Leadership
The NASCENT leadership team is comprised of inter-disciplinary research and educational experts with international reputation in the area of nanotechnology. In addition to strong research capabilities in nanomanufacturing, processable materials, multi-scale modeling, and nano-enabled devices, the leadership team represents faculty members that have created over 12 start-up companies and 170 licensed patents.
NASCENT Directors
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Dr. S.V. Sreenivasan
NASCENT Director, Professor, UT Austin, Department of Mechanical Engineering -
Dr. Dragan Djurdjanovic
NASCENT Associate Director, Associate Professor, UT Austin Dept. of Mech. Eng.
Leadership Team
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Tricia Berry
Broadening Participation Director, Cockrell School of Engineering -
Dr. Maura Borrego
NASCENT Education Director, Director, Center for Engineering Education, Professor, UT Austin Dept. of Mech. Eng. & Dept. of Curriculum and Instruction. -
Lydia Contreras
Associate Professor, University of Texas at Austin, Chemical Engineering -
Dr. Dragan Djurdjanovic
NASCENT Associate Director, Associate Professor, UT Austin Dept. of Mech. Eng. -
Dr. Larry Dunn
NASCENT Assistant Director, Industry and Innovation Programs, UT Austin -
Risa Hartman
NASCENT Senior Outreach Program Coordinator, MRSEC Education & Outreach Staff Director, University of Texas at Austin -
Tyrone Porter
Professor, UT Austin, Biomedical Engineering, Myron L. Begeman Fellowship in Engineering -
Dr. S.V. Sreenivasan
NASCENT Director, Professor, UT Austin, Department of Mechanical Engineering
Partnership and Technology
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Ovadia “Oved” Abed
NASCENT Materials Technology Director, UT Austin -
Dr. Larry Dunn
NASCENT Assistant Director, Industry and Innovation Programs, UT Austin -
Shrawan Singhal
NASCENT Process Technology Director, UT Austin
Thrust Leadership
Process Technologies
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Dr. Deji Akinwande
NASCENT Process Technologies Thrust Co-Lead, UT-Austin, ECE -
Dr. John Ekerdt
NASCENT Process Technologies Thrust Lead, Professor, UT Austin Dept. of Chem. Eng.
Metrology & Yield Enhancement
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Dr. Steven Brueck
NASCENT Metrology & Yield Enhancement Thrust Lead, Distinguished Professor Emeritus, University of New Mexico Dept. of Elec. & Comp. Eng. & Dept. of Physics and Astronomy -
Dr. Li Shi
NASCENT Metrology & Yield Enhancement Thrust Co-Lead, Professor, UT Austin, Dept. of ME