NOMINATION COVER SHEET 2017 Virginia Outstanding Faculty Awards 1. NAME Full (Legal): Jennifer Grimsley Michaeli Preferred First Name: Jenny 2. INSTITUTIONAL INFORMATION Institution: Old Dominion University Rank/Position Title: Assistant Professor Year Rank/Title Attained: 2013 Years at Institution: 4 Campus Email Address: jgmichae@odu.edu Campus Phone: (757) 683-3770 Campus Mailing Address: Kaufman Hall, Suite 214, Old Dominion University, Norfolk, VA 23529 Campus Communications Contact: Name: Giovanna Genard E-mail: ggenard@odu.edu

3. PROFESSIONAL INFORMATION Academic Discipline: Naval Architecture and Marine Engineering Specialization/Field: Ship Design, Shipbuilding Type of Terminal Degree: PhD Year Awarded: 2010 Awarding Institution: Old Dominion University 4. PERSONAL INFORMATION

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RISING STAR NOMINEE: Table of Contents

Cover Sheet ............................................................................................................................... 1 Mission Statement ..................................................................................................................... 2 Summary of Accomplishments .................................................................................................... 3 Personal Statement .................................................................................................................... 9 Abbreviated Curriculum Vitae ................................................................................................... 11 Letters of Support (Excerpted) .................................................................................................. 13 Additional Documentation ......................................................................................................... 16 Signature (President or Chief Academic Officer) Printed Name: _ Augustine O. Agho, Provost and Vice President for Academic Affairs E-mail address: aagho@odu.edu Telephone: 757-683-3079 _

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Mission Statement

Old Dominion University

The Mission of Old Dominion University is as follows: “Old Dominion University, located in the City of Norfolk in the metropolitan Hampton Roads region of coastal Virginia, is a dynamic public research institution that serves its students and enriches the Commonwealth of Virginia, the nation, and the world through rigorous academic programs, strategic partnerships, and active civic engagement.” The Mission Support section of the mission statement describes in detail the principles and practices that under lie the University’s undergraduate and graduate teaching, research, and service missions: a sound general educational program; critical thinking; diversity; academic freedom; serving the needs of the local, national, and international communities, including military members and their families; and collaborating with government, industry, and alumni. Finally, the Major Goals of the University are described under the following headings: Students, Faculty, Academic Programs, Teaching, Research, Scholarship and Creativity, Distance Learning, Life-long Learning, Community Service, Student Life, Alumni, and Quality. A complete statement of the mission and major goals may be found in the Old Dominion University Undergraduate Catalog 2015-2016 (p. 10-12) and it is available at the following URL: http://catalog.odu.edu/pdf/2015-16-undergraduate.pdf.

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Summary of Accomplishments Dr. Jennifer Grimsley Michaeli is an Assistant Professor of Engineering Technology at Old Dominion University’s Batten College of Engineering and Technology (ODU BCET), and she is Institute Director for ODU’s newly formed Naval Engineering and Marine Systems Institute (NEMSI), the first female faculty and first assistant professor in ODU BCET to be appointed to such a prestigious leadership position. In her short time at ODU, she has raised over $3.34M in research grant funding from Navy sponsors. She was awarded over $1.3M in grants to advance the Navy across emerging science and technology domains for future naval operations including laser weapon system integration, ship survivability modeling, hybrid power systems for maritime platforms, 3D printing for shipboard applications, and complex decision methodology for naval acquisition. Dr. Michaeli and her colleagues were awarded a $1.2M STEM grant to create a digital learning community that prepares transitioning military veterans for new careers as engineering professionals, as well as a $330k grant for a system of systems assessment of the Navy’s approach to shipboard maintenance and readiness. Dr. Michaeli and her team were awarded a highly competitive Defense University Research Instrumentation Program (DURIP) grant ($456k) to develop a real-time, power hardware in the loop, marine electrical and power systems laboratory, the only lab of its kind in Virginia and one of three in the nation. This lab will uniquely combine shipboard hardware and computer-based simulations to study a wide range of medium and high voltage power architectures to support future naval combatants such as the DDG1000 ship. This lab will serve as a multi-purpose facility for teaching, advanced research and practical training for Navy/shipyard personnel. Dr. Michaeli, a native of Newport News, Virginia, a graduate of top-ranked academic institutions including Webb Institute and MIT, and life-long resident in the Hampton Roads metropolitan area, is a fourth-generation professional in shipbuilding and naval engineering. She is highly regarded by Navy and Maritime industry leadership for her expertise in ship design, shipbuilding, naval engineering, and her passion and professionalism towards expanding the naval engineering workforce by building a strong academic pipeline that reaches into K-12 and extends post-employment for continuing education. This vision will ensure a robust shipbuilding and ship modernization capability, and maintain a technologically advanced US naval fleet for Hampton Roads, the state of Virginia, and the nation. TEACHING With her excellent academic background, and depth of knowledge and experience as a professional naval engineer, Dr. Michaeli oversees ODU’s curriculum for both the marine engineering minor and marine engineering technology specialization courses, and she prepares ODU students for success in naval engineering and the marine industry. Currently only 15 universities and colleges in the country offer a marine engineering curriculum, including the USCG Academy and the U.S. Naval Academy. These programs fall short of meeting Navy and Industry demands. Under Dr. Michaeli’s leadership, ODU’s marine engineering minor helps fill this gap. Further, the program utilizes distance education that provides access into remote areas of the Commonwealth as well as nationally to other regions with a strong naval engineering / shipbuilding presence. This approach has a larger impact to fortify the industry and naval enterprise by graduating well-prepared engineering graduates from diverse backgrounds. In her short time at ODU, Dr. Michaeli has developed new marine engineering courses and significantly revised existing courses to align with the needs of the Navy and marine industry, at both the undergraduate and graduate level. These courses include: Introduction to Naval Architecture (MAE 450 / MET 474 / MAE 550), Marine Systems I (MET 475), Maintenance

