Eric MacDonald

Eric MacDonald, Ph.D. is Professor of Aerospace and Mechanical Engineering and Murchison Chair at the University of Texas at El Paso, and serves as the Associate Dean of Research and Graduate Studies for the College of Engineering. Dr. MacDonald eceived his doctoral degree in Electrical and Computer Engineering from the University of Texas at Austin in 2002. He worked in industry for 12 years at IBM and Motorola and subsequently co-founded a start-up specializing in CAD software, which was subsequently acquired by a firm in Silicon Valley. Dr. MacDonald held faculty fellowships at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory, US Navy Research and was awarded a US State Department Fulbright Fellowship in South America. His research interests include 3D printed multi-functional applications and process monitoring in additive manufacturing with instrumentation and computer vision for improved quality and yield.