Dr. Clifford Whitcomb
Professor, Systems Engineering, Graduate School of Engineering and Applied Sciences
Naval Postgraduate School
Dr. Clifford Whitcomb is a Professor of Systems Engineering within the Graduate School of Engineering and Applied Sciences at the Naval Postgraduate School. Dr. Whitcomb joined the SERC Research Council in March 2020 to provide guidance to SERC with particular focus in the Human Capital Development research area.
EDUCATION:
- PhD - University of Maryland, College Park, MD, 1998 Mechanical Engineering
- SM - MIT, Cambridge, MA, 1992 Electrical Engineering and Computer Science
- Naval Engineer - MIT, Cambridge, MA, 1992 Naval Engineering
- BSE - University of Washington, Seattle, WA, 1984 Nuclear Engineering
RESEARCH INTERESTS:
Systems and systems-of-systems (SoS) architecture, naval construction and engineering, Six Sigma, Design for Six Sigma, naval systems engineering, naval surface combatant and submarine design and production, robust design and production, submarine propulsion systems, electric power systems engineering, computer and internet-aided product development, multidisciplinary design optimization, and multiple criteria decision making.