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Members

Efstathios Bakolas
Ph.D., Georgia Institute of Technology
Associate Professor, Aerospace Engineering & Engineering Mechanics
Eli H. and Ramona Thornton Centennial Fellowship in Engineering
Research Interests:
*Systems and Control Theory
*Optimal Control
*Stochastic Control
*Differential/Dynamic Game Theory
*Motion planning for robotic systems and autonomous vehicles
*Multi-agent Networks
Homepage: https://sites.utexas.edu/ebakolas/
Jeffrey K. Bennighof
Ph.D., Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University
Research Professor, Aerospace Engineering & Engineering Mechanics
Research Interests:
* Computation of Structural Dynamics
* Adaptive Reduction of Large Structure Models
* Minimum Time Control of Structures
e-mail to: bennighof[at]mail.utexas.edu
Fabrizio Bisetti
Ph.D., University of California, Berkeley
Associate Professor, Aerospace Engineering & Engineering Mechanics
George & Dawn L. Coleman Centennial Fellowship in Engineering
Research Interests:
* Computational Fluid Dynamics
* Turbulence and Turbulent Mixing
* Flows with Chemical Reactions, Plasmas, and Aerosols
* Uncertainty Quantification
e-mail to: fbisetti[at]utexas.edu
Homepage: https://sites.utexas.edu/flow/
Noel T. Clemens
Ph.D., Stanford University
Professor, Aerospace Engineering & Engineering Mechanics
Clare Cockrell Williams Centennial Chair in Engineering
National Academy of Engineering
Research Interests:
* Turbulent Combustion
* High-Speed Turbulent Flows
* Applications of Laser Imaging Diagnostics
e-mail to: clemens[at]mail.utexas.edu
Homepage: https://sites.utexas.edu/flowfieldlab/
David B. Goldstein
Ph.D., California Institute of Technology
Professor, Aerospace Engineering & Engineering Mechanics
Bob R. Dorsey Professorship in Engineering
Research Interests:
* Development of Numerical Methods
* Applications of Computational Fluid Dynamics
* Detailed Flow Physics
e-mail to: david[at]oden.utexas.edu
Homepage: https://utw11064.utweb.utexas.edu/
Thomas Underwood
Assistant Professor, Aerospace Engineering & Engineering Mechanics
Research Interests:
* Space Propulsion
* Non-Equilibrium Reacting Flows and Reactive Transport
* Plasma-Wave Interactions
* Plasma Chemistry
* Optical Diagnostics
email to: thomas.underwood[at]utexas.edu
Homepage: https://www.thomasunderwood.com/
Philip L. Varghese, Director
Professor, Aerospace Engineering & Engineering Mechanics
Ernest H. Cockrell Centennial Chair in Engineering
University Distinguished Teaching Professor
Research Interests:
* Spectroscopy (Emission, Laser Absorption, Raman and Rayleigh Scattering, CARS)
* Optical diagnostics of plasmas and high temperature reacting flows
* Modeling and Computation of Non-equilibrium Flows
* Rarefied Planetary Atmospheres
e-mail to: varghese[at]mail.utexas.edu
Homepage: https://sites.utexas.edu/pvarghese/

Affiliated Faculty

Laurence M Trafton
Ph.D., Senior Research Scientist
McDonald Observatory
Research Interests:
*Physical Science
*Space
*Spectroscopy
*Atmospheres of the outer planets and satellites
*Lunar cold traps
Homepage: “https://astronomy.utexas.edu/component/cobalt/item/750-trafton-laurence-m?Itemid=1272