Faculty

Michael G. Morabito, Ph.D.

Professor

Director of Naval Architecture Program

•  Phone: 410-293-6428
•  Fax: 410-293-2219
•  E-mail: morabito@usna.edu
•  343 Rickover Hall

Education

• Ph.D., Ocean Engineering, Stevens Institute of Technology, 2011
• M.S., Ocean Engineering, Virginia Polytechnic University, 2007
• B.S., Naval Architecture & Marine Engineering, Webb Institute, 2005

Professional Experience

• Dept. of Naval Architecture and Ocean Engineering, US Naval Academy
  • Professor, 2022 - Present
  • Associate Professor, 2016 - 2022
  • Assistant Professor, 2011 - 2016
• Stevens Institute of Technology, Hoboken, NJ
  • Research Assistant Professor, 2010 - 2011
  • Research Engineer, 2007 - 2010
  • Adjunct Professor, 2007 - 2010

Professional Memberships & Registration

• Member, Society of Naval Architects and Marine Engineers(SNAME)

Awards

• Vice Admiral Cochrane Award, Society of Naval Architects and Marine Engineers (2015)
• Vice Admiral Cochrane Award, Society of Naval Architects and Marine Engineers (2011)
• Lewis Nixon Award for Best Thesis in Naval Architecture, Webb Institute (2005)

Professional & Community Service

• Program Director, Naval Architecture, 2016 - present
• Faculty Advisors Committee, Society of Naval Architects and Marine Engineers, 2012 - present
• Quality Systems Group, International Towing Tank Conference, 2013 - present
• Trident Committee, USNA Division of Engineering and Weapons, 2014 - present

Research & Publications

• MORABITO, M.G. The Sea Sled Files.  Professional Boatbuilder. Number 180.  August/September 2019.  Pp. 20-30.
• MORABITO, M.G., BRIER, Bob, and GREENE, S.  Preliminary Stability and Resistance Analysis of the Cheops Boat.  Journal of Ship Production and Design.
• BEAVER, W.E. and MORABITO, M.G. Investigations of Pitch Instability of a Wide-Body Submarine Operating Near the Surface.  Naval Engineer’s Journal.  No. 130-4, December 2018. Pp 105-118M
• MORABITO, M.G. Misbehavioral Analysis.  Professional Boatbuilder.  October/November 2016.    
• MORABITO, M.G. Investigation of Dynamic Instabilities in High-Speed, Shallow-Draft Boats.  Fifth Chesapeake Power Boat Symposium.  Annapolis, MD. June 2016.
• MORABITO, M.G., LORIO, J. “Exploratory Tests of Seaplane Skipping.”  13^th International Conference on Fast Sea Transportation, FAST 2015, Washington, D.C., USA.
• MORABITO, M.G. “Prediction of planing hull side forces in yaw using slender body oblique impact theory.”  Ocean Engineering. 101 (2015) 47-57
• MORABITO, M.G. “Re-analysis of William Froude’s Studies of Planing Craft.”  The Transactions of the Royal Institution of Naval Architects, International Journal of Small Craft Technology. Vol. 157 Part B1 2015.
• MORABITO, M.G., Pavkov, M., Timmins, C. and Beaver, W. “Experiments on Directional Stability of Stepped Planing Hulls.” Chesapeake Power Boat Symposium (May, 2014)
• MORABITO, M.G. “Empirical Equations of Planing Hull Bottom Pressures.”  Journal of Ship Research, Vol. 58, No. 4, December 2014, pp. 185-200.
• MORABITO, M.G. and Pavkov, M.E. “Experiments with Stepped Planing Hulls for Special Operations Craft.” The Transactions of the Royal Institution of Naval Architects.  Part B – International Journal of Small Craft Technology.  Vol. 156, Part B2, 2014.
• RADOJCIC, D. Morabito, M. Simic, A. and Zgradic, A. “Modeling with Regression Analysis and Artificial Neural Networks the Resistance and Trim of Series 50 Experiments with V-Bottom Motor Boats.” Journal of Ship Production and Design, Vol. 30, No. 4, November 2014.  pp 153-174
• PAVKOV, M.E. and Morabito, M.G. Experimental Investigation of Trimaran Models in Shallow Water.  Journal of Ship Production and Design Vol. 30 No. 2. (February 2014). 66-78.
• MORABITO, M.G. Study of the Two-Dimensional Spray Formed near a Discontinuity using the Helmholtz-Kirchoff Theory of Free Jets.  Ocean Engineering 75 (2014) 30-36.
• MORABITO, M.G. Planing in Shallow Water at Critical Speed.  Journal of Ship Research Vol. 57 No. 2. (June 2013). 98-111.
• MORABITO, M.G. “Re-Analysis of Series 50 Tests of V-Bottom Motor Boats.” Society of Naval Architects and Marine Engineers Annual Meeting, 2013. (Transactions)
• SAVITSKY, D and MORABITO, M.G. “Origin and Characteristics of the Spray Patterns Generated by Planing Hulls.” Journal of Ship Production and Design, Vol. 27, No. 2.(May 2011) pp 63-83.
• SAVITSKY, D and MORABITO, M.G. “Surface Wave Contours Associated with the Forebody Wake of Stepped Planing Hulls.” Marine Technology, Volume 47, Number 1, January 2010, pp1-16.
• MORABITO, Michael G. “Experimental Investigation of the Lift and Interference of Asymmetric Planing Catamaran Demi-Hulls,” 11th International Conference on Fast Sea Transportation, FAST, Honolulu, HI, September 2011.
• YEN, Timothy, MORABITO, Michael G, IMAS, Len, DZIELSKI, John and DATLA, Raju. “Investigation of Cylinder Planing on a Flat Free Surface,” 11th International Conference on Fast Sea Transportation, FAST, Honolulu, HI, September 2011.
• MORABITO, M.G. and SNODGRASS, J. 2010, “The use of Small Model Testing and Full Scale Trials in the Design of Motor Yachts.” Chesapeake Power Boat Symposium.
• MORABITO, M.G. 2006, “The Herreshoff Racing Launch, X.P.D.N.C.” Classic Yacht Symposium.