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Mary Jenkins Sims

Faculty Associate - Research
Energy Academic Group

Phone: (831) 264-3724

Overview

Dr. Mary Sims is a Faculty Associate within the Energy Academic Group. She has served primarily as an administrator at NPS since 2009, but she has recently joined the faculty.

After serving 24 years as a Surface Warfare Officer, including being the first woman to be permanently assigned as ship's company to a forward-deployed ship in the U.S. Navy, Dr. Sims was assigned to ships and shore stations primarily in Europe--serving in the UK, Italy, and Greece, and visiting 90 countries. She then reported to NPS to serve as the Director of Programs. Upon her retirement from active duty, she served for ten years as the Associate Provost of Academic Affairs.

Dr. Sims also served as Accreditation Liaison Officer for NPS, leading the campus to the achievement of a ten-year institutional accreditation, and serves as an accreditation consultant to other universities.
NPS Experience
  • 2023 - current: Faculty Associate - Research
  • 2012 - 2023: Faculty Associate - Education
  • 1989 - 2012: Surface Warfare Officer - U.S. Navy
Research Interests
Batteries
Strategic Minerals
National Energy Security
Teaching Interests
Naval Science
Underway Replenishment