MTSU Aerospace had been nationally accredited
since 1992. The Aviation Accreditation Board International (AABI) has
accredited all five of the Aerospace concentrations!
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A federally certificated Airframe &
Powerplant (A&P) technician with an Inspection Authorization,
Joe is a U.S. Army veteran and served as a CH-47 Chinook
helicopter Flight Engineer with the 101st Airborne Division. His
military awards include Army Air Crewman wings along with the
Good Conduct and Army Commendation Medals. Joe earned both his
Bachelor of Science in Aviation Maintenance Management and
Master of Aerospace Education degrees from Middle Tennessee
State University.
Joe began his civilian aviation career with Stevens Aviation in
South Carolina transferring to Nashville. At Stevens, Joe was
responsible for the inspection and repair of general
aviation/corporate class fixed wing aircraft and helicopters. In
1991, Joe became the Chief Aviation Maintenance Technician for
the State of Tennessee, Department of Transportation. His
training and repair experiences include Sikorsky and Bell
helicopters, Beechjet, Citation and Lear business jets, King
Air, MU2 and Twin Commander series turboprops and 1900 series
commuter aircraft.
In 2001, Joe was selected as the Federal Aviation
Administration’s Nashville Flight Standards District Office
Aviation Safety Counselor of the Year. In 2003, he received the
National Business Aviation Association’s Aviation Maintenance
Technician Safety Award for over 25 years of aircraft
maintenance operations without an accident or serious injury to
aircraft, crewmembers, or passengers. In 2005, he was selected
as the Tennessee Aviation Maintenance Technician of the Year. In
March of 2006, Joe was the first Tennessean ever awarded the
Federal Aviation Administration’s National Aviation Maintenance
Technician of the Year. Also in 2006, Joe was the recipient of
the Professional Aviation Maintenance Association’s prestigious
Award of Merit.
Joe is a member of several professional aerospace organizations
and institutes: the Maintenance Technology Society, Association
for Women in Aviation Maintenance, Civil Air Patrol,
Experimental Aircraft Association and the Professional Aviation
Maintenance Association. He is also an Aviation Safety Counselor
with the Nashville Flight Standards District Office.
MTSU Aerospace had been nationally accredited
since 1992. The Aviation Accreditation Board International (AABI) has
accredited all five of the Aerospace concentrations!
