UTA Membership
UTA Members of the National Academy of Inventors
UT Arlington boasts 13 NAI senior members and 22 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.
UTA inventors contribute to the UT System patents where the system routinely ranks as one of the Top 100 Worldwide Universities in Patents.
The University of Texas at Arlington, with 23 patents granted in 2024, helped propel The University of Texas System to No. 3 overall No. 3 ranking in the list of Top 100 U.S. Universities Granted Utility Patents in 2024.
Chapter Executive Committee
- Sherri McFarland, Chapter President
- Gabriela Wilson, Past President (2023-2024)
- Dereje Agonafer, Past President (2022-2023)
- Muthu Wijesundara, Vice-President
- Frank Lu, Secretary
- Kytai Nguyen, Treasurer
- Venu Varanasi, Marketing, Communications and Outreach
- Zui Pan, Webinars and Events Coordinator
| 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 Fellow | 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 Fellow | 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 | NAI Fellow | 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 | NAI Fellow | Profile |
| Roger Walker, PhD | College of Engineering | - |
| Yan Wan, PhD | College of Engineering | Profile |
| Jon Weidanz, PhD | College of Nursing and Health Innovation | NAI Fellow | 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 Fellow | 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 |
| Colin Cameron, PhD | College of Science | Profile |
| Rasika Dias, PhD | College of Science | Profile |
| Panos Shiakolas, PhD | College of Engineering | Profile |
| Baohong Yuan, 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.