Faculty

UT researchers across disciplines have come together in hopes of drastically improving the ability to detect adenomas and other colorectal diseases through the use of artificial intelligence.

Mary Wheeler broke glass ceilings and scientific barriers in her more than five-decade career in applied mathematics, computational science and petroleum engineering. 

Texas Engineers will develop next-generation semiconductor technologies as part of a collaboration of the National Science Foundation and leading industry companies.

Srinivas Bettadpur, a professor in the Department of Aerospace Engineering and Engineering Mechanics at The University of Texas at Austin, is the recipient of the 2024 American Geophysical Union (AGU) Charles A. Whitten Medal.

Kasey Faust was part of the second class of the Provost's Mentored Scholars program, which provides a year of scholarship-focused, one-on-one mentoring, specifically for tenured and tenure-track faculty, from any rank and discipline at The University of Texas at Austin.

Nina Telang has impacted thousands of electrical and computer engineering undergraduate students over the last two decades, at the most important time of their academic careers.

Hal Alper has been elected to the International Academy of Medical and Biological Engineering, a select group of innovators recognized for their outstanding contributions to the medical and biological engineering professions.

A global artificial intelligence challenge led by Texas Engineers Zoltan Nagy and Javad Mohammadi has been recognized by the Climate Change AI Innovation (CCAI) Grants program.

Cockrell School of Engineering faculty and alumni are playing key roles in a new artificial intelligence video startup that creates narrative videos from existing footage libraries.

Roger Bonnecaze took the helm as Interim Dean of the Cockrell School of Engineering in July 2021 following Sharon L. Wood’s appointment to UT Austin’s Executive Vice President and Provost.

Most people have one, maybe two, careers during their life. But Bob Metcalfe isn’t most people.

Carlos Torres-Verdín forged a bond with nature at an early age. 

From aircraft trajectory prediction and optimization to finite element analysis of concrete structures to molecular engineering and biotechnology, the Cockrell School’s newest faculty members span a wide range of engineering expertise.

Dr. Clay Johnston, dean of the Dell Medical School, gives his perspective on health challenges facing society and the role engineers play in improving health care.

We sat down with new biomedical engineering chair Shelly Sakiyama-Elbert to learn about her impressions of campus, vision for the future and the deep commitment Texas Engineers have to advancing health care.

Lydia Contreras discusses how her work on cellular engineering could affect human health.

Bob Metcalfe is aiming to create a university focused on identifying research and ideas that can be commercialized.

John Ekerdt, Associate Dean for Research, explains why communication is so critical to engineers and offers tips to craft an elevator pitch.

Donglei (Emma) Fan, a mechanical and materials science engineer, takes an active role in her daughter’s violin lessons — and sees an opportunity to invent a new learning tool for the next generation.

Aerospace engineer Karen Willcox departs MIT to become the new director of UT’s Institute for Computational Engineering and Sciences.