CDR Matt Carr, USN  

Deputy Director, Division of Engineering and Weapons

Commander Matthew A. Carr, USN, entered the submarine service upon graduation from the U.S. Naval Academy in 1981 with a Bachelors of Science in Ocean Engineering.  Following nuclear power training, he served on the submarines USS Tecumseh (SSBN-628) and USS Sunfish (SSN-649), and the submarine tender USS Simon Lake (AS-33) in a variety of engineering assignments. Shore assignments included service at the Submarine Force - Atlantic, Eastern Atlantic, and Mediterranean Operations Control Centers as a Submarine Operating Authority and Battle Staff Watch Officer. A licensed Professional Engineer with engineering design experience at a large commercial nuclear power plant, Masters degrees in Engineering Administration and in Environmental Engineering, and a PhD in Mechanical Engineering, CDR Carr is currently a Permanent Military Professor of Mechanical Engineering at the Naval Academy.