Associate Professor
Electrical Engineering

Dr. Paul M. Kump joined SUNY Maritime College in 2012 and is Associate Professor and Chair of the Department of Electrical Engineering. His research interests are in the areas of machine learning (ML), signal processing, and alterative teaching strategies. Dr. Kump has developed intelligent software-defined radio for the US Navy in electronic warfare, nuclear material detection algorithms for the U.S. government at US seaports, and crime prediction software for The Chicago Police Department. He recently collaborated with Mount Sinai Hospitals to create smart software for automatic error detection in patient radiation therapy treatment plans. In his spare time, Dr. Kump works to combine his research with his love of electronic music performance, teaching machines the craft of songwriting.

With extensive course and curriculum design experience, Dr. Kump is continuously committed to developing engineering programs that best prepare students for the ever-changing demands of industry leaders. His teaching interests include online and HyFlex education, as well as classroom flipping and education research-based tasks. He created Maritime College’s ENGR 396 Machine Learning course and a corresponding collection of maritime-related ML student project assignments published in American Society of Engineering Education (ASEE). He has been recognized by Open SUNY for excellence in online teaching and pioneered the School of Engineering’s online course offerings.