Ship Production Committee





Chairperson

Rick S. Spaulding

The Ship Production Committee (SPC) was formed in 1970 to provide industry management and technical input to a government sponsored cooperative effort to develop more economical construction approaches to shipbuilding. This effort has become known as the National Shipbuilding Research Program (NSRP) (www.nsrp.org).

The Ship Production Committee continues today as one of SNAME's Technical & Research (T&R) Committees. The Committee provides an important link between the shipbuilding industry and SNAME, and supports the SNAME bylaws.

Membership in the Ship Production Committee includes representation from the NSRP ASE Major Initiative Panels, (http://www.nsrp.org/panels/panel_info.html).

Panels
(updated 8/14/07)
Business Process Technologies Panel, SP-11
Panel Chair, Ken Clarke, Northrop Grumman Newport News
Systems Technology Panel, SP-12
Panel Chair, Dr. Burton Gischner, Electric Boat Corp.
Facilities, Tooling & Risk Management Panel, SP-13
Panel Chair, Jack Shea, Electric Boat corp.
Environmental Technologies Panel, SP-1
Panel Chair, Wayne Holt, Atlantic Marine Florida
Product Design & Materials Technologies Panel, SP-14,
Panel Chair, Dave Wood , Northrop Grumman Ship Systems Ingalls Operations
Crosscut Initiatives Panel, SP-15,
Panel Chair, Larry Gebhardt
Shipyard Production Processes Technologies Panel, SP-16
Panel Chair, Tonya Gournay, Northrop Grumman Newport News
Surface Preparation and Coatings Panel, SP-3,
Panel Chair, Mark Panosky, Electric Boat Division
Welding Technology Panel, SP-7
Panel Chair, Lee Kvidahl, Northrop Grumman Ship Systems Ingalls Operations
Other participants in the SPC include: NAVSEA, The Gulf Coast Region Maritime Technology Center (GCRMTC), The University of New Orleans, Design Agents, and Class Societies.