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

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.

Diversity and Workforce Development

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

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

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

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