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Engineering (MET 485), and newest course in development: Integrated Digital Shipbuilding (MET 476). In her marine engineering minor courses, Dr. Michaeli integrates technology, hands-on learning, individual research and professional development. She includes assignments where students use advanced design software tools used in industry, which are accessible to students using ODU’s virtual computer lab so students can access software from anywhere in the country. She hosts guest lectures from industry leaders including virtual lectures so speakers can log in remotely. She coordinates shipyard tours for Hampton Roads and Virginia students and uses virtual shipyard tours for distance learning students to learn about the latest advances in ship construction and modernization. She has virtual labs in ship stability as well as on-campus ship stability lab equipment available for students. Dr. Michaeli capitalizes on the diversity in her classrooms, which includes traditional students (high school direct to college), active duty and military veterans as well as students who have work experience and are now pursuing an engineering degree. Having a 28-year old sailor with shipboard experience in the same classroom as a 19 or 20 year old with very little experience and a 34-year old shipyard welder working on her engineering degree brings so much more depth and peer-to-peer learning to the classroom. While the marine engineering minor courses are only available to engineering students at the junior and senior levels (due to prerequisite courses that students must first complete), Dr. Michaeli identified the need to engage incoming freshmen students and excite them about the field of marine engineering and opportunities that exist at ODU. Dr. Michaeli developed a marine engineering module as part of ODU’s ENGN110 course – mandatory for all incoming engineering freshmen with an annual enrollment of 800 students. This short module, and Dr. Michaeli in particular, had such overwhelmingly positive feedback that she expanded it to a project-based short course and, again with such favorable response, has now been asked to expand it to a semester-long project course for incoming engineering freshmen. In the short course Dr. Michaeli has students work in multi-disciplinary teams to design and build underwater robots that respond to an oil spill, such as the Deepwater Horizon oil spill in 2010. Dr. Michaeli brings her extensive professional experience to the classroom to create a real-world environment that students will face when then graduate. She also shares personal experiences in working in multi-disciplinary teams to tackle very challenging requirements for the Navy and the importance of lifelong learning, communication and collaboration, professional ethics, trust, and the perspective/value of “failure” in a Research & Development environment. What is especially rewarding is that students who have taken this freshman-level course will often approach her to join one of her award-winning undergraduate research teams, become a member of the American Society of Naval Engineers’ Student Chapter that she advises, enroll in the marine engineering minor, and seek her counsel on internships and career opportunities. In addition to her upper-level specialty courses and the project-based marine engineering course for freshmen, Dr. Michaeli has also taught a computer-aided design course that is mandatory for most engineering students at the freshman and sophomore levels. In this course Dr. Michaeli teaches students how to visualize parts and assemblies in both 2D and 3D space and how to create a design that can actually be manufactured. Dr. Michaeli uses a combination of lecture, technology and hands-on computer design. Her time with the students is not just about teaching and learning the material. It’s time to have an open dialogue with students about engineering. It’s a time for her to share experiences and advice such as the critical importance of internships, of seeing by doing and continuously challenging oneself through lifelong learning, of developing skills to listen and communicate effectively with people across a broad range of experiences and

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backgrounds, of always maintaining professional ethics and having the courage to speak up with you see or perceive a problem or technical risk. The strength of Dr. Michaeli’s teaching is evident in her outstanding student evaluations; she consistently receives excellent scores and students praise her depth of knowledge, enthusiasm and her caring nature. Additionally, in 2014, Dr. Michaeli and her colleagues presented a paper on teaching creativity and innovation in engineering, “Initial Assessment of Analytic Hierarchy Process to Teach Innovation and Creativity in Design and Engineering”, which was selected as a finalist for Best Paper in Engineering Innovation Division at American Society of Engineering Education (ASEE) 2014 National Conference. She also authored a paper, “Lessons in On-Campus and Distance Learning Delivery of an Introductory Naval Architecture Course to Engineering and Engineering Technology Undergraduate Students”, and co-authored a paper, “Implementing Mechatronics Design Methodology in Mechanical Engineering Technology Senior Design Projects at Old Dominion University” at the 2014 ASEE National Conference. Her paper, “Developing Naval Engineering Workforce through Undergraduate Research and Experiential Learning” was selected for the 2015 International Conference for Education and Professional Development of Engineers in the Maritime Industry hosted by the Royal Institute of Naval Architects (RINA) in London, U.K. and her paper, “Developing a Distance Learning Curriculum for Marine Engineering Education” was presented at the ASEE 2016 Annual Conference. For her outstanding leadership and oversight to her students, Dr. Michaeli was selected as the 2014-2015 Undergraduate Research Mentor for ODU’s Batten College of Engineering and Technology. Dr. Michaeli’s students have received highly competitive Naval Research Enterprise Internship Program (NREIP) internships, as well as internships at Huntington Ingalls Industries Newport News Shipbuilding (HII-NNS) and Dominion Surry Nuclear Power Plant, acceptance to graduate school at Stevens Institute for Masters in Naval Engineering and Norfolk State for Masters in Computer Science, and permanent hiring positions at NASA Langley, and Department of Navy. Dr. Michaeli’s research students have also received highly competitive SMART scholarships, Navy Pathways scholarships, and ASNE scholarships, and have received national acclaim for undergraduate and graduate research at the American Society of Naval Engineers’ (ASNE) National Convention in 2015 and 2016. She has also developed professional development courses for US Navy personnel on 3D design and 3D printing as well as professional development courses for new naval engineers, offered through ASNE. DISCOVERY Dr. Michaeli has achieved outstanding success in funded research, placing her as a top performer for her Department and the College in research funding. In 2016, she was awarded ODU BCET’s Excellence in Research award. As the Director of the NEMSI, Dr. Michaeli is keenly focused on expanding ODU’s research capabilities to advance the Naval enterprise and the marine industry, in particular to those stakeholders in Virginia. Dr. Michaeli has extensive experience in the Naval Research & Development community as well as in operational gaps that drive emerging Science & Technology requirements. She is very skilled at translating these needs to the research community while at the same time seeing how research achievements of faculty can have a higher impact and benefit the warfighter. These unique skillsets coupled with her enthusiasm and her collaborative spirit for multi-disciplinary teaming across academia-industry-Navy partners come together to achieve high impact for ODU researchers and the Navy. One example is the unprecedented RDT&E MOU she spearheaded between ODU and HII-NNS, signed out in December 2015. As another example, since her arrival at ODU in 2012 she has received over $3.34M in research funding from Navy sponsors, which has a strong student component in promoting future naval engineering workforce. She has been a vital proponent and contributor for the Naval Engineering Education Consortium (NEEC), a collection of universities across the

