: POB 4.102
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Areas of Impact
Artificial Intelligence and Information Engineering
Data to decisions in engineering systems; computational models and methods for design, optimization, control and uncertainty quantification of engineering systems; reduced-order modeling and multi-fidelity modeling; future aircraft technologies; aircraft system optimization; aircraft environmental impact; multidisciplinary design; unmanned aerial vehicles; digital twins
Neeraja Yadwadkar
Assistant Professor
Electrical and Computer Engineering
neeraja@austin.utexas.edu
Office Location: EER 5.884
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Areas of Impact
Artificial Intelligence and Information Engineering
Cloud computing systems; machine learning; serverless computing; machine learning for systems; systems for machine learning
Hao Zhu
Associate Professor
Electrical and Computer Engineering
haozhu@utexas.edu
(512) 471-1722
Office Location: EER 7.868
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Areas of Impact
Artificial Intelligence and Information Engineering
Energy and Environment
Transportation and Infrastructure
Cyber-physical power systems, Energy data analytics, Signal processing over networks