James K McCrary

Title
Adjunct Instructor
Email
Department
Department of Mathematics, Science and Technology
College
College of Arts & Sciences

Jim is an Associate Professor and the Physics/Astronomy Course Coordinator at the College of Southern Maryland as well as a Certified Systems Engineering Professional (CSEP).  Prior to becoming a full-time teacher he worked for Lockheed Martin and RBC, Inc. as a systems engineer supporting various domestic and international maritime surveillance aircraft programs including the P-3C and P-8A.  Prior to joining Lockheed Martin he worked for DynCorp as a software engineer maintaining and upgrading the software for the U.S. Marine Corps AV-8B Harrier aircraft flight simulators.

In addition he served 12 years in the U.S. Navy as a Naval Flight Officer and another 12 years in the U.S. Naval Reserve as an Aeronautical Engineering Duty Officer and holds a Masters Degree in Physics from the Naval Postgraduate School and a Bachelor Degree in Physics from the Virginia Military Institute.

  • M.S. - Master of Science in Physics, Naval Postgraduate School
  • B.S. - Bachelor of Science in Physics, Virginia Military Institute
  • PHYS 102: Explorations in Physics
  • PHYS 150: Physics I for Engineers
PHYS-102, PHYS-150, PHYS-160, GNED-103, MATH-106, MATH-111, MATH-112, MATH-143

INCOSE Certified Systems Engineering Professional (CSEP)

Maryland Certificate of Online Adjunct Teaching (COAT)

Professional Affiliations:

International Council on Systems Engineering (Member)

American Association of Physics Teachers (Member)