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Background

Roy McGrann is co-director of the Watson School Minor in Sustainability Engineering.

For fifteen years prior to joining the department, he was engaged in steel production and fabrication (primarily associated with the petro-chemical industry), performing production management, machine design, project engineering, engineering management and executive management. He served on several national standards committees including ASTM, ANSI/AWS and MSS committees.

During this time, McGrann maintained his registration as a professional engineer (PE).

He is a member of the American Society of Engineering Education (ASEE) and the American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME). He is also a member of several other professional societies including AWS (American Welding Society), and SHOT (Society for the History of Technology). McGrann is a member of the national engineering honor societies Tau Beta Pi, Pi Tau Sigma (ME), and Eta Kappa Nu (EE).

Education

• BA, Brown University
• BS, PhD, University of Tulsa

Research Interests

• Mechanical engineering design
• computer-aided engineering (CAE)
• machine design
• kinematics and dynamics of machinery
• robotics
• solid mechanics
• mechanical metallurgy
• materials science
• project management and engineering education research and methods

Awards

• Chancellor's Award for Excellence in Teaching
• 2007-2008