COL Steven C. Chetcuti Academy Professor Civil and Mechanical Engineering steven.chetcuti [at] westpoint.edu About Education Research & Publications COL Steven Chetcuti was an Honor Graduate from the U.S. Military Academy in 2002. He was initially commissioned as an Aviation Officer and is dual-branched Aviation and Military Intelligence. He has served in a variety of Aviation and Military Intelligence units up to include the Intelligence and Security Command Headquarters. He has also commanded at the company and battalion levels. LTC Chetcuti served in the department from 2010-2014 and briefly from 2020-2021, prior to completing his battalion command. He returned as permanent faculty (Academy Professor) in 2024 following his completion of the U.S. Army War College (Senior staff College) as a distinguished graduate. He has taught and directed courses in Aerodynamics, Thermo-Fluid Systems, Engineering Mechanics and Design. LTC Chetcuti also performs flight duties in the departments two Cessna 206 fixed-wing aircraft. He is a Master Army Aviator with over 2,200 flight hours (>1,000 combat) in six different Army aircraft. Commander, 3rd Battalion, 58th Aviation Regiment (Airfield Operations), Ft. Liberty, NC (2021-2023) Aerial ISR Mission Operations Branch Chief, USAINSCOM, Ft. Belvoir, VA (2016-2017) Executive Officer, 15th Military Intelligence Battalion (Aerial Exploitation), Ft. Cavazos, TX (2015-2016) Operations Officer, 15th Military Intelligence Battalion, Ft. Cavazos / Bagram, Afghanistan (2014-2015) Instructor/Assistant Professor, West Point, NY (2012-2014, 2020-2021) Deputy Operations Officer, TF ODIN, Ft. Hood, TX / Tikrit, Iraq (2009-2010) Flight Company Commander, 1st Military Intelligence Battalion (Aerial Exploitation) Wiesbaden, Germany / Bagram, Afghanistan (2007-2008) Adjutant/Admin Officer, 1st Military Intelligence Battalion (Aerial Exploitation), Wiesbaden, Germany / Balad, Iraq (2005-2007) Flight Platoon Leader, 1st Military Intelligence Battalion (Aerial Exploitation), Wiesbaden, Germany / Balad, Iraq (2004-2005) PhD Aerospace Engineering Georgia Institute of Technology MA Strategic Studies U.S. Army War College MS Aerospace Engineering University of Michigan BS Mechanical Engineering U.S. Military Academy Research Interests Engineering Education, Artificial Intelligence Applications, System Dynamics, Modeling and Simulation Current Research Artificial Intelligence for Army Operational Planning Selected Publications Doctoral Thesis: Chetcuti, S.C. (2020). A Framework for Developing Executable Architecture for Aerial Intelligence Surveillance and Reconnaissance Systems-of Systems: A System Dynamics Approach Doctoral dissertation, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta. UMI Dissertation PublishingArticles in Conference Proceedings: Bellocchio, A. Peques, K., Chetcuti, S. (2021). "Product Support in a Maintenance Free Operating Period Strategy". In Vertical Flight Society 77th Annual Forum Proceedings. West Point Research Papers (p. 513).Weit, C., Chetcuti, S., Wei, L., Muehlberg, M., Chan, C., Gilani, H., ... & Bil, C. (2018). "Modeling Airlift Operations for Humanitarian Aid and Disaster Relief to Support Acquisition Decision-Making." In 2018 Aviation Technology, Integration, and Operations Conference (p. 4007).Chetcuti, S., Thomas, H., and Pafford, B., (2014) "Flipping the Engineering Classroom: Results and Observations with Non-Engineering Students." Proceeding of the 2014 ASEE Annual Conference, Indianapolis, IN, June 15-18, 2014. http://www.asee.org/search/proceedings Chetcuti, S., Thomas, H., and Pafford, B., (2013)" Flipping the Engineering Classroom: Lessons Learned in the Creation, Production, and Implementation." Proceeding of the Fall 2013 ASEE Mid-Atlantic Regional Conference, Washington, DC, October 11-12, 2013. http://www.asee.org/papers-and-publications/papers/section-proceedings/…Journal Articles: Chetcuti, S., Pafford, B., and Thomas, H., (2015) "Investigation of a Flipped Engineering Classroom Designed for Non-Engineers" Journal of Online Engineering Education, VOL. 5, NO. 2, Article 3. http://www.onlineengineeringeducation.com/index.php/joee/article/view/6…;Articles in Professional Publications: Chetcuti, S., (2022) "Northern Strike: Finding Unparalleled Training Opportunities for Airfield Operations" Army Aviation Magazine, Vol. 71, No. 11, 22, November 30, 2022. https://reader.mediawiremobile.com/ArmyAviation/issues/208250/viewer?pa…;Chetcuti, S., (2024) "The Use of Military Contractors and the Culture of Warfighting" WAR ROOM - U.S. Army War College, May 30, 2024. https://warroom.armywarcollege.edu/articles/military-contractors/