Department of Aerospace Engineering and Engineering Mechanics: professors and courses
Who teaches here
| Name | Teaches |
|---|---|
| Professors · 50 | |
 Maruthi R AkellaProfessorNonlinear and robust adaptive control · Dynamics of networked systems and sensors · Control applications for supersonic flows | No classes listed this year |
 Efstathios Bakolas CVAssociate professorSystems and control theory · Optimal · stochastic and nonlinear control · Differential/dynamic game theory | ASE 381P |
Jeffrey K BennighofResearch professor | No classes listed this year |
 Srinivas V Bettadpur CVProfessorOrbital mechanics · perturbations and orbit determination · Space geodesy · Modeling | ASE 379L |
 Fabrizio Bisetti CVAssociate professorComputational fluid mechanics · Turbulent flows · Aerosols and chemical reacting flows · Numerical methods | COE 347 |
Tan Thanh Bui EvaluationsCVProfessor | COE 352, COE 379L, E M 397 |
 Ethan R Burnett Evaluations CVAssistant professorNonlinear systems · Optimization and optimal control · Computation and numerical methods · Spacecraft guidance | ASE 330M |
 Jesse L Chan CVAssociate professorFinite element and discontinuous Galerkin methods · Structure-preserving discretizations · Reduced order modeling · Scientific computing | CSE 386L, M E 397 |
 Jingyi Chen Evaluations CVAssociate professorSatellite geodesy and remote sensing · InSAR-based earth observation applications | COE 301, COE 379L |
 John-Paul Clarke Evaluations CVProfessorEnvironmental impact of aviation · Trajectory prediction and optimization · Stochastic models and optimization algorithms · Increasingly autonomous aircraft-enabled mobility | ASE 367K, ASE 374D |
 Noel T ClemensProfessorTurbulent combustion and mixing · Unsteadiness of shock-induced turbulent separation · Supersonic cavity flows · Hypersonics and propulsion | No classes listed this year |
Thomas J Connolly EvaluationsCVAssociate professor of instruction | E M 311M |
Show all 58 people
| Name | Teaches |
|---|---|
| Professors · 50 | |
Natalie Marie Czimskey CVAssociate professor of instruction | No classes listed this year |
Clinton N DawsonProfessor | No classes listed this year |
 Leszek F DemkowiczProfessorComputational acoustics and electromagnetics · HP-adaptive finite and boundary element methods · Applied functional analysis · Computational fluid dynamics | No classes listed this year |
 Thinh Doan Evaluations CVAssistant professorReal-time decision making for autonomy · Control theory · Optimization and applied probability theory · Reinforcement learning | ASE 370C, ASE 389 |
 John Timothy Foster CVProfessorExperimental and computational geomechanics · Fracture mechanics · Hydraulic fracturing · Anomalous flow in porous media | No classes listed this year |
 David Fridovich-Keil Evaluations CVAssistant professorOptimal control theory · Dynamic game theory · Motion planning · Multi-agent decision making | ASE 330M, ASE 389 |
 Jan Fuhg Evaluations CVAssistant professorScientific machine learning and computing · Computational and solid mechanics · Reliability analysis and uncertainty quantification · Machine learning | ASE 379L, E M 319 |
 David B Goldstein Evaluations CVProfessorDevelopment of numerical methods · Applications of computational fluid dynamics · Detailed flow physics · Hypersonics | ASE 320, ASE 364 |
 Rui Huang Evaluations CVProfessorMechanical instability of thin films and nanostructures · Multiscale modeling and simulations | E M 306 |
 Thomas J HughesProfessorComputational mechanics · Isogeometric analysis · Stabilized and variational multiscale methods · Phase-field modeling | No classes listed this year |
 Todd E Humphreys CVProfessorPositioning · navigation · and timing technology and security · Satellite communications and navigation | ASE 479W |
