Tom McDonald
Professor and Director of Manufacturing Engineering
“I started teaching to help students and because I enjoyed preparing new graduates for the work world.”
Professor and Director of Manufacturing Engineering
“I started teaching to help students and because I enjoyed preparing new graduates for the work world.”
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Dr. Tom McDonald is a professor in the Department of Engineering and Director of the Manufacturing Engineering program at the University of Southern Indiana. He has worked in a variety of industries including textiles and the motion control industry. He received his BS and MS in Industrial Engineering from Clemson University and his Ph.D. in Industrial and Systems Engineering with an emphasis in Management Systems from Virginia Tech. Dr. McDonald is a member of the American Society for Engineering Education, the Society of Manufacturing Engineers, and the Institute of Industrial and Systems Engineering. Dr. McDonald has served as a PEV for ASEE since 2021 and for SME since 2022.
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Why did you start teaching?
I started teaching to help students and because I enjoyed preparing new graduates for the work world.
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