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Michael P. Schultz, Ph.D., P.E.

Professor Michael Schultz

Director of Ocean Engineering

Professor

 

Department of Naval Architecture & Ocean Engineering
US Naval Academy, Mail Stop 11d
590 Holloway Road
Annapolis, MD 21402-5042

Phone: 410-293-6440

Fax: 410-293-2219

E-mail: mschultz@usna.edu

Office: Rickover 355

Education:

  • Ph.D., Florida Institute of Technology, 1998
  • M.S., Ocean Engineering, Florida Institute of Technology, 1992.
  • B.S., Ocean Engineering, Florida Institute of Technology, 1990.

Professional Experience:

  • Dept of Naval Architecture and Ocean Engineering, U.S. Naval Academy, Professor, OE Program Director, 2010 – present. Associate Professor, 2004 – 2010, Assistant Professor, 2000 – 2004, Visiting Assistant Professor, 1999 – 2000.
  • Princeton University, Visiting Fellow, 2006 – 2007
  • Johns Hopkins University, Visiting Professor, 2007 – present.
  • General Electric, consultant, conduct hydrodynamic analysis of flow over complex geometries, 2009
  • University of Hawaii, consultant, design water tunnel facility, 2000,.
  • Harbor Branch Oceanographic Institution, research scientist, conduct turbulence research, 1999.

Professional Memberships and Registration

Awards

  • USNA nominee for the CASE & Carnegie Foundation U.S. Professor of the Year Award, 2011
  • Teaching Excellence Award at USNA, 2010
  • Navy Meritorious Civilian Service Medal, 2006 & 2010
  • Research Excellence Award at USNA, 2006
  • Raouf A. Raouf Award for excellence in teaching engineering at USNA, 2006
  • ASME Fluids Engineering Division’s R.T. Knapp Award for the most outstanding original paper in analytical or laboratory research, 2004 & 2011
  • Apgar Teaching Award presented for excellence in teaching for a tenure-track professor at USNA, 2004 (Honorable Mention)
  • Editorial Board Member for BiofoulingInternational Research Journal, 2003-present
  • Thesis Committee Member, Princeton University, Johns Hopkins University, University of New Hampshire
  • Panelist for Turbulence Proposal Reviews
  • Reviewer for ~20 journals in the fields of fluid mechanics and biofouling
  • Session Chair and Session Organizer for ~10 International Conferences
  • Ocean Engineering Program Director, 2010-present
  • Midshipman Research Project Day – Engineering & Weapons Rep, 2009-present

Recent Publications:

M.P. Schultz & K.A. Flack (2013), “Reynolds-Number Scaling of Turbulent Channel Flow,” submitted to Physics of Fluids.

J.A. Finlay, M.P. Schultz, G. Cone, M.E. Callow, & J.A. Callow (2013), “A Novel Biofilm Channel for Evaluating the Adhesion of Diatoms to Non-Biocidal Coatings,” revision submitted to Biofouling.

K.A. Flack, M.P. Schultz, & W.B. Rose (2012), “The Onset of Roughness Effects in the Transitionally Rough Regime,” International Journal of Heat and Fluid Flow, Vol. 35, pp. 160-167. [download pdf]

J. Hong, J. Katz, C. Meneveau, & M.P. Schultz (2012), “Coherent Structures and Associated Subgrid-Scale Energy Transfer in a Rough-Wall Turbulent Channel Flow,”Journal of Fluid Mechanics, Vol. 712, pp. 92-128. [download pdf]

J. Hong, J. Katz, & M.P. Schultz (2011), “Near-Wall Turbulence Statistics and Flow Structures over Three-Dimensional Roughness in a Turbulent Channel Flow,” Journal of Fluid Mechanics, Vol. 667, pp. 1-37. [download pdf]

M.P. Schultz, J.A. Bendick, E.R. Holm, & W.M. Hertel (2011), “Economic Impact of Biofouling on a Naval Surface Ship,”Biofouling, Vol. 27, 87-98.[download pdf]

R.J. Volino, M.P. Schultz, & K.A. Flack (2011), “Turbulence Structure in a Boundary Layer over Periodic Two-Dimensional and Three-Dimensional Roughness,” Journal of Fluid Mechanics, Vol. 676, pp. 172-190.[download pdf]

K.A. Flack & M.P. Schultz (2010), “Review of Hydraulic Roughness Scales in the Fully Rough Regime,” ASME Journal of Fluids Engineering , Vol. 132, Art. No. 041203, 10 pp.  [download pdf]

M.P. Schultz & K.A. Flack (2009), “Turbulent Boundary Layers over a Systematically-Varied Rough Wall,” Physics of Fluids, Vol. 21, Art. No. 015104, 9 pp. [download pdf]

R.J. Volino, M.P. Schultz, & K.A. Flack (2009), “Turbulence Structure in a Boundary Layer with Two-Dimensional Roughness,”Journal of Fluid Mechanics, Vol. 635, pp. 75-101.[download pdf]

S.C.C. Bailey, M.N. Hultmark, A.J. Smits, & M.P. Schultz (2008), “Azimuthal Structure of Turbulence in High Reynolds Number Pipe Flow,” Journal of Fluid Mechanics, Vol. 615, pp. 121-138.[download pdf]

K.M. Womack, R.J. Volino, & M.P. Schultz (2008), “Measurements in Film Cooling Flows with Periodic Wakes,”Journal of Turbomachinery, Vol. 130, Art. No. 041008, 13 pp.[download pdf]

K.M. Womack, R.J. Volino, & M.P. Schultz (2008), “Combined Effects of Wakes and Jet Pulsing on Film Cooling,” Journal of Turbomachinery, Vol. 130, Art. No. 041010, 12 pp.[download pdf]

M.P. Schultz & K.A. Flack (2007), “The Rough-Wall Turbulent Boundary Layer from the Hydraulically Smooth to the Fully Rough Regime,” Journal of Fluid Mechanics, Vol. 580, pp. 381-405.[download pdf]

M.P. Schultz (2007), "Effects of Coating Roughness and Biofouling on Ship Resistance and Powering," Biofouling, Vol. 23, pp. 331-341. [download pdf]

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