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The Society of Naval Architects and Marine Engineers today named Erik Seither as its next Executive Director of the Society. Erik will become the 12th person to serve in the capacity since the organization’s founding in 1893. Erik will assume the helm of SNAME HQ on July 6, succeeding Phil Kimball, who has held the position since 1998.

“I am thrilled to be selected to work with an organization of such distinguished and professional people,” Seither said. “There are many opportunities ahead for us and I am certain that we can make the most of these. The industry segments that we serve have a number of challenges where we can make a difference.”

Erik’s educational and professional backgrounds are well suited to his new role with SNAME. He comes to the Society from Det Norske Veritas, for whom he worked for the past eight years in senior maritime marketing management positions in North and South America. During this period he contributed to building a strong footprint for DNV, especially in the US.

Prior to joining DNV, Erik held senior management positions in ship management and in commercial support of ship owners and yards with Sea-Land, PRMMI, Fairfield Maxwell, New Sulzer Diesel North America, and Seacoast Electronics. Erik also sailed on a wide variety of US flag ships in senior officer capacity, and worked briefly in the industry’s offshore segment. Erik holds an MBA from George Washington University in the District of Columbia and a BS from the US Merchant Marine Academy at Kings Point.

Erik has long focused on the human aspects of applying communication technologies to improve performance and leverage technical capabilities of marine organizations. He has put this expertise to work for SNAME as the Functional VP of Knowledge Management and as Chair of the SNAME New Access Portal (SNAP) Committee, which led www.SNAME.org to re-release in June of 2009. Erik will step down from these roles upon assumption of his new duties in July. He will continue...

About the Book:   	
Ship Structural Analysis and Design by Owen Hughes and Jeom Kee Paik   

Originally written by Dr. Hughes as Ship Structural Design in 1983, the new book is the result of many years of effort by Professors Hughes and Paik, with significant contributions by four other leading experts from England, France and Germany.  As in the original book, the underlying theory has been verified through extensive testing and implemented in MAESTRO, a leading ship structural design program.

For a structure as large and as complex as a ship there are three levels of structural design, the second and most central of which is the subject of this book. Rationally-based design is design from first principles using the tools of modern engineering science: computers and the methods of structural analysis and optimization which computers have made possible. Thus, the rationally-based approach is ideally suited for preliminary structural design, and it is this approach and this level of design that is the subject of this book. 

Designing from first principles requires two separate and very extensive analyses: a response analysis to ascertain the true and complete response of the structure to all loads and load combinations, and a limit state analysis to ascertain all of the possible limit or failure values of these responses. Taken together these two analyses are by far the dominant part of rationally-based design. 

Because of its coverage of the first principles and most important topics of ship structural analysis and design, this book will be very useful for university students who are engaged in either initial or advanced study in this field. The book will also be very useful to practicing engineers and engineers-in-training, and will contribute to their greater use of advanced and sophisticated technologies as well as existing and emerging practices.

About the Authors: 

Dr. Owen Hughes, Professor of Ocean Structures in the Department of Aerospace...

SNAME Publications Releases Principles of Naval Architecture Series: Ship Resistance & Flow 
Landmark Naval Architecture Text Updated by Award-winning Professor

Principles of Naval Architecture: Ship Resistance & Flow
Authors: Lars Larsson & Hoyte C. Raven
Editor: J. Randolph Paulling
ISBN: 978-0-939773-76-3
List Price: $65.00
Member Price: $55.00
Student Member Price: $45.00
Available now through SNAME Books on www.SNAME.org 

About the Book:  

The Principles of Naval Architecture series is the defining reference work and text for naval architecture.  This volume contains a completely new presentation of the subject of ship resistance embodying these developments.   A major goal in the design of virtually all vessels is to obtain a hull form having low resistance. In achieving this goal, the accurate prediction of resistance for a given hull geometry is essential. Since the publication of the previous edition of PNA important advances have been made in theoretical and computational fluid dynamics accompanied by increased use of such work in ship and offshore structure design. 

The first section of the book provides basic understanding of the flow phenomena that underlie the resistance encountered by a ship moving in water. The second section contains an introduction to the methods by which that knowledge is applied to the prediction of resistance, including model testing, empirical methods and computational methods. A final section provides guidance to the naval architect in designing a hull form. Design procedures are described for achieving favorable flow and resistance characteristics of the hull and appendages. Examples are given for ships designed for high, medium and low speeds. Design considerations affecting both wave and viscous effects are included. Finally the flow in the stern wake is discussed, an area important for both resistance and propeller performance. 

About the Authors: 

Lars Larsson is a Professor of Hydrodynamics at...

R. Keith Michel, President of the Society of Naval Architects and Marine Engineers, commented today on the 2010 SNAME Annual Meeting and Expo.
"In all aspects, the 2010 SNAME Annual Meeting was a wonderful success,” Michel declared. “I would like to express my sincere appreciation to those who attended the meeting, the many SNAME volunteers who organized the technical programs and social events, the meeting sponsors, and those that exhibited at our EXPO. We look to build on this success, and promise an exciting and stimulating meeting in Houston in 2011."

Initial attendee numbers confirm President Michel’s findings. The first count indicates over 1,000 members and nonmembers of the Society attended and participated, exceeding expectations. For the first time, Bellevue, WA played host to SNAME’s largest annual event.

