Faculty
 | Bugao Xu |
Office: GEA 225
Phone: 512-471-7226
bxu@mail.utexas.edu
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Education: Ph.D., University of Maryland
Research interests:
Bugao Xu is a professor in the Program of Textiles and Apparel Design, the Department of Human Ecology of UT Austin. He received his Ph. D. in 1992 from the University of Maryland at College Park. His investigative work has focused on development of methods characterizing textile products, instrumentation of textile testing, and new technology for apparel mass customization. His research work has been awarded by NSF, USDA, Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board, Texas Food and Fiber Commission, and Cotton Inc. He is also affiliated with the Center for Transportation Research of UT Austin and conducts research on new imaging technology for automated pavement surface distress inspection, which has been sponsored by Texas Department of Transportation since 1999. He has published more than 50 papers in referred journals since he joined the UT faculty in 1993. He has taught Advanced Textiles, Advanced Textiles Lab, Research Methods in Merchandising, Computer Applications in Human Ecology, and 3D Technology for Apparel Mass Customization.
Dr. Xu is also a member of the Graduate Studies Committee of the Biomedical Engineering Program at UT Austin. His biomedical research interests include 3-D imaging of the human body, biometrics for personal identification, and ultrasound prosthetic imaging.
Dr. Xu was recently awarded TxDOT Innovation Award.