Background
McGeough, Joseph Anthony was born on May 29, 1940 in Stevenston, Ayrshire, Scotland.
mechanical and electrical engineering educator
McGeough, Joseph Anthony was born on May 29, 1940 in Stevenston, Ayrshire, Scotland.
A graduate of Glasgow (Bachelor of Science, 1963. Doctor of Philosophy, 1967) and Aberdeen (Doctor of Science, 1982) Universities, he gained industrial training as an undergraduate vacation apprentice for a firm of electrical contractors at Imperial Chemical Industries Nobel Division, and with Cossor Radar and Electronics, Harlow.
Following graduation he worked for International Research and Development Limited, Newcastle, as a research metallurgist. He then held research appointments as a Demonstrator and Senior Research Fellow at respectively Leicester, and Queensland and Strathclyde universities. He was a Lecturer (1972–1977), then Senior Lecturer (1977–1980) and Reader (1980-1983) in engineering at Aberdeen University, before being appointed in 1983 to the Regius Chair of Engineering at the University of Edinburgh.
While Regius Professor he also served for eight years as the Head of the Department of Mechanical Engineering.
His main field of research is manufacturing. His research outcomes are published in journals including the Proceedings of The Institution of Mechanical Engineers, Proceedings of the Royal Society, the Journal of the Institute for Mathematics and its Applications, and, latterly, in the Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery.
McGeough"s books include “Principles of Electrochemical Machining” (1974), “Advanced Methods of Machining” (1988), “Micromachining of Engineering Materials” (editor, 2001) and “The Engineering of Human Joint Replacements (2013). He is the author of the entry on "Electroforming" for the Encyclopaedia of Production Engineering (2013), and a volume editor for “Comprehensive Materials Processing" (2014).
The IMechE and the Society for Underwater Technology have awarded him prizes for his researches.
He held a Royal Society/SERC (now Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council) Industrial Fellowship between 1987-1989, and has been the director of three spin-off companies. McGeough is a Fellow of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers, the Royal Society of Edinburgh, the International Academy for Production Engineering, and the Royal Academy of Engineering. He has served as vice-president of the IMechE and chair of its Professional Publishing Board, and of its International Strategy Board.
He has held visiting appointments at the University of Naples ”Federico 2”, Monash University, Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology, and Dublin City University.
He is an Honorary Professor of Nanjing Aeronautical and Astronautical University. He was Secretary and Vice-Captain of Glasgow University Athletics, and became an Honorary Vice-President of Aberdeen University Athletics Association.
More recently he served as Chairman for Aberdeen Dyce Academy College council, and President for Edinburgh Colinton Literary Society (including its centenary year). He gives lectures on science to the community, including the National Trust for Scotland, and the Royal Society of Edinburgh.
Vice president Aberdeen University Athletic Association. Fellow Royal Society Edinburgh, Institution Mechanical Engineers (board trustees since 2004, vice president 2006-2007), Institution Electrical Engineers, Council International Academy Production Engineering.
S, Patrick Joseph and Gertrude (Darroch) McG. Married Brenda Nicholson, August 12, 1972. Children: Andrew, Elizabeth, Simon.