Faculty

Sarah E. Mouring, Ph.D., P.E.

Professor

Director of Ocean Engineering

•  Phone: 410-293-6440
•  Fax: 410-293-2219
•  E-mail: mouring@usna.edu
•  337 Rickover Hall

Education

• Ph.D., The Johns Hopkins University, 1992.
• M.S.E., Civil Engineering, The Johns Hopkins University, 1990.
• B.C.E., Civil Engineering, The University of Delaware, 1987.

Professional Experience

• Dept of Naval Architecture and Ocean Engineering, U.S. Naval Academy.
  • Professor, 2007 - present
  • Associate Professor, 1998 – 2007
  • Assistant Professor, 1993 – 1998
  • Visiting Assistant Professor, 1992 – 1993
• Johns Hopkins University, Adjunct Professor, 1997-Pres
• CED Investigative Technologies, Inc., Consultant, Structures Expert, 2008-2010
• Trident Engineering, Consultant, Mechanics/Foundations and Structures Expert, 2005-2007
• National Science Foundation (NSF), Visiting Program Officer for CMS, Large Structural and Building Systems , 1998
• American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE)/Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) Project Steering Committee on Investigation of Load Factors for Flood and Combined Wind and Flood, Consultant, Structures Expert, 1997

Professional Memberships & Registration

• Registered Professional Engineer in the State of Maryland.
• American Society of Civil Engineers
• Society for the Advancement of Material and Process Engineering
• International Society of Offshore and Polar Engineers
• Society of American Military Engineers

Awards

• Apgar Teaching Award presented for excellence in teaching for a tenure-track professor at USNA, 1998 (Department Nominee)
• Maryland’s Top 100 Women Nomination, 1997
• Society of American Military Engineers National Bliss Award for Outstanding Military Education, 1996
• Phi Kappa Phi Scholastic Honor Society, 1986 - present
• Tau Beta Pi National Engineering Honor Society, 1985 - present
• Chi Epsilon Engineering Honor Society, 1985 - present

Professional & Community Service

• Chair, Department of Naval Architecture and Ocean Engineering, 2016 - present
• Program Director, Ocean Engineering
• Faculty Representative, Society of Women Engineers
• Faculty Representative and Founder of USNA Student Chapter, Society of American Military Engineers
• Committee Representative, USNA for the following Committees:
  • Promotion and Tenure Committee
  • Trident Scholar Committee
  • Bowman Scholar Review Committee
  • Military Faculty Teaching Awards Selection Committee
  • Computer Users Committee
  • Midshipmen Action Group Liaison
  • Honor Representative
  • Computer Technology Group (DIVCTG
  • Department Chair Search Committee
  • Department Secretary Search Committee
  • Naval Architecture Faculty Search Committee
  • Department Computer Committee
  • High School Seminar Instructor
  • Department Independent Research Coordinator
  • National Consortium for Specialized Secondary Schools of Mathematics, Science and Technology Lecturer
• Reviewer for the following journals and organizations:
  • Composites: Part A
  • American Society of Civil Engineers - Journal of Structural Engineering
  • Ocean Engineering
  • National Institute of Standards and Technology
  • External Reviewer of paper to be submitted to American Society of Civil Engineers
  • Journal of Earthquake Engineering
  • Construction and Building Materials Journal
  • American Society for Engineering Education
  • American Society of Civil Engineers-Structural Composites and Plastics Committee
  • Society for the Advancement of Material and Process Engineering (SAMPE)
• SAMPE Conference Committee: 52nd ISSE Conference in 2007, 54th ISSE Conference in 2009, and 57th ISSE Conference in 2012
• International Society of Offshore and Polar Engineers (ISOPE): Technical Program Committee & External Reviewer for technical conference papers