Jeffrey Wayne Stettler

Adjunct Instructor

Career / Biography

Dr. Jeffrey Stettler is an experienced engineer and teacher, with experience across a range of academic environments and an array of technical and operational leadership positions in the U.S. Navy, with significant related experience with government and industry.  He is a recognized expert in the field of naval architecture and marine engineering, with special expertise and experience in applied engineering for marine salvage and casualty response.

Dr. Stettler is currently the Military Professor of Naval Architecture in the Department of Naval Architecture and Ocean Engineering at the U.S. Naval Academy.  He has taught a breadth of courses in naval architecture, marine engineering and mechanical engineering, and has conducted and supervised applied research in ship flooding and damaged stability, ship structures, and hydrodynamics.  He has also served as the Associate Chairman of the Naval Architecture and Ocean Engineering Department.

In addition to his recent experiences in academia, Dr. Stettler served as a career naval officer in the Navy?s Engineering Duty community, where he gained extensive practical experience in a breadth of engineering and operational leadership roles.  His experience included submarine operations, shipyard construction, repair, and dry-docking operations, ship and submarine design and acquisition, and deep sea diving and marine salvage operations.  Having unique qualifications and experience as a Navy salvage diving officer, he has personally supervised more than 30 complex marine salvage operations, including ship salvage and deep ocean search and recovery involving military and commercial ships, aircraft and spacecraft, many requiring complex engineering, for which he was also responsible.