List of University of Texas at Austin faculty
This list of University of Texas at Austin faculty includes current and former instructors and administrators of the University of Texas at Austin (UT Austin), a major research university located in Austin, Texas that is the flagship institution of the University of Texas System.[1][2][3] Founded in 1883, the university has had the fifth largest single-campus enrollment in the nation as of Fall 2006 (and had the largest enrollment in the country from 1997 to 2003), with over 50,000 undergraduate and graduate students and 16,500 faculty and staff.[4] It currently holds the largest enrollment of all colleges in the state of Texas.[5]
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Administration
School of Architecture
Name |
School |
Service |
Notability |
Alumnus |
Reference |
Heymann, DavidDavid Heymann |
Architecture |
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Professor, Harwell Hamilton Harris Regents Professor in Architecture, and Distinguished Teaching Professor |
No |
[7] |
Miró, JuanJuan Miró |
Architecture |
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Associate Dean for Undergraduate Programs, David Bruton, Jr. Centennial Professor in Urban Design, Distinguished Teaching Professor, Academy of Distinguished Teachers University of Texas, and Director of Studio Mexico |
No |
[8] |
Speck, LawrenceLawrence Speck |
Architecture |
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Professor, The W. L. Moody, Jr. Centennial Professor in Architecture, and Distinguished Teaching Professor |
No |
[9] |
Benedikt, MichaelMichael Benedikt |
Architecture |
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Professor, Hal Box Endowed Chair in Urbanism, Distinguished Professor of the Association of Collegiate Schools of Architecture (ACSA), Director of the Center for American Architecture and Design |
No |
[10] |
Alter, KevinKevin Alter |
Architecture |
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Professor, Sid W. Richardson Centennial Professor of Architecture, Director of the Summer Academy in Architecture, and Associate Director of the Center for American Architecture and Design |
No |
[11] |
Moore, StevenSteven Moore |
Architecture |
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Bartlett Cocke Regents Professor in Architecture |
No |
[12] |
College of Communication
Name |
Department |
Service |
Notability |
Alumnus |
Reference |
College of Education
Name |
Department |
Service |
Notability |
Alumnus |
Reference |
Cockrell School of Engineering
Name |
Department |
Service |
Notability |
Alumnus |
Reference |
Adcock, WillisWillis Adcock |
Electrical Engineering |
1986-1993 |
Assisted with invention of the silicon transistor and integrated circuit; Fellow of AAAS and IEEE; US National Academy of Engineering |
No |
[13] |
Bovik, AlanAlan Bovik |
Electrical Engineering |
1984–present |
Developed video quality measurement tools used in broadcast and post-production houses throughout Television and cinematic industries; Primetime Engineering Emmy Award; Cockrell Family Regents Chair in Engineering; Fellow of IEEE |
No |
[14] |
Clarke, EdithEdith Clarke |
Electrical Engineering |
1947-1957 |
First woman faculty member of electrical engineering in the US; power engineer; inventor of Clarke Calculator and method of symmetrical components; Fellow of IEEE; Society of Women Engineers Achievement Award |
No |
[15] |
Goodenough, John B.John B. Goodenough |
Mechanical Engineering and Electrical Engineering |
1986–present |
Research led to the first lithium ion battery; US National Academy of Engineering; Japan Prize |
No |
[16] |
Metcalfe, Robert M.Robert M. Metcalfe |
Electrical Engineering |
2011–present |
Inventor of Ethernet; founded 3Com Corporation; recipient of ACM Grace Hopper Award in 1980, IEEE Alexander Graham Bell Medal in 1988, IEEE Medal of Honor in 1996, National Medal of Technology in 2005; inducted into to the National Inventors Hall of Fame in 2007; Fellow Award from the Computer History Museum in 2008; US National Academy of Engineering |
No |
[17] |
Patt, YaleYale Patt |
Electrical Engineering |
1999–present |
Breakthroughs in computer architecture to make faster processors; inventor of the WOS module; the first complex logic gate implemented on a single piece of silicon; Fellow of ACM and IEEE; US National Academy of Engineering |
No |
[18] |
Peppas, Nicholas A.Nicholas A. Peppas |
Chemical Engineering |
?-present |
Pioneer in drug delivery, biomaterials, hydrogels and nanobiotechnology; US National Academy of Engineering |
No |
[19] |
Webber, MichaelMichael Webber |
Mechanical Engineering |
2006–present |
Deputy Director of the university's Energy Institute; host of PBS's Energy at the Movies |
Yes |
[20] |
College of Fine Arts
Name |
Department |
Service |
Notability |
Alumnus |
Reference |
Freeman, RobertRobert Freeman |
Butler School of Music |
Dean of the College of Fine Arts (1999-2006); Susan Menefee Ragan Regents Professor of Fine Arts (2006–present) |
Dean of the Eastman School of Music at the University of Rochester, 1972-1996; he was President of the New England Conservatory 1996-1999; performed as a concert pianist throughout North America and Europe; has published on topics related to 18th-century music history and music education |
