# McKetta Department of Chemical Engineering: professors and courses

Course codes CHE

Who teaches here

**51** people

Teaching 29 courses in Spring 2026 and Fall 2026.

40 professors · 7 lecturers and instructors · 4 graduate and other instructors

## Who teaches here

Find a professor or course

**McKetta Department of Chemical Engineering professors and instructors**

| Name | Teaches |
| --- | --- |
| Professors · 40 |  |
| [David T Allen](https://cockrell.utexas.edu/person/david-allen/) [Evaluations](https://utaustin.guide/ut/colleges/professor-evaluations?q=David%20Allen#lookup) [CV](https://utdirect.utexas.edu/apps/student/coursedocs/courses/nlogon/download/17384581/) Professor Atmospheric chemistry · Urban air quality and pollution prevention · Environmental and industrial reaction engineering | [CHE 354](https://utaustin.guide/courses/che/354) |
| [Hal S Alper](https://cockrell.utexas.edu/person/hal-alper/) [Evaluations](https://utaustin.guide/ut/colleges/professor-evaluations?q=Hal%20Alper#lookup) [CV](https://utdirect.utexas.edu/apps/student/coursedocs/courses/nlogon/download/12952006/) Professor Biotechnology · Metabolic and cellular engineering · Biofuels · Synthetic and systems biology | [CHE 317](https://utaustin.guide/courses/che/317) |
| Carlos Jose Landaverde Alvarado [Evaluations](https://utaustin.guide/ut/colleges/professor-evaluations?q=Carlos%20Landaverde%20Alvarado#lookup)[CV](https://utdirect.utexas.edu/apps/student/coursedocs/courses/nlogon/download/17384600/) Assistant professor of instruction | [CHE 253M](https://utaustin.guide/courses/che/253m), [CHE 264](https://utaustin.guide/courses/che/264) |
| Thomas Alan Badgwell [Evaluations](https://utaustin.guide/ut/colleges/professor-evaluations?q=Thomas%20Badgwell#lookup)[CV](https://utdirect.utexas.edu/apps/student/coursedocs/courses/nlogon/download/17368830/) Professor of practice | [CHE 354](https://utaustin.guide/courses/che/354), [CHE 360](https://utaustin.guide/courses/che/360) |
| [Michael Baldea](https://cockrell.utexas.edu/person/michael-baldea/) [CV](https://utdirect.utexas.edu/apps/student/coursedocs/courses/nlogon/download/14637120/) Professor Proactive energy management for buildings · Optimal operation and strategic decision support · Fault detection and isolation for multi-scale systems | [CHE 253K](https://utaustin.guide/courses/che/253k) |
| [Brian Belardi](https://cockrell.utexas.edu/person/brian-belardi/) [Evaluations](https://utaustin.guide/ut/colleges/professor-evaluations?q=Brian%20Belardi#lookup) [CV](https://utdirect.utexas.edu/apps/student/coursedocs/courses/nlogon/download/17384567/) Assistant professor Molecular engineering · Biotechnology · Therapeutics and drug delivery · Epithelial biology and extracellular matrix | [CHE 338](https://utaustin.guide/courses/che/338) |
| [Roger T Bonnecaze](https://cockrell.utexas.edu/person/roger-bonnecaze/) Professor Rheology of complex fluids · Immersion and imprint lithography · Self-assembly of nanoparticulate films · Modeling of the formation of oil reservoirs | No classes listed this year |
| [Joan F Brennecke](https://cockrell.utexas.edu/person/joan-brennecke/) [Evaluations](https://utaustin.guide/ut/colleges/professor-evaluations?q=Joan%20Brennecke#lookup) [CV](https://utdirect.utexas.edu/apps/student/coursedocs/courses/nlogon/download/17384586/) Professor Ionic liquids · Thermodynamics · Gas separations · Supercritical fluid technology | [CHE 322](https://utaustin.guide/courses/che/322), [CHE 379](https://utaustin.guide/courses/che/379), [CHE 384T](https://utaustin.guide/courses/che/384t) |
| James R Chelikowsky [CV](https://utdirect.utexas.edu/apps/student/coursedocs/courses/nlogon/download/13550502/) Professor | [CHE 350](https://utaustin.guide/courses/che/350) |
| [Lydia Maria Contreras](https://cockrell.utexas.edu/person/lydia-contreras/) Professor Fundamental aspects of RNA regulation and intracellular RNA assaying · Applications to neurodegenerative diseases · air quality and metabolic engineering | No classes listed this year |
| [Benny D Freeman](https://cockrell.utexas.edu/person/benny-freeman/) [CV](https://utdirect.utexas.edu/apps/student/coursedocs/courses/nlogon/download/16981704/) Professor Gas separation materials · Gas-vapor barrier materials · Membranes for water purification · Membrane module modeling | [CHE 317](https://utaustin.guide/courses/che/317) |
| [Venkat Ganesan](https://cockrell.utexas.edu/person/venkat-ganesan/) [Evaluations](https://utaustin.guide/ut/colleges/professor-evaluations?q=Venkat%20Ganesan#lookup) [CV](https://utdirect.utexas.edu/apps/student/coursedocs/courses/nlogon/download/14637101/) Professor Self-assembly in polymer-particle mixtures · Simulations of dynamics in self-assembled materials · Theory and simulation of rod-coil and crystallizable polymers | [CHE 387K](https://utaustin.guide/courses/che/387k) |

