SUMMARY VITA – Gary Haywood McDonald, Ph.D., P.E.

UC Foundation Associate Professor

 

Years on the Faculty:          18 (original appointment 08/01/85)

 

Degrees:

Ph.D. in Engineering; Tennessee Technological University, Cookeville, Tennessee; August 1984

M.S. in M.E.; Tennessee Technological University, Cookeville, Tennessee; August 1979

B.S. in M.E.; Tennessee Technological University, Cookeville, Tennessee; June 1977 (with High Distinction)

 

Other Related Experience: 

Director of Freshman Engineering and Advising 2000-present.

1991, 1990, 1988, 1987  NASA/ASEE Summer Faculty Fellow, George C. Marshall Space Flight Center, Huntsville, Alabama. (summer‑ten weeks)

 

Principal Publications of the Last Five Years:

Benefits of Offering Modern Engineering Labs, Charles V. Knight & Gary H. McDonald, ASEE Proceeding of the 2002 Southeastern Section Meeting, Gainesville, Florida, April 2002 – Mechanical Engineering Unit – refereed paper.

A Modern Undergraduate Mechanical Engineering Laboratory, Charles V. Knight & Gary H. McDonald, ASEE Proceedings of the 2001 Southeastern Section Meeting, Charleston, South Carolina, April 2001. Mechanical Engineering Unit – refereed paper.

Renovating a Mechanics of Materials Laboratory using Data Acquisition with LabVIEW, Gary H. McDonald and Charles V. Knight, ASEE Proceedings of the 2000 Southeastern Section Meeting, Roanoke, Virginia, April 2000. Twenty minute presentation given to the Mechanical Engineering Unit – refereed paper.

Modernization of a Mechanical Engineering Laboratory using Data Acquisition with LabVIEW, Charles V. Knight and Gary H. McDonald, Proceedings of the 1998 Annual Meeting of the American Society of Engineering Education, Seattle, Washington, June 1998. – refereed paper.

A Mechanical Engineering 2000 Laboratory, Charles V. Knight and Gary H. McDonald, ASEE Proceedings of the 1998 Southeastern Section Meeting, Orlando, Florida, April 1998. – refereed paper.

Data Acquisition Case Study, Charles V. Knight and Gary H. McDonald, Laboratory Focus – Insights for the Laboratory Professional, Fall 1997, pp. 5-6.

New Measurements - Data Acquisition Mechanical Engineering Laboratory, Charles V. Knight and Gary H. McDonald, Virtual Instrumentation in Education Conference Proceedings, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Boston, Massachusetts, June 1997.

Modernization of a Mechanical Engineering Laboratory using Data Acquisition with LabVIEW, a poster, Charles V. Knight and Gary H. McDonald, 1997 ASEE Annual Conference and Exposition, June 15-18, 1997, Milwaukee, Wisconsin.

New Measurements - Data Acquisition Mechanical Engineering Laboratory, Charles V. Knight and Gary H. McDonald, ASEE Proceedings of the 1997 Southeastern Section Meeting, Innovative Engineering for the Next Century; April 13-15, 1997, Marietta, Georgia. Twenty minute presentation given to the Mechanical Engineering Unit

 

Scientific and Professional Society Memberships:

ASEE

ASME

NSPE

Chattanooga Engineers Club

 

Honors and Awards:

Engineering Student Service Award ‑ voted by the faculty of UTC Engineering and awarded during UTC Faculty Honors Day ceremony, December 1998

Outstanding Engineering Faculty Award - voted by engineering students for outstanding faculty member & awarded during the College of Engineering and Computer Science, Spring Banquet, April 1996

Cole Outstanding Engineering Teacher Award ‑ voted by the faculty of UTC Engineering and awarded during UTC Faculty Honors Day ceremony, September 1995

Norbert Koch Professional Service Award - voted by the faculty of UTC Engineering and awarded during the UTC Faculty Honors Day ceremony, December 1993

UC Foundation Professorship - selected by the UC Foundation Board of Trustees for dedication of teaching, scholarship, and public service, May 1992

UTC Student Government Association Outstanding Professor Award - nominated by students and voted by the SGA for teaching excellence; awarded during UTC Honors Day, April 1992

Outstanding Engineering Faculty Award - voted by engineering students for outstanding teaching and awarded during the School of Engineering Spring Banquet, April 1992

Cole Outstanding Engineering Teacher Award ‑ voted by the faculty of UTC Engineering and awarded during UTC Faculty Honors Day ceremony, November 1991

Cole Outstanding Engineering Teacher Award ‑ voted by the faculty of UTC Engineering and awarded during UTC Faculty Honors Day ceremony, November 1990

Engineering Student Service Award ‑ voted by the faculty of UTC Engineering and awarded during UTC Faculty Honors Day ceremony, November 1990

Cole Outstanding Engineering Teacher Award ‑ voted by the faculty of UTC Engineering and awarded during UTC Faculty Honors Day ceremony, November 1989       

Young Engineer of the Year ‑ awarded by the Chattanooga area engineers during the awards banquet of the Chattanooga area National Engineers Week, February 1989

 

Institutional Service in the Last Five Years (committee assignments, etc):

University Committees Served

2000 – present                    Member of the Council of Department Heads

1999 – 2002                            Financial Aid Appeals Committee

1999 – 2000                            SACS Instructional Effectiveness Subcommittee

1998 – 2000                            Classroom Technology

1995 – 1998                            UTC Curriculum Committee

College of Engineering & Computer Science Committees Served

ABET 2000 Accreditation Mechanical Engineering Subcommittee member

ABET 2000 Accreditation Sub-Committee – Fundamentals Chair – 2001 – present

Engineering Rank & Tenure Sub-Committee to update Rank & Tenure criteria - Chair

Engineering Dean Search Committee – 1997-1998 – search yielded Dr. Robert Desmond

Mechanical Engineering Faculty Search – 1998 – search yielded Dr. Rob Bailey

Civil Engineering Faculty Search – 1998 – Chair – search yielded Dr. Joseph Owino

Mechanical Engineering Faculty Search – 1997 – search yielded Dr. Ron Goulet

 

Professional Service in the Last Five Years:

1986 – 2003 Mathcounts – a National 7th & 8th grade math contest – coordinated the Athens, TN site from 1988-1998.  Proctored contest at Chattanooga site from 1999-2000, 2002-present.

1987 – present Order of the Engineer – Coordinate the Chattanooga Link Order of the Engineer ring ceremony for graduating engineering seniors each Fall and Spring.

2001 (summer) Adventures in Computers, Engineering and Space (ACES)   a week-long program to encourage 7th and 8th grade young women to enter the fields of engineering and computer science. I coordinated the Mechanical-Civil Engineering session (two-days).

 

Professional Development Activities in the Last Five Years:

        Attended the ASEE Southeastern Meeting in Roanoke, VA, 2000