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Eric MacDonald

Associate Dean
Research, Impact, and Innovation

Professor
Aerospace and Mechanical Engineering

Office Building: Engineering Building (Engineering and Sciences Complex)
Office Room: A136
Phone: (915) 747-6778
Email: emac@utep.edu

Expertise: See Research Profile in Expertise Connector

Bio

Dr. MacDonald received his doctoral (2002) degree in Electrical and Computer Engineering from the University of Texas at Austin. He worked in industry for 12 years at IBM and Motorola and subsequently co-founded a start-up specializing in CAD software and the startup was acquired by a firm in Silicon Valley. Dr. MacDonald spent 2003 to 2016 at the University of Texas at El Paso as the associate director of the W. M. Keck Center for 3D Innovation and held faculty fellowships at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory, US Navy Research and was awarded a US State Department Fulbright Fellowship in South America.

Awards and Honors

Joint Faculty Appointment - Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Department of Energy (11/10/2021)
Chilean Conocyt, Visiting Scholar at Universidad Santa Mariá - Chilean Government (06/01/2015-06/30/2015)
Literati Network Award For Excellence 2013 - Emerald Publishing (05/01/2013-05/31/2013)
ECE Department Award - Up and Coming Researcher - ECE Department (09/01/2010)
Manuel Izquierdo Award for Teaching - ECE Department (09/01/2010)
Recognition for Obtaining External Funding for Research - Office of Research and Sponsored Projects (05/01/2010)
DARPA Design Subthreshold Logic Design Contest - DARPA (03/01/2010-03/31/2010)
NASA JPL New Technology Award (NTA) 2005 - NASA (01/01/2005-01/31/2005)
Fulbright Scholar, Fall 2011, Valpaaíso Chile - Department of State

Education

Ph D in Electrical Engineering, The University of Texas at Austin (2002)
MS in Electrical Engineering, The University of Texas at Austin (1997)
BS in Electrical Engineering, The University of Texas at Austin (1993)

