Faculty Directory
Walton, C. Michael
Civil, Architectural and Environmental Engineering
Professor
Ernest H. Cockrell Centennial Chair in Engineering
Department Areas
Transportation Engineering
Research Interests
Transportation system engineering, planning, economics and policy analysis; Intelligent transportation systems; Intermodal/combined transport, commercial vehicle operations; Institutional arrangements
Wang, Yaguo
Mechanical Engineering
Assistant Professor
yaguo.wang@austin.utexas.edu
+1 512 475 9556
ETC 7.150
Wang, Zheng
Electrical and Computer Engineering
Assistant Professor
zheng.wang@austin.utexas.edu
+1 512 471 2991
ENS 425, MER 2.206N
Department Areas
Biomedical Engineering; Electromagnetics & Acoustics; Plasma/Quantum Electronics & Optics; Solid-State Electronics
Research Interests
Biomedical engineering; Electromagnetics & Acoustics; Plasma/Quantum Electronics & Optics; Solid-State Electronics
Webber, Michael
Mechanical Engineering
Associate Professor
webber@mail.utexas.edu
+1 512 475 6867
ETC 6.106EA
Department Areas
Manufacturing and Design; Materials; Thermal Fluids
Research Interests
Energy policy; Energy & Water; Alternative and renewable energy; Biofuels; Energy in Texas; Energy Systems; Waste to Energy
Department Areas
Cellular and Molecular Imaging
Research Interests
Optical and thermal interactions of laser light with tissue; medical applications of lasers
Wheat, Dan
Civil, Architectural and Environmental Engineering
Associate Professor
dwheat@mail.utexas.edu
+1 512 232 1705
ECJ 4.714
Department Areas
Structural Engineering, Mechanics and Materials
Research Interests
Modeling of wood and wood structures; Behavior and design of wood structures
Wheat, Harovel
Mechanical Engineering
Associate Department Chair/Academic Affairs & Associate Professor
hwheat@mail.utexas.edu
+1 512 471 1451
ETC 9.174
Programs/Department Areas
Materials Science and Engineering; Materials
Research Interests
Corrosion of Structural Materials; Environmental Degradation of Composite Materials; Corrosion of Steel-reinforced Concrete; Smart coatings; Corrosion Issues associated with Clean Energy Generation;
Wheeler, Mary
Aerospace Engineering and Engineering Mechanics
Petroleum and Geosystems Engineering
Professor
Ernest and Virginia Cockrell Chair in Engineering
mfw@ices.utexas.edu
+1 512 475 8625
ACE 5.324
Department Areas
Computational Mechanics
Research Interests
Numerical Solution of Partial Differential Equations; Flow and Transport in Porous Media; Algorithms for Massively Parallel Machines
Williamson, Eric
Civil, Architectural and Environmental Engineering
Professor
ewilliamson@mail.utexas.edu
+1 512 475 6175, +1 512 471 4594
ECJ 4.722, PRC 177
Department Areas
Structural Engineering, Mechanics, and Materials
Research Interests
Response of structures to blast and impact; Progressive collapse; Structural response modelling and simulation; Static and dynamic stability; Failure modelling; Damage mechanics
Willson, C. Grant
Chemical Engineering
Professor
Rashid Engineering Regents Chair
willson@che.utexas.edu
+1 512 471 4342
WEL 5.240
Department Areas
Advanced Materials; Bioengineering; Microelectronics; Modeling, Simulation & Theory; Polymers
Research Interests
Polymers, materials, and processes for microelectronics; Photoresists; Liquid crystals; Computer simulation; Mass transport studies; Kinetics; Graft polymerization; Biosensor arrays; Novel processes for producing nanometer scale structures
Wilson, Preston
Mechanical Engineering
Associate Professor
pswilson@mail.utexas.edu
+1 512 475 9093
ETC 4.152A, ARL N632
Department Areas
Acoustics; Dynamic Systems and Control
Research Interests
Underwater, physical and biomedical acoustics; Acoustic propagation and scattering in multiphase media; Seismoacoustics; Novel experimental techniques and transduction
Wood, Sharon
Civil, Architectural and Environmental Engineering
Department Chair & Professor
Robert L. Parker, Sr. Centennial Professor
swood@mail.utexas.edu
+1 512 471 4558, +1 512 471 7298
ECJ 4.200, PRC 177
Department Areas
Structural Engineering, Mechanics, and Materials
Research Interests
Design and behavior of reinforced concrete structures; Infrastructure monitoring; Earthquake engineering
