Dr. McColl is a part-time Lecturer at Georgia Tech (2015-present) while also working in the aerospace industry full-time. With over 27 years’ experience as an aircraft loads engineer, Dr. McColl serves as Vice President for TDA (Technical Data Analysis, Inc.; VA, MD, and GA) and oversees TDA’s loads engineering (fixed wing, rotary wing, UAS) and aircraft fatigue life tracking application development for US military (USN, US Army, USAF) and govt (NASA, NOAA), international (Australia, Canada, Germany, Norway, Greece, Netherlands) and industry (Northrop Grumman, General Atomics, Sikorsky/Lockheed Martin). Dr. McColl has been with TDA since 2001. Prior to that, he was a lead aircraft loads engineer, both at Boeing and Lockheed Martin. Over the past 16 years, Dr. McColl has taught numerous aircraft external loads and aeroservoelastics/controls short courses for clients such as the US Navy, US Air Force, General Atomics Aeronautical Systems, and Korean Aerospace Industries.
Disciplines:
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Aeroelasticity & Structural Dynamics
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Flight Mechanics & Controls
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Structural Mechanics & Materials
AE Multidisciplinary Research Areas:
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Robotics, Autonomy, and Human Interactions
- PhD - Georgia Institute of Technology
- MSAE - Georgia Institute of Technology
- BSAE - University of Colorado at Boulder
NAWCAD Innovation Team Award (P-8A Poseidon, 2019); Co-chair, Georgia Aerospace Policy Working Group (2012-2014); The Technical Cooperation Program (TTCP) Team Achievement Award (C-130, 2014); Lockheed Martin Eagle Award (2000)