The Mechanical Engineering faculty, which excel both in research and in the classroom, has grown to 28 full-time, 4 adjoint, and 4 dual-appointment members, and includes renowned Fellows of the ASME, AHA, IEEE, SPIE, ACerS, AAAS, and other professional engineering societies, three active National Science Foundation CAREER Awardees, and recipients of prestigious national (Carnegie Foundation) and state (UT System Regents) teaching awards.
Mechanical, Aerospace, and Industrial Engineering Faculty
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Andres M. Aguirre-Mesa, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor of Instruction
AET 2.344
Wayne and Julie Fagan Endowed Professor
Associate Professor
AET 2.318
Professor
Associate Fellow of AIAA (American Institute of Aeronautics and Astraunatics)
EB 3.04.16
Lutcher Brown Chair in Mechanical Engineering
Professor
Director, Texas Sustainable Energy Research Institute (TSERI) at UTSA
AET 2.303
Lutcher Brown Distinguished Chair in Advanced Manufacturing
Professor
SME Fellow and IISE Fellow
EB 3.04.42
Dee Howard Memorial Endowed Faculty Fellowship in Mechanical Engineering
Graduate Advisor of Record: M.S. Aerospace Engineering
Zachry Mechanical Engineering Department Endowed Chair
Professor
Fellow of ASME and AHA
Chair of Mechanical Engineering
EB 3.04.02
Madhavrao “Rao” Govindaraju, Ph.D.
Professor of Instruction
madhavrao.govindaraju@utsa.edu
EB 3.04.46
Klesse Endowed Fellow
Professor of Instruction
Undergraduate Advisor of Record
AET 2.343
Associate Professor
ASME Fellow
EB 3.04.58
Mauricio Aristizabal Cano, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor of Research
mauricio.aristizabalcano@utsa.edu
EB 3.04.30A
Samuel G. Dawson Endowed Professor
Associate Chair for Research
AET 2.338
Adjoint Professor
ASME and AIAA Fellow
Ballistics Sciences Fellow of IBS
Professor
ASME and AIMBE Fellow
Graduate Advisor of Record: Mechanical Engineering, M.S. & M.S. AMEE
EB 3.04.23
Associate Professor
Graduate Advisor of Record for PhD program
EB 3.04.24
Joint Appointment Faculty (click to see home departments)
Associate Dean of Undergraduate Programs
Professor
BSE 1.306
Staff
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