Ethan Lust, Ph.D., PE

Assistant Professor
Mechanical & Nuclear Engineering Department
United States Naval Academy
590 Holloway Road
Annapolis, MD 21402-5042
(410) 293-6530
lust@usna.edu

• Doctor of Philosophy, Mechanical Engineering
• Dissertation: “The Influence of Surface Gravity Waves on the Performance and Near-Wake of an Axial-Flow Hydrokinetic Turbine”

• Master of Science, Mechanical Engineering

• Bachelor of Science, Mechanical Engineering

• Wind Energy
• Marine renewable energy
• Atmospheric and near-marine boundary layers
• 3-D flow transition and separation

• Assistant Professor, U.S. Naval Academy (Jul. 2022 – present)
• Visiting Assistant Professor, the George Washington University (Jan. 2022 – Jun. 2022)
• Junior Permanent Military Professor, U.S. Naval Academy (Jul. 2011 – Dec. 2021)
• Fleet Watch Officer, US NAVCENT, Manama Bahrain (Aug. 2010 – Jun. 2011)
• Instructor, U.S. Naval Academy (Jul. 2007 – Jul. 2010)
• Helicopter Pilot, HELSEACOMBATRON TWO-EIGHT (HSC-28) (Mar. 2003 – Jun. 2007)

• Lust, E.E., Bailin, B.H., and Flack, K.A., Performance Characteristics of a Cross-Flow Hydrokinetic Turbine in the Presence of Surface Waves, Ocean Engineering, 2021
• Lust, E.E., Flack, K.A. and Luznik, L., “Survey of the near wake of an axial-flow hydrokinetic turbine in the presence of waves,” Renewable Energy, 2020
• Lust, E.E., Flack, K.A. and Luznik, L., “Survey of the near wake of an axial-flow hydrokinetic turbine in quiescent conditions,” Renewable Energy, No. 129, 2018
• Walker, J.M., Flack, K.A., Lust, E.E., Schultz, M.P., Luznik, L., “Experimental and Numerical Studies of Blade Roughness and Fouling on Marine Current Turbine Performance,” Renewable Energy, No. 66, 2014
• Lust, E.E., Luznik, L., Flack, K.A., Walker, J.M., Van Benthem, M.C., “The Influence of Surface Gravity Waves on Marine Current Turbine Performance,” International Journal of Marine Renewable Energy, No. 3, 2013 
• Luznik, L., Flack, K.A., Lust, E.E., Taylor, K.C., “The Effect of Surface Waves on the Performance Characteristics of a Model Tidal Turbine,” Renewable Energy, No. 58, 2012.

• Raouf Faculty Award for Excellence in Teaching Engineering, department nominee, 2020
• GWU SEAS Engineer’s Council Faculty Award for Excellence in Teaching, 2022
• Military Professor Teaching Excellence Award, 2018, department nominee, 2016
• Class of 1951 Military Faculty Teaching Excellence Award and the William P. Clements Award for Excellence in Education, department nominee 2013, 2014, 2015
• International Journal of Marine Energy Best Paper Award, third place, 2015

• American Physical Society, Division of Fluid Dynamics