Philip VanDoren McLaughlin

Background

McLaughlin, Philip VanDoren was born on November 10, 1939 in Elizabeth, New Jersey, United States. Son of Philip VanDoren and Ruth Evans (Landis) McLaughlin.

Education

Bachelor of Science, Civil Engineering, University of Pennsylvania, 1961; Master of Science in Engineering Mechanics, University of Pennsylvania, 1964; Doctor of Philosophy in Engineering Mechanics, University of Pennsylvania, 1969.

Career

Associate engineer, Boeing-Vertol, Morton, Pennsylvania, 1962-1963; engineer II, Boeing-Vertol, Morton, Pennsylvania, 1963; research engineer, Scott Paper Company, Philadelphia, 1963-1965; research project engineer, Scott Paper Company, Philadelphia, 1965-1969; senior research project engineer, Scott Paper Company, Philadelphia, 1969; assistant professor theoretical and applied mechanics, University of Illinois, Urbana, 1969-1973; assistant dean engineering, University of Illinois, Urbana, 1971-1972; project manager, Materials Sciences Corporation, Blue Bell, Pennsylvania, 1973-1976; associate professor mechanic engineering, Villanova (Pennsylvania) U., 1976-1981; professor, Villanova (Pennsylvania) U., since 1981. Judge Cons. Engineers Council Illinois 1st Annual Engineering Excellence Awards Competition, 1972. Consultant Naval Air Engineering Center, Lakehurst, New Jersey, 1977-1979, United States Steel Corporation, Trenton, 1980-1982, Radio Corporation of America Corporation, Moorestown, New Jersey, 1986, Coal Tech Corporation, Merion Station, Pennsylvania, Air Products and Chemicals, Inc., Allentown, Pennsylvania, 1988, Aircraft division Naval Air Warfare Center, Patuxent River, Maryland., 1995-1996.

Visiting professor department engineering U. Cambridge, England, 1990-1991.

Achievements

• Philip VanDoren McLaughlin has been listed as a noteworthy engineering educator, consultant, researcher by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Member American Society of Civil Engineers (chairman engineering mechanics division commission on inelastic behavior1977-1979, associate editor Journal Engineering Mechanics Division 1977-1979, mem.aerospace division commission on structures and materials since 1986), American Society of Mechanical Engineers (chairman applied mechanics division Philadelphia section 1981-1983, member materials division commission on composites since 1992), American Academy Mechanics, American Society for Engineering Education, American Society Composites, Sigma Xi.

Connections

Married Phoebe Ann Feeney, August 19, 1961. Children: Philip VanDoren III, Patrick Evans, Christi Duff.

Father:

Philip VanDoren McLaughlin

Mother:

Ruth Evans (Landis) McLaughlin

Spouse:

Phoebe Ann Feeney

child:

Patrick Evans McLaughlin

child:

Philip VanDoren III McLaughlin

child:

Christi Duff McLaughlin