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country dedicated to Navy-centric research that incorporates undergraduate and graduate researchers who are eligible for permanent hiring within the Naval enterprise. This sponsored research requires that students are U.S. citizens with 3.0 or higher GPA and eligible for a DoD security clearance. Dr. Michaeli started her career in the Naval enterprise and recognizes this is an outstanding program to draw in the best and brightest to pursue sponsored research and future careers as naval engineers. In her short time, Dr. Michaeli has received $950k in funding specifically to conduct research and mentor students in emerging Science & Technology areas including directed energy weapons for surface combatants, additive manufacturing for naval applications, and advanced computational tools for naval vessel design. Dr. Michaeli has mentored over 40 undergraduate and graduate student researchers. In March 2016 Dr. Michaeli and ASNE’s Tidewater Section hosted a Research Exposition for ODU students and faculty to showcase their research. In 2013 she was an invited panel expert at the High Performance Marine Vehicles Symposium (HIPER). In 2014 she co-authored a paper with industry experts on hybrid propulsion systems for unmanned surveillance vessels at the Navy’s Electric Machines Technology Symposium. In 2015 she was the Keynote Speaker at ODU BCET’s Distinguished Honors Gala. In 2015 she presented research on computational methods for high speed vessel structures to ONR’s Conference on High Water Speed Vessels and also was an invited panelist to speak to LEAD Virginia on her perspectives on industry-academia partnerships. In 2016 she was invited as a Distinguished Lecturer to speak to leadership at NSWC Dahlgren on naval engineering research and was the keynote speaker at the Region E Annual Conference for the Society of Women Engineers. KNOWLEDGE INTEGRATION Since her arrival at ODU, Dr. Michaeli has guided two new research laboratories and one hands-on learning laboratory. The first laboratory is the Marine Dynamics Laboratory, a combined space for teaching, research and student projects focused on simulating the harsh marine environment onboard ships for vessel stability, structural testing and equipment survivability. The second is the Marine Electrical and Power Systems Lab which will be located on the Hampton Roads Peninsula in close proximity to marine industry and Navy collaborators, as well as ODU’s VMASC and Center for Cyber Security for joint research, testing and training of personnel for shipboard applications of medium power electrical systems to support emerging naval requirements such as directed energy weapons and future design requirements for all-electric ships. Equipment for this lab was funded by an ONR DURIP grant, which provides DoD funding for “university research infrastructure essential to high-quality Navy relevant research … the research instrumentation that is necessary to carry out cutting-edge research.” The teaching laboratory is a new Fluid Power Systems Lab that will benefit marine engineering as well as other engineering programs for pneumatic, hydraulic, and hydro-electric control systems. Dr. Michaeli also created a dedicated “collabatorium” space for faculty and students to meet together and have virtual connectivity with Navy sponsors and marine industry partners to discuss research ideas and report on project status. Under her leadership, Dr. Michaeli has positioned NEMSI to be the central point for Navy and marine industry stakeholders to access ODU engineering for research and collaboration and to provide the “demand signal” for areas of curriculum development. She believes the key to establishing NEMSI as a robust and sustainable center of excellence is to increase the number of ODU faculty actively engaged in research directed towards advancing the Navy and marine industry. To this end, Dr. Michaeli actively engages with these stakeholders to listen to their needs and continuously strives to involve more faculty to help them to overlay their research interests with the needs of the maritime community. In the past 4 years, Dr. Michaeli has been

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awarded grants for multi-disciplinary research that included collaborators within her department, across the College of Engineering, as well as with faculty in the Colleges of Science and Continuing Education and includes a diverse array of research interests from 3D printing onboard ships, to systems analysis into the Navy’s maintenance and readiness reporting, to complex decision tools in naval acquisition programs, to integrating solid state laser weapons onboard ships, to signal transmission and ship survivability modeling in littoral operations. Additionally, Dr. Michaeli looks for opportunities to bring together stakeholders with overlapping research interests. As such, Dr. Michaeli hosted multiple Navy agencies representing research, ship modernization, logistics and training to discuss collaboratively with NEMSI in the areas of additive manufacturing (commonly referred to as 3D printing) for naval applications. Previously Dr. Michaeli hosted NATO representatives to discuss with ODU faculty regarding research opportunities in areas with war gaming and maritime surveillance. Her colleague, Dr. Paul Moses, comments, “Dr. Michaeli’s extensive industry experience as a professional engineer in the U.S. Department of Defense has given her unique skills and leadership qualities resulting in many accomplishments in her current position as Director of the Naval Engineering and Marine Systems Institute (NEMSI).” In summary, Dr. Michaeli connects Old Dominion University to the maritime industry surrounding it and thus achieves exceptional knowledge integration. Dr. Michaeli is known not just throughout Hampton Roads and the Commonwealth but also nationally for her expertise in naval engineering and her successful ability to collaborate across the domains of government, industry, and academia.

SERVICE Dr. Michaeli’s teaching, research, and collaborative work with military and industry comes together with a clear and pointed focus of serving our nation. Dr. Michaeli’s achievements strengthen our national defense program through developing new technologies to make the strongest navy in the world even stronger and creating a pipeline from K-12 through ODU BCET and beyond into continuing education coursework to recruit, educate and train students for this critical work. Dr. Michaeli and her collaborators received an ONR STEM grant designated to assist military veterans in pursuing engineering degree and transitioning to career as a naval engineering professional. This 3-year, $1.2M pilot program will serve as the model for implementation at universities within Virginia and across the nation. In the marine engineering curriculum, Dr. Michaeli’s initiative to make all marine engineering courses available to distance learning students, allows the program to reach a broader population including students with strong technical background and hands-on practical experience that have no direct knowledge of ship design and shipbuilding due to their geographical location in the western or rural parts of Virginia. Dr. Michaeli serves on the Technical Advisory Council (TAC) for the Commonwealth Center for Advanced Manufacturing - a world-class collaborative partnership for academia and industry to advance the state-of-the-art of manufacturing for Virginia businesses. Dr. Michaeli was elected by membership-at-large to serve on ASNE’s National Executive Committee. She is on ASNE National Continuing Education Subcommittee and has developed and delivered professional development short courses to new engineering professionals in the naval enterprise and marine industry. Additionally, she is on the ASNE Tidewater Executive Committee and is the advisor for ODU’s ASNE Student Chapter. Every semester, Dr. Michaeli coordinates site-visits for students to tour shipyards and naval research facilities. Dr. Michaeli worked with HII-NNS to host its first-ever spring-break naval

