Glenn Downing
Assistant Professor of Instruction
Glenn Downing did his undergraduate work at Purdue and Illinois and his graduate work at MIT, Stanford, and UT. In the past, he has worked at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL), the Los Alamos National Laboratory, and the Microelectronics and Computer Technology Corporation (MCC). He is a faculty advisor of the UT Programming Contest (UTPC).
Select Publications
. 2004. Data Sharing in Scientific Simulations.
. 1998. System and Method for Initializing Variables in an Object-Oriented Program.
. 1996. Being Lazy About Global-Object Initialization.
Awards & Honors
- 2020 - College of Natural Sciences Teaching Excellence Award
- 2018 - Nominated for Regents’ Outstanding Teaching Awards
- 2013 - College of Natural Science Golden Apple Teaching Excellence Award
- 2006 - College of Natural Sciences Foundation Advisory Council Awards
- 2002 - College of Natural Sciences Teaching Excellence Award
Contact Info
Glenn Downing
Assistant Professor of Instruction
(512) 471-9737
GDC 6.308