PROMISE Engineering Alumni Speaker Series: Dr. Oliver Myers
Meet our UMBC Graduate Alumni! Network!
Friday, February 4, 2022 · 2:30 - 3:30 PM
UPDATED: Webex is having issues, please join us on Google Meet:
PROMISE Engineering Alumni Series:
Friday, February 4 @ 2:30 PM
ONLINE via GOOGLE MEET
Dr. Oliver J. Myers currently serves as the Associate Dean for Inclusive Excellence Undergraduate Studies and is an Associate Professor of Mechanical Engineering at Clemson University.
Dr. Myers is a Meyerhoff Fellow and obtained his Ph.D. in Mechanical Engineering from UMBC! Go Retrievers! Come and learn about his personal journey, his grad school do's and don'ts., career pathway, current position, and research interest.
Who should attend this event?
- Students pursuing a STEM degree
- Graduate students and postdocs at UMBC
- Students from underrepresented backgrounds or underserved communities
- People interested in pursuing an academic career
About Dr. Myers:
Dr. Oliver J. Myers serves as the Associate Dean for Inclusive Excellence Undergraduate Studies and is an Associate Professor of Mechanical Engineering at Clemson University. Dr. Myers is a graduate of the University of Maryland Baltimore County for all three degrees of Bachelors, Masters and Doctorate in Mechanical Engineering.
Prior to joining Clemson, Dr. Myers was an Associate Professor at Mississippi State University and prior to that, he worked as a Senior Mechanical Engineer at Northrop Grumman Corporation Electronic Systems Division in Baltimore Maryland as an Integrated Product Team Lead and lead engineer on composite material chassis and module designs, micro systems integration, micro-fabrication and manufacturing of electronic assemblies. He has also worked as a design and analysis engineer at the Naval Air Warfare Center working on several military aircraft platforms and as an engineer with the Maryland Department of the Environment developing the analysis code for the vehicle emission inspection program.
He has the honor of being selected in the inaugural class of the prestigious Meyerhoff Scholarship Program at UMBC under the mentorship of Dr. Freeman Hrabowski. He conducts research in smart material and smart system applications for multi-scale systems, interdisciplinary computational models of mechanical systems, SHM/NDE and integrated design/analysis/prototyping of mechanical devices and systems. Dr. Myers is an ASME Fellow.
We look forward to seeing you on Friday, February 4, at 2:30 PM via WebEx. Please click on the green button "Going" and make sure to save this event link in your google calendar to access the session.
If you need special accommodations or have questions, please contact PROMISE staff at promise@umbc.edu.