Five faculty will be elected.
THE DEADLINE TO CAST YOUR BALLOT IS 11:59 PM, APRIL 12.
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Candidates from the Cockrell School of Engineering
Edward Castillo, Associate Professor, Biomedical Engineering
I am an Associate Professor of Biomedical Engineering and am relatively new to UT, having started in Fall 2021. In Fall 2022, I began serving as my department's graduate advisor, then in Fall 2023 I became the Chair of our GSC and was appointed the Associate BME Chair for Graduate Education. I am serving the last year of a two year term as the STEM representative on the Center for Mexican American Studies executive committee, and within CSE, I am a member of the Advocacy Network for Graduate Students and Postdoctoral Scholars. I'm originally from Texas and I want to do whatever I can to support future and current UT students, as well our incredible faculty.
Sarfraz Khurshid, Professor, Electrical and Computer Engineering
Kara Kockelman, Professor, Civil, Architectural and Environmental Engineering
I have taught transportation engineering at UT Austin for 26 years, after graduating from UC Berkeley, with BS, MS & PhD in civil engineering, Masters in City Planning, and minors in statistics and economics. I was in the US Peace Corps (in Ecuador) for two years between graduate and undergraduate studies, and currently serve as Chair of the UT Faculty Women’s Organization steering committee (with over 1000 listserv members). I am an Associate Site Director of NSF’s Efficient Vehicles and Sustainable Transportation Systems Industry-University Cooperative Research Center, and chaired the NAS TRB Travel Survey Methods Committee for several years. I served as President (and previously Chair) of the N American Regional Science Council, and am advisor to UT’s Engineering Honors student group (Tau Beta Pi), along with our WTS student chapter (for transportation). I was advisor to UT’s Society of Women Engineers & Engineers for a Sustainable World student groups for many years. My webpage is https://www.caee.utexas.edu/prof/kockelman/home.htm, and my CV can be found at https://www.caee.utexas.edu/prof/kockelman/public_html/resume.pdf, in case you’d like to learn more about my & my students’ activities! Now that my children have entered college, I have more time and hope to serve UT on its fabulous Faculty Council and campus-wide committees.