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University of Texas at Austin

Engineering Aerospace Engineering Aeronautical Engineering Mechanical Engineering Mechatronics Materials Engineering

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5.04/23/2026

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Jayant Sirohi is a Professor in the Department of Aerospace Engineering and Engineering Mechanics at the University of Texas at Austin, holding the M.J. Thompson Regents Professorship in Aerospace Engineering and Engineering Mechanics as well as the Eli H. and Ramona Thornton Centennial Teaching Fellowship in Engineering. He received a B.Tech. in Aerospace Engineering from the Indian Institute of Technology Madras in 1996, an M.S. in Aerospace Engineering from the University of Maryland in 1998, and a Ph.D. in Aerospace Engineering from the University of Maryland in 2002. Following his doctoral studies, he held positions as Research Associate and Assistant Research Scientist at the University of Maryland. From 2007 to 2008, he served as Senior Engineer and then Staff Engineer in the Advanced Concepts group at Sikorsky Aircraft Corporation, where he contributed to conceptual designs for next-generation vertical take-off aircraft and performance enhancements for rotorcraft. He joined UT Austin as Assistant Professor in 2008, advancing to Associate Professor in 2014 and Professor in 2019.