Faculty Directory
David Pan
Professor
Electrical and Computer Engineering
dpan@mail.utexas.edu
512-471-1436
Office Location: EER 4.880
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Areas of Impact
Computational Engineering/Science
Security
Research Interests
VLSI computer aided design; physical design and circuit optimization; design and manufacturing process integration; vertical integration of technology, circuit, CAD and system
Sapun Parekh
Assistant Professor
Biomedical Engineering
sparekh@utexas.edu
512-232-3466
Office Location: BME 4.202E
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Areas of Impact
Bioengineering and Health
Research Interests
Development of label-free imaging and analytical tools with nonlinear chemical microscopy to predict type 2 diabetes and other diseases
Paola Passalacqua
Professor
Civil, Architectural and Environmental Engineering
paola@austin.utexas.edu
512-471-3319
Office Location: ECJ 8.612
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Areas of Impact
Computational Engineering/Science
Energy and Environment
Research Interests
Multi-scale analysis of hydrological processes; dynamics of environmental transport on river networks and deltaic systems; quantitative analysis and modeling of landscape forming processes, geomorphic transport laws and subgrid-scale parameterization.
Yale Patt
Professor
Electrical and Computer Engineering
patt@ece.utexas.edu
512-471-4085
Office Location: EER 5.802
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Areas of Impact
Security
Research Interests
Microprocessor architecture in the many core era; parallelism and superscalar processor design; seriously heterogeneous chip multiprocessors; how to help students learn
Nicholas Peppas
Professor
Biomedical Engineering
Chemical Engineering
peppas@che.utexas.edu
512-471-6644
Office Location: CPE 3.466
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Areas of Impact
Bioengineering and Health
Manufacturing and Materials
Research Interests
Biomaterials; controlled drug delivery; molecular modeling of protein structures in contact with biomaterials and tissues; modeling of biomedical devices; bionanotechnology; molecular recognition processes
Emily Porter
Assistant Professor
Electrical and Computer Engineering
emily.porter@austin.utexas.edu
(512) 232-8114
Office Location: EER 5.806
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Areas of Impact
Bioengineering and Health
Computational Engineering/Science
Research Interests
Electromagnetics and acoustics; computational and applied electromagnetics; developing electromagnetic-based solutions with applications in diagnostic, therapeutic, supportive or assistive medical technologies
Tyrone Porter
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Department Chair and Professor
Biomedical Engineering
tmp6@utexas.edu
Office Location: BME 3.503B
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Areas of Impact
Bioengineering and Health
Research Interests
Image-guided drug delivery, ultrasound, acoustics
Masa Prodanovic
Professor
Petroleum and Geosystems Engineering
masha@utexas.edu
512-471-0839
Office Location: CPE 4.186A
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Areas of Impact
Computational Engineering/Science
Energy and Environment
Research Interests
Fluid displacement in porous media; porous matrix and microfractured media characterization; unconventional reservoirs modeling; ferrohydrodynamics
Jorge Prozzi
Professor
Civil, Architectural and Environmental Engineering
prozzi@mail.utexas.edu
512-232-3488
Office Location: ECJ 6.112
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Areas of Impact
Manufacturing and Materials
Transportation and Infrastructure
Research Interests
Highway pavement design and rehabilitation; monitoring, evaluation and performance analysis of highway pavements; asphalt technology; accelerated pavement testing; sustainable pavement engineering; environmentally-friendly pavement technologies; applied probability and statistics; applied econometrics; life-cycle cost analysis; transportation infrastructure management
Michael Pyrcz
Professor
Petroleum and Geosystems Engineering
mpyrcz@austin.utexas.edu
(512) 471-3252
Office Location: CPE 4.186B
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Areas of Impact
Artificial Intelligence and Information Engineering
Computational Engineering/Science
Energy and Environment
Research Interests
Integrated Reservoir Characterization; Unconventional Resources; Petrophysics and pore-scale processes; Geologic Carbon Storage
