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Since its inception in 1845, the United States Naval Academy in Annapolis, Maryland, has often faced the challenge of balancing technical and professional training demands of the naval service against the social and cultural conditions of an increasingly complex world. Despite the institution's attempts to address the multiple demands of the social and military contexts, the study of behavioral science in general, and sociology in particular, has been until recently largely absent. In response to challenges and deficiencies associated with its educational program, the Naval Academy has undertaken a path of reform to balance professional training with the need to educate graduates as competent and effective leaders. This article addresses some of the institutional, organizational, and curricular changes at the Naval Academy, with a focus on the inclusion and development of courses in human behavior and sociology as a means to study this process of leadership education.

Naval Engineers JournalVolume 81, Issue 5 p. 77-78 REPORT ON THE FOURTH CONGRESS OF THE INTERNATIONAL FEDERATION OF AUTOMATIC CONTROL (IFAC) Warsaw, 1969 MR. WILLIAM J. BATTIN, MR. WILLIAM J. BATTIN THE AUTHOR: received a BSEE from Swarthmore College in 1950, MSME from Princeton in 1955 and Ph.D. from University of Illinois in 1963. He has taught Mechanical Engineering subjects at Clarkson College and The University of Illinois, and is now a professor in the Engineering Department at the United States Naval Academy where his principal interest is application of digital computers to process control systems. During sabbatical leave last year he was Visiting Professor at Cambridge University.Search for more papers by this author MR. WILLIAM J. BATTIN, MR. WILLIAM J. BATTIN THE AUTHOR: received a BSEE from Swarthmore College in 1950, MSME from Princeton in 1955 and Ph.D. from University of Illinois in 1963. He has taught Mechanical Engineering subjects at Clarkson College and The University of Illinois, and is now a professor in the Engineering Department at the United States Naval Academy where his principal interest is application of digital computers to process control systems. During sabbatical leave last year he was Visiting Professor at Cambridge University.Search for more papers by this author First published: October 1969 https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1559-3584.1969.tb05159.x AboutPDF ToolsExport citationAdd to favoritesTrack citation ShareShare Give accessShare full text accessShare full-text accessPlease review our Terms and Conditions of Use and check box below to share full-text version of article.I have read and accept the Wiley Online Library Terms and Conditions of UseShareable LinkUse the link below to share a full-text version of this article with your friends and colleagues. Learn more.Copy URL Share a linkShare onFacebookTwitterLinkedInRedditWechat No abstract is available for this article. Volume81, Issue5October 1969Pages 77-78 RelatedInformation

Journal of the American Society for Naval EngineersVolume 60, Issue 4 p. 431-442 A NEW CONSIDERATION FOR WARSHIP DESIGN Commander Edw. J. Fahy, Commander Edw. J. Fahy U.S.N. Commander Edward Joseph Fahy, U.S.N., graduated from the United States Naval Academy in 1934. After three years in heavy cruisers, he entered submarine service in 1937. He took two year postgraduate course in Electronics Engineering. He commanded U.S.S. Plunger in the Pacific during World War II. During the last year of the war served on the staff of Commander Submarine Training Command, Pacific as New Developments — Electronics Officer. Presently in charge of the Ship Installation and Maintenance Branch of the Electronics Division of BuShips. Duties involve not only responsibility for installation and maintenance of shipboard electronics equipment for U. S. Fleet, but also the design planning for electronics installations incident to new construction, conversions, and preliminary ship designs. Awards—Legion of Merit, two letters of commendation with ribbons, with combat “V”s, and Navy Unit Commendation for war patrols in U.S.S. Plunger.Search for more papers by this author Commander Edw. J. Fahy, Commander Edw. J. Fahy U.S.N. Commander Edward Joseph Fahy, U.S.N., graduated from the United States Naval Academy in 1934. After three years in heavy cruisers, he entered submarine service in 1937. He took two year postgraduate course in Electronics Engineering. He commanded U.S.S. Plunger in the Pacific during World War II. During the last year of the war served on the staff of Commander Submarine Training Command, Pacific as New Developments — Electronics Officer. Presently in charge of the Ship Installation and Maintenance Branch of the Electronics Division of BuShips. Duties involve not only responsibility for installation and maintenance of shipboard electronics equipment for U. S. Fleet, but also the design planning for electronics installations incident to new construction, conversions, and preliminary ship designs. Awards—Legion of Merit, two letters of commendation with ribbons, with combat “V”s, and Navy Unit Commendation for war patrols in U.S.S. Plunger.Search for more papers by this author First published: November 1948 https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1559-3584.1948.tb03862.x AboutPDF ToolsRequest permissionExport citationAdd to favoritesTrack citation ShareShare Give accessShare full text accessShare full-text accessPlease review our Terms and Conditions of Use and check box below to share full-text version of article.I have read and accept the Wiley Online Library Terms and Conditions of UseShareable LinkUse the link below to share a full-text version of this article with your friends and colleagues. Learn more.Copy URL Share a linkShare onFacebookTwitterLinked InRedditWechat Volume60, Issue4November 1948Pages 431-442 RelatedInformation

