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'''Clayton Daniel Mote, Jr.''' has been the President of the University of Maryland and the Glenn L. Martin Institute Professor of Engineering since September 1998. Recruited from the University of California, Berkeley, Mote has led Maryland to national and international eminence, encouraging an environment of excellence across the University and given new impetus to the momentum generated by a talented faculty and student body and world-class research. In 1998, the University was ranked 30th among public research universities. Under his leadership, the university rose to 18th nationally within seven years (US News and World Report), and is now 37th among world universities, up from 75th in 2003 (Shanghai Jiao Tong University Institute of Higher Education).
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| title = [[President of the University of Maryland, College Park]]
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| term_end = August 2010
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|successor = [[Wallace Loh]]
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1937|02|05}}
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'''Clayton Daniel Mote Jr.''' (born February 5, 1937) is the President Emeritus of the [[National Academy of Engineering]]. He served as the president of the NAE from July 2013 to June 2019. He also served as [[President of the University of Maryland, College Park]] from September 1998 until August 2010. From 1967 to 1991, Mote was a professor in [[mechanical engineering]] at the [[University of California, Berkeley]], and served as Vice Chancellor at Berkeley from 1991 to 1998. Mote is a judge for the [[Queen Elizabeth Prize for Engineering]].
Mote’s presidency has been marked by a pursuit of excellence – in and out of the classroom; among world-class faculty and talented students; in funded research; regional, national and international partnerships; intercollegiate athletics; and service to the state. He has emphasized programs to increase access and affordability for the state’s most talented, but economically disadvantaged students.


==Academic career==
To support an aggressive growth and service mission, Mote initiated the university’s first-ever billion-dollar capital campaign, Great Expectations. This unprecedented fundraising campaign has infused the university with a strong foundation for student and faculty support and capital growth.


===University of California, Berkeley===
Under Mote, the university now leads the state in the development of its high-tech economy, especially in the information and communication, bioscience and biotechnology, and nanotechnology sectors. President Mote has greatly expanded the university's partnerships with corporate and federal laboratories and increased sponsored research to $400 million, developing particular strengths in climate change, counter-terrorism and language research. He has increased the university’s prominence in Europe and China, bringing to the University the first and largest Confucius Institute; the first Science Research Park sponsored by the People's Republic of China; a research park, The University of Maryland Enterprise Campus, M-Square, with 3 million square feet of development potential. Among M-Square’s first tenants are the Center for Advanced Study of Language, a joint venture of the University and Department of Defense, and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration's new World Weather and Climate Prediction Center. In addition, Mote spearheaded the development of the East Campus, which will offer a broad range of business, residential and mixed retail and entertainment options for the university and its neighboring communities.
Mote was born in [[San Francisco, California]] and received his bachelor's degree, masters, and doctorate degrees from the [[University of California, Berkeley]] in [[mechanical engineering]]. After a postdoctoral year in England and three years as an assistant professor at the [[Carnegie Institute of Technology]] in Pittsburgh, he returned to Berkeley to join the faculty in mechanical engineering for the next 31 years. He and his students investigated the dynamics, stability, and control of high-speed rotating and translating continua (e.g., disks, webs, tapes, and cables) as well as biomechanical problems emanating from snow skiing. He coined the area called "dynamics of axially moving materials" encompassing these systems. He has authored or co-authored over 300 [[academic publication]]s, and has mentored 58 [[Ph.D.]] students.<ref name="UMCPbio">Biography from the [http://www.president.umd.edu/about/bio.cfm Office of the President, University of Maryland]</ref> At Berkeley, he held an endowed chair in mechanical systems and served as chair of the mechanical engineering department from 1987 to 1991 when the National Research Council (NRC) ranked its graduate program effectiveness highest nationally. Because of his success at raising funds for mechanical engineering, in 1991 he was appointed vice chancellor at Berkeley expressly to create and lead a $1 billion capital campaign for the campus that ultimately reached $1.4 billion.


===University of Maryland===
Mote also led the university’s largest building boom in its history. New facilities address every aspect of university life, from the arts to recreation to classrooms and laboratories, and, in creative partnership with the private sector, new residential facilities. They include: the Jeong Kim Engineering Complex; a $20 million wing to the Smith School of Business; a state-of-the-art biosciences building; the stunning Clarice Smith Performing Arts Center; the Comcast Sports Center, a state-of-the-art sports and entertainment complex; a high-tech research greenhouse. President Mote also led the development of a new Facilities Master Plan for development in the next 20 years, which is nationally recognized for its emphasis on environmental stewardship.
In 1998, Dr. Mote was recruited to the presidency of the University of Maryland, College Park, a position he held until 2010 when he was appointed Regents Professor. His goal for the university was to elevate its self-expectation of achievement and its national and global position through proactive initiatives. During his tenure the number of Academy members among the faculty tripled, three Nobel laureates were recognized, and an accredited school of public health and a new department of bioengineering were created. He also founded a 130-acre research park next to the campus, faculty research funds increased by 150%, and partnerships with surrounding federal agencies and with international organizations expanded greatly. The number of students studying abroad tripled, and he created an annual open house day that has attracted over 100,000 visitors on that day, founded a charitable foundation for the campus whose board of trustees launched a $1 billion capital campaign that reached its goal, increased the graduation rate of all students in six year by 15-20% during his tenure and took every student to lunch that wanted to go. The Academic Ranking of World Universities ranked the campus #36 in 2010 and its Engineering School #13 globally.