Publications

Review of in situ process monitoring for metal hybrid directed energy deposition Journal of Manufacturing Processes (2024), Eric MacDonald.
The fracture properties of fiber metal laminates based on a 3D printed glass fiber composite Journal of Thermoplastic Composite Materials 36 2 (2023), B Yelamanchi, Eric MacDonald, NG Gonzalez-Canche, JG Carrillo, Patricia Cortes.
What Would Battery Manufacturing Look Like on the Moon and Mars? ACS Energy Letters (2023), Alexis Maurel, Ana C. Martinez, Donald A. Dornbusch, William H. Huddleston, Myeong-Lok Seol, Christopher R. Henry, Jennifer M. Jones, Bharat Yelamanchi, Sina B. Chavari, Jennifer E. Edmunson, Sreeprasad T. Sreenivasan, Pedro Cortes, Eric MacDonald, Cameroun G. Sherrard.
3D Printing of Batteries from Lunar and Martian Regolith Electrochemical Society Meeting Abstracts 243 (2023), Eric MacDonald.
3D Printing of Gel Polymer Electrolytes for Sodium-Ion Batteries 243rd ECS Meeting with the 18th International Symposium on Solid Oxide Fuel Cells (SOFC-XVIII) (2023), Eric MacDonald.
Additive friction stir deposition of metallic materials: Process, structure and properties Materials & Design (2023), Eric MacDonald.
Embedding ceramic components in metal structures with hybrid directed energy deposition The International Journal of Advanced Manufacturing Technology (2023), Eric MacDonald.
Impact Performance of 3D Printed Spatially Varying Elastomeric Lattices Polymers (2023), Eric MacDonald.
Improved Productivity with Multilaser Rotary Powder Bed Fusion Additive Manufacturing 3D Printing and Additive Manufacturing (2023), Eric MacDonald.
Manufacturing-oriented review on 3D printed lithium-ion batteries fabricated using material extrusion Virtual and Physical Prototyping (2023), Eric MacDonald.
Multiprocess 3D printing of sodium-ion batteries via vat photopolymerization and direct ink writing Journal of Physics: Energy (2023), Eric MacDonald.
Non-equimolar Cantor high entropy alloy fabrication using metal powder cored wire arc additive manufacturing Additive Manufacturing Letters (2023), Eric MacDonald.
Non-equimolar Cantor high entropy alloy fabrication using metal powder cored wire arc additive manufacturing Additive Manufacturing Letters (2023), Eric MacDonald.
Non-equimolar Cantor high entropy alloy fabrication using metal powder cored wire arc additive manufacturing Additive Manufacturing Letters (2023), Eric MacDonald.
Sodium-Ion Cathodes Designed for in-Situ Resource Utilization on the Moon and Mars Electrochemical Society Meeting Abstracts 243 (2023), Eric MacDonald.
The fracture properties of fiber metal laminates based on a 3D printed glass fiber composite Journal of Thermoplastic Composite Materials (2023), Eric MacDonald.
What Would Battery Manufacturing Look Like on the Moon and Mars? (2023), Eric MacDonald.
What Would Battery Manufacturing Look Like on the Moon and Mars? (2023), Eric MacDonald.
What Would Battery Manufacturing Look Like on the Moon and Mars? (2023), Eric MacDonald.
X-Ray—Radiography and Computed Tomography in Additive Manufacturing (2023), Eric MacDonald.
In-situ monitoring of powder bed fusion of polymers using laser profilometry Additive Manufacturing 59 (2022), Francesco Sillani, Eric MacDonald, Janely Villela, Manfred Schmid, Konrad Wegener.
Laser powder bed fusion (LPBF) of NiTi alloy using elemental powders: the influence of remelting on printability and microstructure Rapid Prototyping Journal 28 10 (2022), Agnieszka Chmielewska, Bartlomiej A. Wysocki, Elżbieta Gadalińska, Eric MacDonald, Bogusława Adamczyk-Cieślak, David Dean, Wojciech Świeszkowski.
A copper pyramidal fractal antenna fabricated with green-laser powder bed fusion Progress in Additive Manufacturing 7 5 (2022), Kerry Johnson, Edward Burden, Michael Shaffer, Tobias Noack, Matthias Mueller, Jason Walker, Eric MacDonald, Pedro Cortes, Joel Quintana.
Self-sensing smart products in smart manufacturing systems Manufacturing Letters 34 (2022), Juergen Lenz, Eric MacDonald, Ramy Harik, Thorsten Wuest.
Review of Computer-Aided Manufacturing (CAM) strategies for hybrid directed energy deposition Additive Manufacturing 56 (2022), Thomas Feldhausen, Lauren Heinrich, Kyle Saleeby, Alan Burl, Brian Post, Eric MacDonald, Chris Saldana, Lonnie Love.