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Naval Engineers JournalVolume 75, Issue 4 p. 745-762 SHIP AND AIRCRAFT FIRE FIGHTING ON COMBATANT VESSELS LIEUTENANT COMMANDER THOMAS B. WILSON JR. USN, LIEUTENANT COMMANDER THOMAS B. WILSON JR. USN The author is currently assigned as Project Officer for Aircraft Carriers in the Hull Design Branch-, Bureau of Ships. He received his Bachelor of Science Degree at the United States Naval Academy in 1948 and a Master of Science Degree in Naval Architecture at Webb Institute of Naval Architecture in 1953. The article presents the essentials of a fire fighting training course given by the author to the crew of the USS RANDOLPH (CVS-15) while serving in the Gold “E” winning Engineering Department from 1959 to 1963. An abbreviated version was given the Fire Departments of the Norfolk Naval Shipyard and the City of Portsmouth, Virginia.Search for more papers by this author LIEUTENANT COMMANDER THOMAS B. WILSON JR. USN, LIEUTENANT COMMANDER THOMAS B. WILSON JR. USN The author is currently assigned as Project Officer for Aircraft Carriers in the Hull Design Branch-, Bureau of Ships. He received his Bachelor of Science Degree at the United States Naval Academy in 1948 and a Master of Science Degree in Naval Architecture at Webb Institute of Naval Architecture in 1953. The article presents the essentials of a fire fighting training course given by the author to the crew of the USS RANDOLPH (CVS-15) while serving in the Gold “E” winning Engineering Department from 1959 to 1963. An abbreviated version was given the Fire Departments of the Norfolk Naval Shipyard and the City of Portsmouth, Virginia.Search for more papers by this author First published: October 1963 https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1559-3584.1963.tb04928.x AboutPDF ToolsExport citationAdd to favoritesTrack citation ShareShare Give accessShare full text accessShare full-text accessPlease review our Terms and Conditions of Use and check box below to share full-text version of article.I have read and accept the Wiley Online Library Terms and Conditions of UseShareable LinkUse the link below to share a full-text version of this article with your friends and colleagues. Learn more.Copy URL Share a linkShare onFacebookTwitterLinked InRedditWechat Volume75, Issue4October 1963Pages 745-762 RelatedInformation

Lean Six Sigma (LSS) is a process improvement methodology developed in the manufacturing industry to increase process efficiency while maintaining product quality. The efficacy of LSS application to the health care setting has not been adequately studied. This article presents a quality improvement project at the U.S. Naval Academy that uses LSS to improve the mass immunizations process for Midshipmen during in-processing. The process was standardized to give all vaccinations at one station instead of giving a different vaccination at each station. After project implementation, the average immunizations lead time decreased by 79% and staffing decreased by 10%. The process was shown to be in control with a capability index of 1.18 and performance index of 1.10, resulting in a defect rate of 0.04%. This project demonstrates that the LSS methodology can be applied successfully to the health care setting to make sustainable process improvements if used correctly and completely.

For over 40 years naval scholars and graduate students have gathered at the US Naval Academy with the specific aim of strengthening the collective knowledge of naval history by sharing new findings...

Numerical simulations of wedge impact experiments, undertaken by the Naval Surface Warfare Center, Carderock Division, NSWCCD, and more recently by the United States Naval Academy, USNA, Hydromechanics Laboratory, were performed using the computational fluid dynamics code Numerical Flow Analysis, NFA, to assess its capabilities in simulating the short duration hydrodynamic loading associated with free-surface impact. NSWCCD performed experiments using drop heights of 15.24 cm (6 in) and 25.4 cm (10 in), while the Naval Academy used drop heights of: 7.94, 12.7, 15.88, 25.4, 31.75, 38.1, and 50.8 cm (3.125, 5.0, 6.25, 10.0, 12.5, 15.0, and 20.0 in), measured from the keel of the wedge to the calm water surface. Simulations and comparisons were made at heights of 15.24 cm (6 in) and 25.4 cm (10 in) with the NSWCCD data, and 12.5 inches for the USNA data providing for a detailed examination of NFA’s ability to simulate and predict short duration hydrodynamic impacts.

