J. Tinsley Oden
Professor and Chair
Aerospace Engineering and Engineering Mechanics
Cockrell Family Regents Chair in Engineering No. 2
Phone: (512) 471-3312
Fax: (512) 471-8694
Email: oden@ices.utexas.edu
Dr. Tinsley Oden earned his Ph.D. in engineering mechanics from Oklahoma
State University in 1962. He joined the faculty of The University of
Texas at Austin in 1973. Dr. Oden has served as the university’s
Associate Vice President for Research since 2003. He has directed the
Institute for
Computational Engineering and Science since its founding in 2003.
Dr. Oden was elected to the National Academy of Engineering in 1988. He
is also a member of the Mexican and Brazilian academies. He also holds
four honorary doctorates, Honoris Causa, from the Technical University
of Lisbon in Portugal, the Faculte Polytechnique des Mons in Belgium,
the Cracow University of Technology in Poland and the Ecole National
Superiore de Cachan in France.
Other awards and honors Dr. Oden has received include knighthood as
Chevalier de l'ordre des Palmes Académiques from the French government,
and being named among the most highly-cited researchers in the world
from 1981-1999 in refereed, peer-reviewed journals, according to the
International Scientific Index
Dr. Oden has extensively developed the theory and implementation of
finite element models of problems in fluid mechanics and nonlinear solid
mechanics. His computer models and algorithms solve a wide range of
problems, from automobile design to manufacturing processes to surgical
procedures. Oden’s lab has developed methods that estimate modeling
error and adapt the choices of models to control error. These
innovations have proved to be a powerful approach for solving
multi-scale problems. Applications include nanoscale semiconductor
manufacturing. He currently serves as the principal investigator of a
research group using computational methods to study step-and-flash
lithography, a nano-manufacturing technique for semiconductors. As well,
he is leading a team of engineers and physicians developing computer
simulations to optimize laser treatment of prostate cancer.
Research interests:
- Computational mechanics and mathematics
- Numerical solution of partial differential equations
- Computational fluid dynamics
- Computational solid mechanics
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