Spring 2014 GRASP Seminar: E. Michael Golda, Navy Sea Systems Command Carderock Division, “A Brief Overview of United States Navy Machinery Automation Challenges”

E.
Michael Golda, Ph.D., Chief
Technologist in the Machinery
Research and Engineering Department at the Naval
Surface Warfare Center Carderock Division, Ship Systems Engineering Station,
Philadelphia.

As the Chief Technologist of the Machinery Research
and Engineering Department, Dr. Golda is
responsible for the planning and execution of the research, development, and transition
of new components and integrated machinery systems for future surface vessels
and undersea vehicles. Dr. Golda joined the Naval Surface Warfare Center, Carderock
Division in 1992. He has served
in positions of increasing leadership
responsibility in machinery research before being selected for his current
position. In 2009, Dr. Golda was
awarded the Carderock Division Captain Harold E. Saunders Award For Exemplary
Technical Management.

Dr.
Golda graduated from the United
States Naval Academy with a Bachelor of Science in
Ocean Engineering. He received a Masters
and PhD in Materials Science and Engineering from Stevens Institute of
Technology, Hoboken, New Jersey.
He is the author of twenty-four reports and papers.