Dean & American Bureau of Shipping Chair of Naval Architecture and Marine Engineering
Education
- Ph.D. Ocean Engineering, Stevens Institute, Candidate
- Masters of Business Administration, Long Island University, 2003
- M.S. Ocean Technology and Commerce, Webb Institute, 1997
- B.S. Naval Architecture and Marine Engineering, 1995
- Dean, 2015 – Present
- Professor, 2011 – 2015
- Associate Professor, 2007-2011
- Assistant Professor, 2002-2007
- Visiting Professor of Engineering, University of Michigan, 2012 – Present
- Adjunct Professor, United States Merchant Marine Academy, 2004 – 2012, 2014- 2015
- Adjunct Professor, Stevens Institute of Technology, 2012-2015
- Instructor, SNAME, Professional Engineer Review Course, 2019
- Independent Consultant NA/ME, 2002 – Present (part time)
- Naval Architect/Marine Engineer, Hiltveit Associates, Inc. 1998 – 2002
- Naval Architect/Marine Engineer, Electric Boat Corporation, 1995 – 1998
- Thesis Advisor
- Junior Thesis
- Economics
- Naval Architecture 4 – Ship Structures
- Material Science
- Ship Design 1
- Naval Architecture 1 – Introduction to Naval Architecture
- Marine Engineering 2 – Marine Engineering System Components
- Marine Engineering 5 – Auxiliary Systems Design
- Strength of Materials
- Electrical Engineering II
- Engineering Mechanics – Statics
- Programing and Applications
- Physics II
- Computer Aided Drafting
- Submarine Design
- Total Ship Design 1 (Stevens Institute)
- Total Ship Design 2 (Stevens Institute)
- Marine Engineering 2 (NA431) (University of Michigan)
- Advanced Marine Propulsion Systems (EM621) (US Merchant Marine Academy) Graduate Program)
- Marine Engineering 1 (EM200) (US Merchant Marine Academy)
- Engineering Mechanics (US Merchant Marine Academy)
- Transport Processes 1 (EM210) (US Merchant Marine Academy)
- Transport Processes 2 (EM310) (US Merchant Marine Academy)
- Sea Term Project Review (US Merchant Marine Academy)
- Coach, Webb Institute Skeet Team, 2019
- Member, Assessment and Care Team, 2016 – Present
- Contributor, Webb News, 2015 – Present
- Contributor, Webb Annual Report, 2015 – Present
- Member, Webb Institute Board of Trustees, 2013 – Present
- Member, Academic Center Design Review Committee, 2015-2019
- Sea Term Coordinator, 2010 – Present
- Director, Material Science Laboratory, 2017 – Present
- Director, Summer Engineering Academy, 2016 – Present
- Speaker, Webb Open House, 2014 – Present
- Speaker, Webb Engineering Day, 2015 – Present
- Coordinator, ABET Accreditation, 2007-2015
- Advisor, Student SNAME Section, 2002 – 2019
- Faculty Honor Committee, 2002 – 2015
- Various Faculty Committees
- Lamb, Thomas, et al. 2004, Ship Design and Construction, SNAME, Jersey City – Chapter 31: Chemical Tankers.
- Panelist: “Educators Want to Learn,” SNAME Annual Maritime Convention, Tacoma, WA, November 2019.
- Panelist: “Transformative Innovations,” ShippingInsight, Stamford, CT, October 2019.
- Presenter: “Naval Engineering Education,” ONR-NAE Study Committee Meeting, Woods Hole, MA, October 2018
- TV Show Presenter and Technical Advisor: “Impossible Engineering – US Navy’s Super Submarine,” 2016
- Presentation: “Professionalism in Engineering Education,” Frontiers of Engineering Education (FOEE), Irvine, CA, October 2014.
- Various presentations to local community groups, libraries, and schools on naval architecture and marine engineering
- Actively consulting in areas of ship design, construction, operations, and management.
- Active in SNAME leadership positions – Local Section and National.
- Regularly attend SNAME annual meetings and local section meetings.
- Member of visiting review team for Naval Architecture and Ocean Engineering Department of the United States Naval Academy, 2017.
- Webb representative on visiting team to Newport News Shipyard Apprentice School, July 2013.
- Reviewer of papers for SNAME’s Journal of Ship Production and Design.
- Consulting on NA/ME projects.
- Reviewing papers on NA/ME and related topics.
- Attended the National Academy of Engineering’s Frontiers of Engineering Education Symposium, October 2014.
- Attended the ABET Commission Summit and Annual Meeting in October 2006.
- Attended MSCHE Institute, “Taking the Next Step,” University of Delaware, January 2007.
- Attended Engineering Reasoning: Critical Thinking in Engineering Conference, February 2008.
- Attended the ONR-NSF sponsored faculty development workshop on Electric Energy Systems, University of Minnesota, June 2010.
- Attended the National Effective Teaching Institute, 2003.
- Attended SNAME sponsored ABET Program Evaluator training in October of 2002.
- Attending lectures and courses for professional development hours necessary to maintain NYS PE License.
- Licensed Professional Engineer, New York
- Society of Naval Architects and Marine Engineers
- SNAME PE Review Course Instructor – 2019 – Present
- SNAME Junior Regional Vice President – 2019 – Present
- SNAME Awards Committee – Member
- SNAME Nominating Committee – Member
- SNAME Education Committee – Member, Chairman
- SNAME New York Metropolitan Section
- Chair 2013-2014
- Vice Chair 2012-2013
- Secretary 2011-2012
- Treasurer 2010-2011
- Electronic Media Coordinator 2009-2010
- Cayman Islands Summer NA/ME Program Director – 2017 – 2018
- Cayman Islands Sea Perch Judge – 2018
- Naval Engineering Education Consortium (NEEC) – Primary Investigator
- Webb Alumni Association Historian
- Travel Soccer Coach