Dr. T. Dwayne McCay

Dr. T. Dwayne McCay, an aerospace engineer and academic innovator who retired in 2022 as president of Florida Institute of Technology. His career included roles at NASA’s Marshall Space Flight Center, the U.S. Air Force Rocket Propulsion Laboratory, and ARO, Inc, where he focused on material science. He earned a bachelor’s master’s and Ph.D. from Auburn University. His research areas include microgravity and low density fluid mechanics, solidification physics and laser processing of materials.