**Show all 51 peopleMcKetta Department of Chemical Engineering professors and instructors, continued**

| Name | Teaches |
| --- | --- |
| Professors · 40 |  |
| [George Georgiou](https://cockrell.utexas.edu/person/george-georgiou/) [Evaluations](https://utaustin.guide/ut/colleges/professor-evaluations?q=George%20Georgiou#lookup) [CV](https://utdirect.utexas.edu/apps/student/coursedocs/courses/nlogon/download/17373709/) Professor Discovery · preclinical and clinical development of protein therapeutics · Vaccine evaluation · Analysis of human immune responses in health and disease | [CHE 379](https://utaustin.guide/courses/che/379) |
| [Gyeong S Hwang](https://cockrell.utexas.edu/person/gyeong-hwang/) Professor Computational chemistry and materials science · doping and defect engineering in electronic materials · surface chemistry and catalysis · modeling of energy and catalytic materials for fuel cells | No classes listed this year |
| Keith P Johnston Professor | No classes listed this year |
| [Benjamin Keith Keitz](https://cockrell.utexas.edu/person/benjamin-keitz/) [Evaluations](https://utaustin.guide/ut/colleges/professor-evaluations?q=Benjamin%20Keitz#lookup) [CV](https://utdirect.utexas.edu/apps/student/coursedocs/courses/nlogon/download/17384569/) Associate professor Influence of porous materials on abeta amyloid formation | [CHE 372](https://utaustin.guide/courses/che/372), [CHE 379](https://utaustin.guide/courses/che/379) |
| [Brian A Korgel](https://cockrell.utexas.edu/person/brian-korgel/) [Evaluations](https://utaustin.guide/ut/colleges/professor-evaluations?q=Brian%20Korgel#lookup) [CV](https://utdirect.utexas.edu/apps/student/coursedocs/courses/nlogon/download/17373756/) Professor Nanostructure assembly and organizational strategies · including photovoltaics · thin film transistors · lithium ion batteries and medicine | [CHE 350](https://utaustin.guide/courses/che/350), [CHE 379](https://utaustin.guide/courses/che/379) |
| Jason Lavinder Research assistant professor | No classes listed this year |
| [Nathaniel Lynd](https://cockrell.utexas.edu/person/nathaniel-lynd/) [Evaluations](https://utaustin.guide/ut/colleges/professor-evaluations?q=Nathaniel%20Lynd#lookup) [CV](https://utdirect.utexas.edu/apps/student/coursedocs/courses/nlogon/download/17384640/) Associate professor Polymer sciences · including areas such as modeling · Synthesis of degradable biomedical materials · Ion transport in polymer electrolytes | [CHE 348](https://utaustin.guide/courses/che/348), [CHE 355](https://utaustin.guide/courses/che/355), [CHE 392P](https://utaustin.guide/courses/che/392p) |
| [Jennifer A Maynard](https://cockrell.utexas.edu/person/jennifer-maynard/) [Evaluations](https://utaustin.guide/ut/colleges/professor-evaluations?q=Jennifer%20Maynard#lookup) [CV](https://utdirect.utexas.edu/apps/student/coursedocs/courses/nlogon/download/17387683/) Professor Biotechnology · Protein therapeutics · Vaccine development · Applied immunology and microbiology | [CHE 102](https://utaustin.guide/courses/che/102) |
| Delia Milliron Adjunct professor | No classes listed this year |
| [Ilias Mitrai](https://cockrell.utexas.edu/person/ilias-mitrai/) [Evaluations](https://utaustin.guide/ut/colleges/professor-evaluations?q=Ilias%20Mitrai#lookup) [CV](https://utdirect.utexas.edu/apps/student/coursedocs/courses/nlogon/download/17375448/) Assistant professor AI-assisted optimization · control and modeling of complex process systems | [CHE 363](https://utaustin.guide/courses/che/363) |
| David T Dalle Molle [CV](https://utdirect.utexas.edu/apps/student/coursedocs/courses/nlogon/download/14636823/) Associate professor of practice | [CHE 253K](https://utaustin.guide/courses/che/253k), [CHE 473K](https://utaustin.guide/courses/che/473k) |
