Thomas J.R. Hughes

Thomas J.R. Hughes is a Professor of Aerospace Engineering and Engineering Mechanics and holds the Computational and Applied Mathematics Chair III at The University of Texas at Austin.

A leading expert in computational mechanics, Dr. Hughes has received numerous academic distinctions. He is a fellow of the National Academy of Engineering, American Academy of Arts & Sciences, the American Academy of Mechanics, the American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), the U.S. Association for Computational Mechanics (USACM), the International Association for Computational Mechanics (IACM) and the American Association for the Advancement of Science. He is a founder and past President of USACM and IACM, and past Chairman of the Applied Mechanics Division of ASME. He has received the Walter L. Huber Civil Engineering Research Prize from ASCE, the Melville Medal from ASME, the Computational Mechanics Award from the Japan Society of Mechanical Engineers, the von Neumann Medal from USACM, the Gauss-Newton Medal from IACM, and the Worcester Reed Warner Medal from ASME.

Dr. Hughes has developed computational methods for understanding solid, structural and fluid mechanics. He recently has applied this expertise to develop customized models of blood flow for patients using their individual imaging records such as CT scans and MRIs.