 Moriba Jah Evaluations CVProfessorNon-gravitational astrodynamics · Space object detection · tracking · identification | COE 362 |
 Brandon A Jones CVAssociate professorOrbit state and uncertainty propagation · Multi-target · multi-sensor tracking and filtering · Space situational awareness | ASE 379L, ASE 389 |
Stelios Kyriakides Evaluations CVProfessorInstability in solids and structures (plastic buckling of structures · propagating instabilities in shape · memory metals · composites and foams) | ASE 339, E M 339 |
 Chad Matthew Landis Evaluations CVProfessorMechanics of materials · Ferroelectrics · Ferromagnetic shape memory alloys · Fracture mechanics | E M 306, E M 319, E M 391 |
Kenneth M LiechtiProfessor | No classes listed this year |
| COE 301 | |
 Lori A Magruder Evaluations CVAssociate professorRemote sensing instrumentation and applications · 3D geospatial data exploitation for Earth science · Spacecraft dynamics · orbital mechanics and attitude determination | ASE 366K |
Raghav Mahalingam EvaluationsCVAssistant professor of practice | ASE 362K, ASE 376K, ASE 382Q, COE 374D, COE 374E |
 Mark E MearProfessorMicromechanics · Fracture mechanics · Boundary element methods | No classes listed this year |
 Luke T Peterson CVAssistant professorCelestial mechanics and astrodynamics · Hamiltonian dynamical systems and perturbation theories | ASE 388P |
 Laxminarayan L RajaProfessorAtmospheric-pressure non-equilibrium discharge phenomena · Microplasma-based small satellite plasma propulsion · Plasma actuators for low-speed · supersonic and hypersonic flow control | No classes listed this year |
 Manuel Karl RauschAssociate professorSoft tissue biomechanics · Nonlinear continuum mechanics · Numerical modeling · Material characterization and constitutive modeling | No classes listed this year |
Krishnaswa Ravi-Chandar CVProfessor | E M 306 |
 Ryan P Russell Evaluations CVProfessorAstrodynamics and orbital mechanics · Numerical methods applied to astrodynamics · Orbit estimation · filtering theories and applications | ASE 387P |
 Michael S Sacks CVProfessorCardiovascular biomechanics · Computational simulation of the behavior of the cardiovascular system · Advanced constitutive models · Biomechanical interactions of cells | No classes listed this year |
Kevin Dale Sagis EvaluationsCVProfessor of practice | ASE 379L |
 Luis Sentis CVProfessorHuman-centered robotics · Mathematics of movement and manipulation · Software architectures for sensing and acting · Biomechatronics | C S 309 |
 Puneet Singh Evaluations CVAssistant professorSolids · structures and materials · Controls · autonomy and robotics | ASE 365 |
 Jayant Sirohi Evaluations CVProfessorHigh power density solid state actuators · Smart and multifunctional structures · Multi-mission capable micro and unmanned aerial vehicles · Rotorcraft design | ASE 375, ASE 379L, ASE 384P |
Byron D TapleyResearch professor | No classes listed this year |
 Ufuk Topcu CVProfessorDesign · controls and verification of autonomous networked systems | ASE 370C |
 Thomas Carlton Underwood Evaluations CVAssistant professorSpace propulsion · Non-equilibrium reacting flows · Reactive transport · Plasma-wave interactions | ASE 120K |
 Philip L Varghese CVProfessorLaser-based sensors · Flow diagnostics using Raman and Rayleigh scattering · Scramjet combustion · Non-equilibrium hypersonic flows and flow diagnostics | ASE 379L |
 Karen E WillcoxProfessorData to decisions in engineering systems · Computational models and methods for design · optimization · control and uncertainty quantification of engineering systems | No classes listed this year |
 Jin Yang Evaluations CVAssistant professorML/data-driven material characterization · Deformation measurements · Digital image correlation · volume correlation and particle tracking | ASE 324L |
