Tess J. Moon, P.E.
tmoon@mail.utexas.edu

Professor
Temple Foundation Endowed Faculty Fellowship in Engineering, No. 1
Department of Mechanical Engineering
Cockrell School of Engineering
The University of Texas at Austin


 

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mailing address
University of Texas at Austin
Mechanical Engineering
1 University Station C2200
Austin, TX 78712-0292

physical address
Engineering Teaching Center
204 East Dean Keeton Street
Austin, TX 78705

office location
ETC 4.170
phone: (512) 471-0094
fax: (512) 471-8727

student office
ETC 4.102
phone: (512) 471-6515

laboratory
ETC 6.104
 

Biography

Dr. Tess Moon earned her Ph.D. in theoretical and applied mechanics from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign in 1989, the same year she joined the faculty of The University of Texas at Austin. She has received a number of national awards recognizing her research and teaching activities, including the National Science Foundation Young Investigator Award in 1992, the American Society of Engineering Education's Outstanding New Mechanics Educator Award in 1993, and the National Society of Professional Engineers' Engineering Education Excellence Award in 2003.

An expert in the mechanics of materials, Dr. Moon founded and directs the Integrated Mechanics of Processing and Composites Manufacturing Technologies (IMPACT) Lab. She also co-founded the Master of Science in Engineering degree with an emphasis engineering management, as well as the Executive Engineering Management Program for working technical professionals.

 

Publications
click here to see my publications listed on my research lab website

 

  Affiliations

Research Interests

  • Mechanics and design of materials, processing, structures and systems
  • Polymer composites and nanocomposites
  • Nano- and bio-mechanics: modeling, experimental characterization
  • Electronics packaging and interconnects
  • Biophysics, nano- and microscale biomimetic materials and processes

Current Students

Teaching Activities

  • Undergraduate
  • Graduate
    • Analytical Methods (ME380Q)
    • Introduction to Biomedical Engineering (ME354)

 

 

 

Student-Related Activities

 

  Community Activities

 

 

Latest Update: 03/19/2008