Early Renewal Incentive Award Winner!
Col.
George Rentschler, of New York City, is the lucky winner of our 2005
Early Renewal Incentive Award. (The award was delayed because
we were unable to make contact with an original winner.) Rather than the usual
prize of a Personal Digital Assistant, Col. Rentschler has chosen to receive
a digital camera as his award.
Congratulations
to Col. Rentschler, and thanks to all the members who participated in this
early dues payment incentive award !
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Meet
Our New President !
Roger
H. Compton
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This
letter appeared in the January 2005 issue of
Marine Technology:
For
my first of these messages, I’d like to tell you something about
myself and my experiences with SNAME. My first contact with SNAME was
through textbooks* required for my undergraduate NA and ME courses at
Webb Institute. PNA by Rossell & Chapman (the 1939 version!), Marine
Engineering by Seward, and Steel Merchant Ships by Arnott were treasure-houses
of information. I still have them, and find some sections of PNA ’39
superior to more recent versions. I was overwhelmed with the sophistication,
formality, and technical scope of the annual meetings at the Waldorf Astoria
in New York City that my Webb classmates and I attended as juniors and
seniors. To see and hear so many of the professionals whose names we had
seen and heard quoted in our classes was inspiring. Attendance as undergraduates
at the Annual Meeting was one of many highlights that I recall with fondness
from my student days at Webb. Although there were no student sections
back then, we were all suitably impressed by the technical stature and
professional camaraderie of SNAME members.
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more...
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SNAME T&R Steering Committee
Establishes Ad Hoc Panel 14
OILY WATER SEPARATOR SYSTEMS
STATE OF THE ART EVALUATION
Ad
Hoc Panel 14 will investigate the operational, technical, design,
human factors, regulatory, and enforcement issues that surround shipboard
installed Oily Water Separators. The panel's work is intended to assist
shipowners, designers, builders, regulatory agencies, ship operators,
and shipboard staff to reduce cost, improve operation, reduce maintenance,
and reduce the enforcement burden of OWS systems. The panel welcomes
assistance from all stakeholders, either as panel members or for background
information.
For
some background thoughts on this matter please click here for a PowerPoint
presentation.
For
further information or to submit suggestions please contact Ad Hoc Panel
14 Chairman Rik van Hemmen at rhemmen@martinottaway.com.
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Section
Presentation Awarded Continuing Education Credit
A presentation on new
electronically controlled, common-rail low-speed diesel engines that will
be made by Leo Schnellmann, Technical Director - Sulzer Engines, at Wärtsilä,
to a joint meeting of the NY Metropolitan Section, the Eastern USA Branch
of IMarEST, and the Society of Marine Port Engineers of NY on 17 February,
will be accredited by SNAME for one PDH (Professional Development Hour). The
paper was contributed to the joint meeting by the IMarEST Branch. To register
for the meeting click here.
Accredited Section presentations and conference papers not only support all
SNAME members who require continuing education credit, but may also improve
attendance by drawing other professionals to participate in our activities.
Also in February, PEs
can accumulate 17 PDHs by attending a ship structures fatigue and fracture
analysis course organized on behalf of the US Ship Structure Committee, in
Arlington, VA, 9-11 February 2005. For further information about this course
click here. Ten
Professional Development Hours are equivalent to one CEU.
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2005 Ship Production Symposium Deadline
Reminder:
The submission deadline for rough drafts/abstracts for the 2005
Ship Production Symposium is February
10, 2005. Submissions on any topic area related to ship production
should be sent to pelto@aticorp.org.
For additional
details click
here.
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PE Update
The 2005
Professional Engineer Review Course (PERC) is now underway. The first two on-line
sessions (Unit I, Mechanics and Unit II, Loads) have been held. Several people
have asked how best to prepare for the April 15 NAME Exam. The answer is clearly
to sign-up for the PERC! It is not too late, since all of the assignments and
solutions are still available, along with transcripts of the on-line sessions.
Last year’s overall pass rate was 82% (85% for first time takers).
The Fundamentals
of Engineering (FE) exam is given in April and October of each year. Passing
this FE exam is a requirement for licensing in most states. Go to www.ncees.org
for information on study materials and state board contacts. Previous registrants
in the NAME PERC have told us that the course provides a very good review for
the FE exam as well. Clearly the PERC is good preparation for both exams.
