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CDR Daeffler graduated from the Coast Guard Academy in 2008 with a B.S. in Mechanical Engineering. Following graduation, he served aboard CGC Steadfast (WMEC-623) as a Student Engineer. He then attended the University of Michigan, where he graduated with degrees in both Naval Architecture and Marine Engineering and Mechanical Engineering; his research concentrated in robotic control and autonomous vehicles. CDR Daeffler served as Section Chief of the Damage Control and Life Saving Equipment Section at the Surface Forces Logistics Center in Baltimore, Maryland. He coordinated life-cycle management and recapitalization of damage control equipment on board all cutters and updated DC policy and tactics. CDR Daeffler reported to the USCGA in 2015 as an instructor for the Naval Architecture and Marie Engineering Department. In 2017 he was selected as a Coast Guard Academy Center for Advanced Studies summer fellowship researching corrosion in 3D Printed Metals and was a leading member of the Academy’s Corrosion Research Laboratory. In 2018, CDR Daeffler joined the Mechanical Engineering Faculty and became a member of the Permanent Commissioned Teaching Staff. He is currently teaching in the Mechanical Engineering Department and the Department Head of Naval Architecture and Marine Engineering. Additionally, CDR Daeffler is a PhD Candidate at the University of Rhode Island Ocean Engineering Program; with research focusing on Deep Sea Soft Robotics. He is a registered Professional Engineer.
Yin, A., Shomberg, R., Noel, J., Daeffler, M., Licht, S., & Phillips, B. (2023, May). Rapid Design and Production of Soft Actuators using Dynamic Modeling and Additive Manufacturing for Underwater Soft Actuators. In 2023 American Control Conference (ACC) (pp. 137-144). IEEE.
Freeman, R., James, R., Allen, L., Tejero, E., Daeffler, M., & Uscgapl/Mechanical Engineering Collaboration. (2019). CGA/NRL Impedance Probe as a ThinSat Spacecraft Payload. In APS Division of Plasma Physics Meeting Abstracts (Vol. 2019, pp. CP10-020).
DeNucci, T., Britton, A., Daeffler, M., Sabra, G., and Hopman, J., “Multi-objective Design Study for Future U.S. Coast Guard Icebreakers,” 15th International Conference on Computer Applications and Information Technology in the Maritime Industries, Lecce, ITA, May 2016.