3D-Mold'ed In-Security ACM (2022), Grant Parker, Eric MacDonald, Theo Zinner, Mark Yampolskiy.
3D Printed Dual-Band Microwave Imaging Antenna ECS Transactions 107 1 (2022), Vamsi Borra, Srikanth Itapu, Joao Garretto, Ronald Yarwood, Gina Morrison, Pedro Cortes, Eric MacDonald, Frank Li.
Fatigue performance of shelled additively manufactured parts subjected to hot isostatic pressing Additive Manufacturing 51 (2022), Anton du Plessis, Seyed M. Razavi, Di Wan, Filippo Berto, Adam Imdaadulah, Chad Beamer, James Shipley, Eric MacDonald.
3D Printed Smart Mold for Sand Casting: Monitoring Pre-Pour Binder Curing 2022 International Solid Freeform Fabrication Symposium (2022), Eric MacDonald.
3D Printing of Batteries: Fiction or Reality? 242nd ECS Meeting (October 9-13, 2022) (2022), Eric MacDonald.
4D Printed Shape Memory Polymers: Morphology and Fabrication of a Functional Antenna Recent Progress in Materials (2022), Eric MacDonald.
A Coupled Thermo-Mechanical Dynamic Characterization of Cylindrical Batteries IEEE Access 10 (2022), Khaled I. Alsharif, Alexander H. Pesch, Vamsi Borra, Frank X. Li, Pedro Cortes, Eric MacDonald, Kyosung Choo.
A Novel Modal Representation of Battery Dynamics IEEE Access 10 (2022), Khaled I. Alsharif, Alexander H. Pesch, Vamsi Borra, Frank X. Li, Pedro Cortes, Eric MacDonald, Kyosung Choo.
Additive manufacturing of LiNi1/3Mn1/3Co1/3O2 battery electrode material via vat photopolymerization precursor approach SCIENTIFIC REPORTS 12 1 (2022), Ana C. Martinez, Alexis Maurel, Ana P. Aranzola, Sylvie Grugeon, Stephane Panier, Loic Dupont, Jose A. Hernandez Viezcas, Bhargavi Mummareddy, Beth L. Armstrong, Pedro Cortes, Sreeprasad T. Sreenivasan, Eric MacDonald.
High-Temperature Additively Manufactured C-Band Antennas Using Material Jetting of Zirconia and Micro-Dispending of Platinum Paste IEEE Open Journal of Antennas and Propagation 3 (2022), Carlos R. Mejias-Morillo, Jayaprakash B. Shivakumar, Seng L. Yu, Blake Roberts, Pedro Cortes, Eric MacDonald, Anton V. Polotai, Eduardo A. Rojas-Nastrucci.
Printing 3D Electronics for Robotics Springer International Publishing (2022), Eric MacDonald.
Wireless Ventilation Measurement in 3D Printed Sand Molds International Journal of Metalcasting 16 1 (2022), Brian Vuksanovich, Callan Herberger, Dean Jaric, Timothy Daugherty, Mike Clancy, Stephanie Gaffney, Rich Lonardo, Richard Huff, Jason Walker, Pedro Cortes, Sairam Ravi, Jerry Thiel, Eric MacDonald.
Mechanical properties of material jetted zirconia complex geometries with hot isostatic pressing Advances in Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering 3 (2021), Bhargavi Mummareddy, Dylan Negro, Vivek T. Bharambe, Yongduk Oh, Edward Burden, Magnus Ahlfors, Jae-Won Choi, Anton Du Plessis, Jacob Adams, Eric MacDonald, Pedro Cortes.
Unit cell estimation of volumetrically-varying permittivity in additively-manufactured ceramic lattices with X-ray computed tomography Materials & Design 210 (2021), Edward Burden, Yongduk Oh, Bhargavi Mummareddy, Dylan Negro, Pedro Cortes, Anton Du Plessis, Eric MacDonald, Jacob Adams, Frank Li, Roberto Rojas.
Probabilistic Machine Learning Assisted Feature-Based Qualification of DED Ti64 JOM 73 10 (2021), Soumya Nag, Yiming Zhang, Sreekar Karnati, Lee Kerwin, Alex Kitt, Eric MacDonald, Dora Cheung, Neil Johnson.
Mechanical and fatigue performance of pressurized vessels fabricated with Multi Jet Fusion™ for automotive applications Additive Manufacturing 44 (2021), Bharat Yelamanchi, Bhargavi Mummareddy, Carolyn C. Santiago, Babatunde Ojoawo, Kyle Metsger, Buck Helfferich, Jason Zapka, Francesco Sillani, Eric MacDonald, Pedro Cortes.
Productivity enhancement of laser powder bed fusion using compensated shelled geometries and hot isostatic pressing Advances in Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering 2 (2021), Anton Du Plessis, Bharat Yelamanchi, Christian Fischer, James Miller, Chad Beamer, Kirk Rogers, Pedro Cortes, Johan Els, Eric MacDonald.
Influence of Machine Parameters on the Physical Characteristics of 3D-Printed Sand Molds for Metal Casting International Journal of Metalcasting 15 2 (2021), N. Bryant, T. Frush, J. Thiel, Eric MacDonald, Justice T. Walker.
Mechanical performance of lightweight ceramic structures via binder jetting of microspheres SN Applied Sciences 3 4 (2021), Bhargavi Mummareddy, Edward Burden, Juan Carrillo, Kyle Myers, Eric MacDonald, Pedro Cortes.
