RECRUITMENT DRIVE
2001 Recruitment Drive
In June, we initiated a membership recruitment drive. Letters have been sent to professionals who belong to other maritime organizations or subscribe to industry publications. Should you, as a member, receive a recruitment letter, we apologize in advance. It was because our computer was unable to match your name and address, as it appears on the mailing, with the name and address under which your SNAME membership is recorded. If you return the reply card to Deborah Sirotiak at Headquarters, for this inconvenience, we will gladly credit you with $10.00 in SNAME Bucks towards the purchase of SNAME publications.
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Member-get-a-Member
2001 Nomination Program
At the end of May, we initiated the new "Member-get-a-Member" Nomination Program, part of our "21st Century Membership Drive," which was introduced in a recent SNAMeNewsFlash and emailed to our members.  This campaign will not only benefit your associates and the Society, but will provide you with the opportunity to win valuable prizes, including a free year of membership for 2002, and/or a PALM VII handheld computer. To date we have received 70 nominations. Keep up the good work!
For those of you who may have missed the announcement, it may be accessed at http://www.sname.org/newsflashes/membership/membershipcampaign.htm.
If you desire more information on this program, please contact Deborah Sirotiak at the SNAME Service Center, 1-800-798-2188 or by e-mail at dsirotiak@sname.org.
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"WHATEVER HAPPENED TO ........."
 Too few members keep us up to date with career changes and other professional information. In many cases members' files contain nothing more than the original application information! Therefore, we are asking members to send us resumes or other outline biographical summaries. We ask only they be limited to two or three pages at the most. Please mail them to Eileen Romanelli at headquarters, or e-mail them to her at eromanelli@sname.org.
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Doctoral Candidate Fellowship Awards
Doctoral candidate fellowship awards of $25,000 in Ocean Engineering are available through the Link Foundation. Proposals are due before 15 Jan 02. See www.fit.edu/dmes/link.
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Request for Pictures
 The Society is developing a photo library to cover all aspects of the marine industry. The images will be used in our publications and will provide a historical record. For publication, we must have glossy prints, slides, or negatives. If only scanned photographs are available we can accept them if they are at least 300dpi at 100%. We will also need written permission to use the photographs. Of course, credit will be given for photos that are used if such information is provided. If you or your company have suitable pictures or questions, please contact Susan Evans at sevans@sname.org or Alan Rowen at arowen@sname.org.
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UNO - University New Orleans
Position Available
Endowed Chair Position in Engineering. The College of Engineering at the University of New Orleans is seeking candidates for a recently established endowed chair in Engineering Manufacturing and Process Improvement. Funding for this chair has been provided by Litton-Avondale Industries. The candidate will be expected to lead in the development of advanced courses with emphasis on process improvement and production process flow, establish and maintain a large funded research program, and work closely with Litton-Avondale Industries, Inc. and other local industry. The candidate's resume should demonstrate strengths in these areas. The candidate should have experience in advanced design technology, structural and/or materials design or similar design for manufacturing background. The candidate must have an earned doctorate in either Civil Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Naval Architecture and Marine Engineering or Engineering Management and be capable of assuming an endowed professorial chair position. The candidate who fills the Litton-Avondale Industries Chair in Engineering and Shipbuilding will work in association with Advanced Maritime Technology Center of Excellence. Salaries for endowed chairs will be, for suitably qualified candidates, in excess of $100,000 for nine months. Substantial additional compensation may be available for faculty with sponsored research support.
The College of Engineering of the University New Orleans has a very active and growing research program with an annual research budget of over 20 million dollars. For the past four years average research funding per faculty member has exceeded $500,000. The College of Engineering offers Bachelors Degree programs in Civil, Electrical, Mechanical, and Naval Architecture and Marine Engineering. It also offers the Masters of Science Degrees and Ph.D. Degrees with concentrations in these areas. In addition the degree of Master of Science in Engineering Management is offered. The (NA/ME) undergraduate program is the largest in the country.
Please send a letter of application, an up-to-date resume, and the names and addresses of three references to:
Paul M. Chirlian, Associate Dean
College of Engineering, University of New Orleans
New Orleans, LA 70148
The College of Engineering is an affirmative action equal opportunity employer. Women and minorities are encouraged to apply. The search will continue until the position is filled.
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Recoveries and Discoveries!
