CDR Brian Earp, Ph.D.

Permanent Military Professor
Mechanical & Nuclear Engineering Department
United States Naval Academy
590 Holloway Road
Annapolis, MD 21402-5042
410 293 6521
earp@usna.edu

EDUCATION
    Naval Postgraduate School, 2020
    Doctor of Philosophy, Mechanical Engineering
    Dissertation: " Mechanisms of Electrical Conduction in CNT Composites at Low Loading Values "

    University of Virginia, 2001
    Masters of Science, Mechanical Engineering

    United States Naval Academy, 1999
    Bachelors of Science, Mechanical Engineering

RESEARCH AREAS
    Nanomaterials
    Composite Materials
    Material Properties Characterization

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

• Permanent Military Professor, U.S. Naval Academy (July 2020 - Present)
• Deputy Director Pacific SSBN Operations, COMSUBPAC (MAY 2014 – JUN 2017)
• Executive Officer, USS ALASKA (SSBN 732) (Gold) (JUN 2012 – MAY 2014)
  Junior Member, Nuclear Propulsion Examining Board (APR 2010 – MAR 2012)
  Engineer Officer, USS CHICAGO (SSN 721) (MAY 2007 – APR 2010)
• Division Officer, USS NEVADA (SSBN 733) (Blue) (NOV 2002 – MAY 2005) 

RECENT PUBLICATIONS

• Earp, B., Hubbard, J., Tracy, A., Sakoda, D., Luhrs, C., Electrical behavior of CNT epoxy composites under in-situ simulated space environments, Composites Part B: Engineering, Published 27 April 2021. (https://doi.org/10.1016/j.compositesb.2021.108874)
• Earp, B., Dunn, D., Phillips, J., Agrawal, R., Ansell, T., Aceves, P., De Rosa, I., Xin, W., Luhrs, C., Enhancement of electrical conductivity of carbon nanotube sheets through copper addition using reduction expansion synthesis, Materials Research Bulletin, Volume 131, 2020, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.materresbull.2020.110969. (http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0025540820314501)
• Earp, B.; Phillips, J.; Grbovic, D.; Vidmar, S.; Porter, M.; Luhrs, C.C. Impact of Current and Temperature on Extremely Low Loading Epoxy-CNT Conductive Composites. Polymers 2020, 12, 867.  (https://www.mdpi.com/2073-4360/12/4/867)
• Rizzo, A.; Luhrs, C.; Earp, B.; Grbovic, D., CNT Conductive Epoxy Composite Metamaterials: Design, Fabrication, and Characterization, Materials 2020, 13, 4749. (https://www.mdpi.com/1996-1944/13/21/4749#cite)
• Earp B, Simpson J, Phillips J, et al., Electrically Conductive CNT Composites at Loadings below Theoretical Percolation Values, Nanomaterials (Basel), 2019;9(4):491. Published 2019 Mar 29, https://doi:10.3390/nano9040491 (https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6523501/) 

Awards

• 2023 Academic Year Class of 1951 Military Faculty Teaching Excellence Award and the William P. Clements Award
• 2018 Naval Postgraduate School LCDR Ralph Krause Award for excellence in materials related research