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
EDUCATION
University of Maryland, College Park, 2017
Doctor of Philosophy, Mechanical Engineering
Dissertation: “The Influence of Surface Gravity Waves on the Performance and Near-Wake of an Axial-Flow Hydrokinetic Turbine”
University of Maryland, College Park, 2008
Master of Science, Mechanical Engineering
The Pennsylvania State University, 2001
Bachelor of Science, Mechanical Engineering
RESEARCH AREAS
Marine renewable energy
Atmospheric and near-marine boudary layers
3-D flow transition and separation
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
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)
RECENT PUBLICATIONS
- 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.
Awards
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
Professional Membership
American Physical Society, Division of Fluid Dynamics