| Charles B Mullins [Evaluations](https://utaustin.guide/ut/colleges/professor-evaluations?q=Charles%20Mullins#lookup)[CV](https://utdirect.utexas.edu/apps/student/coursedocs/courses/nlogon/download/12077614/) Professor | [CHE 319](https://utaustin.guide/courses/che/319) |
| Annalee Whitefield Nguyen Research assistant professor | No classes listed this year |
| [Nicholas A Peppas](https://cockrell.utexas.edu/person/nicholas-peppas/) [Evaluations](https://utaustin.guide/ut/colleges/professor-evaluations?q=Nicholas%20Peppas#lookup) [CV](https://utdirect.utexas.edu/apps/student/coursedocs/courses/nlogon/download/17388340/) Professor Biomaterials · Controlled drug delivery · Modeling of biomedical devices · Bionanotechnology | [CHE 379](https://utaustin.guide/courses/che/379), [CHE 384T](https://utaustin.guide/courses/che/384t) |
| [Joaquin Resasco](https://cockrell.utexas.edu/person/joaquin-resasco/) Assistant professor | No classes listed this year |
| [Gary T Rochelle](https://cockrell.utexas.edu/person/gary-rochelle/) Professor Mass transfer with fast reaction in the boundary layer | No classes listed this year |
| [Adrianne M Rosales](https://cockrell.utexas.edu/person/adrianne-rosales/) [Evaluations](https://utaustin.guide/ut/colleges/professor-evaluations?q=Adrianne%20Rosales#lookup) [CV](https://utdirect.utexas.edu/apps/student/coursedocs/courses/nlogon/download/17373728/) Associate professor Biomolecular and biomimetic materials · Hydrogel development · Cell-matrix interactions · Dynamic materials | [CHE 210](https://utaustin.guide/courses/che/210), [CHE 317](https://utaustin.guide/courses/che/317) |
| Juan P Ruiz [CV](https://utdirect.utexas.edu/apps/student/coursedocs/courses/nlogon/download/14636888/) Assistant professor of practice | [CHE 356](https://utaustin.guide/courses/che/356), [CHE 385P](https://utaustin.guide/courses/che/385p) |
| [Lea Hildebrandt Ruiz](https://cockrell.utexas.edu/person/lea-hildebrandt-ruiz/) [Evaluations](https://utaustin.guide/ut/colleges/professor-evaluations?q=Lea%20Hildebrandt%20Ruiz#lookup) [CV](https://utdirect.utexas.edu/apps/student/coursedocs/courses/nlogon/download/17384584/) Associate professor Air quality · with a focus on atmospheric nanoparticles and aerosols | [CHE 348](https://utaustin.guide/courses/che/348) |
| [Amaresh Sahu](https://cockrell.utexas.edu/person/amaresh-sahu/) [Evaluations](https://utaustin.guide/ut/colleges/professor-evaluations?q=Amaresh%20Sahu#lookup) [CV](https://utdirect.utexas.edu/apps/student/coursedocs/courses/nlogon/download/17373705/) Assistant professor Soft and living matter systems in theory · simulation and machine learning · Advanced materials · polymers and nanotechnology | [CHE 381N](https://utaustin.guide/courses/che/381n) |
| Gabriel Sanoja [CV](https://utdirect.utexas.edu/apps/student/coursedocs/courses/nlogon/download/14636979/) Assistant professor | [CHE 080D](https://utaustin.guide/courses/che/080d), [CHE 379](https://utaustin.guide/courses/che/379) |
| Marcos Jose Leite Santos Visiting associate professor | No classes listed this year |
| [Jeanne Casstevens Stachowiak](https://cockrell.utexas.edu/person/jeanne-stachowiak/) [Evaluations](https://utaustin.guide/ut/colleges/professor-evaluations?q=Jeanne%20Stachowiak#lookup) [CV](https://utdirect.utexas.edu/apps/student/coursedocs/courses/nlogon/download/14637084/) Professor Biophysical mechanisms · Cellular and biomolecular engineering · Molecular · cellular and tissue biomechanics | [CHE 338](https://utaustin.guide/courses/che/338), [CHE 379](https://utaustin.guide/courses/che/379), [CHE 384T](https://utaustin.guide/courses/che/384t) |
