Joey Latta, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor
Mechanical & Nuclear Engineering Department
United States Naval Academy
590 Holloway Road
Annapolis, MD 21402-5042
(410) 293-6447
jlatta@usna.edu
Colorado School of Mines, 2021
- Doctor of Philosophy, Nuclear Engineering
- Dissertation: “Fission fragment mass and energy distributions for neutron induced fission of 235U, 238U and 239Pu measured with the NIFFTE time projection chamber”
- Master of Engineering, Nuclear Engineering
- Bachelor of Science, Space Physics
- Radiation detection and measurement
- Fission data analysis
- Reactor plant design
- Instructor, U.S. Naval Academy, Annapolis, MD (Jun 2022 - Present)
- Group Watch Officer, CTF Sentinel, Manama, Bahrain (Aug 2021 - June 2022)
- Submarine Warfare Officer, USS MISSOURI (SSN 780), (2012 - 2015)
