MCCOY

COL Brad McCoy, Ph.D., P.E., ENV SP

Associate Dean for Research

Academy Professor

brad.mccoy@westpoint.edu

Biography

Colonel McCoy is a 2001 graduate of the U.S. Military where he majored in civil engineering. He was commissioned an engineer officer and later spent 8.5 years as an infantry officer. He has served in a variety of assignments in engineer and infantry units with his most recent operational assignment as the Brigade Executive Officer of 2nd Armored Brigade and Commander of the Brigade’s Rear-Detachment (Dagger Mission Command Element-Riley), at Fort Riley, KS. Colonel McCoy served in the Department of Civil and Mechanical Engineering from 2011-2014 and again rejoined the faculty in 2019. As the Associate Dean for Research, he leads the Academy’s Academic Research Division and is the Dean’s lead for all research engagements while managing and synchronizing resources across the research enterprise at the Academy. LTC McCoy teaches in the Department of Civil and Mechanical Engineering and has research experience in concrete materials, construction, sustainable infrastructure development, and engineering education. He also serves on ASCE’s Committee on Sustainability and is the Chair for ASCE’s Sustainable Infrastructure Development Standard Committee.

Ongoing Research Projects

Improved Protective Structures

USACE Lock and Dam Component Design and Standardization

Sustainable Infrastructure Standards Development

Project Based Learning in Engineering Curricula

Publications & Presentations

Selected Peer-reviewed technical publications:

Blackwell, R., Evans, A., Lee, P., Panlasigui, C., Russell, D., Wells, K., Davidson, T., McCoy, B., and McCarthy, S. (2021) “Increasing Energy Resilience Across Army Installations and Communities,” Proceeding for the International Mechanical Engineering Congress and Exposition, Salt Lake City, UT, October 2021.

Callahan M., Romsland, R., McCoy, B., and McDonald, K. (2021) “Galvanic Corrosion Mitigation for MF-FRP Applications,” Proceeding for the International Mechanical Engineering Congress and Exposition, Salt Lake City, UT, October 2021.

B.C. McCoy, Z. Bourara, G.W. Lucier, R. Seracino, and M. Liu (2020). “Prestressed MF-FRP: An Experimental Study of a Rapid Retrofit Solution for Deteriorated Prestressed C-Channel Beams,” Journal of Performance of Constructed Facilities. Vol. 35, No. 1, 17 pages, doi:10.1061/(ASCE)CF.1943-5509.0001536).

B.C. McCoy, Z. Bourara, R. Seracino, and G.W. Lucier (2019). “Anchor Bolt Patterns for Mechanically-Fastened FRP Plates,” Journal for Composites in Construction. Vol. 23, No. 4, 16 pages, doi: 10.1061/(ASCE)CC.1943-5614.0000951.

B. C. McCoy, R. Seracino, G. L. Lucier, and T. W. Langerhans (2018). “DIC Strain Field Measurement of FRP Plates with and without Holes,” Proceeding for the 9th International Conference on Fiber-Reinforced Polymer Composites in Civil Engineering. Paris, France, pp. 675-683.

B. C. McCoy, R. Seracino, and M. L. Leming (2015). “Modified Layered-Sectional Analysis for Forensic Investigation,” Journal of Performance of Constructed Facilities. Vol. 29, No. 4, 11 pages, doi: 10.1061/(ASCE)CF.1943-5509.0000583.

B. C. McCoy, M. L. Leming, and R. Seracino (2014). “Crack Density and Elastic Properties of Sustainable Concretes,” ACI Materials Journal. Vol. 111, No. 1, pp. 13-21.

Selected Engineering Education Publications:

Fleaher, C., Kirk, G., Pisacane, P., Suwanakeree, D., McCoy, B., and Hill, A (2021). “Project-based Learning in a Persistent-COVID Environment,” Proceeding for the American Society of Engineering Education Annual Conference. Los Angeles, CA, July 2021.

Marshall, R., McGhee, D., Ngeme, L., Price, J., Arnett, K., Hill, A., and McCoy, B. (2021) “Teaching STEM to K-12 Students: Undergraduate Students Engaged in Engineering Pedagogical Development in a COVID-persistent Learning Environment,” Proceeding for the American Society of Engineering Education Annual Conference. Los Angeles, CA, July 2021.

Ramos, L., Yoshii, H. Beyer, K., Corliss, M., Hill, A., Arnett, K., and McCoy, B. (2021) “Design Review: A Teaching Tool for Project-Based Learning,” Proceeding for the American Society of Engineering Education Annual Conference, Los Angeles, CA, July 2021.

Bruhl, J., Barron, C., Barry, B., McCoy, B., Wambeke, B., Zifchock, B. (2021) “Shock to the System: How a Teaching and Learning Model Held up in a Global Pandemic,” Proceeding for the American Society of Engineering Education Annual Conference, Los Angeles, CA, July 2021.

J. Barron, B. McCoy, J. Bruhl, J. Case, J. Kirby (2020). “The Napkin Sketch Pilot Study: A minute paper reflection in pictorial form.” Proceeding for the 2020 ASEE Annual Conference and Exposition. Quebed, Canada [virtual conference].

Selected Invited Lectures and Featured Presentations:

B. C. McCoy. “Adequacy of Standards Used in Practice in Three Countries: Are there gaps?” Invited presenter and panel member at the ASCE, CSCE, ICE Triennial Summit [virtual] (May 2021).

B. C. McCoy. “FRP Technology Improves Prestressed Concrete Bridge Superstructure Life-Cycle,” Invited lecture given to Professional Engineers of North Carolina (PENC), Raleigh, NC, (May 2019).

B. C. McCoy. “Extending the Useful Life of Prestressed Concrete Bridges Using Mechanically-Fastened Fiber-Reinforced Polymer,” Featured presentation for NCDOT Research and Innovation Summit, Research recognized by the NC Secretary of Transportation, Greensboro, NC, (May 2019).