===National Academy of Engineering===
Dr. Mote is a leader in the national dialogue on higher education -- competitiveness in science and technology, analysis of shifting funding models, and access and affordability issues. He has testified on major educational issues before Congress, representing the University and national higher education associations on the problem of visa barriers for international students and scholars and on deemed export control issues. His co-authorship of the National Academies landmark report, Rising Above the Gathering Storm, keyed the creation of President George W. Bush’s national American Competitiveness Initiative. Taking the challenge issued by the president of the United States, the University of Maryland convened leaders and stakeholders at a statewide Competitive Edge Summit, the first such university-driven initiative in the nation.
Mote was elected a member of the [[National Academy of Engineering]] in 1988 for analysis of the mechanics of complex dynamic systems, providing results of great practical importance in vibrations and biomechanics. He was also elected to the positions of Councillor (2002-2008), Treasurer (2009-2013), and President for six years beginning July 1, 2013. He serves as vice chair of the National Research Council (NRC) and has served on its Governing Board Executive Committee since 2009. He chaired the NRC Committee on Global Science and Technology Strategies and Their Effects on US National Security (2009-2010), co-chaired the National Academies Government-University-Industry Research Roundtable (2007-2013), and co-chaired the Committee on Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics Workforce Needs for the US Department of Defense and the US Industrial Base (2011-2012). He also served as vice chair of the NRC Committee on the Department of Defense Basic Research (2004) and on the NRC committee authoring the Rising Above the Gathering Storm reports of 2005 and 2010. He was also a founding member of the FBI's National Security Higher Education Advisory Board (2005-2010).


==Awards and memberships==
Before Maryland, Mote served on the University of California, Berkeley faculty for 31 years. As Vice Chancellor, Mote held an endowed chair in Mechanical Systems and was President of the UC Berkeley Foundation, leading a comprehensive capital campaign for Berkeley that raised $1.4 billion. He earlier served as chair of Berkeley's Department of Mechanical Engineering and led the department to its number one ranking in the National Research Council review of graduate program effectiveness.
Mote has received numerous distinctions throughout his career:<ref name="UMCPbio"/>
*[[Humboldt Prize]] from the [[Federal Republic of Germany]].
*Berkeley Citation, an award similar to the [[honorary doctorate]], from the University of California-Berkeley.
*University of California, Berkeley Distinguished Teaching Award
*University of California, Alumni Association Excellence in Achievement Award
*Distinguished Engineering Alumnus from the University of California-Berkeley.
*Member of the U.S. [[National Academy of Engineering]].
*Member of the [[American Academy of Arts and Sciences]].
*Honorary Membership and Fellow of the [[American Society of Mechanical Engineers]] International.
*Fellow of the International Academy of Wood Science.
*Fellow of [[Acoustical Society of America]].
*Fellow of [[American Association for the Advancement of Science]].
*Fellow of the [[American Academy of Mechanics]].
*2005 J. P. Den Hartog Award from the ASME International Technical Committee on Vibration and Sound to honor his lifelong contribution to the teaching and/or practice of vibration engineering.
*2005 Founders Award from the [[National Academy of Engineering]] honoring an Academy member who has upheld the ideals and principles of the Academy through achievements.
*2011 [[ASME Medal]] from the [[American Society of Mechanical Engineers]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.asme.org/about-asme/honors-awards/achievement-awards/asme-medal |title=ASME Medal |publisher=[[American Society of Mechanical Engineers]] |access-date={{Format date|2011|10|1}}}}</ref>
* Holder of four honorary doctorates and two honorary professorships
* 2020 [[Benjamin Franklin Medal (Franklin Institute)]].<ref>[https://www.fi.edu/awards Benjamin Franklin Medal 2020]</ref>
*Honorary member of [[Academia Sinica]] (2016).<ref>{{cite news |title=Clayton Daniel Mote, Jr. |url=https://academicians.sinica.edu.tw/index.php?r=academician-n%2Fshow&id=690&_lang=en |access-date=9 November 2020 |publisher=Academia Sinica}}</ref>


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President Mote's research lies in dynamic systems and biomechanics. Internationally recognized for his research on the dynamics of gyroscopic systems and the biomechanics of snow skiing, he has produced more than 300 publications, holds patents in the U.S., Norway, Finland and Sweden, and has mentored numerous doctoral students. He received the B.S., M.S. and Ph.D. in mechanical engineering from the University of California, Berkeley.