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engineering seminar, a weeklong event for naval engineering students to be onsite, tour the facilities and have direct engagement with leadership and engineering professionals at the company. HII-NNS selected ODU as its partner university for this event. Dr. Michaeli collaborated with the US Navy in 2016 to host a Naval Engineering STEAM Day at Norfolk Naval Base for 200 middle school students. In 2014, she developed and led a marine engineering day for ODU STEM Camp for 6th – 8th graders. She has served as a visiting member on the Virginia Ship Repair Foundation (VSRF) that coordinates professional development for employees in the ship repair industry and also actively sponsors marine-focused STEM events for K-12 students. Dr. Michaeli is now working with local municipalities, local shipbuilders, and the US Navy to develop STEM pathways for high school students, in particular women and underrepresented minorities, to learn 3D design, coding, and virtual/augmented reality techniques to prepare them for ODU Engineering and ultimately apply their knowledge to industrial applications in shipbuilding and shipboard operations. In summary, Dr. Michaeli’s professional experiences placed her at the “tip of the spear” in addressing complex challenges for the U.S. Navy and bringing together a multi-disciplinary approach and collaborative spirit to rapidly transition from requirements definition and concept design, to detailed design and construction, to testing and fielding. She has led modernization programs to design and integrate advanced weapon systems onto existing vessel platforms. Through her “Cradle to Grave” experiences across the spectrum of naval engineering, she has worked in both the public and private sector, in both the design office and production facilities, and has been a U.S. representative to foreign countries for collaborative efforts to address special operations’ needs in counter terrorism. She has seen all facets of naval engineering both as a profession and as the engine that drives the regional, state and national economies. Dr. Michaeli is passionately adamant that the U.S. maintain its presence as a superior naval power and recognizes that this can only be achieved through inspiring and mentoring future generations to the field of naval engineering in a University setting. Dr. Michaeli believes that ODU, located in the metropolitan Hampton Roads region of coastal Virginia and home to numerous Naval facilities as well as ship design, shipbuilding and ship repair companies, is uniquely positioned to become the research center and academic hub for naval and marine engineering. With all of her successes and accolades in her professional career, she felt a strong and compelling force pulling her to academia in order to combine her energy and enthusiasm with her successful capacity to work across government – industry – academia. She facilitates partnerships between two worlds: the military community and the research community in order to achieve significant technology advancement. She combines her extensive technical knowledge and scholarly pursuits with her passion to teach and mentor, and her collaborative spirit to develop and foster strategic partnerships with the Navy and industry to achieve a rigorous curriculum of learning and a robust and sustainable center of excellence in naval engineering, shipbuilding, and ship modernization that meets the needs of the Hampton Roads, the state of Virginia, and the nation.

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Personal Statement

I am passionate about the marine industry, it’s in my genes! My family’s legacy in shipbuilding started in the late 1800s in northwest England. My great-grandfather was a shipbuilder at Vickers Shipyard, known today as BAE Systems Submarine Solutions, and has a long heritage of building commercial and naval vessels. Early in his career, he immigrated to the U.S., specifically to Newport News, VA to work at Newport News Shipbuilding and Dry Dock Company (now a division of Huntington Ingalls Industries). His future son-in-law, my grandfather, grew up one of 8 children on a farm in Florence, South Carolina and in 1933 graduated high school a year early to enroll in Newport News Shipbuilding’s Apprentice School. He worked his way from an electrician apprentice graduate to become part of the company’s leadership as Ship Superintendent and Head of Trades during his 45-year career and was onsite as the electrical test coordinator to see the first prototype nuclear reactor for the USS Enterprise go critical at the shipyard’s land-based test and training facility. Both my father and my uncle had long and successful careers in the industry – my father first as a naval officer, then as a marine engineer at Electric Boat in Groton, CT before returning to Newport News Shipbuilding where he had a 30-year career in testing and nuclear overhaul for carriers, and my uncle as an electrical engineer for waterfront infrastructure. From a very early age, I recall sitting at my grandparents’ kitchen table and listening to the “yard talk” from the three of them – much to my grandmother’s disapproval, and hearing the passion and conviction in their voices, the pride that came from being a shipbuilder – a builder of NAVY ships and submarines. I also learned the complexity in this endeavor – not only in the design of the vessel itself but the budgets, schedules, workforce challenges and the hazardous nature of building and maintaining ships. Growing up in Newport News, there were numerous science fair projects where I explored different aspects of ship design and a few wooden sailboats that we built in our garage and sailed on the Warwick River and James River. These experiences excited me and inspired me to pursue an engineering career in this field. I take great pride in knowing my two young children will sail these same rivers on the same boats. I spent four years at Webb Institute in New York studying naval architecture and marine engineering – a unique learning institution that is both magical and exhausting. At Webb, not only did I build my knowledge in ship design and construction but I left with a lasting admiration for the culture – the academic rigor, internship programs, close contact and support from industry, the emphasis on collaborative, project-based learning and outstanding role models including my professors, my internship mentors, and my thesis advisors. From Webb I went further north, to MIT, to complete my master’s degree. At MIT I learned to view the industry with an eye to the theories and practices of engineering management – in ship construction, ship operations, and intermodal transportation, and examined the Navy’s business models in an era of acquisition reform. After a long, cold, snowy winter in Boston I eagerly returned to Hampton Roads to start my professional career at the Navy’s R&D Center for vessels under 200 feet in length. For more than a decade, I had the privilege of working from concept design through fielding of the most technically sophisticated vessels and integrated systems to support our Naval Special Forces and to do so alongside exceptional military and civilian individuals from government, industry and academia, both within the U.S. and abroad. This type of “tip of the spear” research, design, testing and engineering (RDT&E) could not be published in journal articles or even acknowledged outside of a small circle of colleagues. For me, every

