Faculty Advisors

Email: MKazek@csum.edu
 

Commander Michael S. Kazek, U. S. Coast Guard, Retired, serves as a faculty member in the Engineering Technology Department at The California Maritime Academy (CMA).  He currently teaches Naval Architecture, Thermodynamics, Property of Materials and Applied Fluid Mechanics laboratories, Engineering Ethics, and is the faculty advisor for the student section, Society of Naval Architects and Marine Engineers.

Commander Kazek retired in 2005 from Active Duty after serving honorably for over 21 years.  While in the Coast Guard, he completed over seven years of sea duty culminating in his assignment as Executive Officer, USCGC BOUTWELL, homeported in Alameda, CA.  While attached to USCGC BOUTWELL, he participated in the successful proof of concept evaluation of Operation New Frontier in the Eastern Pacific, seizing three high speed vessels with a total of 7.4 metric tons of contraband.  In 2003, he completed a highly successful 7-month deployment to the Persian Gulf in support of Operation Enduring Freedom and Operation Iraqi Freedom.  He also served for three years as Chief Engineer, USCGC SENECA, homeported in Boston, MA.  When not at sea, Commander Kazek worked in Coast Guard Naval Engineering finishing his career as Commanding Officer, Naval Engineering Support Unit, Boston, MA.

From 2005 until 2008, Commander Kazek served as the Deputy Director for Leadership Development and Deputy Commandant of Cadets at CMA.

Commander Kazek is a 1984 graduate of the U. S. Coast Guard Academy where he was awarded a Bachelor of Science Degree in Marine Engineering.  In 1988, he was awarded Master of Science in Engineering Degrees in Naval Architecture and Marine Engineering and in Mechanical Engineering from the University of Michigan.  His decorations include the Meritorious Service Medal, Coast Guard Commendation Medal (five awards), the Commandant’s Letter of Commendation, and several unit awards.

Commander Kazek is a native of Los Alamos, New Mexico.  He is married to the former Monyee Smith, CDR, USCG Retired.  They have three daughters; Tori, Michaela, and Sheridan, and reside in Benicia, CA.

 

Email: CTrevisan@csum.edu

Dr. Cynthia S. Trevisan holds a Ph. D. in Theoretical Molecular Physics from University College London, University of London. Dr. Trevisan conducts computational research on the interaction of electrons and photons with atoms and molecules, as well as on biophysical systems. She is currently performing state-of-the-art quantum mechanical calculations in the theory of photon and electron collisions with greenhouse gases and other molecules relevant to energy applications, such as solar energy conversion in collaboration with the Atomic, Molecular and Optical Physics Program at the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Auburn University (Alabama), and several European Institutions. Dr. Trevisan is a reviewer for the Office of Basic Energy Sciences (BES), Department of Energy (DOE), John Wiley & Sons, Inc., McGraw-Hill, The Journal of Chemical Physics and The European Physical Journal D.

Dr. Trevisan joined the California Maritime Academy in August, 2008 and became an Assistant Professor of Physics in August 2009. She currently teaches Engineering Physics I and II and their associated laboratories, as well as General Physics laboratories. Dr. Trevisan is also a member of the Academic Senate Executive Committee and is the faculty advisor for the Society of Women Engineers (SWE).