In addition to research of global market economies, the IC² Institute directly invests in research for new knowledge and new technologies through its Endowed Fellows at The University of Texas at Austin. Premier scholars from various disciplines across the University, these 18 professors work to expand the boundaries of science and technology, in theory and in practice.  They are also a part of the IC² Institute Global Fellows network.

Edward Anderson
Paul Barbara
Cynthia Buckley
John Sibley Butler
William Cooper
William Cunningham
David Eaton
Donald Fussell
Pamela Haunschild
George Huber
Roy Jenevein
Arthur Markman
Steve Nichols
Robert Peterson
Ted Rappaport
Tim Ruefli
Del Tesar
Julia Walker

EDWARD G. ANDERSON, JR.  (Information, Risk, and Operations Management) seeks to address the overarching question: how can organizations best create, implement, and maintain technological knowledge and other related capabilities in an economy that is increasingly characterized by mutually dependent, yet rapidly changing networks of specialist firms. His current research addresses three themes: staffing problems with learning effects under non-stationary demands, dynamics of service supply chains, and managing the dynamics of outsourcing product and manufacturing development.

PAUL BARBARA (Chemistry & Biochemistry) researches femtosecond spectroscopy, near field scanning optical microscopy, the photophysics of DNA, proton and electron transfer, ultrafast chemical reaction dynamics in solution, energy transfer in liquids and at interfaces, radiation chemistry, photochemistry, electronic structure in the condensed phase and the photophysics of the hydrated electron and other radicals.   He is Director of the Center for Nano & Molecular Science & Technology, University of Texas at Austin; he holds the Richard J.V. Johnson-Welch Chair in Chemistry, and is Senior Editor, Accounts of Chemical Research. 

CYNTHIA BUCKLEY (Sociology) investigates issues of population, health and development in the southern Caucasus, Central Asia and Russia.  In Summer 2006 she served as the resident Embassy Policy Expert at the U.S. Embassy in Dushanbe Tajikistan.  Her current research examines HIV/AIDS testing patterns and prevalence estimates, and the effect of male labor migration on family health and economic stability in the southern Caucasus. Professor Buckley is the lead editor of a forthcoming collection investigating migration within Eurasia; she was selected as a Senior Scholar for the U.S. State Department’s Regional Policy Symposium on the Silk Road and as an International Senior Scholar for the Open Societies Institutes Central Asian Research and Training Initiative. 

JOHN SIBLEY BUTLER (Management) performs research in organizational behavior and entrepreneurship, specifically immigrant and minority entrepreneurship, and his books include “Entrepreneurship and Self-Help Among Black America: A Reconsideration of Race and Economics” and “All That We Can Be: Black Leadership and Racial Integration the Army Way.”  Professor Butler was appointed to the J. William Fulbright Foreign Scholarship Board, established by Congress to supervise the Fulbright Program, the U.S. government’s flagship program in international educational exchange.  He is Director of the Herb Kelleher Center for Entrepreneurship, in addition to being Director of the IC2 Institute.  He holds the Gale Chair in Small Business and Business Management and Entrepreneurship and Herb Kelleher Chair in Entrepreneurship.
WILLIAM COOPER (Finance) has an outstanding record in developing quantitative tools to solve managerial problems. He has made major contributions to a range of fields: operations research, management science, manpower planning and accounting, as well as economics. He is co-recipient of the prestigious Von Neumann Medal for his work in developing mathematical programming techniques and models for decision planning, and has also received research awards from the American Accounting Association and the Institute for Management Science.  Professor Cooper holds the Foster Parker Centennial Professor Emeritus of Finance And Management. 

WILLIAM CUNNINGHAM (Marketing Administration) researches corporate governance and issues related to the primary responsibilities of boards of director’s, best practices for selecting corporate directors, executive compensation, board compensation, and “best practices” for corporate governance.  Professor Cunningham holds the James L. Bayless Chair for Free Enterprise in the McCombs School of Business Department of Marketing, has served the university in many leadership roles during his academic career. He was president of the university from 1985-92 and was chancellor of The University of Texas System from 1992-2000. Prior to his presidency, he was dean of the McCombs School of Business from 1983-85. He is currently writing a history of The University during his tenure as President of The University of Texas at Austin and Chancellor of The University of Texas System. 

DAVID EATON (Public Affairs) engages in research focused on sustainable development in international river basins, evaluation of energy and water conservation programs, and prevention of pollution.  Professor Eaton has written on rural water supply, international water resource conflicts, energy management, environmental problems of industries, management of emergency medical services, applications of mathematical programming to resource problems, insurance, and agriculture.  Eaton’s current research concerns U.S.-Mexico environmental cooperation, new methods for evaluation of air pollution emissions, joint management by Palestinians and Israelis of shared groundwater, and water conservation in Texas.  He is the Bess Harris Jones Centennial Professor in Natural Resource Policy Studies.

DONALD FUSSELL (Computer Sciences) pursues research inComputer Graphics, Computer Architecture, and Computer Systems Design.  He has worked on the development and application of graphical user interface and computer simulation technology for rapid deployment and iterative refinement of immersive training systems.  He is also involved in work on AI technology for enhancement of immersive simulation and training environments, and on advanced real time computer rendering techniques.  He has served as Director of the Advanced Technology Division of the Applied Research Laboratory, Chief Technical Officer and Co-founder of InfoVision, Inc, and Chief Scientist and VP of Development of Matrix NetSystems, Inc.  Professor Fussell is an Associate Director of the Digital Media Collaboratory, and is the Trammell Crow Regents’ Professor.