| Mark A Stadtherr Research professor | No classes listed this year |
| Thomas M Truskett Adjunct professor | No classes listed this year |
| Erin E Tullos Professor of practice | [CHE 341](https://utaustin.guide/courses/che/341) |
| [Wennie Wang](https://cockrell.utexas.edu/person/wennie-wang/) [Evaluations](https://utaustin.guide/ut/colleges/professor-evaluations?q=Wennie%20Wang#lookup) [CV](https://utdirect.utexas.edu/apps/student/coursedocs/courses/nlogon/download/17373655/) Assistant professor Catalysis · Energy conversion · Next-generation computing applications | [CHE 210](https://utaustin.guide/courses/che/210) |
| [Kent Zheng](https://cockrell.utexas.edu/person/kent-zheng/) [Evaluations](https://utaustin.guide/ut/colleges/professor-evaluations?q=Kent%20Zheng#lookup) [CV](https://utdirect.utexas.edu/apps/student/coursedocs/courses/nlogon/download/14636899/) Assistant professor Advanced materials · polymers and nanotechnology energy | [CHE 322](https://utaustin.guide/courses/che/322), [CHE 350](https://utaustin.guide/courses/che/350) |
| Lecturers and instructors · 7 |  |
| Ricardo H Dunia Lecturer | No classes listed this year |
| Thomas A Edison [Evaluations](https://utaustin.guide/ut/colleges/professor-evaluations?q=Thomas%20Edison#lookup)[CV](https://utdirect.utexas.edu/apps/student/coursedocs/courses/nlogon/download/17384615/) Senior lecturer | [CHE 319](https://utaustin.guide/courses/che/319), [CHE 364S](https://utaustin.guide/courses/che/364s), [CHE 372](https://utaustin.guide/courses/che/372), [CHE 473K](https://utaustin.guide/courses/che/473k) |
| Robert B Eldridge Distinguished senior lecturer | No classes listed this year |
| Kyle Kearns [CV](https://utdirect.utexas.edu/apps/student/coursedocs/courses/nlogon/download/10310202/) Lecturer | No classes listed this year |
| Moira M Muldoon [Evaluations](https://utaustin.guide/ut/colleges/professor-evaluations?q=Moira%20Muldoon#lookup)[CV](https://utdirect.utexas.edu/apps/student/coursedocs/courses/nlogon/download/11300988/) Lecturer | [E S 333T](https://utaustin.guide/courses/e-s/333t) |
| John Savage [CV](https://utdirect.utexas.edu/apps/student/coursedocs/courses/nlogon/download/16996397/) Lecturer | No classes listed this year |
| Susan B Somers-Willett [Evaluations](https://utaustin.guide/ut/colleges/professor-evaluations?q=Susan%20Somers-Willett#lookup)[CV](https://utdirect.utexas.edu/apps/student/coursedocs/courses/nlogon/download/17347686/) Lecturer | [E S 333T](https://utaustin.guide/courses/e-s/333t) |
| Graduate and other instructors · 4 |  |
| Laura Azouz [Evaluations](https://utaustin.guide/ut/colleges/professor-evaluations?q=Laura%20Azouz#lookup)[CV](https://utdirect.utexas.edu/apps/student/coursedocs/courses/nlogon/download/17374425/) | [CHE 210](https://utaustin.guide/courses/che/210) |
| William Howard [Evaluations](https://utaustin.guide/ut/colleges/professor-evaluations?q=William%20Howard#lookup)[CV](https://utdirect.utexas.edu/apps/student/coursedocs/courses/nlogon/download/17384642/) | [CHE 253K](https://utaustin.guide/courses/che/253k), [CHE 323](https://utaustin.guide/courses/che/323) |
| Christine Mei [Evaluations](https://utaustin.guide/ut/colleges/professor-evaluations?q=Christine%20Mei#lookup)[CV](https://utdirect.utexas.edu/apps/student/coursedocs/courses/nlogon/download/17379256/) | [CHE 379](https://utaustin.guide/courses/che/379), [CHE 384T](https://utaustin.guide/courses/che/384t) |
| Ariel Plantz [Evaluations](https://utaustin.guide/ut/colleges/professor-evaluations?q=Ariel%20Plantz#lookup)[CV](https://utdirect.utexas.edu/apps/student/coursedocs/courses/nlogon/download/17373678/) | [CHE 363](https://utaustin.guide/courses/che/363) |

