Naval Architecture and Marine Engineering
Over the past thirty years Dr. McKesson’s greatest contributions have been on unconventional projects and programs. He is regarded as an extremely creative and inquisitive individual, sometimes a gadfly, sometimes a genius, always intriguing.
Whereas in early days “unconventional projects” in naval architecture tended to mean an emphasis on speed, in later years it included unconventional propulsion systems, or an ‘unconventional’ emphasis on environmental stewardship, or an unconventional approach to the ontology of maritime systems.