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SNAME Issues Call

For Technical Papers

For 'Propellers 78'

The Society of Naval Archi- tects and Marine Engineers has announced that a second sym- posium on propellers is being planned by Panel M-16 (Modern- ization of Propulsion Shaft Sys- tem) of the Society's Technical and Research Program. The sym- posium is planned for either

June 7 and 8, 1978, or June 14 and 15, 1978, with the earlier date being preferred, in the New- port News/Norfolk, Va., area under the auspices of the Hamp- ton Roads Section of the Society.

In order to develop the pro- gram and detailed planning, the

Society has issued a call for pa- pers. Papers on the following subjects are particularly desired, but other related topics are not excluded: propeller strength, ana- lytical procedures, experimental data and correlation of design and experience as these subjects ap- ply to fixed-pitch propellers, con- trollable-pitch propellers, contra- rotating propellers, overlapping

Jack Provenzano

The engineering department of

Nav-Com, Inc., a marine electron- ics distributor located at 2 Hicks

Street, North Lindenhurst, N.Y., is now headed by Jack Pro- venzano, one of the country's foremost electronic engineers specializing in the design and de- velopment of navigation and com- munication equipment for com- mercial and recreational vessels.

A graduate of Lowell Technical

Institute, Mr. Provenzano has de- veloped marine electronics for

AT&T's High Seas Radio Sta- tions. He comes to Nav-Com from

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Communication Associates, Inc., where from 1973 to the present, he served as senior project engi- neer, assistant chief engineer, and senior chief engineer. A loran receiver, developed under his di- rection and using his designs, re- cently won the "National Marine

Electronics Association Award for the Best Loran Receiver in the Industry."

Mr. Provenzano's duties at Nav-

Com include the supervision of the engineering staff responsible for equipment installation and service, plus establishing and maintaining the highest level of test procedures and quality as- surance. In addition, he will direct the engineering aspects of Nav-

Com's unique consumer protec- tion program which ensures that every piece of equipment is prop- erly installed, operating to its fullest capability, appropriate for the vessel, and suited for the job to be done.

Mr. Provenzano will also super- vise the service provided under the terms of Nav-Com's optional

Extended Limited Warranty which protects equipment beyond the terms of the manufacturer's warranty. 30 Maritime Reporter/Engineering News propellers, shrouded propellers, highly skewed propellers, and cycloidal propellers; metallurgical properties; failure criteria and economic costs, and construction, maintenance and repair.

Anyone interested in prepar- ing a paper should notify the

Society at 74 Trinity Place, New

York, N.Y. 10006, by June 1, 1977. Authors will be notified of the acceptance of their paper by

July 1, 1977. A draft of the com- plete paper by October 1, 1977, will be required.

Nav-Com, Inc.

Names Provenzano

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