Professor Zuo named Herbert Sadler Collegiate Professor

Lei Zuo has been named the Herbert C. Sadler Collegiate Professor of Naval Architecture and Marine Engineering in a ceremony on November 15th where he presented a lecture; Growth and Opportunities of Marine Enginery and the Blue Economy.

Zuo joined the department in August 2022 from Virginia Tech where he was the Robert E. Hord Jr. endowed professor in mechanical, ocean and electrical engineering, and the director of NSF Industry-University Cooperative Research Center for Energy Harvesting Materials and Systems.

Lei Zuo is a world-renowned scholar on energy harvesting, marine energy and the blue economy.

The ASME recognized him as “a pioneering researcher in energy engineering, especially at large energy scale” with its Thar Energy Design Award. He is the sole recipient of 2017 ASME Leonardo Da Vinci Award and also won two R&D 100 Awards.

Lei Zuo is one of few researchers who have conducted transdisciplinary marine energy research from conceptualization to ocean testing, including hydrodynamics, structure optimization, power takeoff design, power electronics, control, tank and ocean validation. He has published 380 papers and won 17 best paper awards.