Dr. William C. McCarthy
Associate Professor
Degrees:
B.S. New Mexico State University, Civil Engineering, 1973
M.S. New Mexico State University, Structural Engineering, 1976
Ph.D. New Mexico State University, Structural Engineering, 1981
Professional Registration:
New Mexico
Principal Publications:
"A Plate Bending Elasto-Plastic Equivalent Grid Finite Element", Proceedings of the 3rd International Conference and Exhibition on Engineering Software, London, England, April 1983.
"A Plate Bending Finite Element Model With a Limit Analysis Capacity", Proceedings of the 4th International Conference on Mathematical Modeling, Zurich, Switzerland, August 1983.
"Recent Experimental Devices to Obtain the Dynamic Parameters of Bridges", Proceedings of the 2nd International Conference on Recent Advances in Structural Dynamics, Southampton, April 1984.
"Equivalent Grid Elasto-Plastic Analysis of Plates", Proceedings of the 5th ASCE-EMD Specialty Conference, Laramie, Wyoming, August 1984.
"Superstructure Envelope Generation Using Conversation Mode Software", Proceedings of the 2nd Bridge Engineering Conference, Transportation Research Board, Minneapolis, September 1984.
"Automated Bridge Plans by Computer Aided Software", Proceedings of the 3rd Conference on Computing in Civil Engineering, ASCE, Alexandria, Virginia, March 1988.
"Structural Systems Laboratory - Realism in the Classroom", Proceedings of the 1988 ASEE Gulf-Southwest Section Annual Conference, Trinity University, March 1988.
"Elasto-Plastic Analysis of Composite Steel-Concrete Superstructures", Computers and Structures, An International Journal, 1988.
"New Guidelines for Promotion/Tenure at NMSU, A Commitment to Excellence", Proceedings of the 1990 ASEE Gulf-Southwest Section Annual Conference, Baylor University, March 1990.
"BRIDGE CAD, Computer Software that Drafts Bridge Plans", Proceedings of the 4th International Conference on Engineering Computer Graphics and Descriptive Geometry, Florida International University, June 1990.
"Working in Groups, The Design Laboratory Experience", Proceedings of the 1991 Gulf-Southwest Section Annual Conference, Tulane University, March 1991.
"Engineering and the Disabled: A Step into the Future," Proceedings of the 1993 Gulf-Southwest Section Annual Conference, UT Austin, April 1993.
"Student Professor Ethics in Academia", Journal of Engineering Education, ASEE, October 1993.
"Engineering and the Disabled: Spotting the Trends, Seizing the Opportunities", ASEE Prism Magazine, February, 1994.
Society Membership:
American Society of Civil Engineers:
Technical Group Chairman - Structural and Engineering
Mechanics Technical Group, NM Section (1982 to 1985)
National Society of Professional Engineers/New Mexico
Society of Professional Engineers:
Board of Directors, NMSPE (1987 to 1991)
President, NMSPE Southwestern Chapter (1986-87)
Vice President, NMSPE Southwestern Chapter (1985-86)
Secretary/Treasurer, NMSPE Southwestern Chapter (1984-85).
American Society for Engineering Education:
Campus Representative (1987 to 1993)
Secretary-Treasurer, Gulf-Southwest Section (1993 to Present)
American Institute of Steel Construction
Sigma Xi Scientific Research Society
Honors and Awards:
The Frank Bromilow Award for Excellence in Teaching, 1984
Professor of the Year Award for Teaching Excellence, Chi Epsilon, 86/87 and 89/90
Tau Beta Pi
Chi Epsilon
Third Place Paper Award - 1988 ASEE Gulf-Southwest Section Annual Conference
Recipient: Two Outstanding Service Awards by the New Mexico Society of Professional Engineers.
Outstanding Campus Representative - American Society of Engineering Educators, Gulf-Southwest Section, 1993.
Teaching Activities:
CE 510 Theories of Engineering Experimentation
CE 365 Indeterminate Structures I
CE 615 Finite Methods in Structural Mechanics
CE 233 Mechanics-Statics
CE 571 Structural Dynamics