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| Robert H. Mayer, Ph.D. |
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Professor
NA&OE Department Chairman |
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Contact
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Department of
Naval Architecture & Ocean Engineering
US Naval Academy, Mail Stop 11d
590 Holloway Road
Annapolis, MD 21402-5042
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410-293-6421 |
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410-293-2219 |
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mayer@usna.edu |
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Rickover 342A |
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| Education |
Doctor of Philosophy, Applied Science, University of Delaware, 1982
Master of Civil Engineering, University of Delaware, 1969
Bachelor of Civil Engineering, University of Delaware, 1967 |
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| Career Information |
Dr. Mayer is presently a professor of ocean engineering in the NA&OE Department of USNA. He primarily teaches senior-level courses in ocean engineering design, marine environmental engineering, and engineering decision making. He previously served as Program Director of Ocean Engineering (1994-1996) and as Faculty Representative to the Academy's varsity baseball program (1993-1996).
Before joining the faculty at USNA, Dr. Mayer was an Assistant Professor in the Department of Civil, Environmental and Architectural Engineering at the University of Colorado, Boulder Campus. He also served in the Civil Engineer Corps of the U.S. Navy (1971-1978), and in the U.S. Naval Reserve (from 1978-1989.) While on active duty, he was Resident Officer in Charge of Construction for the Navy's East Coast Air Combat Maneuvering Range that involved installation of four offshore towers. Also, as Assistant Officer in Charge of Underwater Construction Team One, he was involved in underwater cable repairs and installations, fuel terminal moorings and pipeline installations, and numerous underwater facility inspections. He is a qualified Navy Ship Salvage Diving Officer.
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| Teaching Interests |
Professor Mayer has developed and taught many of the Ocean Engineering Program’s design and elective courses including Ocean Environmental Engineering (EN411), Ocean Resources Engineering (EN412), Design of Foundations for Marine Structures (EN440), Ocean Engineering Design I (EN461) and Ocean Engineering Design II (EN462). He is currently offering a new course, Project Management for Ocean Engineers (EN486A). He has also served as the NA&OE Department’s research program coordinator (RPC) and is currently serving as mentor on two independent student research projects (EN496). |
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| Research Interests |
Dr. Mayer's research interests relate to the application of statistics, operations research and risk analysis methods to the management, engineering design, and construction of ocean engineering systems. His applied research efforts reflect the discipline in which he has worked and now teaches. That is, his research has been multi-faceted dealing with alternative energy sources, coastal wetlands, coral reefs, navigation channel design and maintenance, pipeline installations, underwater inspection strategies, waste remediation, and more. Most significant, he and his colleagues completed a three-year study involving the "Investigation and Integration of Technical, Operational and Economic Issues Affecting Navigation Channel Design and Maintenance," that was funded by the Institute of Water Resources, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers. Recently, he was an invited speaker at a workshop exploring alternative energy opportunities for American Samoa, sponsored by DOE. Currently, he is part of an ONR-sponsored research team developing innovative design methods for small ships operating in a littoral environment.
Representative publications include:
"Optimal Plans from Optimal Costs for Maintenance Dredging Operations," Proceedings of Dredging '02, ASCE, Orlando, FL, May 2002.
"Design & Maintenance of Deep-Draft Navigation Channels - A Comparison of Current Practice with U.S. and International Guidance," Sponsored Research Report, 2001.
"Design & Maintenance of Deep-Draft Navigation Channels - An Overview of Current Practice with an Annotated Bibliography," Sponsored Research Report, 2000.
"Renewable Energy Source for Diego Garcia," Proceedings of Oceans `98, IEEE, Nice FR, Oct. 1998.
Dr. Mayer is also co-author of the text, Quantitative Construction Management: Uses of Linear Optimization, John Wiley & Sons, New York, N.Y., 1983; and, he was instrumental in developing (and presenting) the joint USNA-USACE Workshop, "Deep Draft Channel Design for Planners & Economists," Annapolis, MD, Jun. 2001. |
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| Awards |
Navy Meritorious Civilian Service Award, for meritorious service in the Naval Architecture, Ocean and Marine Engineering Department, USNA, from Jan. 1983-May 1995.
Navy Commendation Medal for meritorious service as Resident Officer in Charge of Construction, East Coast Air Combat Maneuvering Range Towers, a $13M Military Construction Project, for the period Jan. 1977 - Sep. 1977.
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| Professional Activities |
Member, COPRI (Coastal, Ocean, Ports & Rivers Institute), of the American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE)
Member, American Society for Engineering Education (ASEE), 1986-present
Chair, Ocean & Marine Engineering Division, ASEE, Jun '96-present |
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| Personal Interests |
Sunday School Teacher and Member, Severna Park Evangelical Presbyterian Church, Pasadena, MD, 1985-present.
Past member of "Caring and Sharing," a cancer support group, Pasadena, MD; and CANSURMOUNT, a volunteer program of the American Cancer Society. |
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