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Tyrone Porter is a fellow of the American Institute for Medical and Biological Engineering and the Acoustical Society of America, and a member of many professional societies, including the Acoustical Society of America, the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, the Controlled Release Society, the National Society of Black Engineers, and others. Porter previously worked as an associate professor of mechanical engineering at Boston University. He received his Ph.D. in bioengineering from the University of Washington and a B.S. in electrical engineering from Prairie View A&M University. Porter also completed a postdoctoral fellowship in biomedical engineering at the University of Cincinnati. 

Research Interests

  • Image-guided drug delivery
  • Ultrasound and acoustics

Research Focus
Research in the Porter lab focuses on ultrasound technologies with chemical and biomolecular engineered vesicles for diagnostic and therapeutic applications. Porter’s overall goal is to push the application of ultrasound technology in new and exciting directions, including immunomodulation and reversible opening of the blood-brain barrier.

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Texas Engineer Michael Sacks

Oden Institute | Professor Michael Sacks, a biomedical engineering faculty member at The University of Texas at Austin, has been awarded the 2026 ASME H.R. Lissner Medal in recognition of his “pioneering contributions to heart valve biomechanics utilizing highly innovative computer simulations.”

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Oden Institute | The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, the Oden Institute for Computational Engineering and Sciences, and the Texas Advanced Computing Center (TACC) at The University of Texas at Austin have announced funding for three cancer research projects as part of the Joint Center for Computational Oncology (JCCO).

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Cockrell School of Engineering | A startup co-founded by Texas Engineer Elizabeth Cosgriff-Hernández is one step closer to bringing a new medical device to cardiac clinicians and patients worldwide.

 

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