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DON'T
MISS THE
EARLY
BIRD RATES! |
IMPORTANT
REMINDER - The "Early Bird" special registration period
for the 2005
SMTC&E/SPS will be over
midnight, September 27, 2005. In order to take advantage of
the special reduced rates, REGISTER NOW!
Sample fees:
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Early
Bird
(thru 9/27) |
Late
& On Site
(9/28) |
| SNAME Member |
$ 575 |
$ 675 |
| SNAME Member (under
32/65 or over) |
$ 475 |
$ 575 |
| Non-member |
$ 725 |
$ 825 |
| Author |
$ 435 |
$ 635 |
| Author (under 32/65
or over) |
$ 435 |
$ 535 |
| Student Member |
$ 100 |
$ 125 |
| Spouse/Companion |
$ 100 |
$ 125 |
Register
on-line: click
here
Mail it in: SNAME, 601 Pavonia Avenue, Jersey City, NJ 07306
Call it in: 201-798-4800
Fax it in: 201-798-4975
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We are pleased to confirm that all arrangements
for the
2005 SNAME Maritime Technology Conference
& Expo
and Ship Production Symposium
are intact at the George R. Brown Convention Center and
Hilton Americas Hotel-Houston.
Hurricane
Katrina HAS NOT affected our Conference and Expo plans at these facilities.
OUR
2005 SMTC&E and SPS IN HOUSTON IS A GO!
Click
here for details and to register!
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SMTC
TECHNICAL PROGRAM
All SNAME and SPS Papers and Presentations Now Posted - Discussion Invited
~ Continuing Education Credit Available ~
Panel Discussion: Economics of Jones Act Product Distribution
All of the SNAME and Ship
Production Symposium papers and SPS presentations for the annual meeting,
the SNAME Maritime Technology Conference and Ship Production Symposium, are
now available for review and discussion - click
here. Discussers are asked to follow the instructions located at www.sname.org/discussers.htm.
Formal discussion should be submitted expeditiously to facilitate consideration
by the authors. Still to come are the contents the T&R Sessions and the
Student Papers Sessions
61 of the SNAME and SPS
papers and presentations have been evaluated and accredited for continuing
education credit, at 1 PDH each, as indicated in the technical
program schedule. A PE attending the SMTC will therefore be able to earn
as many as eleven PDHs by attending technical sessions.
Special
note - SNAME T&R Panel O-36 has organized a two-hour panel
session and discussion to address the decline in the Jones Act product carrier
fleet. For more information click
here
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Expo Innovation Sessions
New
this year!
In response
to feedback from exhibitors, SNAME is pleased to introduce Innovation
Sessions during the SMTC&E and SPS, being held in Houston
on October 20-21, 2005. Exhibitors who have new products or technologies will
use these sessions to make presentations to SMTC&E and SPS conference attendees
in a special lecture-style area of the Expo Hall.
Click here
for a listing of the scheduled Innovation Sessions.
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Hurricane Katrina - SNAME's Response
These
pages have been created by SNAME to help those practitioners and students
of Naval Architecture, Marine Engineering, and Ocean Engineering who
have been affected by the devastation of hurricane Katrina. more...
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To SNAME
members and associates in the Gulf states,
On behalf
of your 6,600 colleagues in SNAME, may I express our extreme concern for your
plight in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina. While our professional expertise
deals regularly with developing ships and offshore systems which can withstand
extreme ocean environments, we are humbled and awestruck by the power of nature
recently exhibited.
SNAME has
established an electronic resource to help you in this most difficult time.
From the homepage, members and non-members can access “Hurricane Katrina
– SNAME’s Response” in which 3 sub-sites have been developed.
- Jobs, Resumes, and Message
Board - post jobs, resumes, and search listings
- Section Links - a list
of all our sections and Student Sections combined on one page for easy access.
"Special Student Links" are located at the top of the page so students
can readily see what is going on and get help and info from various schools.
- Donation Information
Special
thanks to Connie Cali-Poutré and Elias Mazur for getting this up and
running so quickly using valuable input from Bruce Rosenblatt, Joe Comer, Bob
Kramek, and Phil Kimball.
While all
SNAME Sections – Professional and Student – stand ready to offer
assistance, I’d like to thank especially the Texas Section and the City
of Houston for being such great neighbors to the folks hardest hit in Louisiana,
Mississippi, and Alabama.
Roger H.
Compton
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OTC Donation to the America Red Cross
Offshore
Technology Conference donates $100,000 for Hurricane Katrina relief
RICHARDSON,
Texas, U.S.A. (2 September 2005) – The Offshore Technology Conference
(OTC) announced today that it is donating $100,000 to the American Red Cross
to assist in relief efforts in the Gulf Coast communities affected by Hurricane
Katrina. OTC is operated by 14 professional societies and trade associations including SNAME
representing all aspects of the offshore industry, which sponsor an annual technology
conference in Houston. Read
more ...
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New SNAME T&R Bulletin
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60-page report recommends that ships and offshore platforms be designed to
survive encounters with extreme waves. The report is identified as T&R
Report R-57 and is issued as a CD. For more information click on
report cover at right.
