Chair Andrew Davis Andy is the president of Tri-Coastal Marine, which is a small firm that primarily designs, but also builds large wooden sailing vessels. Andy studied naval architecture at University of California at Berkeley, receiving a BS (1989) and an MS (1991) just before he turned forty. Prior to studying engineering, he worked for twelve years as a boat builder. Email: Andy@tricoastal.com Web:   http://www.tricoastal.com/ Vice Chair & Membership Jon Elkin Jon is a recent graduate of the University of California at Berkeley, with an M.Eng. in Ocean Engineering and a B.S. in Mechanical Engineering. He is a US Coast Guard-licensed captain and operates passenger ferries in San Francisco Bay for the Blue & Gold Fleet. He continues to work as an assistant in the Computational Marine Mechanics Lab at UC Berkeley under Prof. Ronald Yeung. Email: JElkin_99@yahoo.com Secretary/Treasurer Joel Welter Joel is Chief Naval Architect for Bay Ship and Yacht Company, a ship repair yard located in Alameda, CA. Prior to this job he served as crewman aboard the KAIULANI, an 86ft schooner; as shipwright and naval architect on the build of the KALMAR NYCKEL, a reproduction of a 93 foot Dutch Pinnace; and as a naval architect at Electric Boat, the submarine division of General Dynamics. Joel received a B.S. in Naval Architecture and Marine Engineering from Webb Institute in 1994. Email: JWelter@bay-ship.com Web:   http://www.bay-ship.com Meetings Vacant Academic Liaison Professor Ronald W. Yeung Ronald is a Professor of Distinguished Rank at the University of California at Berkeley, holding faculty appointments in the Department of Mechanical Engineering and the Ocean Engineering Graduate Group. A Fellow of SNAME, he has over 30 years of industry, teaching, and research experience in the marine areas, and has supervised more than sixty PhD and Master graduates. Professor Yeung is the recipient of the Georg Weinblum Lecturership Award 2002-03 and the SNAME 2004 Davidson Medal. His teaching and research interests are in fluid mechanics, ship mechanics, computational methodologies, and ocean engineering. Email: RWYeung@berkeley.edu Web:   http://www.me.berkeley.edu/faculty/yeung Librarian Leonard Stanton Leonard started his own firm in 1996, Archimedes Engineering, Inc., a consulting firm providing a variety of engineering services to the marine industry. Prior to that he worked at Morris Guralnick Associates on a wide variety of marine projects and as Naval Architect at Maryland Shipbuilding and Drydock and Bethlehem Steel Shipyard, San Francisco. He holds a degree from the University of Michigan, and is a section past chairman of SNAME. Email: ArchimedesInc@sbcglobal.net Web:   http://www.serviceangel.com/contractor2812336_archimedes_engineering_inc.html Web Liaison Edward Lortz Before retiring, Ed spent 31 years in the maritime industry. He worked for Gibbs & Cox, Electric Boat, St. Louis Ship, and Morris Guralnick in San Francisco. He served in the US Navy and his last two posts were with the US Army Corps of Engineers in New York, and the US Coast Guard at MLC Pacific, Naval Engineering Division, Alameda, California. Email: EdLortz@aol.com Web:   http://www.KrenningGroup.com