The Oden Institute for Computational Engineering and Sciences is an interdisciplinary research unit and graduate program at The University of Texas at Austin dedicated to advancing computational science and engineering through a variety of programs and research centers. The Institute currently supports 16 research centers, seven research groups and maintains th
Computational Sciences, Engineering and Mathematics Program
a graduate degree program leading to the M.S. and Ph.D. degrees in Computational Science, Engineering and Mathematics. The interdisciplinary programs underway at the Oden Institute involve 123 faculty representing 23 academic departments and five schools and colleges. Oden Institute faculty hold positions in the Cockrell School of Engineering, College of Natural Sciences, Jackson School of Geosciences, Dell Medical School and McCombs School of Business. The Institute also supports th
Peter O'Donnell, Jr. Postdoctoral Fellowship program
and a program for visiting scholars through the

J. Tinsley Oden J. Tinsley Oden (born December 25, 1936 in Alexandria, Louisiana) is the Associate Vice President for Research, the Cockrell Family Regents' Chair in Engineering #2, the Peter O'Donnell, Jr. Centennial Chair in Computing Systems, a Professor of ...

Faculty Fellowship Research Fund. Organizationally, the Oden Institute reports to the Vice President for Research.

Research centers and groups

The Oden Institute supports 23 research centers and research groups. Each center and group is organized around a research topic and is directed by an Oden Institute faculty member.
Applied Mathematics GroupAutonomous Systems GroupCenter for Computational Astronautical Sciences and Technologies (CAST)Center for Computational GeoSciences and OptimizationCenter for Computational Life Sciences and BiologyCenter for Computational MaterialsCenter for Computational Molecular ScienceCenter for Computational OncologyCenter for Distributed and Grid ComputingCenter for Numerical AnalysisCenter for Predictive Engineering and Computational ScienceCenter for Quantum Materials EngineeringCenter for Scientific Machine LearningCenter for Subsurface ModelingComputational Hydraulics GroupComputational Mechanics GroupComputational Research in Ice and Ocean SystemsComputational Visualization CenterElectromagnetics and Acoustics GroupParallel Algorithms for Data Analysis and Simulation GroupProbabilistic and High Order Inference, Computation, Estimation and SimulationScience of High-Performance Computing GroupWillerson Center for Cardiovascular Modeling and Simulation

Programs

The Oden Institute supports seven major programs that seek to promote computational science at various levels.
The Computational Sciences, Engineering and Mathematics Program (CSEM)
:A graduate program for MS and PhD students
Peter O'Donnell, Jr. Postdoctoral Fellowship Program
:Supports the research of recent doctorates
J. Tinsley Oden Faculty Fellowship Research Program
:Brings researchers and scholars from academia, government and industry to the institute to collaborate with Oden Institute researchers
Moncrief Endowed Position
:Used to support outstanding junior faculty
Moncrief Grand Challenge Awards Program
:Provides funding and resources for University of Texas at Austin faculty who work on challenges that affect national competitiveness
The Moncrief Undergraduate Summer Internship Program
:Supports undergraduate interns who work with ICES faculty during the summer
Undergraduate certificate program
:Allows junior and senior level students at The University of Texas at Austin the opportunity to study computational engineering and sciences, and have their studies recognized with a certificate.

Notable faculty

* Ivo Babuška *

Chandrajit Bajaj Chandrajit Bajaj (born 1958 in Calcutta, India) is an American computer scientist. He is a professor of computer sciences, computer science at the University of Texas at Austin holding the Computational Applied Mathematics Chair in Visualizatio ...

* Luis Caffarelli * James R. Chelikowsky *

Bjorn Engquist Bjorn (English, Dutch), Björn (Swedish, Icelandic, Dutch, and German), Bjørn (Danish, Faroese and Norwegian), Beorn (Old English) or, rarely, Bjôrn, Biorn, or Latinized Biornus, Brum (Portuguese), is a Scandinavian male given name, or less oft ...

* Irene M. Gamba *

Omar Ghattas Omar Ghattas is the John A. and Katherine G. Jackson Chair in Computational Geosciences and Professor of Mechanical Engineering and Geological Sciences at the University of Texas at Austin. Early life and career Ghattas obtained a Ph.D. in comput ...

Thomas J.R. Hughes Thomas Joseph Robert Hughes (born 1943) is a Professor of Aerospace Engineering and Engineering Mechanics and currently holds the Computational and Applied Mathematics Chair (III) at the Oden Institute at The University of Texas at Austin. Hughe ...

* Moriba K. Jah *

Robert Moser Robert D. Moser is an American Professor of engineering, noted for his studies of spectral methods, turbulence, and uncertainty quantification. He is the W. A. “Tex” Moncrief Jr. Chair in Computational Engineering and Sciences and is profes ...

William H. Press William Henry Press (born May 23, 1948) is an astrophysicist, theoretical physicist, computer scientist, and computational biologist. He is a member of the U.S. National Academy of Sciences, the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, and the ...

Mary Wheeler Mary Fanett Wheeler (born December 28, 1938) is an American mathematician. She is known for her work on numerical methods for partial differential equations, including domain decomposition methods. In 1998, Wheeler was elected a member of the N ...

* Karen Willcox

References

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External links

Oden Institute for Computational Engineering and Sciences
University of Texas at Austin