Dean Neikirk is an American engineer, who is currently the Cullen Trust for Higher Education Endowed Professor in Engineering #7 in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering at the University of Texas at Austin.[1][2]

Background and academic career

Neikirk pursued undergraduate studies at Oklahoma State University, where he earned a B.S. in physics and mathematics from in 1979. He later received an M.S. and Ph.D. in applied physics from California Institute of Technology.[3]

In 2013, Neikirk was appointed associate dean for graduate studies at the University of Texas.[4] Neikirk was involved in the development of the "electric tongue" which could detect nutrition and other properties of materials using advanced sensor technologies.[5]

References

  1. ↑ "Dean Neikirk". utexas.edu. Retrieved December 13, 2016.
  2. ↑ "Neikirk, Dean". worldcat.org. Retrieved December 13, 2016.
  3. ↑ "Dean Neikirk". utexas.edu. Retrieved December 13, 2016.
  4. ↑ "Prof. Dean Neikirk Appointed Associate Dean of Graduate Studies". University of Texas. Retrieved 19 June 2018.
  5. ↑ Dye, Lee (30 Nov 1998). "'Electronic Tongue' Offers a Taste of the Future". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved 19 June 2018.


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