November, 2012
As the future of our industry enters a defining era, America's Marine Highways plays a pivotal role. Our section attended a presentation on this topic presented by Eugene Van Rynbach of Herbert Engineering and Dr. Matthew Tedesco of Tech & Management Consultants. The presentation encompassed the past, present and future of the marine highways. Some details such as possible routes, congestion & traffic, cost and emissions were discussed. Read More.
October, 2012
Our section participated in an in depth presentation of the lengthening of the luxury yacht "SuRi". The location was the Waterfront Hotel in Oakland, near Jack London Square. The presenter was Joel Welter, the chief naval architect of Bay Ship & Yacht who conducted the 35' lengthening procedure. After the re-launch, the SuRi's length was brought up to 63m. Read More
September, 2012
Following up on last year's America's Cup offsite on the Jeremiah O'Brien; this time around we went to Oracle Team USA America's Cup Facility in San Francisco. During our visit, we reviewed the history of the America's Cup as well as looking towards the future; the AC45 and AC72. While the majority of their construction and design was done overseas, they were assembled and modified here in at their America's Cup USA Facility in San Francisco. Read More.
August, 2012
School has resumed and events to follow shortly!
Summer, 2012
Training Cruise! (Click Picture for More!)
March, 2012
As the America's Cup approaches, the task of race management and logistics have become increasingly difficult; as we learned during our offsite on March the 14th. Hosted on the S.S. Jeremiah O'Brien, Mr. Bob Billingham of the America's Cup Organization Committee, addressed the plans and development for hosting the race in the San Francisco Bay. He also took time to discuss the AC45 and AC72 boat design rules as well as construction design technology.
February, 2012
On February 18th, our SNAME Student Section had the privilege to board and tour the USCG Cutter Waesche. Launched in 2008, she is one of the three brand-new Legend Class Maritime Security Cutters. Escorted by USCG Officer Lieutenant Gregaro Vera (Member of Golden Gate ASNE Section) and USCG Officer Lieutenant Junior Grade Kinsella, we were able to see the high-tech bridge, living quarters, Engine Control Room, the ship's gas turbine propulsion system as well as auxiliary machinery spaces such as water distillers, A/C and refrigeration units.
Our last offsite of this month was a presentation of a technical paper by UC-Berkeley graduate student, Christophe Cochet. Primarily focused around the hydrodynamic performance of a compound cylinder extracting ocean-wave energy converter, the presentation was attended by our Section Chair, Liaison Officer, Secretary and Outreach Officer.
January, 2012
Hosted in Alameda, California on the 11th of January, our section
attended a presentation by Keith Michel and Spencer Schilling of Herbert
Engineering Corp. We learned about the new rules that the IMO will
impose in the near future regarding ship design and propulsion efficiency. Topics such as hull
design and propulsion systems as well as energy efficiency devices were
discussed.
On January 27th, California Maritime Academy's SNAME Student Section hosted UC-Berkeley's SNAME Student Section for a tour of our campus and our facilities. Over the course of the tour we demonstrated our steam and diesel simulators as well as our bridge and navigation simulator and gave everyone a tour of our 500-ft training ship, the Training Ship Golden Bear.
December, 2011
The Northern California SNAME/ASNE section meeting was held at Spice Monkey Cafe in Oakland and discussed the response to the BP Gulf oil spill. Read more.
November, 2011
The Northern California section meeting took place on November 9th at the Montclair Bistro in Oakland and covered the “WindFloat,” a floating foundation for a wind turbine, developed by Berkeley-based Marine Innovation and Technology Company. Read more. Related video.
Cadets Davede Thompson, Daniel Posey and Michael Diddams traveled to Houston for the annual SNAME meeting and expo. They participated in a self contained student program in addition to panel discussions and paper presentations. See photo section for pictures.
October, 2011
The first CMA-SNAME delegation to an event by the Northern California SNAME section of the 2011-2012 academic year took place on October 19th, focusing on the SeaPerch program for mentoring youth in naval architecture and marine engineering. Read more. Photo 1.
As on-campus meetings have started again including discussions and presentations on NAME related subjects. Section secretary Michael Diddams presented this PowerPoint at the October 3rd on-campus meeting about an ongoing dispute between the International Longshore and Warehouse Union and EGT, LLC in Longview, Washington.
June, 2011
Our section chair Piotr Orzechowski attended the SNAME chair elect seminar in Florida.
Photo 1, Photo 2.
May, 2011
The California Maritime Leadership Symposium took place in Sacramento with participation from CMA-SNAME members.
Photo 1, Photo 2, Photo 3, Photo 4, Photo 5.
April, 2011
About a dozen CMA students (not small for a campus of 800) attended a presentation on BAE systems repair of the Carnival Splendor. The meeting was sponsored jointly by SNAME, ASNE and the Society of Port Engineers. Economics was as much part of the presentation as engineering for the massive cruise industry.
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CMA-SNAME set up a table at the campus open house. Students considering entering as the class of 2015 showed strong interest in being a part of a professional society before even registering for their first classes.
Read more.
March, 2011
Cadets organized by CMA-SNAME took a field trip to the Napa marina, leaning about the economics of recreational boating and admiring a large aluminum hulled trimiran designed to circumnavigate the globe.
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A popular CMA-SNAME field trip went to the Northern California section's monthly meeting to hear a presentation on underwater robotics operating in extreme research environments.
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February, 2011
CMA-SNAME hosted a meeting of the Northern California section of SNAME on campus. A presentation by the Chief Engineer of the Training Ship Golden Bear discussed the state of the art ballast water treatment system installed on the vessel during the previous year and used on the 2010 training cruises.
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