Dec 2-4, 2026  •  Morial Convention Center  •  New Orleans, LA

Agenda Session

An academic look at workforce development in uncrewed and autonomous systems

Dec 03 2025

10:00 AM - 10:30 AM CST

UI - Classroom 1, Room 260, 2nd floor

Universities have a key role in training, sustaining, and upskilling the workforce, from entry level engineers through research leadership. With undergraduate design-build projects, student competition participation, and fundamental and applied research advancing the state of the art in hydrodynamics, vessel dynamics, guidance and control, structural engineering, etc… academia has the opportunity to nurture the workforce needed to tackle the multi-disciplinary technical challenges associated with maritime uncrewed and autonomous systems.  This panel-style discussion will walk through teaching, research, and extracurricular activities at George Mason University, and Virginia Tech to prepare undergraduate and graduate students for the jobs of the future in uncrewed and autonomous systems.

Speakers

George Mason University

- Professor and Department Chair

Boysie Bollinger School of Naval Architecture & Marine Engineering at the University of New Orleans

- Professor