Position: Principal Engineer, Systems / Mechanical Engineer, Hydrodynamics, Forensics
Principal Capabilities: Seakeeping Analysis & General Hydrodynamics, Concept Level & Prototype Design and Development, Shock & Vibration, Sea Trials Participation and support, Marine Forensic Engineering, Data Science, Oceanography, Launch & Recovery System Design, Rope & Cable Expert, Buoy Engineering, Technical Writing, Mentoring
EDUCATION:
MS Systems Engineering, John Hopkins University Whitman School of Engineering, 2002
BS Mechanical & Ocean Engineering, University of Rhode Island 1985
EMPLOYMENT HISTORY:
2015 - present CACI – Expertise and Technology for National Security
2007 – 2015 Computer Sciences Corporation, Advanced Marine Center (Principle Engineer)
2002-2007 Oceaneering International (Staff Engineer)
1996-2002 Northrop Grumman Oceanic Systems Division (Senior Engineer)
1985-1996 Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution (Engineer II)
EXPERIENCE SUMMARY:
34 years of seagoing prototype design, development and testing experience
AWARDS:
Society of Naval Architects and Marine Engineers (SNAME) Fellow 2019
SAWE International Conference Best Paper Prize 2015
CSC Distinguished Engineer 2014
CSC Technical Excellence Award 2014
CSC Best Papers Award 2013
CSC Defense Group Fellow 2011
4 Northrop Grumman TAP awards over 5-year period
TRAINING:
ABS Polar Quick Check, DNV Software Hydro-D, WASIM, WADAM, also Visual SMP, FD-Waveload, Orcaflex, AEGIR, (all hydrodynamics modelling software) Solid works, Autocad, Rhino & Orca3D, SHCP, Programming in Matlab, Visual Basic, & Python.
PUBLICATIONS (relevant to the project):
“Weights, Centers And Inertia Modelling In Support Of The Sinking Analyses of the El Faro on October 1st 2015”: Sean Kery, Dominic Cimino, Paul Bragulla, CSRA LLC. SAWE International Meeting, Texas, 2018.
“Marine Forensic Analysis of the Sinking of the Container / RORO vessel El Faro, October 1st, 2015 during hurricane Joaquin”; Kery, S. M., Jared Adams. SMC067_SNAME annual Meeting, Providence RI, 2018.
"On the Hydromechanics of Vessels and Debris Fields During Sinking Events"; S. Kery. SNAME World Technology Conference, Providence RI, 2015.
“Weights Engineering of Historic Vessels: S. Kery, SAWE International Symposium, Alexandria, VA, 2015.
“Hydrodynamics Related to Shipwreck Taphonomy”; S. Kery, J. Stauffer. MTS/IEEE Oceans, Washington DC, 2015.
“Guidelines for Marine Forensics Investigations”; S. Kery (ed. and principle author). SNAME T&R Bulletin 8-1, 2012.
”A Forensic Investigation Of The Sinking Of USS Monitor Using Modern Naval Architecture Tools And Technologies”; Kery, S., Eaton, M., Quigley, C., Hnderson, S., Broadwater, J., Johnston, J., Krop, D., Nordgren, E., Vada, T., 2012 International Marine Forensics Symposium, National Harbor MD, 2012.
”A Forensic Investigation Of The Breakup And Sinking Of The Great Lakes Iron Ore Carrier Edmund Fitzgerald, November 10th 1975, Using Modern Naval Architecture Tools And Techniques”; Kery, S.M., Fisher, B. International Marine Forensics Symposium, National Harbor MD, 2012.
65 Scientific & Technical Publications