page_title: Earl W. McDaniel
section_title: Education and early career
hierarchical_section_title: Earl W. McDaniel / Education and early career
caption_attribution_description: English: Plaque commemorating Earl McDaniel in the Howey Physics Building at Georgia Tech.
context_page_description: Earl W. McDaniel was a Regents Professor of Physics at the Georgia Institute of Technology and the Georgia Tech Research Institute and is most noted for his contributions to the field of ion mobility spectrometry.
context_section_description: After completing his undergraduate degree in physics at the Georgia Institute of Technology and earning his Ph.D. from the University of Michigan, Earl was recruited by Georgia Tech Research Institute director James Boyd to return to Georgia Tech as an assistant professor. He received appointments in both the School of Physics and the School of Electrical Engineering.
  Apart from his work as a physicist, Dr. McDaniel was known to be an avid reader of both fiction and classics as well as an expert on the histories of great military conflicts and battles.
caption: Plaque in the Howey Physics Building honoring McDaniel
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