Dr. McCord joined the University of Georgia College of Engineering from Georgia Tech, where she served as an instructor in the Mechanical Engineering and Bioengineering Departments.  She also has worked as a research engineer for Georgia Tech, Johnson Research and Development in Smyrna, Georgia, Remtech in Huntsville, Alabama, the U.S. Army Missile Command at Redstone Arsenal in Alabama, and Black and Veatch in Overland Park, Kansas.

“We’re trying to work I think to get the best education that we can, to share ideas, and the Engineering Education Transformation Institute is another way to try to figure out—what are the best practices and what are ways that we can improve and make our teaching better?”