Calvin Mackie

Calvin Mackie (born 1967 or 1968^[1]) is an American motivational speaker and entrepreneur. He is the older brother of actor Anthony Mackie.

Calvin Mackie
Mackie in 2022
Born	1967 or 1968 (age 56–57) New Orleans, Louisiana, U.S.
Education	Morehouse College Georgia Tech
Spouse	Tracy Mackie
Children	2
Relatives	Anthony Mackie (brother)
Scientific career
Fields	Mechanical engineering
Institutions	Tulane University Louisiana Recovery Authority
Thesis	Convective instability of a solidification interface in a porous layer (1996)
Doctoral advisor	Prateen Desai Carolyn Meyers

Education

Mackie was born in New Orleans, Louisiana and graduated in 1985 from McDonogh 35 High School, the first high school for African Americans in New Orleans.^[2] In 1990, Mackie earned a B.S. in mathematics from Morehouse College and a Bachelor of Mechanical Engineering from Georgia Tech through a dual-degree program. He also completed a M.S. in 1992 and a Ph.D. in 1996, both in mechanical engineering.

Career

Academia

Following graduation Mackie joined the faculty at Tulane University where he continued to pursue research related to heat transfer, fluid dynamics, energy efficiency and renewable energy until the Engineering Program was discontinued in 2006.^[3] In 2002, Mackie was promoted to Associate Professor with tenure. He has published numerous peer-reviewed articles and successfully competed for federal, state and private funding.

In 2004–2005, Mackie was a visiting professor in the Department of Chemical Engineering at the University of Michigan. He is a member of Phi Beta Kappa, Pi Tau Sigma and Tau Beta Pi National Honor Societies, and a Lifetime Member of the National Society of Black Engineers.

Mackie has also worked as a professional speaker. In 1992, he co-founded Channel ZerO, an educational and motivational consulting company; he has presented to civic and educational institutions, and Fortune 500 corporations.

Louisiana Recovery Authority

Louisiana Governor Kathleen Blanco appointed Mackie to the Louisiana Recovery Authority (LRA),^[4] the guiding agency to lead the state's rebuilding efforts following the catastrophic 2005 Hurricanes Katrina and Rita. As an ambassador of the LRA and a guest of the U.S. Embassy, he traveled to the country of Kuwait and appeared on Good Morning Kuwait and in international Arab newspapers.^[5] As a resident of pre- and post-Katrina New Orleans, Mackie has also been featured on HBO as a commentator on Spike Lee's documentary on the Katrina disaster When The Levees Broke: A Requiem in Four Parts. He has also appeared on national and local news shows talking about Katrina, including the PBS News Hour with Jim Lehrer,^[6] and the Tom Joyner Morning Show.

Patents and publications

In November 1999, Mackie and Benjamin Hall Thomas received a patent (#US5988565A) on a device to retrofit luggage stowbins on 737 and 757 Boeing commercial airliners.^[7][8]

Partial bibliography

• Mackie, Calvin (March 2001). "Semi-analytic Solutions for Freezing Induced by Evaporative Cooling". International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer. 44 (6): 1161–1170. Bibcode:2001IJHMT..44.1161H. doi:10.1016/S0017-9310(00)00154-X.
• Mackie, Calvin (August 2001). "Effect of Environmental Phase Characteristics on the Discharge of a Thermal Storage System". Journal of Solar Energy Engineering.
• Mackie, Calvin (June 29, 1999). "Convective Stability of a Particle-laden Fluid System in the Presence of Solidification". International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer. 43 (9): 1617–1627. doi:10.1016/S0017-9310(99)00226-4.^{[dead link]}
• Mackie, Calvin (November 2005). A View from the Roof: Lessons for Life and Business. Boston, Massachusetts: Acanthus Publishing. ISBN 978-0-9754810-3-5.

Awards

• 2003 Presidential Award for Excellence in Science, Mathematics and Engineering Mentoring^[9]
• 2003 National Title - "One Distinguished Graduate for Louisiana"^{[citation needed]}
• 2002 Black Engineer of the Year Award for College Level Educator^[10]
• 2002 New Orleans Data News Weekly Trailblazer Award^{[citation needed]}
• Pi Tau Sigma/ASME Excellence in Teaching Award in Mechanical Engineering for 2000 and 2002^{[citation needed]}

References

1. Lee, Felicia R. (August 3, 2006). "Agony of New Orleans, Through Spike Lee's Eyes". The New York Times. Archived from the original on August 28, 2017. Retrieved August 27, 2017. Mr. Mackie, 38, a professor of engineering at Tulane, ...
2. Woyshner, Christine; Bohan, Chara Haeussler (September 6, 2012). Histories of Social Studies and Race: 1865-2000. Palgrave Macmillan. p. 11. ISBN 978-1-137-00754-4.
3. "Tulane University Department of Mechanical Engineering". Tulane University. Archived from the original on February 19, 2006. Retrieved February 26, 2018.
4. "Louisiana Recovery Authority". State of Louisiana. Archived from the original on October 28, 2005. Retrieved January 30, 2007.
5. Sadeqi, Sharooq (April 18, 2006). "New Orleans visitor expresses gratitude to Kuwait". Kuwait News Agency (KUNA). Archived from the original on December 10, 2006. Retrieved January 30, 2007.
6. "President Bush Visits Gulf Coast for Katrina Anniversary". PBS.org. August 28, 2006. Archived from the original on January 9, 2014. Retrieved January 30, 2007.
7. Thomas, Benjamin Hall; Mackie, Calvin (February 25, 1998). "Overhead aircraft luggage bin with safety mechanism". patents.google.com. Kingdom Builders R and D LLC.
8. Mackie, Calvin (February 25, 1998). "Overhead aircraft luggage bin with safety mechanism". United States Patent Office. Archived from the original on August 28, 2017.
9. "President Bush Honors Excellence in Science, Mathematics and Engineering Mentoring". National Science Foundation. May 6, 2004. Retrieved February 3, 2007.
10. Thompson, Garland L. (March 30, 2002). "2002 Black Engineer of the Year Awards". US Black Engineer and Information Technology. Career Communications, Inc. Archived from the original on March 12, 2016. Retrieved February 2, 2006.