February
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Pacific Northwest Section October 17, 2007 On October 17th, the PNW Section of SNAME held a presentation at the Pyramid Ale House in Seattle, WA. 52 members were in attendance to listen to Matthew Miller, P.E. give a presentation on Salvage Engineering. Matt Miller, a senior associate at The Glosten Associates, Inc. served for two years on board the 210 foot Coast Guard cutters, Venturous and Steadfast, as a Damage Control Assistant and an Electrical Assistant. After completing his graduate studies at the University of California, Berkeley, Matt worked for 4-1/2 years at the U.S. Coast Guard Marine Safety Center (MSC) in Washington, D.C. He was a Staff Naval Architect and Salvage Engineer, and served as the Assistant Salvage Team Leader where he responded to over 50 vessel casualties with 6 on-scene responses. He co-authored a SNAME annual meeting paper that documented work with panel testing that originated from barge casualties in the Gulf of Mexico. Matt has provided salvage engineering services for 8 vessel casualties while at Glosten. The title of the presentation was: Marine Salvage Engineering: Calculating Under Pressure. The presentation offered a glimpse into what a Salvage Engineer will face while on site, including how salvage response teams coordinate efforts. Matt showed several salvage cases that he was involved with as the salvage engineer on site. He also explained the tools and software modern salvage engineers have at their disposal.
At the conclusion of the presentation, a toast was offered to the late Marty Johnson. Marty was a local Salvage Engineer who lost his life while responding to the Cougar Ace marine casualty in Alaska.
New England
Section November 7,
2007 Many SNAME members were originally attracted to the profession of naval architecture by the lure of designing and being associated with sleek, fast, beautiful yachts. At the November meeting of the New England Section, Roger Marshall addressed that segment of our professional world by speaking on “The Globalization of the Design and Construction of Large Yachts.” Mr. Marshall is a well-qualified speaker on this topic, as he is a yacht designer, member of SNAME, and veteran sailor with fourteen books to his credit. In addition, he is also the U.S. Editor for The Yacht Report, the leading design and management magazine for yachts over 30 meters LOAMr. The presentation included a discussion of the type of components and services required by the mega-yacht industry, and a large number of photographs illustrating components, furnishings and yachts under construction to underscore the points of discussion. The strengths of a large number of international yards were discussed, showing the attendees a side of the marine business that few have the opportunity to see, leaving them inspired and with more knowledge. The meeting was held at The SNAME New England Section was pleased to see a number of familiar faces from the yachting world who we have missed in recent years. Both the topic and the location, Mr. Marshall’s home club, the Conanicut Yacht Club in Jamestown, RI, seemed to be attractive, and we are glad to welcome them back to the section. We were also pleased to accept membership applications from two people at the meeting. Building and sustaining membership are important goals for the New England section, and we were glad to see new faces along with our regular attendees.
December 6,
2007 On December 6, 2007, the New England Section of SNAME and the Maine Composites Alliance (MCA) held a joint meeting at the new Advanced Technology Center (ATC) in Brunswick, Maine. The ATC is part of Southern Maine Community College and specializes in teaching advanced composites design and manufacturing aimed at new hires, the incumbent work force, and engineering students. The ATC, as part of SMCC, is working on offering a two-year science degree in composites. Andre Cocquyt was the speaker for the December meeting. Mr. Cocquyt has been active in the Composites Industry since 1980, first in Europe and since 1993 in the US. He has built boats, airplanes and a wide variety of other composites products. Andre has been teaching composites courses at several colleges and universities since 1988, and he is a regular speaker at most major industry conventions. He created the Glass Reinforced Plastics (GRP) "Guru" group in 2000, one of the main driving forces to modernize composites manufacturing in the US by promoting lean manufacturing, organized training and conversion to closed molding. Mr. Cocquyt presented an in-depth look at repairs to wet-layup, pre-preg, and infused laminates. He described the major issues associated with repairing heavily loaded composites. Mr. Cocquyt emphasized the importance of the repair of heavily loaded laminate components, emphasizing that it is necessary to achieve good load-transfer through the repair area. He discussed scarf angles, ply orientation, surface preparation, substrate drying, resin selection, and cure temperatures. Mr. Cocquyt presented a number of case studies of damage and repairs to infused marine composites, and he addressed a wide variety of questions from the audience.
During
the business portion of the December meeting, Noah Lacy of Jamestown Marine
Services was introduced as the new Membership Chair for the New England
Section. A show-of-hands election was held and Dr. Richard Kimball of
Maine Maritime Academy was elected as the vice-chairperson of the New
England Section for the remainder of the 2007-2008 term. Congratulations
and thanks to Mr. Lacy and to Dr. Kimball for volunteering to be a part
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