Education
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Cambridge, MA
Ph.D., Ship Systems Analysis, 1970
Nav. Arch., Naval Architecture, 1968
S.M., Naval Architecture and Marine Engineering, 1967
Newcastle Upon Tyne University, England
B.Sc., Honours
Naval Architecture, 1965
Professional Experience
July 1982 – 2017
Director
Sea Grant College Program
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
1993 – present
Henry L. & Grace Doherty Professor of Ocean Science and Engineering
Department of Mechanical Engineering
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
September 1, 1994 – August 31, 2002
Department Head
Department of Ocean Engineering
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
January 1994 – June 1994
Acting Department Head
Department of Ocean Engineering
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
January 1993 – present
Henry L. & Grace Doherty Professor of
Ocean Science and Engineering
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
September 1992 – January 1993
Sabbatical
National Technical University of Athens
January 1991 – December 1993
Professor of Teaching Innovation
School of Engineering
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
April 1990 – June 1990
IPA Office of Naval Research
223 Old Marylebone Road
London NW1 5TH
July 1982 – December 1990
Professor of Naval Architecture
Department of Ocean Engineering
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
1980 – present
Associate Director, Research Coordination
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Sea Grant College Program
1974 – present
Director
Design Laboratory and Cooperative
Education Program
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
May 1985 – 1987
NAVSEA Research Professor
Department of Ocean Engineering
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
March 1986 – August 1986
Sabbatical
September 1981 – January 1982
Acting Department Head
Department of Ocean Engineering
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
July 1980 – October 1980
Gulf Research & Development Company
Houston, Texas
September 1978 – February 1979
Sabbatical
University of Newcastle Upon Tyne
England
August 1975 – January 1976
Von-Humbolt Fellowship
Ruhr University
Bochum, Germany
July 1974 – June 1982
Associate Professor of Naval Architecture
Department of Ocean Engineering
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
February 1970 – June 1974
Assistant Professor of Naval Architecture
Department of Ocean Engineering
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
June 1974 – September 1974 &
June 1973 – September 1973
Engineer, George G. Sharp, Inc.
Washington, D.C.
June 1971 – September 1971
Visiting Professor
Universidade de Sao Paulo
Escola Politecnica
September 1968 – January 1970
Instructor
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
June 1968 – October 1968
Engineer, Litton Systems, Inc.
August 1963 – September 1963
Apprentice, Hellenic Shipyards
Consultant to: (Present and Past)
NATO RTO Technical Team of AVT-226
RGS Associates, Inc.
General Electric
J.J. McMullen Associates, Inc.
Yankee Energy Corporation
Eastport International
Technomare
Noble and Denton
Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution
Conoco
Bingham, Dana and Gould
Dynamics Research Corporation
Tropic Drilling Company
Orion & Global Chartering Co., Inc.
Petrocanada
Gibbs & Cox, Inc.
Thermo Electron Co.
Kennecott Exploration, Inc.
Flow Corporation
J.J. Henry
Maritech, Inc.
Gulf Oil Company
Consorzio Venezia Nuova
CERES Terminals Incorporated
Registered Professional Engineer:
Commonwealth of Massachusetts
No. 25397
Professional Societies
Royal Institution of Naval Architects
England, Member
Society of Naval Architects and
Marine Engineers, U.S.A., Fellow
Bermuda Biological Station, Fellow
Awards
The Captain Joseph H. Linnard Prize, 1976
Best paper contributed to the Proceedings of the Society of Naval Architects and Marine Engineers
School of Engineering Professor of Teaching
Innovation – 1991-1993
Henry L. & Grace Doherty Professor of
Ocean Science and Engineering – 1993
Patents
Metals Extraction from Sea Water, U.S. Pat. 4, 293, 527, 1981, w/ D.T.
Morgan and G.J. LaRue
Lorentz Acoustic Transmitter for Underwater Communications, U.S. Pat 75053652006, 2009, w/ D. Sura, G. Karniadakis, C. Jaskolski and R. Kimball
Breaker Circuits and Related Techniques, U.S. Appl. No. 61/615,928, 2012, w/ M. Angle, C. Chryssostomidis, J. Kirtley and P. Prempraneerach (provisional)
Cruises
Nisyros Expedition, Greece, Chief Scientist, June 2001
Barati, Expedition, Italy, MIT AUV Lab Team Leader, August 2001
Argentario Expedition, Italy, MIT AUV Lab, Chief Scientist, July 2002
Kythira Expedition, Greece, MIT AUV Lab, Co-Chief Scientist, June 2004