Education

• B.S. Applied Mathematics & B.S. Physics
  N.C. State University
  1963
• M.S. Engineering Mechanics
  Clemson University
  1969
• Ph.D. Engineering Mechanics
  Clemson University
  1970

Other Technical/Administrative Experience

• Member, Technical Advisory Council
  North Carolina Supercomputing Center
  1992 - 1995
  
• Staff and group engineering
  Martin Marietta Corp.
  Orlando, FL, 1971-1972
  
• Visiting Professor
  NC A&T State University
  1972-1974
  
• Assistant Dean of Engineering
  NC A&T State University
  1977-1981
  
• Associate Dean of Engineering
  NC A&T State University
  1981-1988
  
• Acting Dean of Engineering
  NC A&T State University
  1989
  
• Chairperson, Mechanical Engineering
  NC A&T State University
  1989-2002

Other Service Activities

• Past Member of the ASME Boards on Minorities and Women and Pre-College Education
• Vice President of ASME Region IV, June 1999 - June 2002
• Chair/ Strategic Planning Committee of ASME's Council on Member Affairs, July 2000 - June 2001
• ABET/EAC Evaluator since 1996
• National Council of Examiners for Engineering and Surveying FE item writer since 1997

Education and Research Participation

• NC A&T State University's Coordinator for the North Carolina Space Grant Consortium Program
  1996-
  
• "Analysis of Composite Laminates Subjected to Low Velocity Impact Loading"
  Wright Laboratories, WPAB, Ohio
  August 1990 - December 1993
  
• "NASA Aerospace Center of Excellence"
  Co-Investigator & Chair of the Educational Component
  January 1, 1992 - December 31, 200

States in which Registered

• North Carolina (NC 9253)

Scientific and Professional Societies

• Sigma Xi, Greensboro Chapter, member and past chair
• American Society of Mechanical Engineers
• American Society for Engineering Education
• American Academy of Mechanics

Honorary Societies

• Sigma Xi
• Tau Beta Pi
• Pi Tau Sigma