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project was extremely challenging and expanded my technical knowledge immensely. These experiences taught me what it means to be operationally effective in a combat environment and gave me an overwhelming sense of pride to serve my country’s warfighters. It’s also during this time that I completed my PhD in mechanical engineering at ODU and had the opportunity to experience firsthand the expertise and dedication of ODU’s faculty, the capabilities and the strengths that are unique to this forward-focused metropolitan university – and to recognize the untapped potential that ODU has to build a robust, sustainable center of excellence to support the Naval Enterprise, Shipbuilding and Ship Repair Industries – both in research and professional workforce development. For several years following my PhD, I left government service to work in the industry’s private sector and continued in new design and construction on several programs of manned and unmanned vessels for U.S. and foreign navies. One such project was the competitive downselect of the next generation Special Forces program that was a substantial “win” for a small boatbuilding company. These projects complemented my academic training and government-sector experiences and gave me better perspective of advanced manufacturing and production, small businesses competing for government contracts, and how industry has evolved to serve the role of Ship Integrator over the 15, 30, or even 50-years of a vessel’s lifecycle. So it is with this rich heritage, rigorous academic training, and broad professional experiences across government and the private sector that at 36 years old I sought to return to ODU, not as a student but as a visionary and driving force to expand ODU’s research capabilities and academic programs in areas of naval and marine engineering. I now find myself in my third year in academia and most recently at the helm of the Naval Engineering and Marine Systems Institute (NEMSI). NEMSI was formed in 2014 to drive scholarly endeavors that support the Navy and industry in addressing complex challenges in design, construction, operations and modernization of marine vessels for military, commercial and recreational use. It is also intended to produce an engineering workforce that meets the competitive needs of the marine industry and naval enterprise of Virginia, which ranks first among all U.S. states in shipbuilding with 63,650 jobs and provides more than $5.5B into the state’s economy every year, as well as the national needs of this constituency. NEMSI’s achievements over the past 24 months are numerous and outlined in the Summary of Accomplishments. But even to that I say, “Just wait, we are just getting started!” In this new chapter of my life at ODU I let three tenets guide my thoughts and actions: 1) to create opportunities for students to see a meaningful and impacting future in naval and marine engineering, 2) to build a robust curriculum (including courses, lab investments and faculty research) that best prepares ODU students for success in this field, and 3) to ensure a sense of community among students, faculty and navy and industry that will increase retention during their academic career and stay with them after they graduate. Seeing the enthusiasm and engagement that is spreading across the faculty, student body, and government and industry stakeholders confirms my strong belief that my experiences to date have led me to exactly where I should be. I am at ODU to build a robust, sustainable marine engineering center of excellence, to provide quality research to the Naval Enterprise and Marine Industry, and to support the nation’s naval engineering pipeline that ensures a vibrant future for our nation’s expertise across science and technology, manufacturing, and defense domains.

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Abbreviated Curriculum Vitae Education 1998 Webb Institute, Bachelor of Science in Naval Architecture and Marine Engineering

Thesis: A Comparison of Prediction Methods for Impact Pressures of High-Speed, Light Craft

1999 Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Master of Science in Ocean Systems Management Thesis: Navy Design Spending in an Era of Acquisition Reform

2010 Old Dominion University, Doctor of Philosophy in Mechanical Engineering Dissertation: Methodology to Quantify Vertical Accelerations of Planing Craft in Irregular Waves

Teaching Highlights 2013-Present Assistant Professor, Old Dominion University

• Oversee curriculum for BCET’s marine engineering minor and ET’s marine engineering technology specialization

• Develop, teach undergraduate / graduate distance learning marine engineering courses: Principles of Naval Architecture (MET495, MAE 450, MET 474, MAE 550)

• Advise BCET undergraduate and graduate students on Navy-sponsored research projects

• Mentor / sponsor students participating on 2 Roboboat Student Competition Design Teams representing ODU

• Advise ODU’s Student Chapter of American Society of Naval Engineers (ASNE) 2012-2013 Visiting Professor, Old Dominion University

Selected Honors and Awards 2016 ODU BCET Excellence in Research Award Recipient for 2016 2016 ODU’s Nominee for 2017 SCHEV “Rising Star” Award 2016 Invited Speaker, American Society of Naval Engineers Tidewater Section 2016 Keynote Speaker, Society of Women Engineers Region E Annual Conference 2016 Distinguished Lecturer, Naval Surface Warfare Center Dahlgren Division 2016 State Finalist, 2016 SCHEV “Rising Star” award 2015 Invited Panelist, Lead Virginia 2015 Session Chair, Marine Engineering Education, Royal Institute of Naval Architects 2015 Invited Presenter, Naval Engineering Education Consortium’s Annual Conference 2015 ODU’s Nominee for 2016 SCHEV “Rising Star” Award 2015 Keynote Speaker for ODU BCET Distinguished Honors Gala 2015 ODU BCET Nominee for Provost’s Undergraduate Research Mentor of Year 2013 Panel Expert, ASNE High Performance Marine Vehicles Symposium 2013 Finalist for Best Paper Award (Engineering Innovation Division) at American

Society of Engineering Education (ASEE) Annual Conference 2007 RADM Melville Award for Outstanding Technical Achievement 2006 Rosenblatt Young Engineer of the Year Award, American Society of Naval

Engineers (ASNE) 1998 SNAME Student Paper of the Year 1998 Landers Scholar, Graduate Scholarship for Advanced Study in

Ship Design, Building and Operations 1997, 1998 ASNE Scholar (Undergraduate Scholarship 1997, Graduate Scholarship 1998)

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1998 Lewis Nixon Memorial Award (best thesis in naval architecture) 1998 Charles Ward, Jr. Memorial Award (highest GPA in naval architecture) 1998 Samuel McComb Memorial Award (second highest GPA, junior and senior year) Leadership, Professional Affiliations, and Service 2016-Present Member, Commonwealth Center for Advanced Manufacturing (CCAM) Technical Advisory Council (TAC) 2016-Present Program Chair, ASEE OCEAN AND MARINE ENGINEERING DIVISION 2016-Present Member, ODU’s Office of Research Advisory Committee. 2015-Present Member, BCET Dean Search Committee 2014-Present Director, Naval Engineering and Marine Systems Institute, ODU BCET 2014-Present Co-Director, ODU Marine Dynamics Laboratory 2012-Present Faculty Advisor, ASNE Student Chapter at ODU 2014-2016 Elected Member, ASNE National Council 2013-2014 Visiting Member, Virginia Ship Repair Foundation (VSRF) 2013-Present Member, ASNE National Continuing Education Subcommittee 2013-Present Member, ASNE Tidewater Executive Committee 2004-Present Professional Engineer, State of Virginia External Funding

• Principal Investigator or co-Principal Investigator on grants from Office of Naval Research, Naval Sea Systems Command / Naval Engineering Education Consortium, and Space and Naval Warfare Systems Command totaling over $3.34M million since 2013.

• Funding from Defense University Research Instrumentation Program (DURIP) to establish the ODU’s Marine Power and Electrical Systems Laboratory

Selected Peer-reviewed Journal Publications • Smith, K., Shull, J., Dean, A., Shen, Y., Michaeli, J., “SiGMA: A Software Framework for

Enhancing Advanced Mathematical Capabilities in Serious Games,” Journal for Advances in Engineering Software, accepted, August 2016.

