40% Sponsored Research: Conduct innovative research in data-driven modeling, communications, networking, machine learning, distributed optimization, and intelligent autonomous systems for distributed maritime operations involving both surface and underwater autonomous vehicles. Design and develop mathematical models, algorithms, engineering simulations, software tools, experiments, and testing methodologies for distributed multi-agent systems, resilient communications, intelligent sensing, autonomous decision-making, and cooperative autonomous operations. Manage, oversee, and design engineering simulations, experiments, and tests, and collect and analyze data while ensuring data integrity, control, and research reproducibility. Maintain currency with relevant state-of-the-art technologies, equipment, systems, communications and networking methods, and machine learning techniques. Publish research findings in leading peer-reviewed journals and conferences. Provide senior scientific and technical leadership for major sponsored research activities and coordinate research across multiple investigators, disciplines, and partner organizations.
35% Supervise Graduate Students and Postdoctoral Researchers: Provide research supervision and technical mentoring to graduate students, postdoctoral researchers, research associates, and other research personnel. Guide research planning, technical development, experimental and simulation activities, publication preparation, sponsor deliverables, and professional development while fostering a collaborative and inclusive research environment. Lead and mentor multidisciplinary teams of graduate students, postdoctoral researchers, research faculty, research associates, and technical staff.
25% Research Program Development and External Funding: Identify funding opportunities and participate in developing competitive research proposals for federal agencies, industry, and other sponsors. Initiate and develop contacts and collaborations with grant and contract agencies, faculty members, industry partners, and other academic institutions to support the growth of externally funded research programs. Contribute to proposal preparation, technical planning, budgeting, project reporting, sponsor communications, and the preparation of technical reports and other research-related documentation. Lead the development of major multidisciplinary proposals, cultivate sponsor and industry relationships, and provide management leadership for research portfolios, budgets, schedules, deliverables, personnel, and sponsor reporting.