2010

Doug Rigterink is currently a senior at the University of Michigan and will be graduating in May 2010. The son of two former Navy JAG officers, his interest in ships and naval architecture began at an early age. Doug primarily grew up outside of Washington, DC in Glenmont, MD but also spent time in St. Louis, MO, Rochester, NY, Coudersport, PA, and Charlotte, NC. During high school, Doug earned the rank of Eagle Scout in the Boy Scouts of America and was the unit commander for his high school's Navy Junior ROTC program. While at Michigan, he has served as the Steward of their SNAME Student Section. He currently works part-time as a research assistant in Michigan's Department of Naval Architecture and Marine Engineering. He has interned at Bruce S. Rosenblatt and Associates in their Oakland Office, the Center for Innovation in Ship Design at the Naval Surface Warfare Center in Carderock, MD, and Hyundai Heavy Industries in Ulsan in the Republic of Korea. Outside of school, Doug enjoys going to concerts, traveling, and playing ice hockey and lacrosse. As Chair of the Student Steering Committee, Doug would like to build on the work of the past committees and increase student involvement in SNAME. He would also like to increase interaction between individual student sections.

Vanna Keller graduated in 2009 from Texas A&M University with a B.S. in Ocean Engineering and soon after headed to the topics where she is currently pursuing a Master's degree at the University of Hawaii researching ocean wave energy. As SSC Vice Chair, her goals include working to increase the involvement and communication from all 26 SNAME student sections, designing the best student design competition to date and supporting the other SSC officers, student sections, and SNAME national in any way possible. She looks forward to the challenges ahead and has no doubt the 2010 SSC will make great strides and accomplish great things.

Marc Woolliscroft will be graduating from the University of Michigan in May 2010.  Prior to becoming the secretary/treasurer for the Student Steering Committee, he was the treasurer for his student section.  Having never been familiar with naval architecture and marine engineering, he has enjoyed acquiring new knowledge of the field throughout college.  For the past two summers he has been employed with Atlantic Marine in Jacksonville, FL and VT Halter Marine in Pascagoula, MS as an intern.  While acting as secretary/treasurer for the SSC, he is focused on organizing a successful student job fair at the SNAME Annual Conference.  For hobbies, Marc enjoys fishing, playing and watching football, and woodworking.

Noble Davidson is a Naval Architecture student at SUNY Martime College. Prior to becoming the Communications Chair of the SSC he was the treasurer for his student section, and is currently the chair. He grew up in the recreational boating industry on the shoreline of Connecticut; and from this experience, decided to pursue naval architecture as a career. His primary interest is in small boat design, but he has developed a greater appreciation for ship design during his time at Maritime College. He is currently working as a summer intern for General Dynamics- Electric Boat in Groton, CT; and will be graduating in December 2011.

Nathan Tyler Hagan, a member of the class of 2012 at Webb Institute in Glen Cove, New York, has been involved in SNAME since his senior year in high school. Prior to joining the Student Steering Committee as the Electronics Media Chair, he served as the secretary/treasurer of his local student section, as well as serving as a student leader in the development of the SEAPerch Underwater Robotics Program, a student competition hosted by SNAME and sponsored by the Office of Naval Research. Nathan also serves currently as the Chairman of his local student section at Webb Institute, and helps run two SEAPerch competitions along the east coast, one in Virginia, and one in New York. Nathan is currently employed by the Naval Surface Warfare Center at Carderock Division in West Bethesda Maryland. Nathan is very excited to bring his years of web/graphics experience to his role on the SSC, and reminds all student sections that if they need any assistance not to hesitate to send him an email.