In addition to the formal courses, all students attend the Monday Lecture Series, these lectures are given by speakers on a wide variety of topics-some technical, but many on quality of life, historical, or current events topics. The Monday lecture series is designed to expand Webb students’ education in both technical and non-technical subject areas. View our current lecture schedule and watch past lectures below.

Also, once or twice a year, a formal, evening lecture of the Zeien Lectures Series is presented.

If you have a suggestion for a Monday lecture or would like to present one, please contact Dean Matthew Werner at mwerner@webb.edu.

Spring 2021 Lecture Schedule

Date	Subject	Speaker
Mar. 1	Welcome Back	President Michel, Dean Werner, Lauren Carballo
Mar. 8	The Character of Truly Liberal Education (VIDEO BELOW)	Dr. Shawn Welnak, LIUPost
Mar. 15	A Journey of Hope: The Irish in New York	Dr. Tara Rider, Stony Brook University
Mar. 29	Anthropometric Impacts on the Marine Environment	Jeffrey Burt
Apr. 5	Integration of CFD Tools in the Hydrodynamic Design and Analysis of Marine Vehicles	Dr. Stefano Brizzolara, Associate Professor at Virginia Tech
Apr. 12	The Harlem Hellfighters: Bigotry, Bravery, and Jazz	Professor Richard Harris
Apr. 19	Biomimetic Engineering: Marine Technology from Whales	Dr. Frank E. Fish, Professor of Biology Liquid Life Laboratory, Department of Biology, West Chester University
Apr. 26	USCG LILAC Renovation: Developing a Plan to Carry Passengers on a Historic Lighthouse Tender / Simulated Optimization and Feasibility of a Thermoacoustic Engine in the Marine Environment	Ian Cosic & Cross Weeks / Dillon Esposito-Kelly & Bret Sharman
May 3	Design and Testing of Navigation Software for a Small Autonomous Surface Vessel / Metaheuristic Algorithms in Concept Design: Optimization of Marine Electrical Systems	Max Haland / Alex Koziol & Ben Hunt
May 10	A Preliminary Design of a Low-Budget Hospital Ship for Epidemic/Pandemic Rapid Response / Airport Ferries: Feasibility Study and Concept Design of a New York Airport Ferry	Shannon Lui / Dan Desio & Lina Tenenbaum
May 17	Ride the Wind: A Seakeeping Study of the Gyroscopic Effect of the Wind Turbine Rotor on a Moored Tension Leg Platform / The Design and Validation of the Equations of Motion of a Point-Wave Energy Converter Buoy	Addie Lindyberg & Jackson Juska / Ryan Flanagan & Inga Johansson
May 24	An Investigation of Transom Stern Flow: An Evaluation of the Impact of Transom Radius / The Effect of Shape Change on the Added Mass Generated by an Axisymmetric Body	Oscar Como & Alec Bidwell / Jack Becker & Maggie Maguire
June 7	The Viability of Compressed Natural Gas as Fuel: The Installation and Emissions Testing of a Dual-Fuel System for an Electronically-Timed High-Speed Diesel / An Experimental Analysis of the Effect of Moonpool Recess Geometry on Added Resistance	Sean Healy & Luke Herbermann / Robert Maes & Hank Rouland