3D Printed Shape Memory Polymers Produced via Direct Pellet Extrusion Micromachines 12 1 (2021), Trenton Cersoli, Alexis Cresanto, Callan Herberger, Eric MacDonald, Pedro Cortes.
A Conformal, Optimized 3D Printed Kneepad With Deformation Sensing IEEE Access 9 (2021), Andrei-Alexandru Popa, Alin Drimus, Eric MacDonald, Lars Duggen.
Measurement of Metal Velocity in Sand Casting during Mold Filling Metals 9 10 (2021), Sama, Eric MacDonald, Voigt, Manogharan.
Non-Destructive Inspection of Sacrificial 3D Sand-Printed Molds with Geometrically Complex Lattice Cavities International Journal of Metalcasting (2021), Brian Vuksanovich, Jesus Chavez, Cameron Gygi, Ryan O’Hara, Pedro Cortes, Eric MacDonald, Anton Du Plessis.
Powder Surface Roughness as Proxy for Bed Density in Powder Bed Fusion of Polymers Polymers 14 1 (2021), Francesco Sillani, Ramis Schiegg, Manfred Schmid, Eric MacDonald, Konrad Wegener.
The fracture properties of fiber metal laminates based on a 3D printed glass fiber composite Journal of Thermoplastic Composite Materials (2021), B Yelamanchi, Eric MacDonald, NG Gonzalez-Canche, JG Carrillo, P Cortes.
The Mechanical Properties of Fiber Metal Laminates Based on 3D Printed Composites Materials 13 22 (2021), Bharat Yelamanchi, Eric MacDonald, Nancy G. Gonzalez-Canche, Jose G. Carrillo, Pedro Cortes.
Thermoplastic Extrusion Additive Manufacturing of High-Performance Carbon Fiber PEEK Lattices Crystals 11 12 (2021), Carolyn C. Santiago, Bharat Yelamanchi, Jose A. Diosdado De la Peña, Jeffrey Lamb, Krzysztof Roguski, Filip Turzyński, Ron Faruqui, Kyosung Choo, Anton Du Plessis, Francesco Sillani, Eric MacDonald, Pedro Cortes.
Toward High Resolution 3D Printing of Shape-Conformable Batteries via Vat Photopolymerization: Review and Perspective IEEE Access 9 (2021), Alexis Maurel, Ana C. Martinez, Sylvie Grugeon, Stephane Panier, Loic Dupont, Pedro Cortes, Cameroun G. Sherrard, Ian Small, Sreeprasad T. Sreenivasan, Eric MacDonald.
Toward High Resolution 3D Printing of Shape-Conformable Batteries via Vat Photopolymerization: Review and Perspective IEEE Access 9 (2021), Alexis Maurel, Ana C. Martinez, Sylvie Grugeon, Stephane Panier, Loic Dupont, Pedro Cortes, Cameroun G. Sherrard, Ian Small, Sreeprasad T. Sreenivasan, Eric MacDonald.
Considering lithium-ion battery 3D-printing via thermoplastic material extrusion and polymer powder bed fusion Additive Manufacturing 37 (2021), Alexis Maurel, Matti Haukka, Eric MacDonald, Lauri Kivijärvi, Elmeri Lahtinen, Hyeonseok Kim, Michel Armand, Aurélie Cayla, Arash Jamali, Sylvie Grugeon, Loic Dupont, Stéphane Panier.
Laser powder bed fusion of AlSi10Mg: Influence of energy intensities on spatter and porosity evolution, microstructure and mechanical properties Journal of Alloys and Compounds 849 (2020), Tao Yang, Tingting Liu, Wenhe Liao, Eric MacDonald, Huiliang Wei, Changdong Zhang, Xiangyuan Chen, Kai Zhang.
Compatibility of Printed Photopolymers With Nine-Month Immersion in Common High Voltage Insulation Oils IEEE Transactions on Plasma Science 48 10 (2020), Casey Ottesen, Haylie Orozco, Elisha Converse, Brad W. Hoff, Steven C. Hayden, Sabrina S. Maestas, Craig Kief, Joseph Reneker, Eric MacDonald.
Hybrid directed energy deposition for fabricating metal structures with embedded sensors Additive Manufacturing 35 (2020), Michael Juhasz, Rico Tiedemann, Gerrit Dumstorff, Jason Walker, Anton D. Plessis, Brett Conner, Walter Lang, Eric MacDonald.
Optimizing smart manufacturing systems by extending the smart products paradigm to the beginning of life Journal of Manufacturing Systems 57 (2020), Juergen Lenz, Eric MacDonald, Ramy Harik, Thorsten Wuest.
Hot isostatic pressing in metal additive manufacturing: X-ray tomography reveals details of pore closure Additive Manufacturing 34 (2020), A. du Plessis, Eric MacDonald.
3D Printed Zirconia for UWB Stacked Conical Ring DRA IEEE (2020), Vivek T. Bharambe, Yongduk Oh, Jacob J. Adams, Dylan Negro, Eric MacDonald.
Design of a 3D Printed Gradient Index Lens Using High Permittivity Ceramic IEEE (2020), Yongduk Oh, Vivek T. Bharambe, Jacob J. Adams, Dylan Negro, Eric MacDonald.
The fracture properties of metal‐ceramic composites manufactured via stereolithography International Journal of Applied Ceramic Technology 17 2 (2020), Bhargavi Mummareddy, Michael Maravola, Eric MacDonald, Jason Walker, Brian Hetzel, Brett Conner, Pedro Cortes.
