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MRS 2023 Organizing Committee

LEADERSHIP

Joseph DiRenzo

CO-CHAIR

Ph.D., United States Coast Guard (USCG) Research & Development Center

(860) 271-2738

Joseph.DiRenzo@uscg.mil

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Dr. Leigh Winfrey
CO-CHAIR

Dean of Engineering

Maritime College, State University of New York

lwinfrey@sunymaritime.edu
 

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David Boyd

PROGRAM CHAIR

USCG (Pacific Area)

​David.H.Boyd@uscg.mil

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Scott Brotemarkle

NATIONAL ACADEMIES LIAISON
Transportation Research Board, National Academies of Sciences, Engineering and Medicine

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Eric Johansson

CO-CHAIR

Distinguished Professor Maritime Transportation

Maritime College, State University of New York

ejohansson@sunymaritime.edu

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Dr. Don Brutzman

VICE-CHAIR

Naval Postgrad School​

​brutzman@nps.edu

CAPT Drew Tucci, USCG (Ret)
STUDENT POSTER CHAIR

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andrew.e.tucci42@gmail.com

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Greg Trauthwein
MEDIA PARTNER

Maritime Reporter & Engineering News/MarineLink.com

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SENIOR MENTORS

VADM Rob Parker

U.S. Coast Guard (Ret.)

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RADM Fred Rosa

U.S. Coast Guard (Ret.)

Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory

RADM Matt Bell

U.S. Coast Guard (Ret.)

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RADM Tom Atkin

U.S. Coast Guard (Ret.)

Maj. Gen Randy Kee
U.S. Air Force (Ret.)

RADM Mike Parks

U.S. Coast Guard (Ret.)

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RADM John Crowley

U.S. Coast Guard (Ret.)

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RADM Kevin Cook

U.S. Coast Guard (Ret.)

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Fred Roberts

Ph.D., Rutgers University

Scott Blough

Mandiant (co-chair, MRS 2017)

SENIOR ADVISORS

John Hummel

Argonne National Laboratory

(co-chair, MRS 2022)

David Nicol

Ph.D., University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign

(co-chair, MRS 2020)

Kevin Clement

University of Houston

(co-chair, MRS 2021)

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Craig Moss

Oak Ridge National Laboratory

(co-chair, MRS 2018)

ADVISORY COMMITTEE

Zack Schulman

USCG HQ DCO-X

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CAPT Al Tubbs (Ret.)

USCG Pacarea

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CDR Ryan Kelly

USCG HQ DCO-X

Dr. Jack McCready

University of San Diego

RADM Stash Pelkowski, USCGR, (Ret)

Maritime College, State University of New York

Richard Hine

Thayer-Mahan

Kelli Frakes

American Public University

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Dr. Tiffany Smythe

USCGA

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Dr. Kristin Lewis

Department of Transportation

VOLPE Center

CAPT Scott Calhoun

USCG NAVCEN

Dr. Henry Willis

RAND

Col Jim Allen, USAR (Ret)

U.S. Corp of Engineers

Capt. Mike Plumley

U.S. Coast Guard Academy

CAPT Shawn Malone

U.S. Navy (Ret.), Lockheed Martin-Sikorsky

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