CAPT 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

• Slager, J., Earp, B., Storck, S. et al. Increasing isotropy and predictability through electroplating of tensile properties of polyamide 12 parts manufactured by selective laser sintering. Prog Addit Manuf (2025). Published 21 October 2025 (https://doi.org/10.1007/s40964-025-01386-w)
• Slager, Jonathan J., Brian C. Earp, and Ahmed M. Ibrahim. "Influence of Build Orientation and Part Thickness on Tensile Properties of Polyamide 12 Parts Manufactured by Selective Laser Sintering." Polymers 16, no. 16 (2024): 2241/ Published 7 August 2024 (https://doi.org/10.3390/polym16162241)
• Earp, B. C., & Parker, K. R. (2023, June), Hands-On Fluid Flow Trainer to Support Experimental Learning Paper presented at 2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition, Baltimore , Maryland. 10.18260/1-2--43337
• 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