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SNAME's Great Lakes And

Rivers Section Meets At

Universty Of Michigan

The centennial observance of the founding of the naval archi- tecture and marine engineering programs at the University of

Michigan was linked with the re- cently held fall meeting of the

Great Lakes and Great Rivers section of The Society of Naval

Architects and Marine Engineers.

Five technical papers were pre- sented in a morning session at the university.

The paper subjects and authors were: Roger A. Peterson, profes- sor of marketing in the business administration department at

Eastern Michigan University, "Maritime Tanker Safety: Some

Conclusions and Recommenda- tions for Improvement" ; Kurt W.

Hagemeister, National Steel and

Shipbuilding Company, San Di- ego, Calif., "Institutional Barri- ers to Improving Productivity in U.S. Shipyards"; Sudhir K.

Gupta, Designers and Planners,

Inc., Arlington, Va., "Comparison of United States and Foreign

Shipbuilding Practices"; Michael

G. Parsons, professor and chair- man of the University of Michi- gan department of naval archi- tecture and marine engineering, "Mode Coupling in Torsional and

Longitudinal Shafting Vibra- tions" ; and Noel L. Bassett,

American Steamship Company,

Buffalo, N.Y., "Design and Oper- ation of a Highly Maneuverable

Great Lakes Self-Unloader."

Canadian Shipbuilders

Group Sets Date For 1982 Conference

The Canadian Shipbuilding and

Ship Repairing Association an- nounces that plans are complete for the 34th annual technical con- ference to be held at the Hyatt

Regency Hotel, Montreal, Quebec,

Canada, on March 2, 1981.

The meetings actually begin on

Monday, March 1, with closed session meetings for members only. The theme for the open ses- sion on March 2 will be "Prelude to a New Canadian Shipbuilding

Era: Opportunities and Plans."

There will be a four-speaker panel for the morning session and a three-speaker panel for the after- noon session. Each speaker will present a paper of between 15 and 20 minutes. Papers will be followed by a general discussion and question period.

The annual technical confer- ence, always held in Montreal, is by far the biggest and best known

CSSRA event and is widely at- tended by members of the ma- rine fraternity. The annual ban- quet is scheduled to be held at 7:30 p.m. on March 2 in the

Regence Ballroom.

For more information contact

Mrs. Joy MacPherson, Secretary/

Treasurer, Canadian Shipbuild- ing and Ship .Repairing Associa- tion, 801-100 Sparks Street, Ot- tawa, Ontario, KIP 5B7, (613) 232-7127.

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