• Johnson, B., & Michaeli, J. G. Survey of State-of-the-Art Underwater Glider Technology: Development and Utilization of Underwater Gliders. International Journal of Engineering Research and Innovation, 8(1), 39-46. 2016.

• Michaeli, J. G., et al. “An Initial Look at Robotics-based Initiatives to Engage Girls in Engineering“, Technology Interface International Journal (TIIJ), Spring/Summer 2014, Vol. 14, No., 2014.

• Michaeli, J., et al. “Application of the Analytic Hierarchy Process for Topside Combat System Integration onto Surface Combatants,” Naval Engineer’s Journal, December 2014.

• Lin, C., et al. “Design and Practical Application of an Innovative, Pneumatically-Latched Valve,” Journal for Engineering Technology, September 2013.

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Excerpts from Letters of Support Current and Former Students Dr. Michaeli has made an enormous impact on my college education and transition from active duty naval service as a disabled veteran. With her guidance I received several merit based scholarships and internships including the nationally competitive ASEE SMART scholarship which has the additional benefit of being hired by the Department of Defense immediately following graduation. I would not have received these honors if I did not have Dr. Michaeli’s guidance and genuine passion for her students to excel in their studies and career. Her service as a principle investigator to our Navy-funded research projects has not only brought a multidisciplinary group of students together as a team but the projects have received honor and distinction under her leadership. As a student and a disabled veteran I am deeply grateful for the future that Dr. Michaeli has opened for me.

Alfred Hammett, Undergraduate Researcher Dr. Michaeli’s high standards for technical excellence and her passion for engineering undeniably contributed to shape me into the engineer I am today. When Dr. Michaeli offered me the opportunity to become her graduate research assistant as I was completing my Master’s in Mechanical Engineering from Old Dominion University, I had not foreseen the tremendous impact she would have on my professional life. Dr. Michaeli taught me how to conduct rigorous research, to analyze complex problems, and most importantly, to always maintain one’s professional integrity, all of which are invaluable assets in my career at NASA Langley Research Center, with one of the leading research agencies in the nation.

Marie Ivanco, Graduate Researcher All of the students supervised by Dr. Michaeli saw great success in their research and with her help, produced several papers for Naval Surface Warfare Center Dahlgren Division. These papers contained the students’ findings in several different breakthrough subjects including directed energy weapons, new uses for multi-criteria decision making, additive manufacturing, and shock mitigation on military vessels. The fact that an organization with as much talent and clout as the United States Navy took an interest in this bold research shows Dr. Michaeli’s great skill as an academic, a teacher, and a motivator and perfectly demonstrates her dedication to innovation. In my four years attending Old Dominion University, I have not met another individual as dedicated to serving so many including the university, its students, the Navy and Marine Industry as a whole.

Jonathan Ricci, Former Student, Undergraduate Researcher Colleagues Jennifer is a star find for Old Dominion University. Since she joined the faculty in 2012 she has totally reinvigorated so many aspects of teaching and research that it is hard to believe this comes from a person who was just awarded her PhD in 2010. She is not only serving as the Director of our Naval Engineering and Marine Systems Institute but she has brought the Institute into a top national center for engineering in this field. She is so energetic and charismatic that students enthuse over her teaching and research, causing a spike in interest in marine engineering and its importance in our society. She has brought new life into Freshmen Engineering projects, showing boundless energy and caring for the students. Jennifer, with her drive and focus, is already in a class of her own in research and teaching. I give her my highest possible recommendation.

Linda Vahala, Associate Dean Batten College of Engineering and Technology, Old Dominion University

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Dr. Michaeli has the rare ability to work with students, faculty collaborators, and federal and private sector sponsors – all at a very high level. She inspires her students to become marine engineers, introduces colleagues to new research opportunities, and demonstrates the value of academic-based engineering to mission-driven agency and company program managers. Dr. Michaeli has become a key player in growing engineering inside and, perhaps more importantly, outside the university. She is an outstanding example of the future of academic engineering programs.

Morris Foster, Vice President of Research, Old Dominion University Jennifer Michaeli is an excellent role model for all students and works hard to engage and increase retention for underrepresented students in engineering. She has volunteered to work with incoming female freshmen in the ODU Engineering Early Advantage Program, and this early engagement with intelligent, successful female engineering professionals is critical in the retention of our students. In addition to her work with female engineering students, she has been instrumental in the promotion of marine engineering, and the engagement of our students in this important area of engineering at Old Dominion University. She is engaged with employers in the marine engineering area, and this engagement has served to provide additional opportunities for employment for our students.

Beverly Forbes, Associate Director, Experiential Learning Liaison Career Development Services, Old Dominion University

Colleagues and Collaborators from Military and Industry Dr. Michaeli understands not only the value of applied research, but is able to convey how that research will make a lasting impact on the Navy, the shipbuilding industries and Virginia economic development. Being situated next to the largest Navy base in the world, ODU is now the 10th largest University in the nation serving veterans through various workforce development programs… Dr. Michaeli continues to epitomize the new ODU strategic research plan to innovate locally, transform globally.

Ray Toll, USN CAPT, Ret. ODU Director of Coastal Resilience Research From an industry perspective, Dr. Michaeli’s proactive engagement of the student body with the Navy and the shipbuilding industry has created strong bonds among academia, government, and industry, which benefits all stakeholders and leaves a lasting impression upon the students. This bodes well for the future industrial and technological workforce, especially in Virginia. Dr. Michaeli initiates large-scale, collaborative research opportunities between ODU and HII-Newport News Shipbuilding (NNS) that will help maximize the quality and impact of both organizations’ R&D efforts. She seeks out opportunities to connect traditional learning, research, and professional development in challenging S&T areas that the Navy and industry are facing, such as next generation shipboard electrical design to integrate advanced warfare systems.

Jennifer Boykin, Vice President, Engineering and Design, HII-Newport News Shipbuilding

Dr. Jennifer Michaeli has been an integral component of the success of the Naval Engineering Education Consortium (NEEC) sponsored by Naval Sea Systems Command (NAVSEA). The NEEC is a joint educational initiative between the U.S. Navy, the American Society of Naval Engineers (NASNE), the Society of Naval Architects and Marine Engineers (SNAME), and a consortium of 22 educational institutions in the United States. Our mission is to engage and develop the next generation of civilian engineers through project-based education, collaboration, and curriculum, which will lead the U.S. Navy forward. Dr. Michaeli has sponsored 4 projects over the past 3 years and successfully engaged students to pursue opportunities for internships and careers in the Shipbuilding industry... Dr. Michaeli has been instrumental in developing an effective and efficient educational curriculum designed to help wounded veterans through the

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opportunity to receive advanced education and pursue opportunities in the Naval Engineering community. Dr. Michaeli is truly an outstanding faculty partner for the Naval Engineering Education Consortium and exemplifies the highest ideals of teaching, discovery, knowledge integration and service.

