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England (cont') The March meeting occurred on a cold evening on the banks of the Cape Cod Canal on the campus of Massachusetts Maritime Academy. Meghan Brogan of Massachusetts Institute of Technology began the technical program with the presentation of an undergraduate student paper: “Tension Leg Platform Design and Optimization for Vortex Induced Vibration,” by Meghan Brogan and Katie Wasserman, also a student at Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Although the paper was made available during the student papers night at the MIT faculty club in February, the students were not able to present the paper that night. By presenting the paper in March, it became eligible for the Section’s student paper awards.
Cadet 1/C Richard Holcroft of Massachusetts Maritime Academy followed suit with his presentation on the Training Vessel Enterprise. His presentation focused on the vessel’s history and her recent student cruise. Massachusetts Maritime Academy’s student cruises are slightly different than some of the other academies’ cruises in that they take the freshman class in
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its entirety, along with license track upper classmen. As such, the vessel is required to house many students, and the freshman class receives excellent exposure to the maritime field, and bonds as a cohesive group. After Cadet 1/C Holcroft’s presentation, the attendees were treated to a tour of the vessel by Cadet 1/C Holcroft and Capt. Brad Lima, Dean and Vice President for Academic Affairs, Massachusetts Maritime Academy. The tour was excellent, and many of the attendees were surprised (and perhaps happy) to see that the Enterprise has a steam plant (as well as a heavy oil generator for motor vessel experience). The Enterprise C4-S-66a (ex Cape Bon, ex-Velma-Lykes) was built at Avondale Shipyards in 1967, and converted (also at Avondale) in 1999 at a cost of $30 Million. She is 540 ft long with a beam of 76 ft and a depth of 42 ft. The tour was thorough and informative, and ended, as all good ship-checks should, with sea stories on the bridge.
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