UTA Membership
UTA Members of the National Academy of Inventors
UTA boasts 11 NAI senior members and 18 fellows. The NAI fellows program highlights academic inventors who have demonstrated a spirit of innovation in creating or facilitating outstanding inventions that have made a tangible impact on quality of life, economic development and the welfare of society. NAI fellowship is the highest professional distinction accorded solely to academic inventors.
In 2021, UTA innovators and inventors were granted 17 patents, contributing to the University of Texas System’s overall No. 3 ranking in the list of Top 100 Worldwide Universities Granted U.S. Utility Patents for that year.
Chapter Executive Committee
- Dr. Dereje Agonafer, president
- Dr. Pranesh Aswath, immediate past president
- Dr. Gabriela Wilson, vice president
- Dr. Frank Lu, secretary
- Dr. Sherri McFarland, treasurer
| Members | |
| Ashfaq Adnan, PhD | College of Engineering | Profile |
| Dereje Agonafer, PhD | College of Engineering | NAI Fellow | Profile |
| George Alexandrakis, PhD | College of Engineering | Profile |
| Daniel Armstrong, PhD | College of Science | NAI Fellow | Profile |
| Pranesh Aswath, PhD | College of Engineering | NAI Senior Member | Profile |
| Khosrow Behbehani, PhD | College of Engineering | NAI Fellow | Profile |
| Joseph Boll, PhD | College of Science | Profile |
| Alan Bowling, PhD | College of Engineering | Profile |
| Marilee Bresciani Ludvik, PhD | College of Education | Profile |
| Colin Cameron, PhD | College of Science | Profile |
| Carolyn Cason, PhD | College of Nursing and Health Innovation | NAI Fellow | - |
| Animesh Chakravarthy, PhD | College of Engineering | Profile |
| Wei Chen, PhD | College of Science | NAI Senior Member | Profile |
| Saiful M. Chowdhury, PhD | College of Science | Profile |
| Shawn Christensen, PhD | College of Science | Profile |
| James Coleman, PhD | College of Science | NAI Fellow | Profile |
| Herbert Corley, PhD | College of Engineering | - |
| Gautam Das, PhD | College of Engineering | Profile |
| Ali Davoudi, PhD | College of Engineering | Profile |
| Duane Dimos, PhD | College of Engineering | NAI Fellow | - |
| Raul Fernandez, PhD | College of Engineering | Profile |
| Holloway (Holly) H. Frost, Jr. | NAI Fellow | - |
| Florence Haseltine, PhD | College of Nursing and Health Innovation | NAI Fellow | Profile |
| Yi Hong, PhD | College of Engineering | NAI Senior Member | Profile |
| Haiying Huang, PhD | College of Engineering | NAI Senior Member | Profile |
| Junzhou Huang, PhD | College of Engineering | Profile |
| David Hunn, PhD | College of Engineering | NAI Fellow | - |
| Kate Hyun, PhD | College of Engineering | Profile |
| Justyn Jaworski, PhD | College of Engineering | Profile |
| Farhad Kamangar, PhD | College of Engineering | Profile |
| Vistasp Karbhari, PhD | College of Engineering | NAI Fellow | Profile |
| Daejong Kim, PhD | College of Engineering | Profile |
| Dukhyun Kim, PhD | College of Engineering | Profile |
| Choong-Un Kim, PhD | College of Engineering | Profile |
| Young-tae Kim, PhD | College of Engineering | Profile |
| Un-Jung Kim, PhD | College of Science | Profile |
| Wiley Kirk, PhD | College of Engineering | Profile |
| George Kondraske, PhD | College of Engineering | NAI Fellow | Profile |
| Maria Konsta Gdoutos, PhD | College of Engineering | Profile |
| Christopher Kribs, PhD | College of Science, College of Education | Profile |
| Erika La Plante, PhD | College of Engineering | Profile |
| Wei-Jen Lee, PhD | College of Engineering | Profile |
| Frank Lewis, PhD | College of Engineering | NAI Fellow | Profile |
| Chengkai Li, PhD | College of Engineering | Profile |
| Jun Liao, PhD | College of Engineering | Profile |
| Hanli Liu, PhD | College of Engineering | NAI Senior Member | Profile |
| Jason Losh, PhD | College of Engineering | Profile |
| Frank Lu, PhD | College of Engineering | Profile |
| Frederick MacDonnell, PhD | College of Science | Profile |
| Luca Maddalena, PhD | College of Engineering | Profile |
| Robert Magnusson, PhD | College of Engineering | NAI Fellow | Profile |
| Subhrangsu Mandal, PhD | College of Science | Profile |
| Sherri McFarland, PhD | College of Science | Profile |
| Christopher McMurrough, PhD | College of Engineering | Profile |
| Lalit Mestha, PhD | College of Engineering | NAI Fellow | - |
| Hyejin Moon, PhD | College of Engineering | Profile |
| Kytai Nguyen, PhD | College of Engineering | NAI Senior Member | Profile |
| Seiichi Nimura, PhD | College of Engineering | Profile |
| David Nygren, PhD | College of Science | NAI Fellow | Profile |
| Zui Pan, PhD | College of Nursing and Health Innovation | NAI Senior Member | Profile |
| Chenyun Pan, PhD | College of Engineering | Profile |
| Rassel Raihan, PhD | College of Engineering | Profile |
| Kenneth Reifsnider, PhD | College of Engineering | NAI Fellow | Profile |
| Howard Russell, PhD | College of Engineering | Profile |
| Surendra Shah, PhD | College of Engineering | NAI Fellow | Profile |
| Panayiotis Shiakolas, PhD | College of Engineering | Profile |
| Subhash Singhal, PhD | College of Engineering | Profile |
| Liping Tang, PhD | College of Engineering | Profile |
| Harry F. Tibbals, PhD | College of Engineering | Profile |
| Richard Timmons, PhD | College of Science | NAI Fellow | - |
| Venu Varanasi, PhD | College of Nursing and Health Innovation | Profile |
| Roger Walker, PhD | College of Engineering | - |
| Yan Wan, PhD | College of Engineering | Profile |
| Jon Weidanz, PhD | College of Nursing and Health Innovation | NAI Senior Member | Profile |
| Muthu Wijesundara, PhD | College of Engineering | NAI Senior Member | Profile |
| Gabriela Wilson, PhD | College of Nursing and Health Innovation | NAI Senior Member | Profile |
| Robert Woods, PhD | College of Engineering | NAI Senior Member | Profile |
| Yan Xiao, PhD | College of Nursing and Health Innovation | Profile |
| Kyungsuk Yum, PhD | College of Engineering | Profile |
| Weidong Zhou, PhD | College of Engineering | Profile |
Contact
For more information about how to get involved with the UTA chapter of the National Academy of Inventors, send an email to our committee.