Purpose
The committee serves to foster an awareness of, and sensitivity to, environmental concerns that affect the naval architecture, naval engineering, ocean engineering, and marine engineering communities. Its long term goal is to serve as an internationally recognized authority in the field of naval and marine environmental engineering.
Leadership
Chair – CDR Stephen P. Markle USN (ret), PE
Vice Chair – David Breslin, PE
Advisory Board - Panel Chairs, Society Technical Directors, SNAME T&R Committee Chair
PANEL |
NAME |
CHAIR |
SCOPE |
T&R RELATED |
EC-1 |
Ballast Water/Non-Indigenous Species Control |
Greg Kirkbride |
Ship Design and Operational Issues affecting introduction of non-indigenous species through any ship system vector (i.e. ballast water, seawater, hull coatings), and ship to shore interfaces. Effort exclude cargo and crew/passanger related issues. |
M-17, O-44, O-46 |
EC-2 |
Sewage and Graywater |
Jim Higgins |
All issues affecting the generation, treatment and disposal of shipboard domestic wastewater. Includes the wastestreams of sewage, accommodation graywater, laundry graywater, galley and food waste graywater, pool and Jacuzzi graywater. Effort includes ship to shore interface issues. |
M-17, O-44 |
Oily Wastewater and Bilgewater |
Bruce Russell Co- Hal Alper |
Research and identify the range of problems of shipboard oily wastewater and bilgewater management systems. Work in partnership with responsible agencies, companies, and organizations to develop workable technically grounded solutions. |
M-17, O-44 |
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EC-4 |
Solid Waste and Therm Destruction |
Dr. Peter Tsantrizos |
Management of shipboard generated solid waste to including: minimization, recycling efforts, collection and segregation, destruction and disposal methods, shipboard arrangements and ship to shore interfaces. |
M-17, O-44 |
EC-5 |
Engine Emissions and Climate Change |
David Breslin, PE |
MARPOL 73/78 Annex VI |
M-17, O-44 |
EC-6 |
Environmentally Sound Ship Design |
Scott Straron |
Pollution prevention and control measures “designed” and other features to minimize ship life cycle environmental footprint. |
M-17 |
EC-7 |
Environmental Management |
Dave Stevenson |
Advocation and tailoring of industry best practices in employment of environmental management systems for ships and marine systems. |
M-17 |
EC-8 |
Ship Disposal |
TBD |
All issues associated with disposal of ships and marine systems. |
SP-1 |
EC-9 |
Communications and Outreach |
Jennifer Thran |
Coordination of Marine Environmental Engineering and Technology Seminars (MEETS), Washington DC area brown bag lunch seminars, provisions of Washington DC area high school science fair judges, and development and maintenance of JCEE website. |
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Current Work:
The committee’s work was featured in the 2006 edition of the Naval Engineers Journal. The forward for the journal can be found here and is available for purchase from ASNE here.
The committee has compiled a reference CD containing 250 professional papers providing vital information on our field. The CD is available for purchase from SNAME here and the Table of Contents of the CD is shown here.
Upcoming Events:
ASNE Meetings
SNAME Meetings
MEETS 08
Other conferences…
Membership:
Interested in joining the committee?
The Society of Naval Architectures & Marine Engineers Membership is found here.
The American Society of Naval Engineers can be found here.
For More Information:
Please contact Steve Markle for information regarding the committee and Jennifer Thran for information regarding outreach materials (ie email distribution, brown bags, MEETS 2008 , etc…)