Engine from USS Monitor Raised
HATTERAS, N.C. (AP) - The steam engine from the USS Monitor was brought to the surface Monday, 138 years after the celebrated Civil War ironclad went down in a storm. A crane aboard a 300-foot oceangoing barge raised the 30-ton engine from the Atlantic 16 miles off Hatteras Inlet. The Monitor, once described as resembling a "cheesebox on a raft," revolutionized naval warfare when it battled the Confederate ironclad CSS Virginia to a draw in March 1862 at Hampton Roads. It was history's first clash of ironclads. The ships featured iron plates to repel cannon balls, and the Monitor had a revolving gun turret that, in modern form, is standard on warships today.
Full article at: http://www.infobeat.com/fullArticle?article=409806010
Another Historic Ship Located
Even as the engine of the USS Monitor is being secured to a barge, news reached us that the HMS Hood has been found and photographed. For details, click on www.channel4.com/hood/.
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Port Industry Day
Cargo volumes at the Port of New York-New Jersey set a new record in 2000 and that level of growth is projected to continue as the Port begins a major redevelopment of its maritime facilities. But, is the bi-state New York-New Jersey region ready for the projected port growth? This is the question that will be addressed as major steamship carriers, terminal operators, shippers, government agencies, labor and management meet for the second annual Port Industry Day.
The full-day event, sponsored by the New York-New Jersey Port Promotion Association, will be held on Wednesday, September 12, at Liberty House in Liberty State Park in Jersey City, N.J. More than five hundred key maritime officials are expected to attend. The morning symposium will include two panels: the first focusing on the future of the maritime industry and the second outlining the Port's plans to handle the additional cargo coming into its facilities. Top executives representing all aspects of the transportation industry are scheduled to participate as panelists.
Following the panel sessions, an International Food Festival will be held from l to 5 P.M.
For additional information on registration, sponsorship and exhibit opportunities, contact:
Dorothy Rosciszewski, Executive Director, NY-NJ Port Promotion Association
85 West 45th Street, Bayonne, N.J. 07002
tel: (201) 437-1891 / fax: (201) 823-3753
e-mail: nynjppa@netscape.net
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America's Cup Jubilee
Anyone thinking of attending the event (in England, on August 21, 2001) should check this web site: http://www.trainchartering.com/html/american.html.
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CALL FOR PAPERS 2002
SNAME 2002 Annual Meeting
September 25-28, 2002
Boston, Massachusetts
Deadlines for Technical Papers:
November 9, 2001 - Rough draft due at SNAME HQ for initial review and preliminary acceptance.
February 1, 2002 - Paper due for final review and acceptance.
May 1, 2002 - Electronic files due at HQ.
For further information please contact Connie Cali-Poutré: cpujols@sname.org
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TRITON Visit
 In preparation for the visit to New York by the UK Trimaran Demonstrator vessel RV Triton in June, SNAME headquarters assisted the UK Ministry of Defense by arranging for some sixty representatives of the northeast maritime industry, including officers of local Sections, of the IMarE Branch, of CMA, SMPE, and representatives from Webb Institute, SUNY Maritime College, and USMMA, to be invited aboard.
With an LOA of 97m and a displacement of 1100 tons, the Triton, which was delivered in October of 2000, is large enough to take the project into the ocean-going test phase. Initial work in the early 1990's indicated significant potential benefits in using a trimaran hull for warships. Among the benefits are:
- Reduced power for high achieved speed.
- High stability, allowing larger weapons and higher sensor locations.
- An aviation-friendly upper deck and superstructure arrangement.
- More flexibilty in machinery options and arrangements.
- Greater survivability.
During the initial phase of Triton tests, issues of structural design, seakeeping, and maneuvering characteristics will be resolved. Structural design has been a principal concern because of the need to limit structural weight to the equivalent of frigate practice, but without much historical precedent. The ship is steel, built to meet the DNV Rules for High Speed Light Craft, and is fitted with a USN trials instrumentation system with over 300 input channels to a central recording facility.
The Triton is presently fitted with a diesel-electric propulsion plant, driving a single propeller in the main hull. In subsequent phases beginning in 2003, alternative machinery installations, perhaps including gas turbines, fuel cells, or a permanent-magnet motor, may be fitted. The vessel may be used concurrently as a test bed for alternative sensors and for unmanned aircraft development.
Although there is a level of intergovernmental involvement in the trimaran project, the Triton is owned by the UK MOD through its Defense Evaluation Research Agency (DERA). She is registered as a UK merchant vessel, fitted largely with off-the-shelf commercial equipment, subject to survey and inspection, and is civilian manned.
Further details are available on the DERA web site, www.trimaran.dera.gov.uk.
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