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Dr.
Donald C. Daniel is the University of Tennessee Associate Vice President for the University of Tennessee Space Institute in Tullahoma, Tennessee. In these positions, he is
responsible for executive management of the UTSI campus and its education and
research programs. Dr. Daniel also serves as Associate Dean of Engineering for
The University of Tennessee, Knoxville.
Dr. Daniel began his professional career as a research engineer with the Boeing Company where he conducted mission analyses and digital flight simulations for the Apollo/Saturn V manned lunar landing program under contract to NASA. In 1972 he joined the Air Force Armament Laboratory at Eglin Air Force Base, where he enjoyed a variety of engineering and management assignments with progressive responsibility concluding in 1988. During this time he was also a member of the adjunct faculty of the University of Florida's Graduate Engineering Center, where he taught courses in aerodynamics. Later he served as Chief Scientist of the Arnold Engineering Development Center, the largest aerospace ground-testing complex in the world. From 1994 until 1997, Dr. Daniel was the Deputy Director of Science and Technology and Chief Scientist at Headquarters Air Force Materiel Command. From early 1997 until 1999, Dr. Daniel served as the Air Force Research Laboratory's first Executive Director where, together with the AFRL Commander (an Air Force Major General), he directed the activities of over 5,000 scientists, engineers, and staff with an annual budget in excess of $2 billion. Dr. Daniel concluded his federal career in Washington as Deputy Assistant Secretary of the Air Force (Science, Technology and Engineering).
Following his Air Force career, Dr. Daniel simultaneously served as a Principal Research Engineer with the Georgia Tech Research Institute, a Distinguished Research Professor with the National Defense University’s Center for Technology and National Security Policy in Washington DC, and Chairman of NATO’s Research and Technology Board. In his NATO position, he had executive leadership responsibilities for over 100 annual NATO technical activities involving over 3,500 scientists and engineers from among the 26 NATO nations.
Dr. Daniel earned his BS, MS and PhD degrees from the University of Florida.
He is the author of over 50 publications on subjects ranging from fundamental fluid mechanics to astrodynamics to missile aerodynamics to science and technology policy.