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Weapons, Robotics, and Control Engineering
WRC_EGR.

Faculty

Faculty members that hold academic rank comprise Career Civilian Faculty (tenure-track and tenured), Permanent Military Professors, and Research Professors; they have earned terminal degrees in their fields of inquiry; they teach primarily the courses associated with the major in Robotics and Control Engineering; they provide expertise and leadership in all matters academic.

Military officers and visiting faculty members typically teach the courses of the Weapons Program; they provide unmatched operational, real-world experience with modern naval weapons systems and most hold a Masters degree in a technical field; they are recognized with the academic title of Instructor.  In addition, they serve as professional mentors and role models for the midshipman.

  • Bishop, Brad

    Professor & Associate Dean of the School of Engineering, Computing, and Weapons Ph.D. in Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 1997
    Research Interests
    Mobile Robotics, Multi-Agent Systems
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  • Chapman, Edward

    CDR, USN Permanent Military Professor Ph.D. in Mechanical Engineering, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC, 2018
    Research Interests
    Biomechanics and Bioinspired Robotics, Dynamics and Control Theory
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  • DeVries, Levi D.

    Professor Ph.D. in Aerospace Engineering, University of Maryland, 2014
    Research Interests
    Dynamics and Control Theory, Mobile Robotics, Multi-agent Systems, Wave Energy
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  • Frontera, Paul J.

    CAPT, USN Permanent Military Professor and Associate Professor Ph.D., Mechanical Engineering, Naval Postgraduate School, 2016
    Research Interests
    Maritime autonomy, nonlinear estimation, optimal control
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  • Kutzer, Michael

    Associate Professor Ph.D. in Mechanical Engineering, Johns Hopkins University, 2012
    Research Interests
    Computer Vision, Cyber-Physical Systems, Mobile Robotics, Multi-agent Systems, Robotic Manipulation
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  • Martin, Michael

    Adjunct Professor M.S. in Applied Physics, Naval Postgraduate School, Monterey, CA
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  • McConnell, John

    Assistant Professor Ph.D., Mechanical Engineering, Stevens Institute of Technology, 2023
    Research Interests
    Computer Vision, Machine Learning, Mobile Robotics, Multi-agent Systems, SLAM, GPS Denied Navigation
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  • Mujica-Parodi, Mauro

    Adjunct Professor M.B.A., Kellogg School of Management, Northwestern University, 2011 M.S. in Computer Science, DePaul University, 2022
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  • Mwaffo, Violet

    Associate Professor Ph.D. in Mechanical Engineering, New York University Tandon School of Engineering
    Research Interests
    Computer Vision, Dynamics and Control Theory, Machine Learning, Mobile Robotics, Multi-Agent Systems
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  • O'Brien, Rich

    Professor Ph.D. in Electrical & Computer Engineering, Johns Hopkins University, 1998
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  • Pardinas, Steven

    Capt, USMC Instructor M.S. in Applied Physics, Naval Postgraduate School, Monterey, CA, 2023
    Research Interests
    Additive Manufacturing, Dynamics and Control Theory, Machine Learning, Reactive Materials
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  • Peltier, Donald

    CDR, USN Permanent Military Professor Ph.D. in Mechanical Engineering, Naval Postgraduate School
    Research Interests
    Aerial Robotics, Computer Vision, Machine Learning, Mobile Robotics, Multi-Agent Systems
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  • Rodriguez-Seda, Erick

    Professor Ph.D. in Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 2011
    Research Interests
    Cyber-Physical Systems, Dynamics and Control Theory, Mobile Robotics, Multi-Agent Systems
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