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New York Met Section February 2007 The February NY Metropolitan Section meeting was held at Moran’s Restaurant in downtown Manhattan and featured a presentation by Captain Paul Roden, Commanding Officer of the United States Coast Guard Engineering Logistics Center in Baltimore, Maryland. Capt. Roden gave an interesting presentation regarding the reorganization of the Coast Guard’s management of quality and vessel support programs. He addressed issues related to engineering logistics and how the USCG has revamped its methods to provide complete vessel life cycle support. Following the February Meeting, in March, Alexandra “Bella” Wolf of International Metalizing and Coatings, Inc. discussed the process of “metalizing” and its applications in the maritime industries. Metalizing is an arc thermal spray coating used for corrosion prevention of metal surfaces. Ms. Wolf compared the metalizing process and benefits to those of other coatings such as paint. The coating has been ABS certified for zinc and aluminum spray processes.
April 2007 In April Mr. Knut Döhlie, Vice President and Business Director – Containerships for DNV Maritime provided a very interesting and educational presentation about side shell fatigue and hull integrity of containerships. With containerships continuing to increase in dimensions, the industry has utilized high tensile steel to allow lightweight and strong ship construction. However, with the fatigue properties of high tensile steels differing from that of mild steel, fatigue fractures have become an ongoing issue on modern containerships. Mr. Döhlie explained how and why the side shell is susceptible to fatigue and cracking. Additionally, he discussed how proper bracketing of stiffeners in both new and existing ships can help prevent fatigue-related cracking.
Texas Section March 13, 2007 55 local Houston area SNAME members attended the SNAME Texas Section monthly luncheon seminar on Tuesday, March 13th. Mr. Joe Rousseau, Manager of Offshore Engineering at ABS in Houston, presented on "Regulatory Issues for Drilling in Severe Environments: Canada's East Coast and Northern Frontier", which pointed out, that to date, only a handful of offshore drilling rigs have worked in the Canadian offshore since the implementation of new regulations in the 1990s. As a recognized Certifying Authority, ABS has granted Certificates of Fitness to offshore drilling units in all three of Canada's regulatory jurisdictions: Newfoundland and Labrador, Nova Scotia, and Federal waters. Mr. Rousseau addressed the Canadian approach to offshore regulation as it relates to the design, construction, and operation of offshore drilling units proposed to work in these harsh areas, and discussed relevant lessons learned. The presentation was so well received, that many members further discussed the issues related to this topic, after the presentation.
Prior to the presentation, Dr. Bob Randall from Texas A&M University announced the Joint SNAME-MTS Student Meeting on the TAMU campus in College Station on March 30th. This all-day meeting will include presentation from Dr. Randall’s senior design class students, as well as presentation from members from industry.
The
Texas Section also held the annual elections for Executive Committee officers.
March 30,
2007 Annual Joint SNAME-MTS Student Meeting On March 30, 2007, SNAME and MTS student chapters held their annual joint symposium. This day allows for an important connection between the students at Texas A & M and industry. Industry leaders active in supporting the capstone design projects for the senior class presented brief presentations on design challenges and expanding frontiers. SNAME Texas regional VP Peter Noble, of ConocoPhillips Marine, gave a presentation on “The Role of the Naval Architect/Marine Engineer in the Development of Ports and Terminals”. John Chianis, of Houston Offshore Engineering, also gave a presentation titled “Semi-submersible Floating Production System Design” which provided an overview of design challenges. Matt Tremblay of ABS, provided the final presentation, on regulatory overview.
The real gem of the day, however, were presentations given by the students, who were working on their capstone design projects. Of the total 6 design teams, four of the teams were designing semi-submersible floating productions facilities for operation in various environments around the world. These environments included the Gulf of Mexico, Malaysia, West Africa, and South America offshore Brazil. This year also saw 2 design teams working to create marinas for a variety of pleasure craft on locations on Galveston Bay. These presentations provided a unique opportunity for all attendees; the students were given feedback and tips to use in the final phase of design, and industry attendees got to see what the graduating seniors were bringing with them from school.
The lunch program also included a brief ceremony for the inaugural SNAME Texas Section Academic Excellence Award. This award was designed in order to recognize graduating seniors who have excelled in their scholastic endeavors, with a cumulative GPA of 3.8 or higher. The award was presented to Chris Aurich. A donation check was also presented to the Texas A&M Human Powered Submarine team in continued support of the efforts, by the SNAME Texas Section.
April 10,
2007 On April 10th 2007, the Texas Section welcomed Brad S. Hubbard of Mustang Engineering to give a lunch presentation on “An Environmentally Responsible Solution using LNG Smart® Air Vaporization (SAV)”. Mr. Hubbard gave a thorough overview of the technology behind Mustang’s trademarked LNG vaporization technique, which uses the ambient air as the heating medium. This eliminates the environmental hazards posed by other common LNG vaporization methods, while also being more cost-efficient to perform. Mr. Hubbard also described how this technology is currently being applied through the Trunkline LNG Infrastructure Enhancement Project in Lake Charles, Louisiana – which also incorporates a first of its kind natural gas liquids (NGL) recovery facility. Finally, Mr. Hubbard described a floating LNG regasification concept design utilizing a concrete hull. The presentation was very well received and prompted many questions from the audience.
New England
Section May 17, 2007 On
May 17, 2007 the SNAME New England Section met at Derecktor’s Shipyard
in Bridgeport, CT. Among our honored guests were members of the NY Metro
Section and brought eight midshipmen from the U.S. Merchant Marine Academy. At the conclusion of the tours, I presented Mr. Higgins with a SNAME logo mug. We then traveled approximately 800 meters to a restaurant for networking, sea stories, camaraderie, and dinner.
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