3D Printed Elastomeric Lattices With Embedded Deformation Sensing IEEE Access 8 (2020), Carolyn Carradero Santiago, Christiaan Randall-Posey, Andrei-Alexandru Popa, Lars Duggen, Brian Vuksanovich, Pedro Cortes, Eric MacDonald.
3D Printed Hybrid Flexible Electronics with Direct Light Synthesis Springer International Publishing (2020), Andrei Popa, Brian Zellers, Simon Iversen, Dillon Kennedy, Pedro Cortes, Lars Duggen, Jerome Jouffroy, Kirk Rogers, Brett Conner, Eric MacDonald.
Corrections to “3D Printed Elastomeric Lattices With Embedded Deformation Sensing” IEEE Access 8 (2020), Carolyn C. Santiago, Christiaan Randall-Posey, Andrei-Alexandru Popa, Lars Duggen, Brian Vuksanovich, Pedro Cortes, Eric MacDonald.
Data-driven Context Awareness of Smart Products in Discrete Smart Manufacturing Systems Procedia Manufacturing 52 (2020), Juergen Lenz, Valerio Pelosi, Marco Taisch, Eric MacDonald, Thorsten Wuest.
Economies of complexity of 3D printed sand molds for casting Solid Freeform Fabrication 2018: Proceedings of the 29th Annual International Solid Freeform Fabrication Symposium - An Additive Manufacturing Conference, SFF 2018 (2020), Eric MacDonald.
Hybrid directed energy deposition for fabricating metal structures with embedded sensors for the oil and gas industry Proceedings of the Annual Offshore Technology Conference (2020), Eric MacDonald.
Low cost, high speed stereovision for spatter tracking in laser powder bed fusion Solid Freeform Fabrication 2018: Proceedings of the 29th Annual International Solid Freeform Fabrication Symposium - An Additive Manufacturing Conference, SFF 2018 (2020), Eric MacDonald.
Statistical analysis of spatter velocity with high-speed stereovision in laser powder bed fusion Progress in Additive Manufacturing 4 4 (2019), Christopher Barrett, Carolyn Carradero, Evan Harris, Kirk Rogers, Eric MacDonald, Brett Conner.
Folding behavior of thermoplastic hinges fabricated with polymer extrusion additive manufacturing The International Journal of Advanced Manufacturing Technology 105 1-4 (2019), Cesar O. Balderrama-Armendariz, Eric MacDonald, David A. Roberson, Leopoldo Ruiz-Huerta, Aide Maldonado-Macias, Esdras Valadez-Gutierrez, Alberto Caballero-Ruiz, David Espalin.
Heat retention modeling of large area additive manufacturing Additive Manufacturing 28 (2019), Kyosung Choo, Brian Friedrich, Tim Daugherty, Austin Schmidt, Clark Patterson, Martin A. Abraham, Brett Conner, Kirk Rogers, Pedro Cortes, Eric MacDonald.
A Novel Encryption Methodology with Prime Factorization through Reversible Logic Gates IEEE (2019), Patrick J. Bollinger, Frank X. Li, Eric MacDonald.
Microwave dielectric properties of zirconia fabricated using NanoParticle Jetting™ Additive Manufacturing 27 (2019), Yongduk Oh, Vivek Bharambe, Bhargavi Mummareddy, John Martin, Jeremy McKnight, Martin A. Abraham, Jason M. Walker, Kirk Rogers, Brett Conner, Pedro Cortes, Eric MacDonald, Jacob J. Adams.
Real-time process monitoring of core shifts during metal casting with wireless sensing and 3D sand printing Additive Manufacturing 27 (2019), Jason M. Walker, Andrew Prokop, Charles Lynagh, Brian Vuksanovich, Brett Conner, Kirk Rogers, Jerry Thiel, Eric MacDonald.
Production of Low Coefficient of Thermal Expansion Composite Tooling Manufactured Via 3D Printing SAMPE (2019), Pedro Cortes, Michael Maravola, Brett Conner, Stephen Szaruga, Brian Hetzel, Eric MacDonald.
The influence of process parameters on vertical surface roughness of the AlSi10Mg parts fabricated by selective laser melting Journal of Materials Processing Technology 266 (2019), Tao Yang, Tingting Liu, Wenhe Liao, Eric MacDonald, Huiliang Wei, Xiangyuan Chen, Liyi Jiang.
Digital Manufacturing of Pathologically-Complex 3D Printed Antennas IEEE Access 7 (2019), Kerry Johnson, Michael Zemba, Brett P. Conner, Jason Walker, Edward Burden, Kirk Rogers, Kevin R. Cwiok, Eric MacDonald, Pedro Cortes.
Folding behavior of thermoplastic hinges fabricated with polymer extrusion additive manufacturing (2019), Cesar O. Balderrama-Armendariz, Eric MacDonald, David A. Roberson, Leopoldo Ruiz-Huerta, Aide Maldonado-Macias, Esdras Valadez-Gutierrez, Alberto Caballero-Ruiz, David Espalin.