PAMELA HAUNSCHILD  (Management) researches organizational (and inter-organizational) learning processes, especially how and under what circumstances organizations learn from their “errors” or “mistakes.”  She is also interested in issues related to networks and corporate governance, and how governance decisions are affected by network information and influence.  Her awards include a Fulbright Distinguished Chair in Corporate Governance.  Professor Haunschild serves on several editorial boards and is currently serving as Division Chair of the Organization and Management Theory Division of the Academy of Management.   She holds the Herbert D. Kelleher/McOrp Regents Professorship in Business.

DR. GEORGE P. HUBER (Management) conducts research focused on organizational change, organizational design, and organizational decision-making. He has also conducted and published research in the areas of information technology and individual and group decision-making. His publications have won many highly esteemed awards.  He is a Fellow of the Decision Sciences Institute and of the Academy of Management and is a charter member of the Academy of Management Journals Hall of Fame.  Dr. Huber holds the Charles and Elizabeth Prothro Regents Chair in Business Administration.

ROY JENEVEIN (Center for Strategic Analysis) is lab director of the Digital Media Collaboratory at The University of Texas at Austin. His research areas are computer system architecture, performance and system modeling which include both hardware and software techniques. This research includes uniprocessor design as well as parallel system architecture and the communications networks required to support them. He holds three patents and has published over 50 refereed papers in journals and refereed conference proceedings and received over $5,736,000 in grant and contract funds for research projects. He has twice been a section chair for IEEE Computer society.

ARTHUR MARKMAN (Psychology) researches similarity in human thought processes, as well as category learning and adecision making.  He collaborated with Miguel Brendl and Claude Messner to develop the Evaluative Movement Assessment (EMA) technique. The program for running this technique can be found here. He is currently the executive editor of the journal Cognitive Science, published by the Cognitive Science Society. 

STEVE NICHOLS (Mechanical Engineering)  Dr. Nichols is an expert on design and manufacturing systems, with a particular interest in technology commercialization. Much of his work at the university has encouraged entrepreneurship education and commercialization experiences for students from the College of Engineering as well as other schools and colleges within the university. Dr. Nichols served as the university’s associate vice president for research from 2002 to 2006. He is currently the university’s Research Integrity Officer.  His research interests include Product development & technology commercialization, Entrepreneurial development of students, Engineering professional responsibility, and  Engineering design & engineering design education.  Dr. Nichols directs the Clint W. Murchison, Sr. Chair of Free Enterprise, a role in which he develops programs focusing on professional responsibility, product development, technology innovation, and creativity.

ROBERT PETERSON (Associate Vice President Research) has served as chairman of the Department of Marketing Administration and associate dean for research in the McCombs School of Business; he is a former editor of the Journal of Marketing Research and the Journal of the Academy of Marketing Science. Presently he serves on four editorial boards.  He holds the John T. Stuart III Centennial Chair in Business Administration in the McCombs School of Business.  Dr. Peterson has authored or co-authored in excess of 150 articles and books.  He has received numerous awards and honors.  In 2006 he was named the American Marketing Association/McGraw-Hill Irwin Distinguished Marketing Educator and received the Berkman Service Award from the Academy of Marketing Science.  He holds the John T. Stuart III Centennial Chair in Business Administration in the McCombs School of Business.

TED RAPPAPORT (Electrical & Computing Engineering) researches developing new methods for analyzing and developing wireless broadband network access and portable internet access. A recently acquired Army Research Lab grant focuses on massively broadband technology whose far reaching applications include rugged, lightweight wireless connectivity for soldiers in combat. This research combines RF IC design and semiconductor research capabilities with MAC and Network layer research at frequencies of 60 GHz and greater, paving the way for basic research that could lead to single chip data transceivers that reliably transfer more than 5 GB/s data for more than 5 meters in military or commercial applications. An NSF research project involving 4 undergraduate students and 2 graduate students is developing new methods for analyzing mobile IP throughput and large scale wireless network behavior.  He holds the William and Bettye Nowlin Chair in Engineering.

TIM RUEFLI  (Information, Risk, and Operations Management) researches high technology strategic management, information systems, management science, and microeconomics. He has published two books and numerous articles, which have appeared in leading academic and practitioner journals in the U.S., Europe, and Japan, and is author of a number of monographs and chapters in books.  He holds the Daniel B. Stuart Centennial Professor in Applications of Computers to Business, the H. Timothy (Tim) Harkins Centennial Professor, a CBA Foundation Fellow and is a Research Fellow of the Herb Kelleher Center for Entrepreneurship.

DEL TESAR (Mechanical Engineering) is the Director of the UT Robotics Research Group, and his research interests include the development of advanced component and system technology for intelligent machines and robotics including their performance, condition-based maintenance, and fault tolerance for applications in space, manufacturing, military operations and microsurgery.  He has served on several national panels, including the Air Force Science Advisory Board, the Space Station Review Committee for the NRC, and presently on the Army Science Board, has given testimony several times to the U.S. Congress. Areas of Expertise:  Actuators (motor, brake, sensor, electronics, interfaces, software, intelligence); system software, metrology, performance, architecture, structural design, modularity, integration, fault tolerance, (condition-based maintenance, manufacturing cells, assemble systems on demand); applications (robotics, manufacturing, space, nuclear, aircraft, navy, battlefield, anti-terrorism, surgery, human rehabilitation).

JULIET E. K. WALKER  (History) researches Gender, Inequality, Politics, Popular culture, Race and ethnicity, with specific focus on African American history; antebellum slavery; black business history and political economy; black intellectual history; African American women’s history.  With particular interest in Black American entrepreneurship, she is currently conducting in-depth research on Oprah Winfrey, as America’s first black female billionaire.  In 2002, Dr. Walker created the Center for the Study of Black Business, History, Entrepreneurship and Technology, which provides comprehensive study of all aspects of black business.