Maritime chnology For A
Changing 1 Vorl d
SNAME Spring Meeting and
STAR Symposium
Washington, D.C. — April 6-8
The maritime world, indeed the
world at large, is changing rap-
idly. What has happened and is
going to happen will be the focus
of The Society of Naval Archi-
tects and Marine Engineers'
Spring Meeting/STAR Sympo-
sium in Washington, D.C., April
6-8, 1983. The theme, "Maritime
Technology for a Changing
World," or the locale could not
be more appropriate, in the light
of all the changes and new poli-
cies that are taking place in gov-
ernment, which so affect the mar-
itime and related industries.
To be held at the L'Enfant
Plaza Hotel, the meeting will
feature addresses by key mari-
time leaders, sessions of techni-
cal papers, panel discussions and
other elements that will make up
an outstanding program.
This will be the eighth STAR
Symposium, a series begun some
years ago by the Society, (STAR
stands for Ship Technology And
Research), and now combined
with its Spring Meeting. All pro-
gramming efforts are being di-
rected by the Society's host Ches-
apeake Section, the Steering Com-
mittee under Walter Schmid, and
the Technical Program Commit-
tee led by Marvin Pitkin.
Outstanding speakers have been
assembled for the first day of the
meeting, April 6. These include
at least 10 dignitaries from the
private, public and military sec-
tors who will speak on "The
Changing World." A panel dis-
cussion of all these speakers will
conclude the first day. There will
be many opportunities for regis-
trants to participate in the dis-
cussions.
The second and third days,
April 7 and 8, will feature con-
current technical sessions, with
a variety of papers on "Man/'
Machine Technology" and "New
Directions." These presentations
will include papers on computer-
aided design, energy, human fac-
tors and simulation. The techni-
cal portions of the meeting will
conclude with two panel discus-
sions, one moderated by Phillip
Eisenberg, on "New Directions
for Offshore Development," and
the other by Wolfgang Reuter, on
"Education to Support Ship De-
sign and Construction."
An entertaining social program
will be provided which will in-
clude the President's Reception,
the President's Luncheon, and
tours to the Kennedy Center and
Mount Vernon.
Technical Sessions
Session I—Wednesday, April 6.
Theme — "The Changing
World"
Welcoming Address: Walter E.
Schmid, chairman of 1983 Spring
Meeting/STAR Symposium.
Moderators: Morning session,
"Commercial Requirements of the
Eighties," Marvin Pitkin, Tech-
nical Program Chairman.
Afternoon session, "National
Requirements of the Eighties,"
Vice Adm. Earl B. Fowler, USN,
Commander Naval Sea Systems
Command.
Paper No. 1-1 — "Future Re-
quirements of the Offshore Ma-
rine Industry" by Carl H. Savit,
senior vice president technology,
Western Geophysical Company.
Paper No. 1-2 — "Future Re-
quirements of the U.S. Domestic
Marine Industry" by Anthony L.
Kucera, president, American Wa-
terways Operators, Inc.
Paper No. 1-3 — "Future Re-
quirements of the U.S. Port In-
dustry" by J. Ron Brinson, presi-
dent, American Association of
Port Authorities.
Paper No. 1-4 — "Future Re-
quirements of Liner Vessels" by
W. James Amoss, president,
Lykes Bros. Steamship Company.
Paper No. 1-5 — "Future Re-
quirements of Tank Vessels" by
Frank J. Iarossi, president, Exxon
Ship Company.
Paper No. 1-6 — "Future Re-
quirements of Bulk Vessels" by
Charles Kiskaddon Jr., president,
Alcoa Steamship Company.
Paper No. 1-7 — "Future Re-
quirements of the Maritime In-
dustries" by Hon. Harold E.
Shear, Adm. USN (ret.), Mari-
time Administrator.
Paper No. 1-8 — "Future Re-
quirements of Coast Guard Ves-
sels" by Adm. James S. Gracey,
Commandant, U.S. Coast Guard.
Paper No. 1-9 — "Future Re-
quirements of Naval Vessels" by
Hon. George A. Sawyer, assistant
Secretary of the Navy, Shipbuild-
ing and Logistics.
Session II — Thursday, April 7.
Theme — "Man/Machine Tech-
nology"
Moderators—Ronald M. Reese,
Session II-A, and Stuart W.
Thayer, Session II-B.
Paper No. II-A-1—"Recent Ad-
vances in Computer Graphics in
the Shipyard Industry" by J.
Gude.
SYNOPSIS: Computer-aided
manufacturing (CAM) in ship-
building started with the intro-
duction of N/C flame-cutting
equipment around 1960. Links
between design, manufacturing
and administrative computer
functions are still few. Turnkey
drafting systems now in use com-
plement the CAM systems to
some extent but faired lines from
a CAM system cannot be trans-
ferred into a drafting system.
Also, the detail design drawings
generated by a drafting system
cannot be used for automatic
parts generation. This paper dis-
cusses the computer software
used by the shipbuilding indus-
try and areas in which work
needs to be done to improve com-
puter usage.
Paper No. II-B-1—"Recent Ad-
vances in Computer-Based Ship-
board Maintenance and Opera-
tions Management Systems" by
N. Bassett and J. Rodgers.
SYNOPSIS: This paper describes
the development and installation
of a shipboard computer system
aboard a Great Lakes freighter,
which performs maintenance and
inventory control functions as
well as crew payroll. System de-
sign criteria, program operation,
and system implementation are
discussed in addition to com-
ments on crew acceptance.
Paper No. II-A-2—"Recent Ad-
vances in Ship Producibility Re-
search" by J. DeMartini.
SYNOPSIS: Significant achieve-
ments produced by the two ele-
ments of the Ship Producibility
Program, (1) the National Ship-
building Standards Program
(NSRP), and (2) the Shipbuild-
ing Industrial Engineering Pro-
gram are highlighted. As part of
the National Shipbuilding Re-
search Program, these two pro-
grams, organized under the
SNAME Ship Production Com-
mittee, continue to contribute to
the NSRP's goal of reduced ship-
building costs and construction
time and help to provide a sound
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