2004
SNAME Maritime Technology Conference & Expo
and Ship Production Symposium
There's
still time to register for the SMTC&E
and SPS. Click
here to register online.
Earn CEU's while networking, learning about new products and technologies
at the Expo, and enjoying Washington, DC.
If
you are planning to attend the SNAME Maritime Technology Expo (and not
the Conference), register online and avoid lines at the show entrance.
Click here to register,
and pick up your badge at the Expo Pre-Reg booth.
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Thank You to Our Sponsors
Thank you to all of the sponsors
of the SNAME Maritime Technology Conference
& Expo and Ship Production Symposium. Your generosity
is appreciated.
To view the list of sponsors and to link to their websites,
click here.
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Panel
O-38 Meeting in DC
Panel
0-38 on Human Factors and Manning will be holding a meeting on Wednesday,
September 29, 2004, 0930 to 1200 hrs in conjunction with the 2004
SMTC&E and SPS at the Hilton Washington in Washington DC in the
Chevy Chase Room.
The panel has been inactive for a while and all persons interested in
joining or continuing on the panel are most heartily encouraged to attend.
The
charter or purpose of the panel is to "Promote the consideration
of Human Organization Factors (HOF)/Human Systems Integration (HSE) during
the design, construction, maintenance, and operation of marine systems
and to facilitate information sharing and collaboration to improve safety,
system performance and quality of life."
If
you would like more information on the meeting, please contact the panel
chair, Mr. Rajiv Khandpur at rkhandpur@comdt.uscg.mil
or by phone at 202-267-0494.
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SNAME Papers Approved for CEU's-
Instructions and Form Available
All of the SNAME papers
that will be presented at the SMTC
in Washington have been approved for continuing education credit for New York
State licensed Professional Engineers (and therefore for credit in those other
states that have applicable reciprocity agreements with New York State) at
the rate of one PDH each. A PE attending the SMTC
will therefore be able to earn as many as eleven PDHs by attending technical
sessions. Only the SNAME papers have been approved, and not
the papers or presentations at the SNAME T&R Sessions, at the Student
Paper Sessions, or at the Ship Production Symposium Sessions. PEs who take
advantage of this opportunity and want the credit that they earn to be certified
and recorded will be required to submit a one-page form for each paper, accompanied
by payment of a service fee of $15 per paper for members ($25 for non-members). NOTE:
to complete the form, you must supply your P.E. license number - BRING IT
WITH YOU!
For Instructions for PEs
applying for PDH Credit click here.
For a downloadable one-page
Learner's Course Evaluation and Application Form click
here.
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Preprints of 2004 SMTC Papers
All of the SNAME papers are posted on the web site at www.sname.org/AM2004/technical_program.cgi.
Hard copy preprints will not be provided. Registrants
requiring hard copies must print out their own copies prior to the conference. Discussers and reviewers who cannot register for the conference but
require copies of the papers will find instructions at the above url.
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Section
Pages on SNAME Website Have Been Updated
The
Section pages (all 18 of them!) have been updated to reflect the new
officers for 2004-2005. Each Section Chair and Web Liaison received
an e-mail last week asking that they review their respective pages and
advise Connie and Debbie
of any changes or corrections.
Most
of our Sections now maintain their own websites (linked from the SNAME
site) which gives the sections the ability to post their own meeting
schedules, meeting minutes, photos, and other activities. We are delighted
to see the fresh ideas, new designs, and current info.
Click
here to view all the Section pages.
Click here
to view the Student Sections page.
If
your section does not maintain its own site, please feel free to contact
Connie and Debbie - we'll be glad to help you get started! Our
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P.E. Update
All of you who plan to
take the Naval Architecture and Marine Engineering P.E. exam on April 15,
2005 should be starting your applications by now. The deadline for filing
applications in some states is as early as six (6) months before the exam
date. If you are unsure about your state’s deadline, you should go to
www.ncees.org where you can find contact
information for your state board of professional engineering. Then you should
plan on taking the Professional Engineer Review Course (PERC) that SNAME will
offer from January 10 to March 30, 2005. This course has eleven (11) weekly
Units with ten (10) different instructors presenting a broad coverage of the
exam specification material, including many questions for you to solve, sharpening
your skills and knowledge in progress.
If you want to get a head
start on the PERC so you can stretch out your study time, last year’s
course is still available to start on, and then you can continue to take the
2005 course, including its latest updates, when it starts. In order to do
this, contact Rich Mouk at rmouk@sname.org
who can make the necessary arrangements. One SNAME member who travels a lot
did this last year with success on the exam and reduced pressure for studying
while on business travel.
