The Society honors deserving individuals with awards such as the ABS Linnard Prize, the Blakely Smith Medal, the Cochrane Award, the Webb Medal, and many more. The 2004 recipients have been added to the list of award winners. Click here to view all the awards, list of recipients, description of each award, and where appropriate, nomination forms.

A new addition to the website is a list of all members who have achieved the grade of Fellow. Click here to view the new enhanced Fellow page. It contains a description of the grade, a nomination form, and a list of those SNAME members who have been elevated to Fellow since 1974.

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On June 3rd and June 4th, SNAME held its annual Chairmen/Vice Chairmen-Elect Seminar, at Saddlebrook Resort in Florida. Each year, incoming Section Chairmen or incoming Vice Chairmen are invited to the Seminar in preparation for their upcoming term as Section officers, and are given the opportunity to meet and interact with fellow officers who will govern their Sections during the same fiscal year, as well as Regional Vice Presidents and SNAME’s President who will be in office in the same timeframe.

	Paul Roden, Membership Chair, giving his presentation on SNAME Membership
	Seminar attendees

The central focus of this year’s seminar was on SNAME Membership with emphasis on the fact that SNAME needs to address modern day trends that are affecting membership, and that adjustments are necessary to properly attend to members needs.
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A tradition - pool volleyball game.

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What would you do with $25? We have a limited number of the pre-publication version of Introduction to Practical Marine Engineering available for $50 for the two-volume set. The published price for students for the new edition is $75. If you know that you are going to need this book for classes next year, buy early and save $25! Contact Linda Davis at SNAME HQ.

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SNAME will soon have a new Student Section at the Apprentice School at Northrop Grumman Newport News (NGNN) pending approval of the Bylaws, to be presented to the Sections and Executive Committee in August. Leadership from NGNN and the Hampton Roads Section provided the catalyst for this new section. The launch of the new Student Section sends a signal to the Navy, to entering students, and to the maritime community at large that SNAME intends to maintain a high standard of competence for its student members and future leaders.
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As part of this effort a PowerPoint presentation defining the organization of SNAME, opportunities offered to student members, and benefits of membership was delivered to 110 students in April and resulted in 23 new student members, with expectations that more will join. A copy of this PowerPoint presentation is attached (click here). Please take time to look at it, as an example of how you too can be active in the recruiting process.

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The IEEE Electric Ship Technologies Symposium (ESTS 2005) will be held from July 25 to July 27 2005 at the Renaissance Philadelphia Airport Hotel, 500 Stevens Drive, Philadelphia, PA 19113, USA.

For more information, click on ESTS logo below.

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The 200th Anniversary of the Battle of Trafalgar in 2005 provides the inspiration for hundreds of celebrations and special events across the United Kingdom under the SeaBritain 2005 banner for a national Year of the Sea.

The 2005 International Festival of the Sea (IFOS) will be a vibrant and exciting celebration bringing together sailors, musicians, artists, entertainers, ships and boats from all points of the compass. Come and walk aboard many of the ships that appeared in the International Fleet Review. Talk to the crews and find out about life onboard. Enjoy dynamic displays on land and sea that are sure to capture the imagination and excite the senses. Click here for more.

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2005 Summer Naval Surface Ship Design Program

The University of Michigan is offering an unprecedented ship design program of unclassified professional courses organized and developed by the Department of Naval Architecture and Marine Engineering and a team from the Naval Postgraduate School, University of New Orleans, and Virginia Tech. The program is endorsed by the Future Concepts and Surface Ship Design Group of the Naval Sea Systems Command (NAVSEA).

All courses will meet the “Continuous Learning Points” (CLP) requirements for Defense Acquisition Workforce Improvements Act (DAWIA). The 2005 program will run from July 5 to August 19, and will include six (6) courses. Participants can sign up for the entire program or for individual courses. Read more ...

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Did You Know?

Did you know that there have been a number of changes in T&R Commiittee and Panel leadership recently? The chairpersons of the T&R Committees and Panels are listed on the SNAME website. All chairs can be contacted directly from the web site by clicking on their names which are hyperlinked to the e-mail addresses.

Click here to view the T&R Committee page. Click on a committee name for more details regarding the committee and a complete listing of the panels and panel chairs. Note that the page now includes a NEW T&R Organization Chart!

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