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A Preview Of The 89th SNAME

Annual Meeting

TECHNICAL MEETING SCHEDULE

Time

THURSDAY FRIDAY

Trianon Room Mercury Room Trianon Room Mercury Room 9:00 1. Investigation of a new

Inland Waterway

Shipform 3. Risk and Operability

Analysis in the Marine

Environment 7. Application of Plastic

Analysis to USCG

Icebreaker Shell Plating 9. Estimating Technical and Economic

Penalties of Roughness 10:30 2. Liquid Bulk Carrier

Inert Gas and

Ventilation Systems 4. Revival of the Coastal

Tanker: Development and Construction 8. Applying a Computer-

Aided Ship Structural

Design Method 10. Development and

Experience of Novel

Integrated

Duct Propeller 2:00 11. Hull/Machinery

Foundation

Incompatibility 13. Hydrodynamic

Added-Mass Matrix of

Vibrating Ship . . . 2:30 5. Major Factors in

Frigate Design 6. Dynamic and

Hydrodynamics of

Surface-Effect Ships 3:30 12. Coal-Fired Fluidized-

Bed Steam Generator for Marine . . . 14. Effects of Hull and

Propeller Design

Changes . . . 4:00 Business Session

The 89th Annual Meeting of

The Society of Naval Architects and Marine Engineers will con- vene at The New York Hilton

Hotel, New York, N.Y. on No- vember 19-21, 1981. "This is by far the Society's largest annual event," stated John J. Nachts- heim, president of the Society, "with more than 1,000 people from all segments of the mari- time industry gathering to hear the technical presentations."

At the simultaneous technical sessions on November 19 and 20, 14 papers will be presented with subjects of enough variety to in- terest all the attendees.

President Nachtsheini will give his annual address at the Presi- dent's Luncheon in the Grand

Ballroom on Thursday, Novem- ber 19. Featured on the program will be the presentation of sev- eral important awards. Later that afternoon, at 4:00 pm, the an- nual Business Session will be held, where the members will act on proposed amendments to the

Society's By-laws and other busi- ness that may come before the meeting.

On Friday evening, November 20, the Annual Banquet will take place in the Grand Ballroom with

Mr. Nachtsheim presiding. This is the most traditional part of the Annual Meeting, where the

Society's highest awards are pre- sented. The banquet speaker will be the Hon. John F. Lehman Jr.,

Secretary of the Navy.

The David W. Taylor Medal "for notable achievement in na- val architecture and marine en- gineering" will be awarded to

Erwin Carl Rohde, manager, Op- eration Planning and Technical

Resources, Industrial and Marine

Turbine Division of the General

Electric Company, Lynn, Mass.

The Vice Admiral "Jerry" Land

Medal "for outstanding accom- plishment in the marine field" will be given to Ellsworth Peter- son, president, general manager (continued on page 12) 10 Write 162 on Reader Service Card