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Dr. John MacCarthy comes to Wofford with a 39 year career that includes education, industry, and various government advisory roles. Prior to joining Wofford College\u2019s Physics Department, he served as Director of the University of Maryland\u2019s Systems Engineering Education Program (College Park), a Research Staff Member for the Institute for Defense Analyses, and in a variety of engineering leadership roles for Northrop Grumman and TRW, working on large complex systems of systems that included air and missile defense systems, wireless communications systems, sensor networks, and nuclear waste management. During this time, he also served as an adjunct professor of Systems Engineering at the University of Maryland, Baltimore County. Dr. MacCarthy began his career as an assistant professor of physics at Muhlenberg College.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Dr. MacCarthy\u2019s interests include systems engineering, climate change, philosophy of science, sensor networks, artificial intelligence, and biophysics.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Education:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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B.A., Physics:<\/u> Carleton College, 1976
\nPh.D., Physics,<\/u> Program in Biophysics and Biochemistry: University of Notre Dame, 1982
\nM.S., Systems Engineering<\/u> (C2 Concentration): George Mason University, 2007\n<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n

Career:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

  • 2014\u20132020:  Director, Systems Engineering Education Program,<\/u> University of Maryland, College Park (UMCP)<\/li>
  • 2005\u20132014:  Adjunct Professor, Systems Engineering,<\/u> University of Maryland, Baltimore County (UMBC)<\/li>
  • 2010\u20132014:  Research Staff Member,<\/u> Institute for Defense Analyses<\/li>
  • 1999\u20132009:  Senior Systems Engineer\/Manager,<\/u> Northrop Grumman<\/li>
  • 1986-1999:   Proposal Operations Manager, Deputy Director of the Center for Advanced Technology, Department Manager, Section Head, Project Engineer,<\/u> TRW<\/li>
  • 1981\u20131986:  Assistant Professor of Physics,<\/u> Muhlenberg College
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    Courses Taught:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

    Wofford College (2021-Present)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    • PHY 122: General Physics II<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n

      University of Maryland – College Park (2014\u20132019)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

      • ENES 489P: Hands-on Systems Engineering Projects<\/li>
      • ENSE 621: Systems Engineering Concepts and Processes: A Model-Based Approach*<\/li>
      • ENSE 622: System Trade-off Analysis, Modeling, and Simulation<\/li>
      • ENSE 623: System Development, Verification, and Validation<\/li>
      • ENPM 808M: Systems Engineering Management<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n

        University of Maryland – Baltimore County (2005\u20132014)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

        • ENEE 660: Systems Engineering Principles<\/li>
        • ENEE 662: System Modeling, Simulation, and Analysis<\/li>
        • ENEE 672: Decision and Risk Analysis<\/li>
        • ENEE 685: Introduction to Communications Networks<\/li>
        • ENEE 699: Mathematics and MATLAB Fundamentals<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n

          Muhlenberg College (1981\u20131986)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

          • University Physics<\/li>
          • Classical Mechanics<\/li>
          • Thermal Physics<\/li>
          • Quantum Mechanics<\/li>
          • Biophysics<\/li>
          • PC-based Computer Programming<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n

            *While I did not teach this course, I developed the curriculum for it and mentored the instructors who taught it.
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            Some Representative Publications & Posters:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

            1. John MacCarthy, \u201cThe Drone System I: Context-Level Architecture,\u201d 2019 INCOSE International Symposium.<\/li>
            2. John MacCarthy, \u201cThe Drone System II: Availability Performance Analysis and Modeling,\u201d 2019 INCOSE International Symposium.<\/li>
            3. John MacCarthy, \u201cAn Integrated Quantitative Approach to Acceptance Testing and Related Decisions,\u201d 2019 INCOSE International Symposium.<\/li>
            4. Michael Watson, Dorothy McKinney, Randall Anway, Larri Ann Rosser and John MacCarthy, \u201cAppreciative Methods Applied to the Assessment of Complex Systems,\u201d 2019 INCOSE International Symposium.<\/li>
            5. Gina Guillaume-Joseph and John MacCarthy, \u201cPerforming Programmatic Trade-Off Analytics,\u201d in G Parnell (ed), Trade-off Analytics: Creating and Exploring the System Tradespace<\/em> (Hoboken, NJ: Wiley).<\/li>
            6. John MacCarthy and Andres Vargas, \u201cSustainment Related Models and Trade Studies,\u201d in G Parnell (ed), Trade-off Analytics: Creating and Exploring the System Tradespace<\/em> (Hoboken, NJ: Wiley).<\/li>
            7. John MacCarthy and Patricia Bronson, \u201cAn Analytical Approach to Modeling the On-Station Availability of Systems of Unmanned Vehicles,\u201d 2013 INFORMS Annual Meeting.<\/li>
            8. T. D. Bennett, L. L. Baggerly, and J. E. MacCarthy, \u201cSome Measures of Meteor Burst Footprint,\u201d MILCOM \u201991 Conference Record, IEEE, 1991.<\/li>
            9. Bhalachandra L. Tembe, John E. MacCarthy, and John J. Kozak, \u201cTransition Phenomena in Monolayers at the Air-Water Interface,\u201d The Journal of Physical Chemistry<\/em> 87, Issue 23 (November 1983).<\/li>
            10. K. A. Green, K. D. Luks, John E. MacCarthy, and John J. Kozak, \u201cThe Influence of Closure on the Behavior of the Yvon-Born-Green Equation for a System of Hard Rods,\u201d Molecular Physics<\/em> 45, Issue 4 (1982).<\/li>
            11. John Edward MacCarthy, \u201cA Variational Approach to Statistical Mechanics with Applications to Molecular Monolayer Assemblies,\u201d Ph.D. Dissertation, University of Notre Dame, 1982.<\/li>
            12. John E. MacCarthy and John J. Kozak, \u201cA Dynamic Model for in vivo Virus Replication,\u201d Journal of Theoretical Biology<\/em> 90, Issue 2 (May 1981).<\/li>
            13. John E. MacCarthy, John J. Kozak, K. A. Green, and K. D. Luks, \u201cA Variational Approach to the Statistical Mechanics of Hard Discs and Hard Spheres,\u201d Molecular Physics<\/em> 44, Issue 1 (1981).<\/li><\/ol>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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