==References==
He and his wife of over 40 years, Patricia Mote, have two married children, Melissa and Adam, and four grandchildren. Patsy Mote has continued her strong support of the arts and is spokesperson for the Clarice Smith Performing Arts Center and a member of Prince George's County Arts Commission.
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==External links==
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==Reference==
*[http://www.president.umd.edu/about/bio.cfm University of Maryland biography of President Mote]


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Latest revision as of 12:51, 12 October 2023

C. Daniel Mote Jr.
Dr. C. Daniel Mote (2015)
President of the University of Maryland, College Park
In office
September 1998 – August 2010
Preceded byWilliam English Kirwan
Succeeded byWallace Loh
Personal details
Born (1937-02-05) February 5, 1937 (age 87)
San Francisco, California
Alma materUniversity of California, Berkeley
ProfessionProfessor, university administrator, academic

Clayton Daniel Mote Jr. (born February 5, 1937) is the President Emeritus of the National Academy of Engineering. He served as the president of the NAE from July 2013 to June 2019. He also served as President of the University of Maryland, College Park from September 1998 until August 2010. From 1967 to 1991, Mote was a professor in mechanical engineering at the University of California, Berkeley, and served as Vice Chancellor at Berkeley from 1991 to 1998. Mote is a judge for the Queen Elizabeth Prize for Engineering.

Academic career[edit]

University of California, Berkeley[edit]

Mote was born in San Francisco, California and received his bachelor's degree, masters, and doctorate degrees from the University of California, Berkeley in mechanical engineering. After a postdoctoral year in England and three years as an assistant professor at the Carnegie Institute of Technology in Pittsburgh, he returned to Berkeley to join the faculty in mechanical engineering for the next 31 years. He and his students investigated the dynamics, stability, and control of high-speed rotating and translating continua (e.g., disks, webs, tapes, and cables) as well as biomechanical problems emanating from snow skiing. He coined the area called "dynamics of axially moving materials" encompassing these systems. He has authored or co-authored over 300 academic publications, and has mentored 58 Ph.D. students.[1] At Berkeley, he held an endowed chair in mechanical systems and served as chair of the mechanical engineering department from 1987 to 1991 when the National Research Council (NRC) ranked its graduate program effectiveness highest nationally. Because of his success at raising funds for mechanical engineering, in 1991 he was appointed vice chancellor at Berkeley expressly to create and lead a $1 billion capital campaign for the campus that ultimately reached $1.4 billion.

University of Maryland[edit]

In 1998, Dr. Mote was recruited to the presidency of the University of Maryland, College Park, a position he held until 2010 when he was appointed Regents Professor. His goal for the university was to elevate its self-expectation of achievement and its national and global position through proactive initiatives. During his tenure the number of Academy members among the faculty tripled, three Nobel laureates were recognized, and an accredited school of public health and a new department of bioengineering were created. He also founded a 130-acre research park next to the campus, faculty research funds increased by 150%, and partnerships with surrounding federal agencies and with international organizations expanded greatly. The number of students studying abroad tripled, and he created an annual open house day that has attracted over 100,000 visitors on that day, founded a charitable foundation for the campus whose board of trustees launched a $1 billion capital campaign that reached its goal, increased the graduation rate of all students in six year by 15-20% during his tenure and took every student to lunch that wanted to go. The Academic Ranking of World Universities ranked the campus #36 in 2010 and its Engineering School #13 globally.

National Academy of Engineering[edit]

Mote was elected a member of the National Academy of Engineering in 1988 for analysis of the mechanics of complex dynamic systems, providing results of great practical importance in vibrations and biomechanics. He was also elected to the positions of Councillor (2002-2008), Treasurer (2009-2013), and President for six years beginning July 1, 2013. He serves as vice chair of the National Research Council (NRC) and has served on its Governing Board Executive Committee since 2009. He chaired the NRC Committee on Global Science and Technology Strategies and Their Effects on US National Security (2009-2010), co-chaired the National Academies Government-University-Industry Research Roundtable (2007-2013), and co-chaired the Committee on Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics Workforce Needs for the US Department of Defense and the US Industrial Base (2011-2012). He also served as vice chair of the NRC Committee on the Department of Defense Basic Research (2004) and on the NRC committee authoring the Rising Above the Gathering Storm reports of 2005 and 2010. He was also a founding member of the FBI's National Security Higher Education Advisory Board (2005-2010).

Awards and memberships[edit]

Mote has received numerous distinctions throughout his career:[1]

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References[edit]

  1. ^ a b Biography from the Office of the President, University of Maryland
  2. ^ "ASME Medal". American Society of Mechanical Engineers. Retrieved October 1, 2011.
  3. ^ Benjamin Franklin Medal 2020
  4. ^ "Clayton Daniel Mote, Jr". Academia Sinica. Retrieved 9 November 2020.

External links[edit]

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