Undergraduate
students should take the Fundamentals of Engineering (FE) exam during the spring
of their senior year, when all of the physics, math, and engineering science
courses are still fresh in their minds. Older professionals have told us on
many occasions that they wished they had taken the FE before they had graduated.
Efforts
are underway to form a team to develop a new NAME Survey for use in revising
the NAME Exam Specification. It is expected that the team will be composed of
20-30 members with as broadly diverse a membership as possible, by gender, race,
geography and field of expertise. If you would like to participate and have
not as yet received an invitation to do so, please contact dchapman@sname.org
or wmaclean@sname.org.
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| SNAME Scholarship
Fundraising
SNAME Members,
The
Society’s Scholarship program, formally established in 1937, has
been long recognized as one of our profession’s great successes.
The 1987 paper by Captain Robert Stark, then Chairman of the Scholarship
Committee, provided an excellent review of the program, its origin, and
its accomplishments. These accomplishments have continued over the years
with more scholarship recipients making notable contributions to our field.
I hope that you have enjoyed a more rewarding and fruitful career, and
that, as a SNAME Scholarship recipient, you appreciate the generosity
of those who made it possible.
Today,
with the continued increase in education costs the need to assist young
professionals is greater than ever. It is worthy of note that in 1986
the Society’s scholarship funding amounted to $40,000 for five graduate
scholarships and $39,000 for undergraduate scholarships at six institutions.
In 2004, $39,000 had to be stretched to provide funding for 10 graduate
scholarships while $41,000 provided only limited funding for undergraduate
scholarships at 12 institutions; the Webb Institute contribution in 1986
was $10,000, but only $8,000 in 2004. Upon reviewing this growing disparity
between available scholarship funding and education costs, it is clear
that additional resources are needed to make possible the specialized
education required by our young professionals if they are to be adequately
prepared to enter the fields of naval architecture, marine and ocean engineering.
To
meet these needs, the Society is embarked upon an annual fund-raising
effort that has as its goal an increase in scholarship funding of 25%
in 2005 and 100% by 2010. It is hoped that you will join in this worthy
effort by making a substantial contribution to this campaign. The Society
has expanded opportunities for giving with the option to designate your
contribution to a specific fund. Or, you might wish to establish your
own fund with a suitable endowment. Existing scholarship funds are designated
for:
| Wilbur
N. Landers |
Alan
C. McClure |
William
M. Kennedy |
| Tommy
L. Richards |
Lester
M. Rosenblatt |
Scholarship
Fund (Undesignated) |
Please
join me by making a generous, tax-deductible contribution to the Society’s
scholarship program. Your contribution, large or small will be greatly
appreciated and help ensure future recipients will also have their opportunity
for a more rewarding and fruitful career.
Sincerely
yours,
Roger
H. Compton, President
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Joint PNW Section/Canadian Institute of Marine Engineering/
IMarEST Conference
February
12, 2005
North Vancouver, BC.
The Pacific
Northwest Section of the Society of Naval Architects and Marine Engineers, the
Vancouver Branch of the Canadian Institute of Marine Engineering, and the Americas
Division of the Institute of Marine Engineering, Science, and Technology are
pleased to invite you to a one day technical seminar on the general topic “The
Harnessing and Utilization of Ocean Energy”.
Click
here for details and registration form.
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US Department of State to hold meetings of the
Shipping Coordinating Committee
8 February and 12 April 2005 in Washington DC
The agenda
for the meeting on 8 February addresses longitudinal strength of tankers, safety
of large passenger ships, lifeboat accidents, and fuel tank protection. This
meeting precedes the 48th session of the IMO Subcommittee on Ship Design and
Equipment. Topics on the agenda include The agenda for the 12 April meeting
will address unlawful acts against the safety of navigation, wreck removal,
and financial security, and precedes the 90th session of the IMO Legal Committee.
Click
here for more information.
