Maritime Reporter, November 2005

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MaritimeReporter Circle 242 on Reader Service Card Circle 239 on Reader Service Card Circle 306 on Reader Service Card Circle 208 on Reader Service Card Gulf of Mexico Resources Guidebook MARITIME REPORTER AND ENGINEERINGNEWS 62 Gulf Coast Resources Guide Maritime Reporter & Engineering News and informational meeting at the Baton Rouge campus about two weeks ago, and according to school officials, about 9,000 of UNO's 17,300 enrolled stu- dents have made contact with staff members. The Maritime College, like the University of New Orleans, is one of a handful of institutions that offers degrees in Naval Architecture and Marine Engineering. Having met Inozu at professional meetings, Burke contact- ed him by email and offered assistance. Inozu spends on the average, about three to four hours a day advising his UNO students by phone or email about their individual problems. Some of his students are in Galveston, Texas, Ann Arbor, Mich., and Boston, Mass. UNO Society of Naval Architects and Marine Engineers (SNAME) student section president, Lauren Daly is at Texas A&M at Galveston using email/phone to make sure she is taking the right courses that can be transferred to UNO. She is also arranging the seniors' visit to SNAME's Annual Convention in Houston October 19, a good opportunity to meet prospec- tive employers. SNAME waived confer- ence fees for UNO students. Inozu has been at UNO for 15 years. A native of Istanbul, Turkey, he graduat- ed with a Bachelor of Science in Mechanical Engineering from Istanbul Technical University (ITU). He com- pleted his Masters and his Ph.D. in Naval Architecture and Marine Engineering at the University of Michigan. He became fascinated with the unreliability and maintenance of marine machinery when he was an intern on board a ship, so accepting a UNO faulty position within its School of Naval Architecture and Marine Engineering was a natural progression for work that he loves. Interestingly, SUNY Maritime is in partnership with ITU with a dual diplo- ma program. About 18 Turkish students are on board and another 30 are expect- ed to arrive in January. Dr. Inozu is interacting with the Turkish cadets dur- ing his stay here, and is also an active participant in Maritime's faculty brown bag luncheons. In addition to helping Baha find a place of refuge at Maritime, Dr. Richard Burke also recognized an immediate academic synergy between them. Both are disciples of reliability research and a management philosophy called Lean Six Sigma. Dr. Inozu recently completed a paper, "New Horizons for Shipbuilding Process Improvement." Inozu serves as chief executive officer for a company, Novaces LLC, that trains corporations how to trim the excess from their opera- tions. For example, Northrop Grumman Ship Systems cut costs by $32 million in 2004 alone by implementing Lean Six Sigma methodologies. Burke relays that "Baha's passion for ship building and love of research, cou- pled with his expertise in Lean Six Sigma helps stimulate ideas. We are honored and grateful to have him aboard. Because of this new relation- ship, Maritime and UNO are exploring ways to collaborate on research and other cooperative projects." The oldest and largest maritime school in the country, SUNY Maritime College prepares students for careers in the mar- itime industry, government, military, and private industry. Maritime gradu- ates experience a 100 % placement rate and are often employed in careers of their choice within three months of graduation. A four-year college located at historic Fort Schuyler in Throggs Neck, New York, SUNY Maritime offers undergrad- uate degree programs in Engineering, Business Administration/Marine Transportation, Marine Environmental Science, Humanities, International Transportation and Trade, and a Master's degree in International Transportation Management. 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