## Who teaches each course

**McKetta Department of Chemical Engineering: who teaches each course**

| Course | Taught by |
| --- | --- |
| [CHE 080D](https://utaustin.guide/courses/che/080d) | Gabriel Sanoja |
| [CHE 102](https://utaustin.guide/courses/che/102) | Jennifer A Maynard |
| [CHE 210](https://utaustin.guide/courses/che/210) | Adrianne M Rosales, Wennie Wang, Laura Azouz |
| [CHE 253K](https://utaustin.guide/courses/che/253k) | Michael Baldea, David T Dalle Molle, William Howard |
| [CHE 253M](https://utaustin.guide/courses/che/253m) | Carlos Jose Landaverde Alvarado |
| [CHE 264](https://utaustin.guide/courses/che/264) | Carlos Jose Landaverde Alvarado |
| [CHE 317](https://utaustin.guide/courses/che/317) | Hal S Alper, Benny D Freeman, Adrianne M Rosales |
| [CHE 319](https://utaustin.guide/courses/che/319) | Charles B Mullins, Thomas A Edison |
| [CHE 322](https://utaustin.guide/courses/che/322) | Joan F Brennecke, Kent Zheng |
| [CHE 323](https://utaustin.guide/courses/che/323) | William Howard |
| [CHE 338](https://utaustin.guide/courses/che/338) | Brian Belardi, Jeanne Casstevens Stachowiak |
| [CHE 341](https://utaustin.guide/courses/che/341) | Erin E Tullos |

**Show all 29 coursesMcKetta Department of Chemical Engineering: who teaches each course, continued**

| Course | Taught by |
| --- | --- |
| [CHE 348](https://utaustin.guide/courses/che/348) | Nathaniel Lynd, Lea Hildebrandt Ruiz |
| [CHE 350](https://utaustin.guide/courses/che/350) | James R Chelikowsky, Brian A Korgel, Kent Zheng |
| [CHE 354](https://utaustin.guide/courses/che/354) | David T Allen, Thomas Alan Badgwell |
| [CHE 355](https://utaustin.guide/courses/che/355) | Nathaniel Lynd |
| [CHE 356](https://utaustin.guide/courses/che/356) | Juan P Ruiz |
| [CHE 360](https://utaustin.guide/courses/che/360) | Thomas Alan Badgwell |
| [CHE 363](https://utaustin.guide/courses/che/363) | Ilias Mitrai, Ariel Plantz |
| [CHE 364S](https://utaustin.guide/courses/che/364s) | Thomas A Edison |
| [CHE 372](https://utaustin.guide/courses/che/372) | Benjamin Keith Keitz, Thomas A Edison |
| [CHE 379](https://utaustin.guide/courses/che/379) | Joan F Brennecke, George Georgiou, Benjamin Keith Keitz, Brian A Korgel, Nicholas A Peppas, Gabriel Sanoja, Jeanne Casstevens Stachowiak, Christine Mei |
| [CHE 381N](https://utaustin.guide/courses/che/381n) | Amaresh Sahu |
| [CHE 384T](https://utaustin.guide/courses/che/384t) | Joan F Brennecke, Nicholas A Peppas, Jeanne Casstevens Stachowiak, Christine Mei |
| [CHE 385P](https://utaustin.guide/courses/che/385p) | Juan P Ruiz |
| [CHE 387K](https://utaustin.guide/courses/che/387k) | Venkat Ganesan |
| [CHE 392P](https://utaustin.guide/courses/che/392p) | Nathaniel Lynd |
| [CHE 473K](https://utaustin.guide/courses/che/473k) | David T Dalle Molle, Thomas A Edison |
| [E S 333T](https://utaustin.guide/courses/e-s/333t) | Moira M Muldoon, Susan B Somers-Willett |

**Bachelor’s degrees 1 program**

- [Chemical engineering](https://utaustin.guide/majors/chemical-engineering) BSChE [Catalog](https://catalog.utexas.edu/undergraduate/engineering/)

**Master’s degrees 1 program**

- [Chemical engineering](https://utaustin.guide/majors/chemical-engineering) MSE [Catalog](https://catalog.utexas.edu/graduate/areas-of-study/engineering)

**Doctoral degrees 1 program**

- [Chemical engineering](https://utaustin.guide/majors/chemical-engineering) PhD [Catalog](https://catalog.utexas.edu/graduate/areas-of-study/engineering)

**Pay after graduation Up to $115,400Median pay after graduation by field**

| Field of study | 1 year out | 4 years out |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Chemical Engineering Bachelor’s · Chemical engineering | $93,400 | $115,400 |

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**

McKetta Department of Chemical Engineering is part of Cockrell School of Engineering, led by Dean Roger T. Bonnecaze. Its course codes are CHE.

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