The 2005 Technical Program will include over 70 papers and presentations from the Ship Production Symposium, the Texas Section, the T&R Program, and the Student Papers Program, as well as traditional SNAME Annual Meeting papers. There are concentrations on LNG transportation and on offshore issues. Other papers address hydrodynamics, structures, propulsion, production, operation, economics, and small craft. The program promises to be content-rich and timely. Most of the papers and presentations are expected to qualify for continuing education credit for Professional Engineers.

Following is a list of the SNAME and Ship Production Symposium papers to be presented this year.
NOTE: this list is subject to change.
Coming soon - abstracts for all papers!
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SNAME Papers
(including Texas Section Papers)

#D01- Seaway Load Prediction Algorithms for High Speed Hull Forms - Jerome P. Sikora, Nathan B. Klontz
#D03 - U.S. Coast Guard Great Lakes Icebreaker Replacement - Rubin Sheinberg, Christopher Cleary, Peter V. Minnick, Adam R. Ashley
#D04- Ultimate Limit State Design Technology for Aluminum Multi-Hull Ship Structures - Jeom Kee Paik, Owen F. Hughes, Paul E. Hess III, Celine Renaud
#D05 - Disabled Ship Studies for the Polar Endeavour Class Tankers - Robert A. Levine, Ward Witherspoon, Peter Trägårdh
#D07 - Development of Machinery Survey Requirements Based on Reliability-Centered Maintenance -Robert M. Conachey
#D09 - Evaluations of a Ballast Water Treatment to Stopping Invasive Species and Tank Corrosion - Mario N. Tamburri, Gregory M. Ruiz
#D10 - Principal Axes for Structural Fatigue - Bruce L. Hutchison, Benjamin B. Ackers, Timothy S. Leach
#D11 - Investigating the Steady and Unsteady Maneuvering Dynamics of an Azimuthing Podded Propulsor - Jeffrey W. Stettler, Franz S. Hover, Michael S. Triantafyllou
#D15 - A Systematic Study of Wave Phasing on Righting Arm Curves for Fishing Vessels - John Womack, Bruce Johnson
#D16 - Improved Thermal Insulation Design Practices on Ships' Structural Boundaries - Gordon Hart, Pat Fulton, Gerald Cox
#D17 - Manufacturing Tolerance Effects onShip Rudder Force/Cavitation Performance - John P. Hackett, Clarence O.E. Burg, Wesley H. Brewer
#D18 - The Impact of Regulations on West Coast Towing Vessel Safety - Robert G. Allan
#D20 - Human Factors in Classification and Certification - James C. Card, Clifford C. Baker, Kevin P. McSweeney, Denise B. McCafferty,
#D23 - Buckling and Ultimate Strength Assessment of FPSO Structures - Haihong Sun, Xiaozhi Wang
#D25 - Rebuilding of a Large Single Hull Tank Barge into Double Hull - Michael R. Kloesel, Robert J. Norton, Thomas R. Hagner Jr.
#D26 - US Navy High Speed Craft – Comparison of ABS and DNV Structural Requirements - Raymond H. Kramer
#D27 - Investigation on Hull Deflection and Its Influence on Propulsion Shaft Alignment - Davor Sverko
#D28 - Prediction of Performance and Design via Optimization of Ducted Propellers Subject to Non-Axisymmetric Inflows - Spyrow A. Kinnas, Hanseong Lee, Hua Gu, and Yumin Deng
#D30 - The New Staten Island Ferries - I. Hilary Rolih, Allen Chin, Sean McDermott, Chi-Cheng Yang
#D31- The Development of Common Structural Rules for Tankers - Gary E. Horn
#D32 - Assessment of LNG Transport Chains Using Weather-Based Voyage Simulations - Rob Grin, Jaap de Wilde, and Jos van Doorn
D33 - New Promising Generation of Twin-Gondola LNG Carriers Optimized with the Aid of CFD Calculations - Henk H. Valkhof, Eduardo Minguito and Klaas Kooiker
#D35 - A Novel LNG Tank Containment Design for Large LNG Carriers - Peter G. Noble, Lars Ronning, John Paulling, Rong Zhao, and Hoseong Lee
#D39 - Dual-fuel-electric LNG Carriers - Barend Thijssen
#D40 - Wet Drop Test for LNG Cargo Containment System - Mun Keun Ha, Chang Seon Bang, Do Sung Kong, and Hang Sub Urm
#D41- Experimental Approaches for Determining Sloshing Loads in LNG Tanks - Olav F. Rognebakke, Jan Roger Hoff, Joachim M. Allers, Kjetil Berget, BjØrn Ola Berg
#D42 - Design for Safe and Efficient LNG Carriers - Henrik Andreasson, Magnus Källman, Hans Liljenberg, H Olofsson, Peter Trägårdh and Erland Wilske
#D43 - High Pressure Water Mist- The Modern Approach In Fire Fighting - Stefan Gordin
#D44 - A Study on Hydrodynamics for a High Speed LNGC with High Block Coefficient - H. G. Park, K.J. Paik, and Peter G. Noble
#D45 - Ship Transportation of LNG:Managing Risk in the new LNG Environment - Jan Vilhelm Koren, Jason Clifton-Samuel
#D46 - Hydrocarbon Emission Containment in Tankers During Loading and Unloading - M. Husain, D. Altshuller, and E. Shtepani
#D47 - Dynamic Loading Approach for Structural Evaluation of Ultra Large Container Carriers -Bill Shi, Donald Liu, Christopher Wiernicki
#D48 - Operating Guidance for Membrane Type LNG Carrier In Partial Filling Condition - Mirela Zalar
#D49 - Temporary Production at Xijiang Field with a DP FPSO - Hielke Brugts, Mireille Soeters, Max H. Krekel
#D51 - Use of Field Monitored Data for Improvement of Existing and Future Offshore Facilities - Igor Prislin, David Rainford, Stephen Perryman, Roy Shilling
#D52 - Numerical Simulations of Riser Vortex-Induced Vibrations - Juan P. Pontaza, Hamn-Ching Chen, Chia-Rong Chen
#D53 - Deeper, faster, cheaper –addressing technical and economic issues for repeated deployment and retrieval of packages in Deepwater - D.J. Rainford, R.G. Standing, G.E. Jackson, R.O. Snell, T. M. Stock
#D54 - Cooperative Teaching of Ocean Engineering Capstone Design Course by Industry and Academia - Robert E. Randall
#D55 - Tender Assisted Drilling on Deepwater Floating Production Systems - Barbara A. Stone, Hans J. Treu, Pieter G. Wybro, Chunfa Wu