Beyond attendance, highlights included:

Over three dozen technical paper presentations, special sessions, and panel discussions;

Presentation of prestigious awards and medals, including:

Presentation of the Vice Admiral "Jerry" Land Medal to Joseph J. Cuneo,

Presentation of the Davidson Medal to Apostolos D. Papanikolaou

Presentation of the David W. Taylor Medal to Peter Tang-Jensen,

Presentation of the Elmer A. Sperry Award to Takuma Yamaguchi

Annual Meeting Banquet keynote address by Fred Harris, President of General Dynamics, NASSCO.

The 2nd Annual SNAME Regatta, won by Team STX Canada Marine captained by Dan McGreer.

A rare eagle by Mr. & Mrs. Peter Tang-Jensen in Tuesday’s SNAME Golf Challenge, won by Bruce Cowper, John Sparling, Paul Cooper, and Rupert Dubuisson.

For more information on these developments, visit the online press release library on www.SNAME.org. The 2011 Annual Meeting and Expo is November 16-18, 2011 in Houston, TX.

The Society of Naval Architects and Marine Engineers is an internationally recognized non-profit, technical, professional society of individual members serving the maritime and...

SNAME is pleased to announce that Phase 1 of the Marine Vessel Environmental Performance Assessment (MVEP) project has been completed.  MVEP is being developed by SNAME to provide vessel designers, owners, operators, and other governing bodies with a standard methodology to assess the relative merits of design decisions and operational practices.  Based on objective technical information, standard performance criteria will be provided to quantify the environmental impact of a vessel’s life cycle.

SNAME Press Release  October 21, 2010 
contact: Nancy Ostin  nostin@sname.org  201.499.5057


SNAME Greek Section Hosts SOME Symposium
Featured Presentations & Technical Papers on Ship Operations, Management & Economics
October 7-8 in Athens, Greece  


The Society of Naval Architects and Marine Engineers (SNAME) Greek Section concluded its impressive Ship Operations, Management & Economics (SOME) Symposium on October 8.  

This semi-annual international symposium, attended by over 120 maritime professionals from Europe, Africa, Asia, and the Americas, featured over 30 presentations and the release of substantial technical content.  Prof Harilaos Psaraftis of the National Technical University of Athens served as Symposium Chair, dedicating many hours to organizing the event to its successful conclusion. SNAME President Keith Michel attended and presented a paper on ship design and efficiency.  

2010 SOME Symposium Proceedings will be available shortly on www.sname.org.  

SNAME Greek Section Chair Petros Lalangas declared the symposium a complete success.  “This was a fabulous symposium,” Lalangas said, “bringing SNAME to the forefront with members and nonmembers alike.  The technical papers, presentations, and remarks provided tremendous insight.  The work done here has already laid the groundwork for the 2012 SOME Symposium, and we at the Greek Section are already looking forward to the future.”
  
The keynote address was provided by Mr. Harry Vafias, CEO of Athens-based Stealth Gas, Inc.  Among other topics, Mr. Vafias remarked on the state of the Greek economy and its impact on maritime trades.  “Of course, this situation affects the psychology of the shipowners who are based in Greece,” Vafias said. “Their Headquarters are in Greece and their employees, the majority of them, are Greek. So, even if the shipping markets are doing well, which at the moment they are not, we get affected by this current situation and it creates a feeling of pessimism...

SNAME Press Release  October 28, 2010 
contact: Nancy Ostin  nostin@sname.org  201.499.5057

SNAME Arctic Section Hosts ICETECH Symposium
Featured Presentations & Technical Papers on Arctic Maritime Technologies
September 20-23 in Anchorage, Alaska

The Society of Naval Architects and Marine Engineers (SNAME) Arctic Section concluded its impressive semiannual International Conference and Exhibition on Performance of Ships and Structures in Ice (ICETECH 2010) Symposium on September 23.  The symposium was hosted in conjunction with Alaska’s Institute of the North (ION).

ICETECH 2010 was a resounding success, exceeding expectations in number of delegates, quality of papers, and enjoyable operation.  Co-chairs for the symposium were Frank Bercha (SNAME), Nils Andreassen (ION), and Lawson Brigham (University of Fairbanks), It was possible only with the hard work of the Organizing Committee: Dave McGonigal (Treasurer), Nancy Hemsath (Co-ordinator), Ben Seligman (Sponsors), Merv Edgecombe (Program), Alex Brovkin (Papers), Frank Bercha (Co-chair), Leo Blas (Treasurer), John Cologgi (Liaison), Nils Andreassen (Co-chair), and Dick Prentki (Papers), Orson Smith (Papers), Susan Bercha (Secretariat), Lawson Brigham, (Co-chair).

Many hands shared in the success of the symposium.  In a statement, the organizing committee acknowledged all those who contributed, including “the sponsors and exhibitors, SNAME and ION, the audiovisual team, the tour guides, the Hotel Captain Cook staff, and, most of all, the delegates and accompanying persons who ensured its success.” 
 
Symposium participants included 211 technical delegates, 28 accompanying persons, 19 sponsors, and 18 exhibitors.  Seven plenary papers and over 50 technical papers from 14 different countries were presented.  The event also featured an exciting social and accompanying persons program. The presentation program, the events, the setting, and the attendees and sponsors made the event very enjoyable as well...