Faculty
LCDR David E. Farrell, USN
Senior Instructor, JPMP
- Phone: 410-293-6511
- Fax: 410-293-2219
- E-mail: dfarrell@usna.edu
- 354 Rickover Hall
Education & Training
- Joint Professional Military Education (JPME) Phase I, Marine Corps Command and Staff College Distance Education Program, 2015
- United States Navy Flight School, Pensacola/Milton/Mayport, FL, 2007 - 2009
- M.S., Mechanical Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) / Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution (WHOI), 2007
- B.S., Mechanical Engineering, United States Naval Academy (USNA), 2005
Professional Experience
- Instructor, Department of Naval Architecture and Ocean Engineering, USNA, 2017 - Present
- Tactical Action Officer (TAO) and Command Duty Officer (CDO), USS BOXER (LHD 4), Naval Base San Diego, CA, 2016
- Flight Deck Officer, USS BOXER (LHD 4), Naval Base San Diego, CA, 2015 - 2017
- Fleet Replacement Squadron (FRS) Instructor Pilot, Helicopter Strike Maritime Squadron FOUR ONE (HSM-41), NAS North Island, CA, 2013 - 2015
- Officer of the Deck (Underway), USS MUSTIN (DDG 89), Yokosuka, Japan, 2013
- Detachment Maintenance Officer, Helicopter Anti-Submarine Squadron Light FIVE ONE (HSL-51), NAF Atsugi, Japan, 2010 - 2013
Professional Memberships & Registration
- Naval Helicopter Association (NHA), 2009 - Present
- Naval Aviator, United States Navy, 2009
- Operational Oceanography Subspecialty Code (6402P), United States Navy, 2007
Awards
- Navy and Marine Corps Commendation Medal (Two Awards)
- Navy and Marine Corps Achievement Medal (Two Awards)
- Carrier Air Wing FIVE (CVW-5) "Top Rotor," Fall Deployment, 2012
- Training Air Wing (TRAWING) FIVE Commodore's List, 2007
- Mike Smith and William McCool "Astronaut's Sword," USNA, 2005
Professional & Community Service
- Plebe Academic Adviser, 5th Company (Class of 2021), 2017 - Present
Research & Publications
- D. Farrell, "Vortex-Induced Vibrations of a Cylinder: Experiments in Reducing Drag," MIT, 2007
- R. Galvao, E. Lee, D. Farrell, M. Triantafyllou, N. Kitney, P. Beynet, "Flow Control in Flow-Structure Interaction," Journal of Fluids and Structures (24), 2008
- D. Farrell, "The H-60 Handicap," Rotor Review Magazine (126)
- D. Farrell, "The MH60R's Not So Precise Precision Approach," Rotor Review Magazine (129)
- D. Farrell, "The Not So Precision Approach," Approach Magazine, November/December 2015