 Renato Zanetti Evaluations CVAssociate professorStochastic estimation of non-linear/non-Gaussian dynamical systems · GNC of autonomous systems · Spacecraft attitude dynamics · determination | ASE 372K |
Gregory R Zwernemann EvaluationsCVProfessor of practice | ASE 374D, ASE 374E |
| Lecturers and instructors · 5 | |
William J AllenLecturer | No classes listed this year |
Sushobhon C Dey EvaluationsCVLecturer | COE 311K |
Victor L Eijkhout EvaluationsCVLecturer | COE 322, COE 379L |
Adam W Nokes EvaluationsCVLecturer | ASE 374D, ASE 374E |
Joe F Stubbs EvaluationsCVLecturer | COE 379L |
| Graduate and other instructors · 3 | |
Greyson Kale EvaluationsCV | ASE 162M |
Aditya Panigrahi CV | ASE 375 |
Chun-Yi Wu EvaluationsCV | ASE 166M |
Who teaches each course
| Course | Taught by |
|---|---|
| ASE 120K | Thomas Carlton Underwood |
| ASE 162M | Greyson Kale |
| ASE 166M | Chun-Yi Wu |
| ASE 320 | David B Goldstein |
| ASE 324L | Jin Yang |
| ASE 330M | Ethan R Burnett, David Fridovich-Keil |
| ASE 339 | Stelios Kyriakides |
| ASE 362K | Raghav Mahalingam |
| ASE 364 | David B Goldstein |
| ASE 365 | Puneet Singh |
| ASE 366K | Lori A Magruder |
| ASE 367K | John-Paul Clarke |
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| Course | Taught by |
|---|---|
| ASE 370C | Thinh Doan, Ufuk Topcu |
| ASE 372K | Renato Zanetti |
| ASE 374D | John-Paul Clarke, Gregory R Zwernemann, Adam W Nokes |
| ASE 374E | Gregory R Zwernemann, Adam W Nokes |
| ASE 375 | Jayant Sirohi, Aditya Panigrahi |
| ASE 376K | Raghav Mahalingam |
| ASE 379L | Srinivas V Bettadpur, Jan Fuhg, Brandon A Jones, Kevin Dale Sagis, Jayant Sirohi, Philip L Varghese |
| ASE 381P | Efstathios Bakolas |
| ASE 382Q | Raghav Mahalingam |
| ASE 384P | Jayant Sirohi |
| ASE 387P | Ryan P Russell |
| ASE 388P | Luke T Peterson |
| ASE 389 | Thinh Doan, David Fridovich-Keil, Brandon A Jones |
| ASE 479W | Todd E Humphreys |
| C S 309 | Luis Sentis |
| COE 301 | Jingyi Chen, Hannah Lu |
| COE 311K | Sushobhon C Dey |
| COE 322 | Victor L Eijkhout |
| COE 347 | Fabrizio Bisetti |
| COE 352 | Tan Thanh Bui |
| COE 362 | Moriba Jah |
| COE 374D | Raghav Mahalingam |
| COE 374E | Raghav Mahalingam |
| COE 379L | Tan Thanh Bui, Jingyi Chen, Victor L Eijkhout, Joe F Stubbs |
| CSE 386L | Jesse L Chan |
| E M 306 | Rui Huang, Chad Matthew Landis, Krishnaswa Ravi-Chandar |
| E M 311M | Thomas J Connolly |
| E M 319 | Jan Fuhg, Chad Matthew Landis |
| E M 339 | Stelios Kyriakides |
| E M 391 | Chad Matthew Landis |
| E M 397 | Tan Thanh Bui |
| M E 397 | Jesse L Chan |
Bachelor’s degrees2 programs
- Aerospace engineering BSAsE Catalog
- Computational engineering BSCompE Catalog
Master’s degrees3 programs
Doctoral degrees3 programs
Pay after graduationUp to $109,300
| Field of study | 1 year out | 4 years out |
|---|---|---|
| Mechanical EngineeringMaster’s · Mechanical engineering | $109,300 | — |
| Aerospace, Aeronautical, and Astronautical/Space EngineeringMaster’s · Aerospace engineering | $108,100 | — |
| Mechanical EngineeringDoctoral · Mechanical engineering | $107,500 | — |
| Aerospace, Aeronautical, and Astronautical/Space EngineeringBachelor’s · Aerospace engineering | $81,500 | $104,400 |
Median earnings of graduates who received federal student aid, from the U.S. Department of Education’s College Scorecard: 1 year out is 2020–21 pay (2022 dollars), 4 years out is 2019–20 pay (2021 dollars). Fields group related programs.
About the department
Department of Aerospace Engineering and Engineering Mechanics is part of Cockrell School of Engineering, led by Dean Roger T. Bonnecaze. Its course codes are ASE, COE and E M.
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