Francis X. Bostick was an American engineer, and a Distinguished Professor Emeritus and the Hayden Head Centennial Professor Emeritus at Cockrell School of Engineering, University of Texas at Austin. He was chairman of the Electrical and Computer Engineering Department of the College of Engineering from 1996-2001. He was awarded the Chancellor's Council Outstanding Teaching Award.[1][2]

Francis X. Bostick
Born(1932-06-01)June 1, 1932
Shreveport, Louisiana, USA
DiedOctober 20, 2021(2021-10-20) (aged 89)
Alma mater
Scientific career
Fields
InstitutionsUniversity of Texas at Austin

Francis X. Bostick developed Electromagnetic array profiling (EMAP), a geophysical method for mapping subsurface resistivity.[3]

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  1. "Francis Bostick". utexas.edu. Retrieved December 16, 2016.
  2. "Bostick, F. X." worldcat.org. Retrieved December 16, 2016.
  3. Bostick, Francis X. (January 1986), "Electromagnetic array profiling (EMAP)", SEG Technical Program Expanded Abstracts 1986, SEG Technical Program Expanded Abstracts, Society of Exploration Geophysicists, pp. 60–61, doi:10.1190/1.1892989, retrieved 2025-10-20

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  1. "Francis Bostick Obituary - Austin, TX". Dignity Memorial. Retrieved 2025-08-07.
  2. "Dr. Francis X. Bostick, Jr.: In Memoriam | Texas ECE - Electrical & Computer Engineering at UT Austin". www.ece.utexas.edu. 2021-10-21. Retrieved 2025-08-07.