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Faculty Profile

Tyrus A McCarty

Mechanical Engineering
Assistant Dean for Special Initiatives in The School of Engineering, Assistant Chair and Associate Professor for Mechanical Engineering
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201F CARRIER
UNIVERSITY, MS 38677
(662) 915-5377
mccarty@olemiss.edu
Joined UM: October 1, 1986

Areas of Expertise

  • MECHANICAL ENGINEERING
  • MECHANICAL ENGINEERING, COMPUTATIONAL NUMERICAL MODELING OF FLUID MECHANICS AND HEAT TRANSFER
  • MECHANICAL ENGINEERING, FINITE ELEMENT MODELING

Brief Bio

Tyrus A. McCarty is an Associate Professor of Mechanical Engineering. Dr. McCarty also serves as the Administration of Special Affairs for the School of Engineering. Dr. McCarty received his Ph.D. from the University of Mississippi in 1987. Following three years of employment with the Corps of Engineers Waterways Experiment Station, Dr. McCarty took a position as an Assistant Professor of Mechanical Engineering at the University of Mississippi and was promoted to Associate Professor in 1996. Dr. McCarty’s research is in the area of computational modeling of fluid mechanics and heat transfer problems. Dr. McCarty teaches undergraduate courses in the areas of mechanics, fluids, energy, and numerical methods.

Degrees

BS
Math Physics
TOUGALOO COLLEGE/TOUGALOO, MISSISSIPPI (1975)
MS
Engineering Science
UNIVERSITY OF MISSISSIPPI/UNIVERSITY, MISSISSIPPI (1979)
PhD
Engineering Science
UNIVERSITY OF MISSISSIPPI/UNIVERSITY, MISSISSIPPI (1987)

Committee Memberships

Eng.- Diversity, Equity & Inclusion
Ad Hoc Committee
School of Engineering Admin. Council
Other Kind of Committee

Awards

School of Engineering, Faculty Service Award
2006