Ocean Energy Systems

Project Leadership

OES is owned and operated by its three founders, who collectively represent a unique synergistic blend of business, entrepreneurial and academic experience. Together, OES's owner/operators are committed to develop high quality, innovative and value based renewable energy products to alleviate the potable water and energy crisis in America and around the world.

Robert Murtha, Chairman

• Veteran Entrepreneur and Environmental Engineering Expert received his Masters Degree from Johns Hopkins University by preparing his thesis on wave energy conversion under the direction of Professor Michael McCormick. Mr. Murtha was formerly Vice President of ACS Environmental Solutions which was acquired by Lockheed Martin Company, after which Mr. Murtha founded Murtech. Prior to his corporate experiences Mr. Murtha, while in the Marine Corps was awarded the Navy Achievement Award for solving a complicated water shortage problem.

• Brian Cunningham was the Founding high tech entrepreneur of Computer Entry Systems Corporation, which he guided from its inception through a 12 year private and an 8 year public journey, eventually employing over 1000 associates and returning over 30 X their original investment to Founding investors. Computer Entry Systems was recognized by both Forbes and Inc Magazines as one of the fastest growing small companies in the U.S and was increasingly profitable for 16 consecutive years. Prior to his corporate experience Mr. Cunningham was a Physicist at the Naval Ordinance Lab and a Project Manager at the National Aeronautics & Space administration where he designed, fabricated and helped to launch scientific satellites in preparation for America's moon landing.

• Dr. McCormick has been awarded two PhD's one from the Catholic University of America (Mechanical Engineering) and the second one from Trinity College, Dublin, Ireland (Civil Engineering). He is World-renowned (> 100 publications including two books on ocean wave mechanics) Ocean Wave authority and author who has 37 years of engineering and teaching experience along with the development of multiple Ocean wave products, at both the U.S. Naval Academy and Johns Hopkins University where he is Emeritus Professor of Ocean Engineering. Recently, he has held part-time positions with ACS Defense and Lockheed-Martin IT as an environmental computational fluid dynamicist. He is a Fellow of three professional societies: ASCE, ASME and MTS. His experience in wave energy conversion dates back to 1973, when he was the U. S. Coast Guard Research Professor at the Naval Academy studying oscillating water-column wave-energy conversion. He conceptually designed the bi-directional turbine contributed by the U. S. on the Kaimei project in Japan. His association with wave-powered desalination began in 1981 with his work on the McCabe Wave Pump in Ireland.

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