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Joseph J. McCarthy is the Provost and Senior Vice Chancellor at the University of Pittsburgh, overseeing academic strategy for over 5,900 faculty and 34,000 students across five campuses. He also holds the William Kepler Whiteford Professorship in the Swanson School of Engineering's Department of Chemical and Petroleum Engineering.
- PhD in Chemical Engineering, Northwestern University (1998)
- BS in Chemical Engineering, University of Notre Dame (1993)
McCarthy's research focuses on multi-scale and multi-phase transport phenomena, particularly in granular materials and catalyst preparation. His work integrates Discrete Element Method (DEM) simulations with multi-physics problems, including cohesive particle modeling and thermo-mechanical interactions. Publications span journals like Nature, PNAS, and Physical Review Letters, with an H-index of 32 and over 45 invited industry lectures.
Key awards include:
- CASE US Professor of the Year Nominee (2015)
- Chancellor’s Distinguished Teaching Award (2015)
- Swanson School Outstanding Educator Award (2012)
- Carnegie Science Award for Higher Education (2008)