We have recently received
good news from a Texas member who told us that the latest Texas P.E. roster
shows there are now 23 NAME PEs. That’s just great! And, in addition,
for the past three years, they have had a 100% pass rate for the Texas examinees.
That’s even greater!! Congratulations!!!
For those current PEs
who have Continuing Professional Competency requirements to meet, The SMTC
in Washington D.C. will have 23 accredited SNAME paper presentations to choose
from credited at one hour each. We look forward to seeing you all there at the end
of the month.
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Ad
Hoc Panel # 8
(Safety of Passenger Ships)
SNAME and the IMO |
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The Panel provides input to the IMO! Passenger ship safety, an area of high
importance to SNAME and its members, is a high priority agenda item for the
technical Sub-Committees (including SLF) of IMO.
Click here to
learn more about the Panel's activities.
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Fabrication Starts for New USCG Cutters
A Start-Fabrication
Ceremony for the new USCG Maritime Security Cutter, Large (WMSL) will take
place at the Northrop Grumman Ship Systems Ingalls Operations in Pascagoula,
Miss., on Thursday, September 9. The WMSL will be a 421-foot vessel designed
for operation in U.S. ports, coastal waters, and the open ocean. For more
information on the USCG Deepwater program click
here.
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Search is on for Navy's 1st Sub
Historically obscured by the Confederate Navy's
Hunley, the USS Alligator sank under tow
in a storm off North Carolina. Its discovery could revise the books.
By Michael Kilian, Washington Bureau
WASHINGTON --Undersea explorers will plunge into the waters off Cape Hatteras
and into the depths of long-forgotten history Sunday in hopes of finding the
141-year-old wreckage of the U.S. Navy's first submarine.
Named the Alligator because of its green color and the leglike oars that initially
propelled it, the vessel was launched in 1862. It failed in its assigned missions
against Confederate targets in Virginia's Hampton Roads area and sank off North
Carolina's Outer Banks while under tow in a fierce storm in 1863. Click
here for entire article.
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Deadline Approaching for Fall 2004
WebCampus Registration
Dear Colleague,
SNAME has
never been in a better positioned to serve your professional needs.
To help
you achieve your objectives in advancing the art, science and practice of naval
architecture, shipbuilding and marine engineering, SNAME encourages you to take
advantage of quality online education programs from Stevens Institute of Technology.
SNAME is happy to continue to offer its members a 10% discount for online "WebCampus"
courses at Stevens. Of special interest are programs in Systems Engineering,
Atmospheric and Environmental Science, Project Management, and Technology Management.
Registration
will be open for the Fall 2004 semester until September 17. Click
here to view a complete list of Fall courses.
Detailed
course and program descriptions as well as admissions information can be viewed
at:
webcampus.stevens-tech.edu/courses/index.html
SNAME is
proud to offer this benefit to encourage you to enhance your knowledge at Stevens-winner
of the Sloan Foundation's award as "Best Online University" in the
nation. Online graduate programs offered by Stevens are particularly well-suited
for busy engineers and managers with tight schedules. You can attend these "virtual
classes" day or night on the Internet. WebCampus courses are conducted
by highly respected faculty and cover the same intensive business and technical
content as conventional classes.
Contact
WebCampus at Stevens to find out how you can get started.
By Phone:
1-800-496-4935
1-201-216-5031
By email:
webcampus@stevens.edu
By Internet:
www.webcampus.stevens.edu
Robert
Zotti
Program Director, Online Learning/CPE
Stevens Institute of Technology
Castle Point on the Hudson
Hoboken, NJ 07030
201-216-5231
201-216-5011 (FAX)
www.webcampus.stevens.edu
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Upcoming
Events
(Click on logos for details)
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2004
PRADS - The Ninth Int'l Symposium on Practical Design of Ships
09/12/04 - 09/17/04
MARITIM Strandhotel
Hamburg,GERMANY |
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SNAME
Maritime Technology Conference & Expo
09/29/04 - 10/01/04
Hilton Washington Hotel
Washington, DC |
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3rd
Annual Short Sea Shipping Conference
10/13/04 - 10/15/04
New York City |
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3rd
International Conference on Collision & Grounding of Ships
10/25/04 - 10/27/04
Izu, Japan |
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IBEX
10/25/04 - 10/27/04
Miami Beach, FL |
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The
4th Conference for New Ship and Marine Technology
10/26/04 - 10/29/04
Shanghai, China |
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SOBENA
2004
National Conference & Exposition
11/8/04 - 11/12/04
Rio de Janeiro |
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International
Symposium on Ship Operations, Management & Economics
05/12/05 - 05/13/05
Athens, Greece |
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