Faculty
Dr. J. Ronald Bailey, P.E.
Guerry Professor of Engineering
Ph.D. 1971, University of Southampton
Dr. Bailey's areas of interest include vibrations, acoustics, robotics, machine vision, statistical process control, and computer integrated manufactufing.
Office: 214C EMCS
Phone: (423) 425-5536
Email: Ronald-Bailey@utc.edu
Dr. Prakash Damshala, P.E.
Professor
Ph.D. 1978, Georgia Institute of Technology
Dr. Damshala's areas of interest include thermal science, modeling, simulation and optimization, airconditioning and refrigeration, energy conservation, and micro-heat exchanges.
Office: 430A EMCS
Phone: (423) 425-4390
Email: Prakash-Damshala@utc.edu
Dr. Ron Goulet, P.E.
Associate Professor
Ph.D. 1997, University of New Hampshire
Dr. Goulet''s teaching interests include advanced strength of materials, material science, dynamics, senior design experience. His research interests include fracture mechanics, failure analysis, biomechanics.
Office: 432 EMCS
Phone: (423) 425-4339
Email: Ron-Goulet@utc.edu
Dr. James Hiestand, P.E.
UC Foundation Professor
Ph.D. 1973, Cornell University
Dr. Hiestand's areas of interest include computational fluid dynamics, applications to micro-reactors and environmental flow.
Office: 431 EMCS
Phone: (423) 425-4355
Email: James-Hiestand@utc.edu
Mr. Ricky Horn
Instructor
M.S. 1997, The University of Tennessee at Chattanooga
Office: 438 EMCS
Phone: (423) 425-2103
Email: Ricky-Horn@utc.edu
Dr. Michael H. Jones, P.E.
Director of Undergraduate Chemical, Civil, Electrical, Environmental, Industrial, and Mechanical Engineering Programs
Professor
Ph.D. 1973, North Carolina State University
Dr. Jones' areas of interest include fluid mechanics, gas dynamics, thermal sciences.
Office: 430C EMCS
Phone: (423) 425-4369
Email: Mike-Jones@utc.edu
Dr. Charles Knight, P.E.
Professor
Ph.D. 1971, University of Tennessee-Knoxville
Dr. Knight's areas of interest include power, energy conversion, instrumentation, lab development.
Office: 434 EMCS
Phone: (423) 425-2312
Email: Charles-Knight@utc.edu
Dr. Gary McDonald, P.E.
Director of Freshman Engineering and Transfer
UC Foundation Associate Professor
Ph.D. 1984, Tennessee Technological University
Dr. McDonald's areas of interest include machine design, mechanism analysis and synthesis, engineering mechanics.
Office: 430D EMCS
Phone: (423) 425-4483
Email: Gary-McDonald@utc.edu
