CECD Welcomes Dr. Millard Firebaugh as a Professor of Practice
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CECD is pleased to announce that Dr. Millard Firebaugh has joined CECD as Minta Martin Professor of Practice. Dr. Firebaugh was President and Chief Operating Officer of SatCon Technology Corporation from 2005 to 2006. Before his time with SatCon, he worked with the Electric Boat Corporation, a division of General Dynamics Corporation, where he served as Vice President of Innovation and Chief Engineer, and was responsible for the operations of a 2,800 person nuclear submarine design and engineering group. Rear Admiral Firebaugh served for more than 33 years in the U.S. Navy, retiring in 1995 as the Deputy Commander for Engineering and Chief Engineer for Naval Sea Systems Command. |
Bio Rear Admiral Millard S. Firebaugh, USN (Ret) graduated from MIT and was commissioned an engineering duty officer in the Navy in 1961. After duty in USS Mitscher (DL-2), he returned to MIT graduating in 1966 with an SM in EE and a Naval Engineer degree. During this time he participated in the search for Thresher (SSN-593). After qualifying as a salvage diver, he was a ship superintendent in the Portsmouth Naval Shipyard overhauling submarines and building the deep diving USS Dolphin (AGSS-555). He returned to MIT receiving an ScD in Ocean Engineering in 1972. Then he supported the Navy’s deep submergence assets at Submarine Development Group One and administered contracts for the construction of Los Angeles Class submarines at Electric Boat. In 1979 Admiral Firebaugh began service at the Naval Sea Systems Command in submarine design and naval architecture. He managed the design of the SSN688 Class Vertical Launch System deployed on 32 ships. He was then selected to initiate the Seawolf Class submarine program. He managed the program through design and award of contracts to construct the first two ships of the class. He then became Chief Engineer of the Naval Sea Systems Command, serving until retiring from the Navy in 1995. Since then, he has been involved in various technical activities including the remediation of nuclear waste. In 1997 he returned to submarines at the Electric Boat Corporation, retiring in 2005 from the position of Vice President Innovation and Chief Engineer. From February 2005 through May 2006, he was President and COO of SatCon Technology Corp, working in power electronics for alternative energy. He is now Professor of Practice at CECD. Admiral Firebaugh holds the American Society of Naval Engineers Gold Medal and the US Navy Distinguished Service Medal. He is a member of the National Academy of Engineering, the Connecticut Academy of Science and Engineering, and has been awarded an honorary doctor of science degree by the Webb Institute. He is the editor of the second edition of "Naval Engineering and American Sea Power". He and his wife Barbara live in Annapolis, Maryland. |
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