Richard E. Vanden Heuvel, CAPT USN, Ret., Associate Director Naval Engineering Education Consortium

I served as chairperson for the American Society of Naval Engineers’ Continuing Education Committee, whose charter is to develop a CE program that includes the capability for in-person and online delivery of short courses to meet the CE needs of naval engineers. Dr. Michaeli was instrumental at a high level in helping the committee set a strategic and tactical direction and also at the grassroots in developing and regularly teaching a Marine Systems Course. Dr. Michaeli has been a leader in helping ASNE reinvigorate its continuing education offerings demonstrating her commitment to excellence in teaching, knowledge integration and service.

Ana Gulian, Propulsion, Power and Auxiliary Machinery Systems Department Head NSWCCD, SSES

Dr. Jennifer Michaeli’s work impacts the structural design and classification of high-speed vessels operating on the oceans of the world. Sophisticated, high-performance vessels can now have efficient use of structural material which permits alternate uses of weight savings; increased payload, range or alternative missions. In addition to her outstanding accomplishments as a researcher and her service contributions to the industry, she truly has a passion for teaching and growing young minds to new levels of understanding in the complex challenges of ship design, construction and operations. I have hired several of her former students and these students were commercially productive the first day they arrived for work at our office. That is almost unheard of for new graduates. In her short time at ODU, she’s made a significant impact in increasing ODU’s contributions to the Navy and Virginia’s maritime industry.

Donald Blount, Naval Architect, Donald L. Blount Associates Dr. Michaeli uses her extensive naval background in the creation of the Old Dominion University Naval Engineering and Marine Systems Institute (NEMSI), where she serves as director. NEMSI addresses complex design, modernization, and logistics problems for marine vessels through academia, government and industry partnerships. Her collaborations with the naval community, including myself, are helping solve some the largest challenges faced by the industry. One of these challenges is maintaining a quality workforce; Dr. Michaeli has tackled this by refining ODU’s Marine Engineering minor and developing early-immersion programs such as the marine engineering project-based learning course for freshmen engineers and maritime-themed summer camp day for middle school students. The Navy is beginning to address design, modernization and logistics problems through recent rapid evolutions in additive manufacturing (ie 3D printing). Dr. Michaeli’s team’s research will assist in the integration of additive systems throughout the naval community. I believe Dr. Jennifer Michaeli’s efforts will continue to make tremendous strides in advancing the marine industry, especially for the Navy and throughout Virginia.

James Lambeth, Additive Manufacturing Lead, Naval Surface Warfare Center, Dahlgren Division, Combat Direction Systems Activity, Dam Neck

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Additional Documentation Dr. Michaeli’s student evaluations of her instructor effectiveness range from a low of 4.4 (in a first time class) to a high of 4.9 out of 5. Student comments on her courses include (emphasis added):

• Dr. Michaeli made me like the class. She was absolutely wonderful. Dr. Michaeli understood that we are all Engineering majors and this isn't the only hard class we were taking. She accepted late work and was very helpful in class.

• Dr. Michaeli is great! She was very nice and helpful whenever I had any questions. She assigned grades fairly and was very helpful with constructive criticism on graded assignments.

• The instructor knew the details of the course and was very clear during the lecture. • The professor was incredibly helpful anytime there was confusion or I asked a question. • Dr. Michaeli is awesome!! • Dr. Michaeli had spent plenty of time in the industry and knew what she was talking about. • Dr. Michaeli made sure the information and lessons given were practices used in the industry

and were relevant. • Dr. Michaeli really cared about teaching the subject and was always willing to help. She was

very experienced and knowledgeable about questions asked and the material covered. The shipyard tour was a great thing to facilitate and bringing us out to learn about sailing was a great experience. Best instructor I have had at ODU.

• Dr. Michaeli is very knowledgeable and enthusiastic. • The ability to ask questions about anything relevant and she would work with you to fully

understand what you needed to know. I also enjoyed the shipyard tour and sailing lab, allowed me to apply what I had learned in class and apply it in a real-world situation.

• The instructor was extremely personable and very enthusiastic about the material. It made the class very interesting and less dry.

• I loved the interactive class time in addition to the close up experiences. The entire class required me to think critically and I loved it.

• The teacher was very helpful during her office hours and was able to answer all questions fully. • This is probably the only class where I try not to look at my phone or computer. I really cared to

listen about the material that was given. I tried not to be distracted with devices. • I think it was great and I wouldn't change a thing. • It is hard to improve what has been my most enjoyable class, since I transferred to ODU. • The instructor was very knowledgeable on the subject and very positive. She was very

understanding about things that come up in life that prevent deadlines and is very willing to work with her students on a reasonable alternative. She is one of the best if not the best instructors I have had at ODU. I would recommend any to take her course as both the material covered was very interesting and informative and she was a great instructor. The labs were also really great and relevant. It was probably the best course experience I've had during my time at ODU.

• The course was very interesting. Dr. Michaeli is helpful and kind. • The fieldtrips and homework assignments helped me to think critically about the material. • Interesting class; the instructor was very enthusiastic, easy to follow and understand • Dr. Michaeli is a great instructor and very knowledgeable, and provided a fun class environment.

• The instructor was highly knowledgeable and enthusiastic about the subject.

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Student Engagement Highlights Dr. Michaeli coordinates frequent marine industry visits for ODU students. Here, students toured HII-NNS production facilities, went onboard the new Ford Class Carrier and examined the latest technology in electro-magnetic catapult systems to launch aircraft, toured an in-service carrier in overhaul, and explored augmented reality technologies, modeling and simulation, and product lifecycle management tools.

Dr. Michaeli coordinates sailing labs for all engineering students. In these one-day events held twice a year, Dr. Michaeli, ODU’s sailing coach, Mitch Brindley and the ODU sailing team host a classroom instructional followed by in-water lab to get students out on the water and gain first-hand experience with engineering concepts of hydrodynamics, aerodynamics, and stability. For many students, there is their first time sailing. It’s always a lot of fun!

