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University of Texas at Austin

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Adela Ben-Yakar is a distinguished Engineering professor at the University of Texas at Austin, serving as Professor in the Walker Department of Mechanical Engineering, where she holds the Cockrell Family Chair in Engineering #14. She is also the Harry Jr. L. Kent Endowed Professor jointly in the departments of biomedical engineering, mechanical engineering, and electrical and computer engineering, as well as the Mr. N. Doug Williams Memorial Centennial Fellow in Engineering. Joining the faculty in 2004, she coordinates the Thermal/Fluid Systems area in Mechanical Engineering and serves on graduate studies committees in electrical and computer engineering and biomedical engineering. Ben-Yakar earned her Ph.D. in Mechanical Engineering from Stanford University in 2000, an M.S. in Aerospace Engineering from the Technion-Israel Institute of Technology in 1995, and a B.Sc. (Cum Laude) in Aerospace Engineering from the same institution in 1992. She completed postdoctoral research at Stanford University and Harvard University in applied physics.