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2006 Dues Notices will be Mailed Soon
The
dues notices for 2006 are currently in preparation for mailing in late
September or early October. You’ll want to be sure to receive yours,
as it contains your 2006 membership card. The Member Services Department
encourages all members to verify that their address is correct in the
membership database, as that information will soon be extracted to use
in printing the individual dues notices.
You
can check online at: www.sname.org/members/membership_directory.htm
.
Thank
you.
Member Services Dept.
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PE Update
The Naval Architect and
Marine Engineer PE Exam Principles, Abilities, Knowledges and Skills (PAKS)
survey is now complete, and the data have been sent to NCEES. THANK YOU to
all who participated. Over 800 surveys were filed including almost 300 from
US PEs in 36 states, a broad range of membership representing 43 percent of
the SNAME US member PEs. Respondents gave a 98% approval of the survey coverage
as adequate, so the Survey Development Committee also deserves CONGRATULATIONS
for a job WELL DONE.
A review of PE Exam application
filing deadlines has revealed that several states have advanced their deadlines
by as much as two weeks. All those planning to take the exam next April must
check with their state boards or go to the NCEES web site, www.ncees.org
(click on Licensing Boards, then your state).
A number of people have
already signed up for the 2006 PERC that is to start on January 9 in order
to extend their study time by starting early with the 2005 materials. Those
retaking the course and all new registrants have access to the site. To join
the course contact Rich Mouk at SNAME Headquarters rmouk@sname.org
or (201) 798-4800, extension 3044. Course tuition remains at $500 for SNAME
members and $650 for non-members.
If answers to P.E. questions
are needed, email Walt Maclean or
Dave Chapman.
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Scholarship Program Fund Raising
As we
all know, the costs of college education are continuing to increase and lately
at double digit rates from year to year. A recent study found that students
today spend, on average, more than $600 a year for books alone, and even more
for technical books. Tuition has been increasing similarly. Even in state-supported universities $15,000 -$20,000 tuition is not uncommon, while $40,000
or more is typical for private universities. In consideration of these increasing
costs, it is vitally important that SNAME raise additional funds for support
of the undergraduate and graduate scholarship programs.
The SNAME Scholarship Program is funded primarily by annual contributions from
the membership and from the SNAME operating budget. Since the 2005 funding available
was the same as it was fifteen years ago, a fund raising
drive was initiated and will be continued this year. The goal of the frive isz to significantly
increase the endowment level and annual contributions to allow awarding of
scholarships in amounts commensurate with the increased costs of today's technical
education. As the annual dues bills are sent, it is hoped that each
member will remember the importance of his/her technical education and make a
significant contribution in support of the SNAME Scholarship Program.
Any member considering Estate Planning is encouraged to make a bequest to the
program for a lasting contribution.
If any questions need to be answered about the program and its needs, please
email the Scholarship Committee Chairman, Scott McClure at ScottM@ACMA-INC.com
or the Functional VP, Education, Walter Maclean at wmaclean@sname.org.
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Two IMO News Items to Note
IMO – stability,
load lines, and fishing vessel safety
The IMO Subcommittee
on Stability and Load Lines and on Fishing Vessels Safety (SLF) will meet
in London on September 12-16. Topics on the agenda include the Intact Stability
Code, passenger vessel safety, and safety aspects of ballast water management.
IMO
– testing, inspection, and approval of containers
The IMO
issued a Circular listing organizations that carry out testing, inspection,
and approval of containers in accordance with the International Convention for
Safe Containers (CSC), 1972. CSC
Circ. 131
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ASNE Events
ASNE
Southern Indiana Section’s
Defense Transformation Through Collaboration Symposium 2005
Bloomington Monroe County Convention Center Bloomington, Indiana
September 20-22, 2005
Read more ...
Launch
and Recovery of Manned and Unmanned Vehicles
from Surface Platforms: Current and Future Trends
Sheraton Barcelo Hotel, Annapolis, Maryland
November 8-9, 2005
Read
more ...
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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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Security
of Ships, Ports, and Coasts
09/22/05 - 09/23/05
Dartmouth, Nova Scotia,Canada |
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2005
Annual Cargo Conference
10/5/05 - 10/7/05
Miami Beach, Florida |
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Congress
on the Technology of the Ships of Trafalgar
11/03/05 - 11/05/05
Madrid,Spain |
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Marine
Environmental Engineering Technical Symposium (MEETS)
01/23/06 - 01/24/06
Arlington,VA |
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Pacific
2006 - International Maritime Conference
01/31/06 - 02/02/06
Sydney Convention & Exhibition Centre
Sydney,Australia |
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World
Maritime Technology Conference 2006
3/06/06 - 3/10/06
London,England
Including
ICMES (10th International Cooperation on Marine Engineering
Systems). Click
here for details. |
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International
Marine Design Conference
5/16/06 - 5/19/06
Ann Arbor, MI |
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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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Propellers/Shafting
Symposium
09/12/06 - 09/13/06
Virginia Beach,VA |
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9th
International Conference on Stability of Ships and Ocean Vehicles (STAB)
09/25/06 - 09/29/06
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil |
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