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CAMPAIGN GOAL
ExEcellence in Teaching & Research Support
xcellence in teaching and highly targeted research inform the curricula and give cadets thoughtful and innovative direction on how to address new global challenges. The combination of research and teaching fuels the future. It helps faculty, cadets and their future employers understand not only what’s happening,
but what’s possible.
Cal Maritime is a recognized “value added” institution.
• Washington Monthly’s College Guide ranks Cal Maritime 7th overall in the West for providing “best bang for
the buck” and #1 nationally in earnings performance for alumni.
• The academy is also one of only 15 four-year colleges in the U.S. to receive a perfect score for “value added”
to student outcomes in a study by the Brookings Institution.
Cal Maritime cadets work with world-class faculty.
Our faculty and cadets work together on both basic and applied research of value to a critical, global industry. Efforts include novel approaches to expanding the elds of chemical material engineering, oceanographic research equipment, eradication of invasive marine organisms, physical oceanography, cybersecurity, air and water quality analysis, drone technology, zero emissions technology including hydrogen power, wind power, and energy storage.
1. Energy transfer for air-sea interface
Dr. Alejandro Cifuentes-Lorenzen
works directly with cadets and national research institutions on one of his National Science Foundation (NSF) research grants which focuses on building a better understanding of the complex process of energy transfer across the air-sea interface.
2. Atomic, molecular, and optical physics
Dr. Frank Yip has won multiple NSF awards and works with highly motivated undergraduates on novel research in atomic, molecular, and optical physics. The work has great potential in technological applications involving chemistry and materials.
3. Bioscience mathematical modeling
Dr. Julie Simons works with cadets on projects that involve complex mathematical modeling, with an emphasis on developing undergraduate research skills as foundational elements of academic bioscience careers.
LEADING THE WAY
MEETING RESEARCH
CHALLENGES IN THE FIELD.
One of the biggest challenges of a eld campaign
is implementing and executing the concepts laid out in the
experiment design stage. At Cal Maritime, I receive the support and eager collaboration from my colleagues in the Engineering Department, making completion of these e orts achievable in-house, and also an enjoyable process.
In my eld of Oceanography there is a very organic line of collaboration with Engineers. Needless to say, I am very excited about
the opportunities at this outstanding educational institution.
Alejandro Cifuentes-Lorenzen Assistant Professor of Oceanography
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