Welcome to Episode 14 of Emagine The Future! On this episode, we are joined by former Technical Director of NAVSEA Unmanned and current Staff Specialist of the Sea Platforms at the Office of the Under Secretary of Defense for Research and Engineering,  Dr. Jason Strickland. 

Dr. Strickland is a seasoned engineer and maritime innovator shy of 20 years of experience at the intersection of engineering, ship design, unmanned surface warfare, and defense. On this episode, we discuss various topics including: 

In this episode, we discuss many topics with a focus on those listed below:

• Ship Building & Maritime Engineering
  • Given his numerous advanced degrees, what was the transition like from the classroom educational experience to the workforce? How does that impact and align with your career advancement?
  • We discuss potential solutions to reinvigorating the shipbuilding industry and how to get it on track, contrasting the discussion points presented in the 2023 “National Security, the Border, and Foreign Affairs Hearing” 
• Career Advancement: 
  • How can strong technical contributors, like engineers,  develop those other skills to advance? What process did you take and how can they do the same? What skills come to mind? How can they build out those skills? 
  • As an engineer and a builder, project management, task management, and organization is critical. Alongside that is being able to build a plan or a roadmap to achieve the mission. Where do younger managers go wrong and how can they potentially avoid challenges when it comes to creating quality timelines and plans and really being great at project management for such critical initiatives?
• State of the Market – Science & Technology: 
  • State of the market as it relates to Science and technology and how does that impact new technologies? Are there new trends emerging are potentially big to the world of shipbuilding and maritime? 
  • When it comes to R&D and developing new technologies, research is critical. What separates good researchers from great researchers?
  • How does that apply to problem-solving, which is so important for a great engineer or builder? 
• Vision of the Future: 
  • What is your vision of the future as it relates to emerging technologies, specifically in the maritime space and man and unmanned ships? Anything you’re excited about or curious about?
  • When you think about the next 5-10 years, what are you excited and/or concerned about or watching carefully? 
  • What do you feel the next generation of talent coming into the NAVSEA, Maritime arena should know to better impact the mission? 

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