The Mechanical Engineering Department at the United States Naval Academy is currently evaluating a new teaching method which implements the use of a computer software. Utilizing the thermodynamic based software CyclePad, Intelligent Computer Aided Instruction (ICAI) is incorporated in an advanced energy conversion course (EM443) for Mechanical Engineering students. The use of the CyclePad software enhances lectures and aids students in visualization and design.

The title of this part of the book—“Discovering Natural Experiments”—suggests a first foundational issue for discussion. The random or as-if random assignment that characterizes natural experiments occurs as a feature of social and political processes—not in connection with a manipulation planned and carried out by an experimental researcher. This is what makes natural experiments observational studies, not true experiments. For this reason, however, researchers face a major challenge in identifying situations in which natural experiments occur. Scholars often speak not of “creating” a natural experiment, but of “exploiting” or “leveraging” an opportunity for this kind of approach in the analysis of observational data. In an important sense, natural experiments are not so much designed as discovered. How, then, does one uncover a natural experiment? As the survey in Part I of the book will suggest, new ideas for sources of natural experiments—such as close elections or weather shocks—seem to arise in unpredictable ways. Moreover, their successful use in one context does not guarantee their applicability to other substantive problems. The discovery of natural experiments is thus as much art as science: there appears to be no algorithm for the generation of convincing natural experiments, and analysts are challenged to think carefully about whether sources of natural experiments discovered in one context are applicable to other settings. Yet, the best way to recognize the potential for using a natural experiment productively is often through exposure to examples. This can generate ideas for new research, as existing approaches are modified to suit novel contexts and questions, and it can also lead researchers to recognize new sources of natural experiments. Part I of the book therefore surveys and discusses in detail existing research, as a way to broach the central topic of how to discover natural experiments.

Transformational leadership and performance: A longitudinal investigation

Click to increase image sizeClick to decrease image size Additional informationNotes on contributorsRichard F. MaruszewskiRichard F. Maruszewski, Jr. is a member of the Mathematics Department at the United States Naval Academy. He received his M.S. in mathematics from Marquette University and his Ph.D. in mathematics from the University of Wisconsin in Milwaukee. His research interests include radical theory, the use of the computer in the classroom, and cryptologic mathematics.

Background Patellofemoral pain syndrome is one of the most common chronic knee injuries; however, little research has been done to determine the risk factors for this injury. Hypothesis Altered lower extremity kinematics and kinetics, decreased strength, and altered postural measurements will be risk factors. Study Design Cohort study (prognosis); Level of evidence, 2. Methods A total of 1597 participants were enrolled in this investigation and prospectively followed from the date of their enrollment (July 2005, July 2006, or July 2007) through January 2008, a maximum of 2.5 years of follow-up. Each participant underwent baseline data collection during their pre-freshman summer at the United States Naval Academy. Baseline data collection included 3-dimensional motion analysis during a jump-landing task, 6 lower extremity isometric strength tests, and postural alignment measurements (navicular drop and Q angle). Results Risk factors for the development of patellofemoral pain syndrome included decreased knee flexion angle, decreased vertical ground-reaction force, and increased hip internal rotation angle during the jump-landing task. Additionally, decreased quadriceps and hamstring strength, increased hip external rotator strength, and increased navicular drop were risk factors for the development of patellofemoral pain syndrome. Conclusion Multiple modifiable risk factors for patellofemoral pain syndrome pain have been identified in this investigation. To decrease the incidence of this chronic injury, the risk factors for patellofemoral pain syndrome need to be targeted in injury prevention programs. Clinical Relevance Prevention programs should focus on increasing strength of the lower extremity musculature along with instructing proper mechanics during dynamic movements to decrease the incidence of patellofemoral pain syndrome.

Dental Service at the United States Naval Academy

: The Ocean Engineering Program, United States Naval Academy, conducted a series of tests for single ships and nests of 2, 3, 4 and 5 ships to determine the sway added mass and damping for ships moored in shallow water. This report documents the test program and test results.