EVENDALE, OH - GE Marine Engines announced that it has appointed Read Tuddenham as Manager of Marine Applications and Ship Integration. Mr. Tuddenham will work on shipboard propulsion application development and evaluation for GE's naval propulsion programs as well as initiatives underway for GE's increased role in the cruise ship industry.
Prior to joining GE, Mr. Tuddenham served in the U.S. Navy from June 1972 through May 1998, and retired with the rank of Captain. While in the Navy, Mr. Tuddenham was Director, Ship Research and Development and Standards group at the Naval Sea Systems Command, Arlington, VA, managing surface ship power, propulsion and auxiliary system research and development.
Mr. Tuddenham also held various positions involving shipboard nuclear power plant operations and maintenance, aircraft carrier and surface ship maintenance and repair, and Navy headquarters engineering for propulsion systems such as gas turbines, diesels, reduction gears and propulsors.
He holds engineers and masters of science degrees from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in Nuclear Engineering. He also has a bachelors of science in Chemical Engineering from Cornell University.
Mr. Tuddenham will be located at GE Marine Engines' Evendale, OH headquarters. Mr. Tuddenham's wife Margaret is a Captain in the Navy Medical Corps. The Tuddenham's have two children, Mike and Ali.
GE Marine Engines is part of GE Aircraft Engines and is headquartered in Evendale, OH. GE Marine Engines is the world's largest designer, developer and manufacturer of aeroderivative gas turbines for a variety of commercial and military marine propulsion applications.