- Bachelor of Science in Marine Transportation from Massachusetts Maritime Academy, 1974
- Master of Management from Cambridge College, 2000
- Master Mariner- Oceans, Unlimited Tonnage, DLC PIC
- 1st Class Pilotage- Prince William Sound, AK
- 1st Class Pilotage-Los Angeles/Long Beach, CA
- Council of American Master Mariners
- Boston Marine Society
- Nautical Institute
- International Maritime Lecturers Association
- Bachelor of Science from St. Xavier's College, India
- Master of Science in Statistics from Indian Statistical Institute, India
- Ph.D in Economics from Princeton University, USA
- Professor Ani Dasgupta teaches Microeconomics, Finance and Quantitative Methods of Management. He also serves as the faculty advisor of the Academy's Business/Investment club. He joined the Academy at the time of the inception of the International Maritime Business department and served as its first chairperson. He is also an Adjunct Associate Professor in the Economics Department at Boston University, where since 2004, he has taught graduate statistics and econometrics courses. In the past, he has served as full-time faculty at Penn State University, visiting faculty at the Indian Institute of Management, Calcutta and adjunct faculty at Tufts University.
- Outside academia, Dr. Dasgupta has worked as the chief economist of a dotcom, and provided consulting services in the areas of economics and operations to companies. His research publications have appeared in prestigious journals such as Management Science, Journal of Economic Theory and International Journal of Game Theory, and he is involved with ongoing research projects in the areas of Game Theory and Labor Economics.
- Beyond professional activities, he plays the guitar and drums, writes fiction and poetry and manages to waste countless hours playing chess on the internet.
- Bachelor of Science in Marine Transportation, Massachusetts Maritime Academy, 1984
- Master's in Higher Education Administration, American International College, 2012
- Retired after 24 years in industry on various vessels tankers, dredges, ferries, OSV deep sea tugs and barges, Master of Tow and Master on Articulated Tug barge units.
- USCG Designated Examiner, Train-the-Trainer Certification
LT. Zachary Dias graduated from Mass. Maritime in 2012 with a Bachelor of Science Degree in Marine Transportation. Upon graduation sailed in the US Merchant Marine for nearly a decade with the US Navy’s Military Sealift Command earning his Unlimited Masters License - his professional sailing experience is aboard Combat Logistics Force Dry Cargo/Ammo ships, and primarily, US Navy Ocean-going Tugs and Salvage & Rescue vessels where he completed several open-ocean tows, real world salvage missions, Dry Docking, Multi-point moors, and command time. Notably, was apart of the crew completing the successful salvaging of SS EL FARO’s Voyage Data Recorder in 2016.
LT. Dias also served as a USCG Maritime Instructor, with Military Sealift Command, in which he taught USCG STCW courses, created MSC towing curriculum, and Anti-Terrorism Officer courses.
LT. Dias joined the MMA faculty in 2022 where he completed a Masters Degree in Maritime Business Management and pursues a career in the Navy Reserve Strategic Sealift Officer Force.
LT. Dias is a Master of Unlimited Tonnage Upon Oceans, Master of Towing Vessels Oceans, USCG Designated Examiner, USCG Qualified Instructor and a member of the Maritime & Port Executors.
LT. Dias volunteers his time with the youth program US Naval Sea Cadet Corps where he teaches/mentors young men and women who have an interest in the sea services.
Education:
B.A. University of Texas; El Paso, Texas
M.A. Brown University; Providence, RI
Ph.D. Student Union Institute and University; Cincinnati, Ohio
Background: Ty Dilliplane is also MMA's Officer-in-Charge of Army ROTC and Commissioning Programs Liaison Officer.
- Courses Taught:
- EM-5180:Transportation Security Management
- MB-5160:Transportation Security Management
- Education:
- M.S. Northwestern University
- B.A. Northwestern University