Murray Snyder
- Title:
- Professor
- Office:
- SEH 2870 | Office Hours: T, R: 11:30 am - 12:55 pm, 2:30 - 4:30; By appointment
- Phone:
- 202-994-4706
- Email:
- [email protected]
Professor Murray Snyder conducts research of the impact of ship air wakes on rotary wing aircraft. His research includes use of a dedicated 108 foot long research vessel at the Naval Academy, where he is also a Research Professor. He also conducts associated wind tunnel testing and advanced computer simulations performed on large parallel processing computer clusters. His research vessel has a flight deck from which instrumented unmanned helicopters are flown from to collect ship air wake data off ship. Professor Snyder is a retired US Navy Captain who served on four submarines, including as Commanding Officer of USS NEVADA (SSBN 733)
- Ph.D., Johns Hopkins University, 2007
- Fluid mechanics, thermal science and energy
- Mechanical engineering
- Propulsion
