NUWC Keyport employee earns prestigious Navy award

Photo By Jake Chappelle | HOOD CANAL, Wash. (July 19, 2017) – Dr. Mark Paulus, Naval Undersea Warfare Center Division Keyport principal for the Research, Test and Evaluation Department, performs a field test during a research deployment on Dabob Bay near the Hood Canal on the Puget Sound. Paulus was selected for the 2021 Assistant Secretary of the Navy (Research, Development, and Acquisition) Dr. Delores M. Etter Top Scientists and Engineers of the Year Award in the Individual Engineer category. Paulus earned the award based on his efforts to ensure low-cost, portable, undersea tracking capabilities are delivered to the U.S. Navy warfighter. As P principal for research, he’s responsible for oversight of the NUWC Keyport Test and Evaluation Department’s research portfolio, as well as development of novel sensing technology. (U.S. Navy Illustration by Jake Chappelle)  

KEYPORT, WA, UNITED STATES

06.16.2021

Story by Lonnie Collier 

Naval Undersea Warfare Center Division Keyport

Naval Undersea Warfare Center, Division Keyport employee Dr. Mark E. Paulus, principal for the Research, Test and Evaluation Department has been awarded the Assistant Secretary of the Navy (Research, Development, and Acquisition) 2021 Dr. Delores M. Etter Top Scientists and Engineers of the Year Award in the Individual Engineer category.

Paulus, a Mead, Washington native has been a civil service employee for 17 years. He earned a Bachelor and Master of Science in mechanical engineering in 2004 and his doctorate in mechanical engineering in 2011.

Paulus earned the award based on his efforts to ensure low-cost, portable, undersea tracking capabilities are delivered to the fleet.

The selection process is highly competitive. Each submission impressively demonstrated high levels of professionalism and scientific or engineering achievement.

“It’s a very humbling experience knowing I was picked for this honor among my peers,” Paulus said. “It is a recognition not only of what I have done but the great people around me who make it possible.”

In his current position, Paulus is responsible for oversight of the Research, Test and Evaluation Department research portfolio as well as development of novel sensing technology.

The 2021 award winners will be recognized at a ceremony at Naval Surface Warfare Center Division Carderock in Maryland on June 25.

About Naval Undersea Warfare Center Division Keyport
NUWC Keyport provides advanced technical capabilities for test and evaluation, in-service engineering, maintenance and industrial base support, fleet material readiness, and obsolescence management for undersea warfare to expand America’s undersea dominance.

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