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List of Professors
| Name |
Years at Michigan |
Position | |
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Herbert Charles Sadler |
1900 - 1939 |
Professor of Naval Architecture and Marine Engineering Chair of Department of Naval Architecture and Marine Engineering Dean of Engineering |
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Edward Milton Bragg |
1903 - 1944 | Professor of Naval Architecture and Marine Engineering |
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John Alexander Ross |
1907 - 1908 | Assistant Professor of Marine Engineering |
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Louis Baier |
1912 - 1959 | Professor of Naval Architecture and Marine Engineering |
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Sydney Rumney Russel |
1912 - 1913 | Acting Assistant Professor of Marine Engineering |
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Anders Fredrik Lindblad |
1918 - 1933 | Associate Professor of Naval Architecture and Marine Engineering |
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Henry Carter Adams II |
1928 | Professor of Naval Architecture |
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Glenn H. Easton |
1944 | Assistant Professor of Naval Architecture & Marine Engineering |
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Ives Atherton |
1945 | Associate Professor of Naval Architecture and Marine Engineering |
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Harry Bell Benford |
1948 - 1983 |
Professor of Naval Architecture and Marine Engineering Chair of Department of Naval Architecture and Marine Engineering |
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George Lauman West Jr |
1956 - 1970 | Professor of Naval Architecture & Nuclear Engineering |
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Richard B. Couch |
1957 - 1981 |
Professor of Naval Architecture and Marine Engineering Chair of Department of Naval Architecture and Marine Engineering |
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Stephen R. Towne |
1961 - 1962 | Visiting Associate Professor |
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Tetsuo Takahei |
1962 - 1963 | Visiting Professor of Naval Architecture & Marine Engineering |
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Thomas J. LaForest |
1963 - 1966 | Professor of Naval Science and Tactics |
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John B. Woodward |
1963 - 1999 | Professor of Naval Architecture and Marine Engineering |
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Francis W. Boufford |
1964 | Assistant Professor of Naval Architecture and Marine Engineering |
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Amelio Milo D’Arcangelo |
1964 - 1984 | Professor of Naval Architecture and Marine Engineering |
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Horst Nowacki |
1964 | Professor of Naval Architecture and Marine Engineering |
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Hun Choi Kim |
1965 | Professor of Naval Architecture and Marine Engineering |
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Nickolas Vlahopoulous |
1966 | Professor of Naval Architecture and Marine Engineering |
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Claus Kruppa |
1967 | Visiting Professor of Naval Architecture and Marine Engineering |
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Francis T. Ogilvie |
1967 - 1981 |
Professor of Naval Architecture and Marine Engineering Chair of Department of Naval Architecture and Marine Engineering |
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Michael G. Parsons |
1972 - 2008 | Professor of Naval Architecture and Marine Engineering |
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Robert F. Beck |
1972 - 2018 | Professor of Naval Architecture and Marine Engineering |
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Howard M. Bunch |
1977 - 1998 |
Associate Professor of Ship Production Sciences Associate Professor of Transportation Research Institute Research Scientist Transportation Research Institute |
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William S. Vorus |
1977 - 1996 |
Professor of Naval Architecture and Marine Engineering Director of Michigan Sea Gate Program |
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Robert G. Latorre |
1979 - 1983 | Assistant Professor of Naval Architecture and Marine Engineering |
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Terry E. Brockett |
1984 - 1989 | Associate Professor of Naval Architecture and Marine Engineering |
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Klaus-Peter Beier |
1984 - 2008 | Research Scientist |
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Russell A. Moll |
1985 - 2001 | Associate Research Scientist |
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David T Walker |
1989 - 2008 | Associate Research Scientist |
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Marc Perlin |
1989 - 2016 | Professor of Naval Architecture & Marine Engineering |
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Raymond A. Yagle |
1994 | Professor of Naval Architecture and Marine Engineering |
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Thomas Lamb |
1995 - 2006 | Research Scientist of Naval Architecture and Marine Engineering |
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David R. Lyzenga |
1996 - 2016 | Research Scientist Naval Architecture & Marine Engineering |
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Ana I Sirviente |
1997 - 2006 | Assistant Professor of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science |
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Hatcern Tuba Ozkan-Haller |
1998 - 2001 | Assistant Professor of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science |
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Simo Makiharju |
2006 - 2016 | Assistant Research Scientist, Naval Architecture and Marine Engineering |