No |
[21] |
Jackson School of Geosciences
Name |
Department |
Service |
Notability |
Alumnus |
Reference |
Mosher, SharonSharon Mosher |
Dean's Office |
2009–present |
Dean, William Stamps Farish Chair |
No |
[25] |
School of Law
College of Liberal Arts
Lyndon B. Johnson School of Public Affairs
Name |
Department |
Service |
Notability |
Alumnus |
Reference |
Heinrich, CarolynCarolyn Heinrich |
Center for Health and Social Policy (CHASP) |
2011–present |
Sid Richardson Professor of Public Affairs |
No |
[32] |
McCombs School of Business
Name |
Department |
Service |
Notability |
Alumnus |
Reference |
Gilligan, Thomas W.Thomas W. Gilligan |
Dean's Office |
2008–present |
Dean, Centennial Chair in Business Leadership |
No |
[33] |
Solomon, Robert C.Robert C. Solomon |
ETHICS |
1972–2007 |
Chairman, Hegel Society of America |
No |
|
Whinston, Andrew B.Andrew B. Whinston |
IROM |
1988–present |
Hugh Roy Cullen Centennial Chair in Business Administration; Director of the Center for Research in Electronic Commerce |
No |
[34] |
McAlister, LeighLeigh McAlister |
Marketing |
1987–present |
Executive Director Marketing Science Institute |
No |
[35] |
College of Natural Sciences
Name |
Department |
Service |
Notability |
Alumnus |
Reference |
Harun-ar-Rashid, A. M.A. M. Harun-ar-Rashid |
Physics |
1975 |
Quantum field theory, relativity, mechanics |
No |
|
Boyer, Robert S.Robert S. Boyer |
Computer Science |
1981–2008 |
Co-inventor of the Boyer–Moore string search algorithm; co-creator of the Nqthm and ACL2 theorem provers |
Yes |
[36] |
Buskirk, RuthRuth Buskirk |
Biology |
1990–present |
Molecular genetics, microbiology |
No |
[37] |
Chandy, K. ManiK. Mani Chandy |
Computer Science |
1970–1989 |
Distributed computing, including the Chandy-Lamport Algorithm for the determination of consistent global states |
No |
[38] |
Dijkstra, Edsger W.Edsger W. Dijkstra |
Computer Science |
1984–2000 |
Numerous foundational contributions to various computing disciplines, especially programming languages, formal verification, and distributed computing; Turing Award for fundamental contributions in the area of programming languages; ACM Fellow |
No |
[39] |
Emerson, E. AllenE. Allen Emerson |
Computer Science |
?-present |
Turing Award for "developing model checking into a highly effective verification technology, widely adopted in the hardware and software industries" |
Yes |
[40] |
Lam, Simon S.Simon S. Lam |
Computer Science |
1977–present |
Co-inventor of Secure Sockets Layer; ACM Fellow; elected to the National Academy of Engineering |
No |
[41] |
Moore, J StrotherJ Strother Moore |
Computer Science |
1981–1988, 1997–present |
Co-inventor of the Boyer–Moore string search algorithm; co-creator of the Nqthm and ACL2 theorem provers; ACM Fellow; elected to the National Academy of Engineering; department chair 2001-2009 |
No |
[42] |
Moran, Nancy A.Nancy A. Moran |
Integrative Biology |
2013–present |
Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences; elected to the National Academy of Sciences; 2010 winner of the International Prize for Biology |
Yes |
[43] |
Sarkar, SahotraSahotra Sarkar |
Integrative Biology |
1990–present |
Specialist in the history and philosophy of science |
No |
|
van de Geijn, RobertRobert van de Geijn |
Computer Science |
1987–present |
|
No |
[44] |
Weinberg, StevenSteven Weinberg |
Physics |
|
Nobel Laureate, author |
No |
[45] |
School of Nursing
Name |
Department |
Service |
Notability |
Alumnus |
Reference |
College of Pharmacy
Name |
Department |
Service |
Notability |
Alumnus |
Reference |
School of Social Work
Name |
Department |
Service |
Notability |
Alumnus |
Reference |
To be inserted into tables above
Administration
Arts and entertainment
Athletics
Education
Journalism and publishing
Law and government
Philosophy
Science and technology
- Eric J. Barron, former dean of College of Geosciences; current Director of National Center for Atmospheric Research
- Adi Bulsara, PhD, 1978 (physics) - leading physicist in the area of nonlinear dynamics
- Franklin C. Crow — computer scientist
- Bryce DeWitt — physicist, co-developed Wheeler-DeWitt equation ("wave function of the Universe")
- G.B. Halsted — mathematician
- William H. Jefferys — astronomer
- Chris Mack — photolithographer
- Hans Mark — aerospace engineer, former Deputy Administrator at NASA and Secretary of the Air Force
- Thomas Harrison Montgomery, Jr. — zoologist
- Hermann Joseph Muller — geneticist, Nobel Laureate in Physiology or Medicine
- Ilya Prigogine — physicist and chemist, Nobel Laureate in Chemistry
- Bill Schelter — mathematician, Lisp developer
- Roy Schwitters — physicist, former director of the now-defunct Superconducting Super Collider
- Elliot See — astronaut
- Jonathan Sessler — chemist, pioneering work on expanded porphyrins
- John Tate — mathematician, Wolf Prize in Mathematics
- Karen Uhlenbeck — mathematician, National Medal of Science
- Harry Vandiver — mathematician
- Steven Weinberg — Nobel Laureate in Physics, author
- John Archibald Wheeler — physicist, Wolf Prize in Physics, coined the term 'black hole'
- Robert E. Wyatt, chemist
Social sciences
See also
References
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