UTARI Staff
A search of the full UT Arlington staff is available on the UTA Staff Directory.
Leadership

Executive Director
richard.voyles@uta.edu

Director of Research
eclements@uta.edu
817-272-5920
Operations Staff

Information Technology Manager
jared@uta.edu

UTARI HR Liaison
lora.johnson@uta.edu
817-272-5966

Senior Financial Analyst
pwalsh@uta.edu
817-272-5902

Facility Manager
ron.laposa@uta.edu
817-272-5911

Administrative Services Officer II, Executive Administrative Assistant
xochitl.villalpando@uta.edu
817-272-5927

Susan Juarez
Research Administrator III
sjuarez@uta.edu
817-272-5973

Clayton Webb
Equipment Technician
clayton.webb@uta.edu
817-272-9571

Beth Macomb
Administrative Assistant I
beth.macomb@uta.edu
817-272-2971
Research Staff
Automation & Intelligent Systems

Nicholas Gans, Ph.D.
Division Head, Automation & Intelligent Systems
nick.gans@uta.edu
817-272-5850

Suhas Chelian, Ph.D.
Senior Research Scientist
suhas.chelian@uta.edu
817-272-9313

Cody Lundberg
Research Engineer II
codyl@uta.edu
817-272-5887

Michail Theofanidis
Research Scientist II
michail.theofanidis@uta.edu
817-987-7165

Godwyll Aikins
Postdoctoral Associate
godwyll.aikins2@uta.edu
Biomedical Technologies

Muthu Wijesundara, Ph.D.
Principal Research Scientist and Division Head, Biomedical Technologies
muthuw@uta.edu
817-272-5994

Alexandra Jamieson
Research Scientist II
alexandra.jamieson@uta.edu
817-272-5958

Inderjeet Singh, Ph.D.
Research Scientist II
inderjeet.singh@uta.edu
817-272-5900

Veysel Erel, Ph.D.
Research Scientist III
veysel.erel@uta.edu
817-272-5870

Allison Palomino
Research Engineering Scientist III
allison.palomino2@uta.edu
817-272-1041

Sahil Mahendra Mangaonkar
Research Engineering Scientist III
sahil.mangaonkar@uta.edu
817-272-1143
Institute for Predictive Performance Methodologies

Endel Iarve, Ph.D.
Director, Institute for Predictive Performance Methodologies and Professor of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering
endel.iarve@uta.edu
817-272-5949

Kenneth Reifsnider, Ph.D.
Member, National Academy of Engineering, Founding Director, Institute for Predictive Performance Methodologies, and Presidential Distinguished Professor of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering
kenneth.reifsnider@uta.edu
817-272-5904

Kevin Hoos
Senior Research Scientist
kevin.hoos@uta.edu
817-272-5914

Rassel Raihan, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering
mdrassel.raihan@uta.edu
817-272-5901

Vamsee Vadlamudi, Ph.D.
Research Scientist III
vamsee.vadlamudi@uta.edu
817-272-3704

Shiyao Lin
Assistant Professor
shiyao.lin@uta.edu
817-272-6112

Xin Liu, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor of Industrial, Manufacturing, and Systems Engineering
xin.liu@uta.edu
817-272-5925

Ye Cao, Ph.D.
Associate Professor of Materials Science and Engineering
ye.cao@uta.edu
817-272-1858

Zhenjia Gao, Ph.D.
Research Scientist III
zhenjia.gao@uta.edu
817-272-5900

Oscar Alvarez
Research Scientist I
oscar.alvarez@uta.edu
817-272-5959
Affiliated Faculty

Ali Davoudi, Ph.D.
Professor
davoudi@uta.edu
817-272-1374

Frank Lewis, Ph.D.
Professor, Moncrief-O’Donnell Endowed Chair
lewis@uta.edu
817-272-5972

Yan Wan, Ph.D.
Professor
yan.wan@uta.edu
817-272-5982

Yijing Xie
Assistant Professor
yijing.xie@uta.edu
817-272-3478