Presentations

Opportunities in 3D Printed Electronics (2024), Volume Manhattan, Eric MacDonald.
3D Printing of Batteries from Lunar and Martian Regolith (2022), Volume Austin, Alexis Maurel, Ana Cristina Martinez Maciel , Ana Aranzola , E Schiaffino , Sreeprasad T. Sreenivasan, Eric MacDonald.

Grants

No info available.

Current/Future Courses

Term	Course	Section
Spring 2025	MECH 6398 - Dissertation I	23885
Spring 2025	MECH 6399 - Dissertation II	23475
Spring 2025	MECH 6396 - Doctoral Research	23040
Spring 2025	MECH 6396 - Doctoral Research	23241
Spring 2025	MECH 6396 - Doctoral Research	23245
Spring 2025	MECH 2342 - Electro Mechanical Systems	22929
Spring 2025	MECH 5396 - Graduate Projects	26171
Spring 2025	ECE 6694 - Graduate Research	26514
Spring 2025	MECH 5391 - Individual Studies	24055
Spring 2025	MECH 5391 - Individual Studies	26525
Spring 2025	MECH 5399 - Thesis	24518
Spring 2025	RSRC 4033 - Undergraduate Research	22125
Fall 2024	ECE 6398 - Dissertation	15795
Fall 2024	ECE 6399 - Dissertation	17593
Fall 2024	MECH 6398 - Dissertation I	14140
Fall 2024	MECH 6399 - Dissertation II	14158
Fall 2024	MECH 6396 - Doctoral Research	12331
Fall 2024	MECH 6396 - Doctoral Research	12332
Fall 2024	MECH 6396 - Doctoral Research	13406
Fall 2024	MECH 2342 - Electro Mechanical Systems	12544
Fall 2024	MECH 5396 - Graduate Projects	16101
Fall 2024	ECE 6694 - Graduate Research	15794
Fall 2024	MECH 5391 - Individual Studies	14058
Fall 2024	MECH 5398 - Thesis	14075
Fall 2024	MECH 5398 - Thesis	14079
Fall 2024	MECH 5399 - Thesis	14098
Fall 2024	RSRC 4033 - Undergraduate Research	11778

Past Courses

Select Term:

Term	Course	Section	Syllabus
Spring 2025	MECH 2342 - Electro Mechanical Systems	22929
Spring 2025	RSRC 4033 - Undergraduate Research	22125
Summer 2024	ECE 6398 - Dissertation	34132
Summer 2024	MECH 6398 - Dissertation I	32748
Summer 2024	MECH 6396 - Doctoral Research	32939
Summer 2024	MECH 5391 - Individual Studies	31987
Summer 2024	RSRC 4033 - Undergraduate Research	31259
Spring 2024	MECH 6398 - Dissertation I	24463
Spring 2024	MECH 6396 - Doctoral Research	24665
Spring 2024	MECH 6396 - Doctoral Research	24666
Spring 2024	MECH 6396 - Doctoral Research	28141
Spring 2024	MECH 2342 - Electro Mechanical Systems	26471	Syllabus
Spring 2024	MECH 5396 - Graduate Projects	27812
Spring 2024	ECE 6694 - Graduate Research	28258
Spring 2024	MECH 5391 - Individual Studies	24687
Spring 2024	MECH 5391 - Individual Studies	28269
Spring 2024	RSRC 4033 - Undergraduate Research	22369
Fall 2023	MECH 6398 - Dissertation I	15026
Fall 2023	MECH 6396 - Doctoral Research	13604
Fall 2023	MECH 6396 - Doctoral Research	15141
Fall 2023	MECH 6396 - Doctoral Research	15142
Fall 2023	MECH 2342 - Electro Mechanical Systems	11176	Syllabus
Fall 2023	MECH 5396 - Graduate Projects	17739
Fall 2023	ECE 6694 - Graduate Research	17345
Fall 2023	RSRC 4033 - Undergraduate Research	12085
Summer 2023	BME 6399 - Dissertation	32169
Summer 2023	EE 6394 - Graduate Research	35522
Spring 2023	MECH 6396 - Doctoral Research	23484
Spring 2023	EE 6394 - Graduate Research	25411
Spring 2023	RSRC 4033 - Undergraduate Research	22587
Fall 2022	EE 6394 - Graduate Research	13245
Fall 2022	MASE 6394 - Graduate Research Projects	10205
Fall 2022	MECH 5391 - Individual Studies	19470
Fall 2022	RSRC 4033 - Undergraduate Research	13911
Summer 2022	RSRC 4033 - Undergraduate Research	32746
Spring 2022	MECH 6396 - Doctoral Research	28063
Spring 2022	MECH 6396 - Doctoral Research	28064
Spring 2022	MECH 6396 - Doctoral Research	28090
Spring 2022	MECH 2342 - Electro Mechanical Systems	25213
Spring 2022	EE 6394 - Graduate Research	28036
Spring 2022	MECH 5399 - Thesis	29603
Spring 2022	RSRC 4033 - Undergraduate Research	23424
Fall 2021	MECH 6396 - Doctoral Research	16075
Fall 2021	MECH 6396 - Doctoral Research	17768
Fall 2021	EE 6294 - Graduate Research	20037
Fall 2021	MECH 5391 - Individual Studies	19715
Fall 2021	MECH 5399 - Thesis	19718
Summer 2021	MECH 6396 - Doctoral Research	33775
Summer 2021	EE 6394 - Graduate Research	36392
Summer 2021	MECH 5398 - Thesis	36379
Spring 2021	MECH 6396 - Doctoral Research	26038
Spring 2021	EE 6394 - Graduate Research	29502
Fall 2020	MECH 6396 - Doctoral Research	18121
Fall 2020	MECH 5351 - Intro to 3D Eng & Additive Mfg	17774
Spring 2017	EE 4371 - Engineering Problems Seminar	28824

Course Evaluations

Term	Course	Section	Evaluation
Spring 2024	MECH 2342 - Electro Mechanical Systems	26471	Evaluation
Fall 2023	MECH 2342 - Electro Mechanical Systems	11176	Evaluation
Spring 2022	MECH 2342 - Electro Mechanical Systems	25213	Evaluation
Fall 2020	MECH 5351 - Intro to 3D Eng & Additive Mfg	17774	Evaluation

Bio

Awards and Honors

Joint Faculty Appointment - Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Department of Energy (11/10/2021)
Chilean Conocyt, Visiting Scholar at Universidad Santa Mariá - Chilean Government (06/01/2015-06/30/2015)
Literati Network Award For Excellence 2013 - Emerald Publishing (05/01/2013-05/31/2013)
ECE Department Award - Up and Coming Researcher - ECE Department (09/01/2010)
Manuel Izquierdo Award for Teaching - ECE Department (09/01/2010)
Recognition for Obtaining External Funding for Research - Office of Research and Sponsored Projects (05/01/2010)
DARPA Design Subthreshold Logic Design Contest - DARPA (03/01/2010-03/31/2010)
NASA JPL New Technology Award (NTA) 2005 - NASA (01/01/2005-01/31/2005)
Fulbright Scholar, Fall 2011, Valpaaíso Chile - Department of State

Ph D in Electrical Engineering, The University of Texas at Austin (2002)
MS in Electrical Engineering, The University of Texas at Austin (1997)
BS in Electrical Engineering, The University of Texas at Austin (1993)

