- Professor Mechanical Engineering
- Acting Senior Associate Dean
- Associate Dean for Graduate Programs
- Phone: 979-845-1538
- FAX: 979-845-3081
- Email: hhogan@tamu.edu
- Office: MEOB 218

Educational Background
- Ph.D., Mechanical Engineering, Texas A&M University — 1984
- M.S., Biomedical Engineering, Louisiana Tech University — 1981
- B.S., Mechanical Engineering, Louisiana Tech University – 1979
- B.S., Biomedical Engineering, Louisiana Tech University — 1979
Research Interests
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Bone biomechanics and mechanical properties
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Rodent animal models, simulated space flight, exercise and pharmacologic countermeasures, as well as other osteoporosis risk factors
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Development of specialized techniques for characterizing mechanical properties of bone tissue from rodent (mouse and rat) animal models.
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Awards & Honors
- Association of Former Students Distinguished Achievement Award in Teaching, 2018
- Mechanical Engineering Industrial Advisory Council Outstanding Faculty Contribution Award, 2015
- Charles M. Crawford Service Award, 2010-2011, Look College of Engineering
- ASME Fellow, 2008
- Mervin and Annette Peters Advising Award, Texas A&M University President's Award, May 2007
- ASME South Texas Section Claude L. Wilson Award, April 2006
- ASME South Texas Section Meritorious Service Award, April 2005
- Ruth and William Neely '52/Dow Chemical Faculty Fellow, 2004-2005, Texas A&M University College of Engineering
- Peggy L. and Charles T. Brittan Teaching Award for Outstanding Undergraduate Teaching, Dept. of Mechanical Engineering, 2002
- Orthopedics and Musculoskeletal Study Section Member, National Institutes of Health, 10/976/02
Selected Publications
- Metzger C.E., Narayanan, S.A., Elizondo, J.P., Carter, A.M., Zawieja, D.C., Hogan, H.A., Bloomfield, S.A., "DSS-Induced Colitis Produces Inflammation-Induced Bone Loss While Irisin Treatment Mitigates the Inflammatory State in both Gut and Bone," Scientific Reports. 9, Article Number: 15144 (2019).
- Metzger, C.E., Brezicha, J.E., Elizondo, J.P., Narayanan, N., Hogan, H.A., Bloomfield, S.A., "Differential Responses of Mechanosensitive Osteocyte Proteins in Fore- and Hindlimbs of Hindlimb Unloaded Rats," Bone, 105:26-34, December 2017.
- Shirazi-Fard, Y., Metzger, C.E., Kwaczala, A.T., Judex, S., Bloomfield, S.A., Hogan, H.A., "Moderate Intensity Resistive Exercise Improves Metaphyseal Cancellous Bone Recovery Following an Initial Disuse Period, but Does Not Mitigate Decrements During a Subsequent Disuse Period in Adult Rats," Bone, 66:296-305, September 2014.
- Boudreaux, R.D., Swift, J.M., Gasier, H.G., Wiggs, M.P., Hogan, H.A., Fluckey, J.D., and Bloomfield, S.A., "Increased Resistance during Jump Exercise Does Not Enhance Cortical Bone Formation," Medicine & Science in Sports & Exercise, 46(5):982-989, May 2014.
- Shirazi-Fard, Y., Anthony, R.A., Kwaczala, A.T., Judex, S., Bloomfield, S.A., Hogan, H.A., "Previous Exposure to Simulated Microgravity Does Not Exacerbate Bone Loss During Subsequent Exposure in the Proximal Tibia of Adult Rats," Bone, 56(2):461-473, October 2013.