Faculty Directory
Rabenberg, Llewellyn
Mechanical Engineering
Associate Professor
lew.rabenberg@mail.utexas.edu
+1 512 471 3178, +1 512 471 8217
ETC 9.168, MER 1.506
Programs/Department Areas
Materials Science and Engineering; Materials
Research Interests
Materials Science; Electron Microscopy and Diffraction; Measurements of Strains in Nanostructures;
Raja, Laxminarayan
Aerospace Engineering and Engineering Mechanics
Professor
lraja@mail.utexas.edu
+1 512 471 4279
WRW 318B
Department Areas
Aerothermodynamics and Fluid Mechanics
Research Interests
Low-temperature Glow Discharge Plasma
Programs/Department Areas
Materials Science and Engineering; Materials
Research Interests
Materials Sciences; Metals or Alloys; Microstructural analysis of refractory metal alloys; Processing and properties of refractory metal alloys
Raman, Venkat
Aerospace Engineering and Engineering Mechanics
Associate Professor
v.raman@mail.utexas.edu
+1 512 471 4743
WRW 305B
Department Areas
Aerothermodynamics and Fluid Mechanics
Research Interests
Turbulence & Combustion; Large-Eddy Simulations; Statistical Methods for Turbulent Reactive Flows; Parallel Computations
Rathje, Ellen
Civil, Architectural and Environmental Engineering
Professor
Warren S. Bellows Centennial Professorship in Civil Engineering
e.rathje@mail.utexas.edu
+1 512 232 3683, +1 512 471 4929
ECJ 9.227C
Department Areas
Geotechnical Engineering
Research Interests
Geotechnical earthquake engineering and engineering seismology; Seismic stability of earth structures and slopes; Earthquake-induced landslides; Seismic site response; Field liquefaction evaluation and soil improvement; Application of remote sensing to earthquake damage assessment;
Ravi-Chandar, K
Aerospace Engineering and Engineering Mechanics
Professor
Temple Foundation Endowed Professorship No. 1
kravi@mail.utexas.edu
+1 512 471 4213
WRW 117B
Programs/Department Areas
Materials Science and Engineering; Solids; Structures and Materials
Research Interests
Mechanical Behavior of Materials at High Strain Rates; Fracture in Nominally Brittle Materials; Shear Banding in Polymeric Materials; Phase Transformation in Shape Memory Alloys
Register, Leonard
Electrical and Computer Engineering
Associate Professor
register@mer.utexas.edu
+1 512 232 1868
MER 2.606B, ENS 536
Department Areas
Solid-State Electronics
Research Interests
Theory of electronic and optoelectronic devices, particularly at the nano-scale; Semi-classical and quantum mechanical device modeling; Alternative materials and geometries for CMOS (“non-classical” CMOS); Alternative state variables and switching methods (“beyond CMOS”)
Reible, Danny
Civil, Architectural and Environmental Engineering
Professor
Bettie Margaret Smith Chair in Environmental Health Engineering
reible@mail.utexas.edu
+1 512 471 4642
ECJ 9.102F
Department Areas
Environmental and Water Resources Engineering
Research Interests
Contaminant processes in the environment; Fate and transport modeling; Assessment and remediation of contaminated sediments
Department Areas
Computational Biomedical Engineering and Bioinformatics
Research Interests
Molecular modeling of biological systems; Computational drug discovery
Rochelle, Gary
Chemical Engineering
Professor
Carol & Henry Groppe Professorship in Chemical Engineering
rochelle@che.utexas.edu
+1 512 471 7230
CPE 5.458
Department Areas
Energy; Environmental Engineering and Sciences; Separations
Research Interests
CO2 capture from coal-fired power plants by aqueous amine scrubbing; mass transfer with fast reaction in the boundary layer;
Rodin, Gregory
Aerospace Engineering and Engineering Mechanics
Professor
Temple Foundation Endowed Faculty Fellowship No. 6
gjr@ices.utexas.edu
+1 512 471 4230
WRW 112A
Department Areas
Solids; Structures and Materials
Research Interests
Fast Algorithms for Composite Materials; Mechanics of Ice; Creep Deformation and Fracture
Rossky, Peter
Chemical Engineering
Professor
rossky@mail.utexas.edu
+1 512 471 3555, +1 512 471 1092
WEL 3.204, WEL 3.132
Department Areas
Advanced Materials; Energy; Modeling, Simulation & Theory; Surface & Interface Science
Research Interests
Biological and nanoscale hydration; Supercritical solvents; Electronic dynamics; photochemistry
Department Areas
Cellular and Bio-Molecular Engineering
Research Interests
Polymer based drug delivery; DNA and siRNA based vaccines; Stem Cell Engineering; Biomaterials for drug delivery, stem cell differentiation and tissue regeneration
Ruoff, Rodney
Mechanical Engineering
Professor
Cockrell Family Regents Chair in Engineering No. 7
r.ruoff@mail.utexas.edu
+1 512 471 4691
ETC 9.150
Programs/Department Areas
Materials Science and Engineering; Materials; Thermal Fluids; Manufacturing and Design;
Research Interests
Graphene and thin graphite; Energy production and storage; Synthesis and physical/chemical properties of nanostructures and composites; Nanomanufacturing.
Russell, Ryan
Aerospace Engineering and Engineering Mechanics
Assistant Professor
Department Areas
Orbital Mechanics
Research Interests
Astrodynamics; Orbital Mechanics; Numerical methods; Nonlinear estimation; Spacecraft trajectory design; Optimal control
Rylander III, H. Grady
Biomedical Engineering
Professor
Harry H. Power Professorship in Engineering
rylander@mail.utexas.edu
+1 512 471 1995
ENS 617C
Department Areas
Computational Biomedical Engineering and Bioinformatics
Research Interests
Vision research; Biomedical sensors; Laser applications; Neuroprosthesis design