Ship Production Symposium Papers

• Low Heat Input Welding for Thin Steel Fabrication - Richard Martukanitz, S.M. Kelly, P. Michaleris, M. Bugarewicz, T. Huang, L. KvidahlA
• Contribution to CAE System Integration in Ship Design - Robert Bronsart, Ulf Cantow, Wiegand Grafe, Thomas Koch
• Electrolytic System for Treatment of Ballast Water - Rudolf Matousek, David Hill, Russell Herwig, Bryan Nielsen, Jeffery Cordell, Nissa Ferm, David Lawrence, Jake Perrins
• Design Guidelines for Doubler Plate Repairs of Ship Structures - Pradeep Sensharma, Malcolm Willis, Aaron Dinovitzer, Nat Nappi, Jr.
• A Review of the Use of CGT for Shipbuilding Performance Measurement - George Bruce
• Laser Scanning Supporting Graving Dock Reconstruction - Greg Morea, Raj Thiyagarajan, Ruth Larabee
• Re-Use of Ship Product Model Data for Life-Cycle Support - Ted Briggs, Tom Rando, Thomas Daggett
• Virtual Reality Welder Training - Nancy Porter, Allan Cote, Timothy Gifford, Wim Lam
• Enhancing Interoperability Throughout the Design & Manufacturing Process - Dr. Burton Gischner, Pete Lazo, Kevin Richard, Ron Wood
• U.S. Navy Power Transformer Sizing Requirements Using Probabilistic Analysis - David Woodward, Michael Robinson, Sara Wallace, Gene Engstrom
• New Horizons for Shipbuilding Process Improvement - Bahadir Inozu, M.J. Niccolai, Cliff Whitcomb, Brian MacClaren, Ivan Radovic, David Bourg
• Capacity Expansion at SENESCO Marine - Laurence Gebhardt, Robert Jarvis
• Practical Welding Techniques to Minimize Distortion in Lightweight Ship Structures - Chris Conrardy, T.D. Huang, L. Kvidahl, N. Evans, R. Dull
• Accuracy and Distortion Control Challenges in Lightweight Structural Unit Assembly at NGSS - Mark Spicknall, T.D. Huang, E. Hodges
• Portable Automated Plate Straightener - Garth Turner, Jerry Jones, Valerie Rhoades, Timothy Clem, Pierre Sarnow, Stephen Madden, Adam Cuneo
• Leading a Sea Change in Naval Ship Design: Toward Collaborative Product Development - Robert Keane, Howard Fireman, Dan Billingsley
• CAD-PLAN-Connector: Automatic Engineering Planning - Pat Cahill

SPS Presentations (no paper)

• Development of Advanced Collarless Construction Techniques - Richard Martukanitz, Harris Christopoulos, Robert Erskine, Richard Holdren, Mark Kidd, David Kihl, Kyle Koppenhoefer, Daniel Linzell, Nancy Porter
• SPARS: Enabling the Shipbuilding Virtual Enterprise - Richard Bolton, Darcy Peruzzotti, David Samiagio, Ron Wood
• 3D Simulation and Modeling Pier Operations - Sharon Joyner Callahan, Ken Clarke, Brandon Peterson, Ben Wilson
• Control of Buckling Distortions in Lightweight Ship Structures - Pingsha Dong, T.D. Huang, C. Conrardy, L. DeCan, L. Kvidahl
• Status of LPD-17 Titanium Piping Fabrication - Patrick Hoyt
• Common Parts Catalog Development Plan for U.S. Shipbuilding Enterprise - Barry Espeseth
• Understanding Facility Layout with Simulation - Daniel Finke, Robert Santos, Joseph Hadfield, Mark Traband, Christopher Ligetti
• Evolution & Economics of Rapid Cure & Single Coat Tank Linings - Mark Schultz