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IMO Maritime Safety Committee December Meeting
Issues addressed at a
meeting of the Committee in December 2004 included goal-based construction
standards for new ships, maritime security, piracy and armed robbery against
ships, passenger ship safety, bulk-carrier safety, free-fall lifeboats on
bulk carriers, simplified voyage-data-recorders, SOLAS amendments, mandatory
ship reporting system in western European waters, pilotage in Torres Strait,
implementation of the revised STCW Convention, survey certificates, revised
fishing vessel safety code and voluntary guidelines, transfer of ships between
States, investigation of marine casualties and incidents, and impact of the
ISM Code and its effectiveness.
More information can be
found on the IMO web site at www.imo.org/home.asp.
For a copy of the IMO
statement on goal-based construction standards for new ships click
here.
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2005 North American Society for Oceanic History Conference
NASOH, the North American
Society for Oceanic History, will hold its 2005 Annual Meeting in Savannah,
Georgia, 19-21 May 2005. The society invites proposals for sessions and individual
papers to be presented at the meeting.
NASOH is a membership
organization of maritime and naval historians, underwater archaeologists,
librarians, archivists and museum professionals with a maritime focus, ship
preservationists, students, sailors, and unaffiliated scholars and enthusiasts
interested in oceanic history.
The theme of the 2005
meeting is “North American Maritime History: the Southern Connection.”
The emphasis will be upon, but not limited to, new research on the history
of maritime trade and warfare, as well as new archaeological evidence of maritime
activities in southern waters. Click
here for more information.
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USCG
Office of Boating Safety's Goal Setting
Recommendation Panel
The
USCG Office of Boating Safety is sponsoring a panel of representatives
of the recreational boating community Tuesday and Wednesday, February
8 and 9, 2005, from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. This Panel will discuss, analyze,
and propose performance measurement goals for USCG use to improve boating
safety. The meeting is open to the public.
At the 2004 Fall meeting of the National Boating Safety Advisory Council
(NBSAC), the Office of Boating Safety proposed to assemble a Goal-Setting
Recommendation Panel. The National Boating Safety Advisory Council (NBSAC)
endorsed this proposal. Representatives of the recreational boating community
have been invited participate on the Panel. A professional facilitator
will moderate the meeting.
The
Panel will consider, analyze, and propose recreational boating safety
performance measurement goals that can be supported by the government,
industry, and the boating public. A representative of the Panel will present
its conclusions at the April, 2005 NBSAC meeting.
The
meeting will be in the Crystal II room at the Crystal City Sheraton Hotel,
1800 Jefferson Davis Highway, in Arlington, VA. The meeting notice is
available on the Internet at http://dms.dot.gov
and at http://uscgboating.org.
For
further information contact: Lynne Carliss, Program Coordinator, Office
of Boating Safety, U.S. Coast Guard telephone 202-267-6010, fax 202-267-4285.
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OTC Topical Luncheons Focus on Worldwide Issues
Ten Topical Luncheons
planned for the Offshore Technology Conference (OTC), 2-5 May, at Reliant
Center in Houston, Texas, will focus on critical issues ranging from innovative
technologies, to security planning, to emerging world regions.
The Topical Luncheons,
scheduled for Monday, Wednesday and Thursday, include presentations and discussions
about current and future offshore developments, industry challenges, best
practices, new concepts, case studies and future opportunities.
For more information,
click here.
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Upcoming
Events
(Click on logos for details)
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2005
SNAME Maritime Technology Conference & Expo and Ship Production
Symposium
October 19-21, 2005
Houston, TX |
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Ocean
Energy Conference
2/12/05 - 2/12/05
North Vancouver, BC,Canada |
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International
Summit on Approval of Life and Fire Safety Systems and Equipment
2/13/05 - 2/15/05
Miami,Florida |
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17th
Chesapeake Sailing Yacht Symposium
3/4/05 - 3/5/05
Annapolis, Maryland |
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CMA
Shipping
3/21/05 - 3/23/05
Stamford, CT |
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ASNE
Day
4/26/05 - 4/27/05
Virginia Beach Pavillion
Virginai Beach,VA
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International
Symposium on Ship Operations, Management & Economics
5/12/05 - 5/13/05
Athens, Greece |
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2nd
International Symposium on Seawater Drag Reduction
5/23/05 - 5/26/05
Paradise Hotel, Busan, Korea |
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ICETECH
2006 - Int'l Conference & Exhibition on Performance of Ships & Structures
in Ice
7/16/06 - 7/19/06
Banff, Alberta, CANADA |
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