Publications

Review of in situ process monitoring for metal hybrid directed energy deposition Journal of Manufacturing Processes (2024), Eric MacDonald.
The fracture properties of fiber metal laminates based on a 3D printed glass fiber composite Journal of Thermoplastic Composite Materials 36 2 (2023), B Yelamanchi, Eric MacDonald, NG Gonzalez-Canche, JG Carrillo, Patricia Cortes.
What Would Battery Manufacturing Look Like on the Moon and Mars? ACS Energy Letters (2023), Alexis Maurel, Ana C. Martinez, Donald A. Dornbusch, William H. Huddleston, Myeong-Lok Seol, Christopher R. Henry, Jennifer M. Jones, Bharat Yelamanchi, Sina B. Chavari, Jennifer E. Edmunson, Sreeprasad T. Sreenivasan, Pedro Cortes, Eric MacDonald, Cameroun G. Sherrard.
3D Printing of Batteries from Lunar and Martian Regolith Electrochemical Society Meeting Abstracts 243 (2023), Eric MacDonald.
3D Printing of Gel Polymer Electrolytes for Sodium-Ion Batteries 243rd ECS Meeting with the 18th International Symposium on Solid Oxide Fuel Cells (SOFC-XVIII) (2023), Eric MacDonald.

Presentations

Opportunities in 3D Printed Electronics (2024), Volume Manhattan, Eric MacDonald.
3D Printing of Batteries from Lunar and Martian Regolith (2022), Volume Austin, Alexis Maurel, Ana Cristina Martinez Maciel , Ana Aranzola , E Schiaffino , Sreeprasad T. Sreenivasan, Eric MacDonald.

No info available.

Current/Future Courses

Term

Spring 2025

Course

MECH 6398 - Dissertation I

Section

23885

Syllabus

Term

Spring 2025

Course

MECH 6399 - Dissertation II

Section

23475

Syllabus

Term

Spring 2025

Course

MECH 6396 - Doctoral Research

Section

23040

Syllabus

Term

Spring 2025

Course

MECH 6396 - Doctoral Research

Section

23241

Syllabus

Term

Spring 2025

Course

MECH 6396 - Doctoral Research

Section

23245

Syllabus

Term

Spring 2025

Course

MECH 2342 - Electro Mechanical Systems

Section

22929

Syllabus

Term

Spring 2025

Course

MECH 5396 - Graduate Projects

Section

26171

Syllabus

Term

Spring 2025

Course

ECE 6694 - Graduate Research

Section

26514

Syllabus

Term

Spring 2025

Course

MECH 5391 - Individual Studies

Section

24055

Syllabus

Term

Spring 2025

Course

MECH 5391 - Individual Studies

Section

26525

Syllabus

Term

Spring 2025

Course

MECH 5399 - Thesis

Section

24518

Syllabus

Term

Spring 2025

Course

RSRC 4033 - Undergraduate Research

Section

22125

Syllabus

Term

Fall 2024

Course

ECE 6398 - Dissertation

Section

15795

Syllabus

Term

Fall 2024

Course

ECE 6399 - Dissertation

Section

17593

Syllabus

Term

Fall 2024

Course

MECH 6398 - Dissertation I

Section

14140

Syllabus

Term

Fall 2024

Course

MECH 6399 - Dissertation II

Section

14158

Syllabus

Term

Fall 2024

Course

MECH 6396 - Doctoral Research

Section

12331

Syllabus

Term

Fall 2024

Course

MECH 6396 - Doctoral Research

Section

12332

Syllabus

Term

Fall 2024

Course

MECH 6396 - Doctoral Research

Section

13406

Syllabus

Term

Fall 2024

Course

MECH 2342 - Electro Mechanical Systems

Section

12544

Syllabus

Term

Fall 2024

Course

MECH 5396 - Graduate Projects

Section

16101

Syllabus

Term

Fall 2024

Course

ECE 6694 - Graduate Research

Section

15794

Syllabus

Term

Fall 2024

Course

MECH 5391 - Individual Studies

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32748

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17768

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19715

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26038

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29502

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18121

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MECH 5351 - Intro to 3D Eng & Additive Mfg

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17774

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EE 4371 - Engineering Problems Seminar

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28824

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26471

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11176

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