Cockrell School Welcomes Newest Faculty Members, 2017-18
This year’s incoming faculty members exhibit a wide range of engineering expertise and bring research interests that range from tissue regeneration and space situational awareness to geostatistical reservoir modeling and energy and sustainability.
Joan Brennecke
Professor, Chemical Engineering
Cockrell Family Chair in Engineering No. 16
Education:
Ph.D. University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Career:
Professor, University of Notre Dame, 1998-2017
Research interests:
Ionic liquids, thermodynamics, gas separations, supercritical fluid technology, spectroscopic methods, phase equilibrium under extreme conditions, environmentally benign chemical processing
Learn more: Alumna Joan Brennecke to Join Faculty
Jingyi “Ann” Chen
Assistant Professor, Aerospace Engineering and Engineering Mechanics
Education:
Ph.D. Stanford University
Career:
Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Stanford University, 2014-16
Research Interests:
Satellite geodesy and remote sensing, interferometric synthetic aperture radar (InSAR) image processing algorithms, InSAR-based earth observation applications
Learn more: Welcome New Faculty — Jingyi “Ann” Chen
Elizabeth Cosgriff-Hernández
Professor, Biomedical Engineering
L.B. (Preach) Meaders Professor in Engineering
Education:
Ph.D. Case Western Reserve University
Career:
Associate Professor, Texas A&M University, 2013-17
Research Interests:
Design of polymeric biomaterial scaffolds for tissue engineering applications
Learn more: Elizabeth Cosgriff-Hernandez Joins BME Faculty
Michael Haberman
Assistant Professor, Mechanical Engineering
Education:
Ph.D. Georgia Institute of Technology
Career:
Research Scientist, Applied Research Laboratories, UT Austin, 2014-17
Research Interests:
Elastic and acoustic wave propagation in complex media, acoustic metamaterials, new acoustic transduction materials, ultrasonic nondestructive testing, vibro-acoustic transducers
Learn more: Michael Haberman Faculty Profile
Alex Huang
Professor, Electrical and Computer Engineering
Dula D. Cockrell Centennial Chair in Engineering #1
Education:
Ph.D. Cambridge University
Career:
Professor, North Carolina State University, 2004-17
Research Interests:
Power electronics, power semiconductor devices, smart grid, renewable energy systems
Learn more: Alex Huang Faculty Profile
Jean Anne Incorvia
Assistant Professor, Electrical and Computer Engineering
Education:
Ph.D. Harvard University
Career:
Postdoctoral Fellow, Stanford University, 2015-17
Research Interests:
Physical properties of nanoscale magnetic materials and applications for logic devices, utilizing spin for more energy-efficient computing, 3D monolithic integration of spin Hall magnetic memory
Learn more: Jean Anne Incorvia Faculty Profile
Moriba Jah
Associate Professor, Aerospace Engineering and Engineering Mechanics
Education:
Ph.D. University of Colorado, Boulder
Career:
Director, Space Object Behavioral Sciences; Associate Research Scientist and Professor, College of Engineering, University of Arizona, 2016-17
Research Interests:
Non-gravitational astrodynamics and advanced/non-linear multi-sensor/object tracking, prediction, and information fusion; space object detection, tracking, identification, and characterization; spacecraft navigation
Learn more: Space Traffic Expert Moriba Jah Joins UT Austin Engineering
Jaydeep Kulkarni
Assistant Professor, Electrical and Computer Engineering
Education:
Ph.D. Purdue University
Career:
Senior Staff Research Scientist, Intel Corporation Circuit Research Lab, 2009-17
Research Interests:
Integrated circuits and systems
Learn more: Jaydeep Kulkarni Faculty Profile
Yuanyue Liu
Assistant Professor, Mechanical Engineering
Education:
Ph.D. Rice University
Career:
Postdoctoral Fellow, California Institute of Technology, 2015-17
Research Interests:
Materials theory and simulations for electronics, optoelectronics, energy conversion and energy storage
Learn more: Yuanyue Liu Faculty Profile
Michael Pyrcz
Associate Professor, Petroleum and Geosystems Engineering
Fellow of the H.B. (Burt) Harkins, Jr. Professorship in Petroleum Engineering
Education:
Ph. D. University of Alberta
Career:
Team Leader and Research Scientist, Reservoir Modeling R&D, Chevron Energy Technology Company, 2004-17
Research Interests:
Geostatistics, numerical modeling, uncertainty characterization, including technology related to emerging unconventional assets
Learn more: Q&A with New Associate Professor Michael Pyrcz
Manuel Rausch
Assistant Professor, Aerospace Engineering and Engineering Mechanics
Education:
Ph.D. Stanford University
Career:
Postdoctoral Fellow, Yale University, 2015-17
Research Interests:
Soft tissue biomechanics, nonlinear continuum mechanics, numerical modeling, material characterization, constitutive modeling
Learn more: Welcome New Faculty — Manuel Rausch
Adrianne Rosales
Assistant Professor, Chemical Engineering
Education:
Ph.D. University of California, Berkeley
Career:
Postdoctoral Fellow, University of Colorado, Boulder, 2013-17
Research Interests:
Biomolecular and biomimetic materials, hydrogel development, cell-matrix interactions, dynamic materials
Learn more: Alumna Adrianne Rosales Accepts Texas ChE Faculty Appointment
Mark J.T. Smith
Professor, Electrical and Computer Engineering; Dean of the UT Austin Graduate School and Senior Vice Provost for Academic Affairs
Education:
Ph.D. Georgia Institute of Technology
Career:
Michael and Katherine Birck Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering and Dean of the Graduate School, Purdue University, 2009-17
Research Interests:
Voice, audio, image and video signal processing; data compression; applications of wavelets and filter banks
Learn more: Mark Smith Appointed Dean of Graduate School and Senior Vice Provost for Academic Affairs at UT Austin and Mark J.T. Smith Faculty Profile
Mark Stadtherr
Research Professor, Chemical Engineering
Education:
Ph.D. University of Wisconsin
Career:
Professor, University of Notre Dame, 1996-2017
Research Interests:
Reliable engineering computing, process systems engineering, applied interval mathematics, deterministic global optimization, verified solution of nonlinear dynamic systems, modeling and computation of phase behavior, ecological and environmental modeling
Takashi Tanaka
Assistant Professor, Aerospace Engineering and Engineering Mechanics
Education:
Ph.D. University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Career:
Postdoctoral Research, KTH Royal Institute of Technology, 2015-17
Research Interests:
Systems and control theory, networked and multi-agent systems, information theory in control
Learn more: Welcome New Faculty Member Takashi Tanaka
Renato Zanetti
Assistant Professor, Aerospace Engineering and Engineering Mechanics
Education:
Ph.D. The University of Texas at Austin
Career:
GN&C Engineer, NASA Johnson Space Center, 2013-17
Research Interests:
Stochastic estimation of non-linear/non-Gaussian dynamical systems; GNC of autonomous systems; spacecraft attitude dynamics, determination, and control; simulation of large, complex dynamical systems; vision-based navigation; sensor fusion, sensor technology and sensor utilization planning
Learn more: Welcome New Faculty — Renato Zanetti
Hao Zhu
Assistant Professor, Electrical and Computer Engineering
Education:
Ph.D. University of Minnesota
Career:
Assistant Professor, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign, 2014-17
Research Interests:
Power system monitoring, operations and control, energy data analytics
Learn more: Hao Zhu Faculty Profile