Tom Mackin from "The Colony" is one of the experts on the Discovery Channel reality series.
Tom Mackin is Bently Professor of Mechanical Engineering at the California Polytechnic State University in San Luis Obispo California, Adjunct Professor in the Center for Homeland Defense and Security at the Naval Postgraduate School in Monterey, California, and Adjunct Professor of Mechanical Engineering Sciences at the University of Illinois.
He is a member of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), AAAS, and the Materials Research Society (MRS). His research interests include fundamental research in structural health monitoring, non-destructive evaluation, advanced composites, micro-electrical-mechanical systems, sensors and detectors, nano-mechanics, scientific instrumentation, science and public policy, and the application of network theory to the protection of critical infrastructure.
Mackin has authored over 100 papers and holds three patents. He is a past recipient of an NSF CAREER award, and a winner of: the Society of Experimental Mechanics Best Paper Award (1996); ASME Best Poster Award (2007); the Everitt Award for Teaching Excellence (1996); the Robert Miller Teaching Award (2002); and the ASME Executive Office Fellow (2002).
Mackin received his Ph.D. in Engineering Science and Mechanics from Penn State in 1991.
Tom Mackin is Bently Professor of Mechanical Engineering at the California Polytechnic State University in San Luis Obispo California, Adjunct Professor in the Center for Homeland Defense and Security at the Naval Postgraduate School in Monterey, California, and Adjunct Professor of Mechanical Engineering Sciences at the University of Illinois.
He is a member of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), AAAS, and the Materials Research Society (MRS). His research interests include fundamental research in structural health monitoring, non-destructive evaluation, advanced composites, micro-electrical-mechanical systems, sensors and detectors, nano-mechanics, scientific instrumentation, science and public policy, and the application of network theory to the protection of critical infrastructure.
Mackin has authored over 100 papers and holds three patents. He is a past recipient of an NSF CAREER award, and a winner of: the Society of Experimental Mechanics Best Paper Award (1996); ASME Best Poster Award (2007); the Everitt Award for Teaching Excellence (1996); the Robert Miller Teaching Award (2002); and the ASME Executive Office Fellow (2002).
Mackin received his Ph.D. in Engineering Science and Mechanics from Penn State in 1991.