Dr. Morrison is the President and Principal Consultant of the Marietta, GA. based consulting firm, ACETS; an LLC, completing contracts with the University of Missouri, W.T. Grant Foundation, NASDVTEC Assoc., Lockheed Aeronautical Systems, and others. He has served as the Engineering Manager for University Relations, Engineering Training, Manager for the Software Engineering Retraining Program (SERP), Deputy Manager for the Software Engineering Process Department, Manager of the Lockheed Technical Institute, the Lockheed Manufacturing Institute, and Master’s Degree liaison to Georgia Tech at Lockheed Martin Aeronautics Co. He is the recipient of two Lockheed Martin Aeronautical Systems “Eagle Awards”.
Dr. Morrison served as the Chief State School Administrator for Adult, Vocational, Technical, and Industrial Education in the State of Arkansas serving as a cabinet member to the Governor of Arkansas. He has served as the Executive Director for the AMCEE Program at the Georgia Institute of Technology, and to the State of Georgia as Executive Director for the High Technology Advisory Council; reporting to the Governor of Georgia. He also served as the High Technology Coordinator for the Georgia Department of Technical and Adult Education & Department of Education.
He served in manager positions at the University of California's, Los Alamos National Laboratory and was first Director of the University of New Mexico's Instrumentation Engineering Technology Program. He is the recipient of the EPDA National Fellowship; awarded by the U.S. Department of Education, the State of New Mexico and the University of Missouri, for excellence and scholarship in Technical Education.
Dr. Morrison has been an active member of the Society of Automotive Engineers (SAE), the Society for Manufacturing Engineers (SME) and the American Society for Engineering Education (ASEE). He has served as a Director, ASEE Board Member, and Chair for a Division & Council. He is recipient of the ASEE, Joseph M. Biedenbach Distinguished Service Award. He has served as Chair of the Corporate Member Council (CMC - ASEE) as well as a member of the National Collaborative for Engineering Education Reform, & now an ASEE Fellow. He has served as an officer in Rotary International in Atlanta (GA), Little Rock (AR), and Marietta (GA).
Dr. Morrison has many publications, the most recent a text book for engineering leadership programs, “Developing effective engineering leadership” published by the IEE, London, England, and a 13 volume compendium entitled " The Evolution of Engineering Technology in the Field of Engineering Education," published by the ASEE, his research and work as a co-editor of this publication with prominent engineering educators, Dr. Joseph M. Biedenbach (USC), Dr. Anthony Tillmans (SPSU), & Dr. Jim Hales (ETSU).
Dr. Morrison has a Ph.D. from the University of Missouri in Technical Education, his Master's from Syracuse University in Communications Technology, his B.S. from the State University of New York, and an A.A.S. in Mechanical Engineering Technology, from Hudson Valley Community College, Troy, NY.