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  Welcome to the Website of the Philadelphia Section of SNAME!

The Society of Naval Architects and Marine Engineers was organized in 1893, to advance the art, science, and practice of naval architecture, shipbuilding and marine engineering. For over a century members have included commercial and governmental practitioners, students, and educators of naval architecture, shipbuilding, and marine and ocean engineering.

SNAME encourages the exchange and recording of information, sponsors applied research, offers career guidance, supports education, and enhances the professional status and integrity of its membership.

The Philadelphia Section includes the Philadelphia metropolitan area of eastern Pennsylvania, northern Delaware, and southern New Jersey.  Greg Morrow serves as Chair.    


Greg Morrow, Chair
SNAME Philadelphia Section
 

 

Philadelphia Section Library Request for Contributions

The Philadelphia Section library was lost many years ago with the closure of some businesses and offices.  We are looking into rebuilding the Section Library and need your help.  If you have any books, papers, presentations, transactions, etc. associated with SNAME and/or the maritime industry and are willing to donate them to the Section, please contract Timothy Keyser at 267-275-2638 or Timothy.J.Keyser@usace.army.mil.  Thank you.

Upcoming Meeting May 2012


Please join us on Wednesday, May 16th, 2012, for a presentation of the US Army Corps' of Engineers Hybrid Vessel Design.

Ramada Inn - Philadelphia Airport South
76 Industrial Highway
Essington, PA 19029


Cocktail Hour (hotel bar): 5:30 pm ~ Dinner (banquet room): 6:30 pm.


Please see the meeting announcement for full details. 

April 18, 2012 SNAME Meeting


A presentation of the U.S. Coast Guard Academy Class Of 2012 Naval Architecture and Marine Engineering Senior Design Project: Mobile Offshore Base Cutter for Caribbean Operations

Please see the meeting announcement for full details.

2012 SNAME Philadelphia Dinner Dance

The 61st Annual Philadelphia SNAME Section Dinner/Dance Gala was held on Saturday, March 17th at the Sheraton Society Hill Hotel.

Please see the invitation for full details.

February 22, 2012 SNAME Meeting


A presentation on Arctic Shipping and Environmental Performance: Issues, Pathways, and Strategies by Jim Corbett of the University of Delaware, College of Earth, Ocean, and Environment.

Please see the meeting announcement for full details. 

January 18, 2012 SNAME Meeting



A presentation on the Fogo Island Ferry Replacement Vessel by John Volc of Fleetway, Inc.

Please see the meeting announcement for full details.

December 7, 2011 Multi-Society Meeting


The Annual Multi-Society Dinner Meeting hosted by The Engineers' Club of Philadelphia.

The topic was Philadelphia’s Navy Yard – Past, Present, Future by Robert G. Gorgone.

Please see the meeting flyer for more information.

The Philadelphia Section will be offering a credit of $15, applicable to the January or February Philadelphia Section meeting, for SNAME members who attended this meeting.

There was no meeting in November due to the SNAME Annual Meeting.

October 19, 2011 SNAME Meeting

A presentation on

Guide To Diagnosing Contaminants in Oily Bilge Water to Maintain, Operate and Troubleshoot Oily Wastewater Treatment Systems


by CDR Bruce Russell, USCG (Ret.)
Owner, JS&A Environmental Services, Inc.
Chair, SNAME Environmental Engineering Committee
Co-Chair, SNAME panel on Oily Waste Water & Bilge Water (EC-3)

Please see the meeting announcement for full details.

September 21, 2011 SNAME Meeting

A tour of the USCG Sector Philadelphia facility and station boats.

Additional details are provided on the attached flyer.

Engineers' Club of Philadelphia


The event calendar of the Engineers' Club of Philadelphia can be found here.

Independence Seaport Museum


Upcoming events at the Independence Seaport Museum can be found here.

Philadelphia Maritime Google News Feed

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Sandra Scott Travels: There Is Plenty To Do In Erie, Pa.
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