Our newest Cockrell School of Engineering faculty members span a wide range of engineering expertise — from machine learning to health robotics to infrastructure and agricultural systems. Learn more about their research areas:
Matthew Bartos
Assistant Professor, Civil, Architectural and Environmental Engineering (Start date: January 2021)
Ph.D. University of Michigan
Research interests include: developing the next generation of smart urban water systems, including real-time flood monitoring and stormwater control; algorithms for data assimilation, event detection and sensor/controller placement
Learn more: Matthew Bartos Faculty Profile
Brian Belardi
Associate Professor, Chemical Engineering (Start date: January 2021)
Ph.D. University of California, Berkeley
Research interests include: molecular engineering, biotechnology, therapeutics and drug delivery, epithelial biology and extracellular matrix, post-translational modifications, synthetic cells and tissue, biophysics and biointerfaces
Learn more: Brian Belardi Faculty Profile
Raghu Bollapragada
Assistant Professor, Mechanical Engineering
Ph.D. Northwestern University
Research interests include: non-linear optimization, stochastic optimization, derivative-free optimization, distributed optimization, machine learning
Learn more: Raghu Bollapragada Faculty Profile
Sergio Castellanos
Assistant Professor, Civil, Architectural and Environmental Engineering (Start date: January 2021)
Ph.D. Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Research interests include: environmental and energy justice, sustainable transportation, renewable energy technology manufacturing and deployment, and energy systems modeling
Learn more: Sergio Castellanos Faculty Profile
Shwetadwip Chowdhury
Assistant Professor, Electrical and Computer Engineering (Start date: February 2021)
Ph.D. Duke University
Research interests include: Optical microscopy, computational reconstruction, wave propagation through optical scatter, multi-dimensional imaging, large-scale data analysis, and scientific and medical translation
Learn More: Shwetadwip Chowdhury Faculty Profile
John-Paul Clarke
Professor, Aerospace Engineering and Engineering Mechanics (Start date: January 2021)
Ernest Cockrell, Jr. Memorial Chair in Engineering
Ph.D. Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Research interests include: urban air mobility (UAM) and the development of autonomous aircraft, including air traffic management and control for these systems
Learn more: Welcome New ASE/EM Faculty
Anca-Cristina Ferche
Assistant Professor, Civil, Architectural and Environmental Engineering (Start date: January 2021)
Ph.D. University of Toronto, Canada
Research interests include: analysis and performance assessment of deteriorated concrete infrastructure, nonlinear finite element analysis of reinforced concrete structures, advanced constitutive modeling and alkali-silica reaction effects on the behavior of reinforced concrete structures
Learn more: CAEE Welcomes New Faculty Member Anca-Cristina Ferche
Ann Majewicz Fey
Associate Professor, Mechanical Engineering
Ph.D. Stanford University
Research interests include: robotics, dynamic systems and control, medical and surgical robots, teleoperation and haptics
Learn more: Ann Majewicz Fey Faculty Profile
Nick Fey
Assistant Professor, Mechanical Engineering
Ph.D. The University of Texas at Austin
Research interests include: neuromuscular biomechanics, rehabilitation robotics, and prosthetics and orthotics
Learn more: Nick Fey Faculty Profile
Hyeji Kim
Assistant Professor, Electrical and Computer Engineering
Ph.D. Stanford University
Research interests include: information theory, machine learning and wireless communications
Learn more: Hyeji Kim Faculty Profile
Ruochen Lu
Assistant Professor, Electrical and Computer Engineering (Start date: January 2021)
Ph.D. University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Research interests include: communications, control theory, data science, information theory, machine learning, networking, optimization, signal processing and system theory
Learn more: Ruochen Lu Faculty Profile
Yingda Lu
Assistant Professor, Petroleum and Geosystems Engineering
Ph.D. University of Michigan
Research interests include: paraffin gelation and deposition in multiphase flow; asphaltene precipitation and deposition; rheological and flow behaviors of non-Newtonian petroleum fluids; and applications of molecular simulation in oil and gas production
Learn more: Yingda Lu Faculty Profile
Lori Magruder
Associate Professor, Aerospace Engineering and Engineering Mechanics
Ph.D. The University of Texas at Austin
Research interests include: remote sensing and 3D geospatial data exploitation for earth science
Learn more: Welcome New ASE/EM Faculty
Dev Niyogi
Professor, Civil, Architectural and Environmental Engineering
Ph.D. North Carolina State University
Research interests include: understanding of the Earth system, particularly the urban and agricultural landscapes, and the dynamic role of coupled land surface processes on regional hydroclimatic and environmental extremes; translating the scientific work undertaken into decision tools and portals with a particular focus on sustainable climate-ready/resilient coastal, cities and agricultural systems
Learn more: Dev Niyogi Faculty Profile
Tyrone Porter
Professor, Biomedical Engineering
Myron L. Begeman Fellowship in Engineering
Ph.D. University of Washington
Research interests include: image-guided drug delivery, ultrasound and acoustics
Learn more: Tyrone Porter Faculty Profile
Joaquin Resasco
Assistant Professor, Chemical Engineering (Start date: January 2021)
Ph.D. University of California, Berkeley
Research interests include: understanding the structure and properties of catalysts to enable next-generation sustainable technologies
Learn more: Joaquin Resasco Faculty Profile
Gabriel Sanoja
Assistant Professor, Chemical Engineering
Ph.D. University of California, Berkeley
Research interests include: engineering mechanical properties and lifetime of soft polymeric materials
Learn more: Gabriel Sanoja Faculty Profile
August Shi
Assistant Professor, Electrical and Computer Engineering
Ph.D. University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Research interests include: software testing and regression testing
Learn more: August Shi Faculty Profile
Thomas Underwood
Assistant Professor, Aerospace Engineering and Engineering Mechanics (Start date: January 2021)
Ph.D. Stanford University
Research interests include: understanding how the chemistry and dynamics of reactive flows can be leveraged to address challenges in energy, transportation, the environment and security
Learn more: Welcome New ASE/EM Faculty
Evan Wang
Assistant Professor, Biomedical Engineering (Start date: January 2021)
Ph.D. Stanford University
Research interests include: development of new tools to modulate and record neural activity from targeted neuronal populations using minimally invasive methods
Learn more: Evan Wang Faculty Profile
Atlas Wang
Assistant Professor, Electrical and Computer Engineering
Ph.D. University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Research interests include: automated machine learning (AutoML), learning-based optimization, machine learning robustness and efficient deep learning
Learn more: Atlas Wang Faculty Profile
Bo Zhao
Assistant Professor, Biomedical Engineering
Ph.D. University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Research interests include: developing advanced mathematical models, computational algorithms and data acquisition schemes to push the limits of magnetic resonance imaging systems
Learn more: Bo Zhao Faculty Profile
Lei Zhou
Assistant Professor, Mechanical Engineering
Ph.D. Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Research interests include: electromagnetic design, actuators and sensors, precision machines, control and estimation, magnetic levitation and manufacturing systems
Learn more: Lei Zhou Faculty Profile
