• Interim Vice Chancellor for Engineering
  • Interim Dean of the Texas A&M University College of Engineering
  • Interim Director of the Texas A&M Engineering Experiment Station
  • Professor, Aerospace Engineering

Educational Background

  • Ph.D., Aerospace Engineering, Texas A&M University - 1995
  • M.S., Aerospace Engineering, Texas A&M University - 1991
  • B.S., Aerospace Engineering, San Diego State University - 1988

Research Interests

    • Theoretical Mechanics
    • Cooperative Games
    • Dynamics and Controls

Awards & Honors

  • recipient of the 2012-2013 William O. and Montine P. Head Faculty Fellow Award in the College of Engineering
  • received the 2012-2013 Thomas U. McElmurry Teaching Excellence Award

Selected Publications

  • J-35 Hurtado, J.E., “Analytical Dynamics of Variable-Mass Systems “, submitted to Journal of Guidance, Control, and Dynamics, submitted March 2017.
  • J-34 Hurtado, J.E., Sinclair, A.J., “State Transition Matrix, Motion Constants, and Ergodicity of the Euler-Poinsot Problem”, Nonlinear Dynamics, Vol. 85, Iss. 3, pp. 2049–
  • J-33 Sinclair, A.J., Hurtado, J.E., Bertinato*, C., and Betsch, P., “On Noether’s Theorem and the Various Integrals of the Damped Linear Oscillator,” The Journal of Astronautical Sciences, Vol. 60, Iss 3, pp.396-407.
  • J-32 Restrepo, C. and Hurtado, J.E., “Tool for Rapid Analysis of Monte Carlo Simulations,” Journal of Spacecraft and Rockets, Vol. 51, No. 1, pp.1564-75.