Kelly Seals is an Associate Professor of Electrical Engineering whose research focuses on the use of satellite navigation systems in challenging or deceptive radio-frequency environments. He teaches various courses in the electrical engineering program, including circuits, signal processing, and communication systems. He has a Ph.D. in Electrical and Computer Engineering from Worcester Polytechnic Institute, a Master of Science in Electrical Engineering from Northeastern University, and a Bachelor of Science in Electrical Engineering from the U.S. Coast Guard Academy.

Prior to his current faculty position, Dr. Seals was an instructional professor of engineering at Dartmouth College. Before that, he served on active duty in the Coast Guard for 25 years. While in the Coast Guard, he earned a Second Mate of Steam and Motor Any Gross Tons Upon Oceans merchant marine license. He served as Executive Officer of the Coast Guard Cutter Wrangell, based in Portland, Maine. While stationed aboard the icebreaker Polar Star in Seattle, Washington, he served as the Communications Officer and completed two deployments to Antarctica and one to the Arctic.

While assigned to the Coast Guard Academy as a member of the Permanent Commissioned Teaching Staff, Dr. Seals served as Associate Dean of the School of Engineering and Cyber Systems and as Section Chief and Program Chair for Electrical Engineering and Cyber Systems. He sailed as a Deck Watch Officer aboard the Coast Guard training tall ship Eagle and has served as a safety officer for the offshore sailing team, the summer ocean racing program, and the coastal sail training leadership development program.

Dr. Seals is a senior member of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, a member of the American Society of Engineering Education, an ABET program evaluator, and a licensed professional engineer in Connecticut.