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Professional Preparation

Ph.D., Mechanical Engineering, University of Maryland, May 1990

M.S ., Mechanical Engineering Massachusetts Institute of Technology, June 1984

M. S., Naval Architecture and Marine Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, June 1984

B. S., Electrical Engineering University of Louisville, May 1976

Appointments

2006-Date   Senior Lecturer, University of Kentucky, Lexington, KY

1998-2004  Design Supervisor/Chief Engineer, NACCO Material Handling, Berea, KY

1993-1996  Director of Hardware Engineering, C.S. Draper Laboratory, Cambridge, MA

1987-1991  Assistant Professor, U.S. Naval Academy, Annapolis, MD

1984-1987  Submarine Repair Officer, Charleston Naval Shipyard, Charleston, SC

1980-1982  Tactical Planner, Mine Warfare Command,  Charleston, SC

1977-1980  Department Head, U.S. Navy Afloat Commands

1970-1976            US Navy Enlisted Service

Selected Publications

1. Preliminary Mechanical Redesign of An Aircraft Gas-Turbine Engine to Incorporate a High-Efficiency, Low-Pressure-Ratio, Regenerative Cycle For Marine Applications. MS Thesis, 1984, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA.
2. Conversion of Decommissioned Aircraft Gas Turbines to High Efficiency Marine Units. Journal of American Society of Mechanical Engineers, GT169, 1985, with D.G. Wilson et al.
3. Project Squid, A Lesson in Design Simplicity, OCEANS 89, Seattle, Washington, September 1989, with M.L. Nuckols.
4. Transient Pressure Fields Due to Viscous Vortex Ring Motion in Water, Ph.D. Dissertation, 1990, University of Maryland, College Park, MD.
5. Applicability of Ring Vortex Generated Pressure Gradients as a Mine Countermeasure, USNA Research Report EW-5-90, 15 March 1990.
6. A Propeller Design Process for Human-Powered Submersibles, OCEANS 90, Washington, D.C., September 1990.
7. An Analytical Model of the Floating Dry-Dock ARDM-3, Naval Engineers Journal, June 1991.
8. A Step-By-Step Propeller Design Process, Human Power, Vol.9-1, Spring 1991.
9. H-P Submarine Design Points, Human Power, Vol.10-4, Fall 1993.
10. Report of Open-Water Testing of Various Diver Propulsion Vehicles (DPVs), Project report for Analysis & Technology, Inc. contract 97-RA00X to U.S. Navy Coastal Systems Center, Panama City, Fl., July 1, 1996
11. A Systems Approach to Autonomous Underwater Vehicle (AUV) Propulsion Design, Marine Technology Society Journal, Vol. 30, No. 2, Summer 1996.