From developing bio-inspired membranes for more effective wastewater treatment to creating electromagnetic-based solutions for medical technologies, the Cockrell School’s new faculty members span a wide range of engineering expertise. Learn more about how our newest Texas Engineers are pushing technological boundaries and changing the world.
Farshid Alambeigi
Assistant Professor, Mechanical Engineering
Ph.D. Johns Hopkins University
Research interests include: computer integrated surgery and surgical robotics, autonomous surgery, surgineering, soft robotics, innovative design, biomechanics, applications of control theory
Learn more: Farshid Alambeigi Faculty Profile
Kevin Clarno
Associate Professor, Mechanical Engineering
Ph.D. Texas A&M University
Distinguished R&D Staff, Reactor and Nuclear Systems Division, Oak Ridge National Laboratory
Assistant Professor, University of Tennessee
Research interests include: computational research on nuclear reactors, development and application of advanced reactor analysis software, with expertise in nuclear data, radiation transport, isotopic depletion and decay, nuclear fuel performance and nuclear core analysis
Learn more: Kevin Clarno Faculty Profile
Shadi Goodarzi
Research Assistant Professor, Mechanical Engineering
Ph.D. HEC Paris
Assistant Professor, California State University, Fullerton
Research interests include: sustainable operations management, technology management and renewable energy adoption, closed-loop supply chain
Learn more: Shadi Goodarzi Faculty Profile
Alex Hanson
Assistant Professor, Electrical and Computer Engineering
Ph.D. Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Research interests include: design and applications of high-performance power electronics and magnetics
Learn more: Welcome New Faculty - Alex Hanson
Tanya Hutter
Assistant Professor, Mechanical Engineering (Start date: Oct. 1)
Ph.D. University of Cambridge
Research Fellow, Darwin College, Cambridge
Research interests include: molecular sensing technologies, nanomaterials, microfabrication, and nanophotonics with applications in environmental sensing, homeland security and medical diagnostics
Learn More: Tanya Hutter Faculty Profile
Krishna Kumar
Assistant Professor, Civil, Architectural and Environmental Engineering
Ph.D. University of Cambridge
Research Associate in Computational Geomechanics, University of Cambridge
Research interests include: multi-scale modeling of natural hazards, landslides, earthquakes, debris flows, material point method, discrete element, and lattice Boltzmann, high-performance computing in geomechanics
Learn more: Krishna Kumar Faculty Profile
Manish Kumar
Associate Professor, Civil, Architectural and Environmental Engineering
Ph.D. University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
Associate Professor, Pennsylvania State University
Research interests include: membrane processes and bio-inspired membranes for wastewater treatment and water reuse
Learn more: Manish Kumar Faculty Profile
Diana Marculescu
Professor, Electrical and Computer Engineering
Department Chair, Electrical and Computer Engineering (Start date: Dec. 1)
Motorola Regents Chair in Electrical and Computer Engineering #2
Ph.D. University of Southern California
David Edward Schramm Professor, Carnegie Mellon University
Founding Director, Center for Faculty Success, Carnegie Mellon University
Research interests include: sustainability- and energy-aware computer system modeling and optimization, reliability- and variability-aware system design, discrete modeling and analysis of non-silicon networks
Learn more: Diana Marculescu Named New Chair of ECE
José del R. Millán
Professor, Electrical and Computer Engineering
Carol Cockrell Curran Chair in Engineering
Ph.D. Universitat Politecnica de Catalunya, Barcelona
Associate Professor and Defitech Foundation Chair in Brain-Machine Interface, Ecole Polytechnique Federale de Lausanne
Research interests include: brain-computer interfaces (BCI) & BCI-based neurotechnologies, mainly based on electroencephalogram (EEG) signals
Learn more: Welcome New Faculty - José del R. Millán
Pawel Misztal
Assistant Professor, Civil, Architectural and Environmental Engineering
Ph.D. University of Edinburgh
Atmospheric Chemist/Physicist, UK Research and Innovation CEH Edinburgh
Research Specialist, University of California, Berkeley
Research interests include: indoor chemistry and implications on indoor air quality and occupants’ health
Learn more: Pawel Misztal Faculty Profile
David Mitlin
Professor, Mechanical Engineering
David Allen Cockrell Professorship in Engineering
Ph.D. University of California at Berkeley
Professor and General Electric Chair, Clarkson University
Research interests include: electrochemical and chemical energy storage (batteries, supercapacitors, hybrid devices, metal hydrides), thin films, materials design, transmission electron microscopy and corrosion
Learn more: David Mitlin Faculty Profile
Aryan Mokhtari
Assistant Professor, Electrical and Computer Engineering
Ph.D. University of Pennsylvania
Postdoctoral Associate, Laboratory for Information and Decision Systems, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Research interests include: optimization, machine learning, data science, artificial intelligence and signal processing
Learn more: Welcome New Faculty - Aryan Mokhtari
Sapun Parekh
Assistant Professor, Biomedical Engineering
Ph.D. University of California, Berkeley
Group Leader, Molecular Spectroscopy Department, Max Planck Institute for Polymer Research
Research interests include: using chemical microscopy to diagnose and predict specific pathologies and properties of biological tissues
Learn more: 5 Questions with Sapun Parekh
Emily Porter
Assistant Professor, Electrical and Computer Engineering
Ph.D. McGill University
EU Marie-Curie Research Fellow and Adjunct Lecturer, National University of Ireland, Galway
Research interests include: electromagnetics and acoustics, computational and applied electromagnetics, developing electromagnetic-based solutions with applications in diagnostic, therapeutic, supportive or assistive medical technologies.
Learn more: Welcome New Faculty - Emily Porter
Samantha Santacruz
Assistant Professor, Biomedical Engineering
Ph.D. Rice University
Postdoctoral researcher, University of California, Berkeley
Research interests include: neural engineering, brain-machine interfaces, neurotherapeutic devices, neuromodulation.
Learn more: 5 Questions with Samantha Santacruz
Shyam Shankar
Assistant Professor, Electrical and Computer Engineering
Ph.D. Princeton University
Research Scientist, Yale University
Research interests include: quantum information science with superconducting quantum circuits, quantum measurement, quantum feedback and error-correction, remote entanglement for quantum networks and quantum-limited amplification
Learn more: Welcome New Faculty - Shyam Shankar
Wen Song
Assistant Professor, Petroleum and Geosystems Engineering
Ph.D. Stanford University
Research interests include: management of subsurface energy resources through experimental micro/nanofluidics, multiphase reactive transport, and fluid-fluid/ fluid-rock interactions in porous media
Learn more: 5 Questions with Wen Song
Venkat Subramanian
Professor, Mechanical Engineering
Ernest Dashiell Cockrell II Professorship in Engineering
Ph.D. University of South Carolina
Washington Research Foundation Innovation Professor of Clean Energy and Chemical Engineering, University of Washington
Chief Scientist, PNNL
Research interests include: model-based Battery Management System (BMS) of current and next-generation lithium batteries, electrochemical engineering, model predictive control, multiscale simulation & design, mathematical model reformulation, differential-algebraic equations
Learn more: Venkat Subramanian Faculty Profile
Mehran Tehrani
Assistant Professor, Mechanical Engineering
Ph.D. Virginia Tech
Assistant Professor, University of New Mexico
Research interests include: mechanics and material science of additively manufactured composites, advanced electrical conductors
Learn more: Mehran Tehrani Faculty Profile
