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Academics

Legacy ID
19

Professor Brian J. Leonard

Assistant Professor, Marine EngineeringYear Started

1990

EducationM.S. Information Technology, Southern New Hampshire UniversityM.S. Instructional Technology, New York Institute of TechnologyB.S. Occupational Education, Southern Illinois UniversityTeaching InterestsComputersMicrosoft...

CDR Lance W. Klein

Associate Professor, Marine EngineeringYear Started

2002

EducationBachelor of Engineering, SUNY Maritime College, 1987Masters of Transportation Management, SUNY Maritime College, 2003Chief Engineer; Steam, Diesel and Gas Turbine unlimited horsepower

Instructional Technology

The Academy boast nearly two dozen electronic classrooms, and has been retrofitting conventional facilities at the rate of five classrooms per year.   The basic configuration for an e-classroom includes a dedicated lectern, computer, digital document camera, and a LCD digital projector...

Overview of Learning Resources

Since its inception in the 1940's, the United States Merchant Marine Academy has fostered a tradition of balancing a theoretical education in the classroom with practical, hands-on training in labs and at sea.  In the 1950's and 1960's, classroom instruction was delivered through books and...

Joseph Kass

Welding Instructor/Technician, Marine EngineeringYear Started

1977

Education A.A.S. Mechanical technology CUNYTeaching InterestsMaterial scienceStrength of materialsWelding processes

CAPT Peter Kahl

Associate Professor, Marine EngineeringYear Started

2010

EducationM.B.A. Management Science Hofstra UniversityB.S. US Merchant Marine Academy

John C. Jaeger

Instructor, Marine EngineeringYear Started

2011

EducationUSCG Machinery Technician 1st ClassUSCG Cutter manUSCG Sea MarshallTeaching InterestsMarine Engineering / Diesel

Dr. Nagy Hussein

Professor, Marine EngineeringYear Started

2007

EducationPhD Mechanical Engineering, Catholic University of AmericaM.E. Mechanical/Nuclear Engineering, Howard UniversityB.S. Mechanical Engineering(Power Generation),Suez Canal UniversityTeaching InterestsThermodynamicsHeat TransferFluid...

Applications for the Class of 2030 open on 1 May 2025