Dr. Michaeli, undergraduate and graduate students from just one of her many research teams traveled to Bethesda, MD to present their research to Navy leadership.

Dr. Michaeli, ODU engineering students, alumni, and marine industry at-large participate in Ultimate Build-a-Boat Sikaflex Challenge in downtown Norfolk at the annual Harborfest festival. In this two-day event, two-person teams must design, build and race their own water craft using limited materials. A fun way to spend a weekend

and learn about naval engineering at ODU and across Virginia! In 2015, Dr. Michaeli’s Undergraduate Research Teams win 1st Place and 3rd Place in the undergraduate research competition at the annual symposium for American Society of Naval Engineers (ASNE) against 16 other universities.

Under Dr. Michaeli’s leadership, in December 2015 Old Dominion University and Newport News Shipbuilding (NNS), a division of Huntington Ingalls Industries, have signed a far-reaching memorandum of understanding to collaborate in areas of research, design, testing and experimentation.

Dr. Michaeli frequently coordinates tours of Navy labs. Here, ODU students tour NSWC Dahlgren Division and meet with engineers to learn about the next generation weapon systems technologies, the

unique lab and full scale test facilities, and career opportunities in naval engineering. Dr. Michaeli leads Navy-funded research with NSWC Dahlgren. Dr. Michaeli gives keynote address at ODU’s Distinguished Honors Gala. Students present research and capstone projects. Dr. Michaeli’s researchers are recognized.

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Dr. Michaeli delivering the keynote speech to over 400 attendees at the Society of Woman Engineers Region E Annual Conference in Newport News on Saturday, February 20, 2016.

Dr. Michaeli has initiated two new research and education labs: Marine Dynamics Lab (left) simulates shipboard environment in rough seas (shock, vibration and motions) to conduct research and teaching in structures and equipment survivability. Marine Electrical Power System Lab (right)

marries physical hardware with cutting-edge modeling techniques to simulate the complexities of a shipboard electrical systems to conduct research, teaching, and professional training for navy and industry personnel.

Dr. Michaeli brings her extensive industry experience to the classroom. Here, students examine ship design and ship stability concepts through flipped classroom techniques, hands-on lab experience, and virtual learning environment with industry software.

At ASNE Day 2016 in Washington, DC, Dr. Michaeli’s students won a first place, two second place and numerous third place awards in undergraduate and graduate research competitions featuring the nation's top naval engineering schools. "We are working closely with faculty and University leadership to create an

environment where Old Dominion is seen as a hub of naval engineering education and research. Faculty collaboration, both in research and as student mentors, is essential," Michaeli said. Dr. Michaeli organized a Naval Engineering Research Expo in March 2016 and is shown with several of the faculty mentors she has integrated in to NEMSI research projects with undergraduate and graduate students.

NEMSI collaborated with Mid-Atlantic Regional Maintenance Center (MARMC) Fabrication Laboratory (Fab Lab) to host 200 middle school students for a Shipbuilding STEAM event April 22, 2016. NEMSI brought numerous robotic and autonomous vessels in addition to hands-on demonstrations for students. “This is a way for us to engage with the students and at this young age, maybe plant the seed for how exciting engineering can be. Sometimes, we are up against a perception that engineering isn’t fun and we want to show them just

how awesome engineering is. Lastly, we want to show students that they can go from their school to ODU, find something they are passionate about in engineering, and then transition into a career with the Navy or the civilian workforce.”

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I highly recommend Dr. Jennifer Michaeli for the SCHEV Rising Star Award. Jennifer came to ODU in 2012 after establishing herself as an exceptional professional engineer in the Naval S&T community where she is well respected by Navy leadership and the marine engineering community and was honored with the Rosenblatt Young Engineer award and the RADM Melville Award for Outstanding Technical Achievement. Soon after her arrival, it became clear to me that she is a true professional, a great visionary with a collaborative spirit, and fully dedicated to the charge of preparing our students for outstanding career in engineering. She has excelled in all aspects of scholarship. She has used her industry knowledge to develop the marine engineering curriculum so that it is now one of the best programs in the United States. She has connected the curriculum to the cutting edge engineering programs that she led in the Navy and in industry, which emphasizes her teaching philosophy to help students to bridge the gap between textbook learning and real-world engineering and to excite her students about the career opportunities that are available to them. Her teaching evaluations from students are excellent and students regularly remark that she is the best professor they have had, that her subject knowledge is unparalleled, and her enthusiasm and dedication to her students is unmatched. Dr. Michaeli is the leading tenure-track faculty in her ability to win research grants in her area of expertise. She has integrated undergraduate and graduate students and faculty from multiple disciplines, across different departments and colleges together to form collaborative teams and participate in these funded research projects. This type of cross-disciplinary approach and project-based learning greatly benefits students and faculty. It is a rare exception to find this level of leadership, breadth and depth of knowledge, and dedication to create the opportunities for our undergraduate and graduate students and our faculty. Dr. Michaeli is truly this rare exception, and for this I am so grateful to have her on our team. She has developed a record of excellence in scholarly publications based on this research. Further, her focus on the inclusion of veterans, women and minority engineering students in this research is opening doors for these students that will lead them to fulfilling engineering careers. In 2014, I established the Naval Engineering and Marine Systems Institute and Dr. Michaeli was my clear choice as the Director, a position that is typically reserved for more senior, tenured faculty. In this role, Dr. Michaeli has exceeded my highest expectations. In just over a year, she has made significant achievements in expanding the research base of the university, and engaging both tenure-track and tenured faculty in research for the US Navy. She is building strong partnerships for ODU both with Navy and shipbuilding stakeholders. She has greatly expanded ODU’s lab capabilities for teaching, research, and student projects including participation at national competitions. She creates professional development opportunities for students including presenting research at national conferences, publishing articles in well-respected journals, and networking in monthly society meetings. She reaches across departments, colleges, and administrative ties to bring people together and raise the bar for ODU engineering. She serves industry at the national level as an elected member of the American Society of Navel Engineers (ASNE) National Council and the Continuing Education Subcommittee. She is also serving the local community as an Executive Committee member of the regional Tidewater Section of ASNE. After working with Dr. Michaeli for the past 3 years, I am convinced that she will continue to surpass my highest expectations in the areas of teaching, research, integration and service leading education in Virginia and preparing the future generations of naval and marine engineers.

Oktay Baysal, Ph.D., P.E., F. ASME Dean and Eminent Scholar

Batten College of Engineering and Technology, Old Dominion University