Dean for the College of Engineering
Phone: 903.566.7267
Email: jkypuros@uttyler.edu
Building: RBS 2004
Department: The Academy
Javier Kypuros
Degrees
- Ph.D. Mechanical Engineering, University of Texas at Austin (UT Austin), 2001
- M.S. Mechanical Engineering, University of Texas at Austin, 1998
- B.S. Mechanical Engineering, Princeton University, 1996
Postdoctoral Training
The ABET Fundamentals of Program Assessment Workshop, Fall 2015
The University of Texas System Leadership Institute Leadership Education Accelerated
Program
(LEAP), Spring 2011
Biography
As the Dean of the College of Engineering at the University of Texas at Tyler (UT Tyler) and a Professor of Mechanical Engineering, Dr. Javier Kypuros serves a two-campus college with programs in Tyler and Houston. The UT Tyler Houston Engineering Center is a partnership with Houston Community College (HCC). A former Associate Dean of the College of Engineering and Computer Science at the University of Texas Rio Grande Valley, he has served the majority of his career at Hispanic Serving Institutions including the University of Texas at El Paso and the University of Texas-Pan American. Dr. Kypuros has authored dozens of technical manuscripts and a textbook entitled System Dynamics and Control with Bond Graph Modeling. He has been awarded millions in research from industry and federals sources, and in 2014 was recognized with the prestigious UT System Regents' Outstanding Teaching Award. Dr. Kypuros received his BSE from Princeton University in 1996 and his MSE and Ph.D. from the University of Texas at Austin in 1998 and 2001, respectively.