Winner of Early Renewal Incentive Award
Mr. Warren
H. Pease of Seattle Washington is the lucky winner of our 2003
Early Renewal Incentive Award. The prize is a Personal Digital
Assistant Compaq model IPAQ H3850 containing: Color Display, 64MB RAM, Sync Cradle,
AC Adapter and a carrying case
Congratulations
to Mr. Pease, and thanks to all the members who participated in this
early dues payment incentive award !
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MEETS 2003
Marine Environmental
Engineering Technical Symposium (MEETS) 2003
Sponsored by The
American Society of Naval Engineers and The Society of Naval Architects and
Marine Engineers - To be held in Arlington, Virginia, August 2003 Click
here for details.
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2003 World Maritime Technology Exposition
While you are preparing
your marketing budgets for next year, include the 2003
World Maritime Technology Exposition! There will be 175 booths,
and 75 are already sold! The price for a booth is $2,100 for a standard, and
$2,600 for a premium space.
Visit the website for further
information at www.worldmaritimetechnology.org
To view the floorplan of
the Exposition Hall, click
here, or contact sgiver@sname.org
for details.
Over
75% of attendees to past IMExpos have purchasing authority -
don't miss the chance to show them your products and services!
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MARAD Update
The US Maritime Administration
has released the Fall 2002 edition of MARAD Update. This issue discusses, among
other things, the port security grant program; port, intermodal, and environmental
activities; and critical intermodal access to U.S. ports.
To access the update
click
here.
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New ISO Standards
Two new marine standards
have been published: 7547:2002 Air-conditioning and ventilation of accommodation
spaces -- Design conditions and basis of calculations, and 22090-1:2002 Transmitting
heading devices (THDs) -- Part 1: Gyro-compasses.
ISO standards may be ordered
through the ISO web site at www.iso.org/iso/en/CatalogueListPage.CatalogueList
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USCG Oil Pollution Study
The US Coast Guard has completed
the first phase of an oil pollution risk assessment initiated during the fall
of 2000, and is now seeking public comment on the results of this study.
The assessment is located
online at www.uscg.mil/hq/g-m/mor/morgmor1new.htm.
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Bye-Bye Barnacles?
Newsday, November 12, 2002
Bye-Bye Barnacles?
Dolphin skin inspires research aimed at keeping hulls clear of marine freeloaders
By Bryn Nelson
STAFF CORRESPONDENT
Excerpt from article: Karen Wooley,
a professor of organic and polymer chemistry at Washington University in St.
Louis, said marine organisms normally lock into place on ship hulls or pier
pilings through secreted protein adhesives. These glues operate on the nanoscale
level, a sub-microscopic realm that affords them Lilliputian footholds.
Speaking to science writers last
month at a Council for the Advancement of Science Writing conference hosted
by Washington University, Wooley explained that her work focuses on understanding
molecular-level interactions between biological systems and synthetic materials,
whether harmful or beneficial. Her challenge for combatting biofouling, then,
has been to devise a polymer on the proper scale to prevent adhesion by such
marine organisms.
Click
here for complete story.
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Phil Kimball and Keith Read Visit
On November 4,
2002, Executive Director, Phil Kimball, visited with Keith Read, Director General
of the Institute of Marine Engineering, Science and Technology at his office,
in London. In addition to a grand tour of the Institute's new building, the
two discussed IMarEST's role in the Inter-society Roundtable planned for the
upcoming World Maritime Technology Conference in San Francisco next year in
addition to other areas of mutual interest and cooperation for the two societies.
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Deadline Extended for 2003 WMTC Paper Submissions
The deadline for receipt of
Abstracts/Drafts for the 2003 World Maritime Technology
Conference has been extended to November 30, 2002. Please send
your electronic submissions to Debbie Sirotiak at SNAME HQ via e-mail.
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