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Performance Vs. Affordability:

Challenge of the '90s

ASNE Day '93, the Ameri-can Society of Naval Engi-neers' annual meeting and technical symposium, will be held at the Omni Shoreham Ho- tel in Washington, D.C. on May 6 to 7. This year's theme is "Perfor- mance versus Affordability—Chal- lenge of the 90s."

More than 3,000 attendees are expected to participate in the tech- nical sessions, attend the social func- tions and visit the exhibits.

As an added feature, ASNE is planning to hold its first Job Fair in the Ambassador exhibit area, which will be open to the public. More than 130 exhibitors are expected to be on hand to display their products and services targeting the naval en- gineering community.

ASNE's president, Jerome J.

Fee, has arranged a plenary ses- sion for Thursday morning at 8:30 a.m. that will address the challenges to the naval engineering profession brought on by budget decreases, mission changes, force restructur- ing and technological changes. Vice

Admiral William A. Owens, USN, deputy chief of naval operations, will address "The Requirement." He will be followed by Vice Admiral

Michael P. Kalleres, USN, com- mander, Military Sealift Command;

Vice Admiral Kenneth C. Malley,

USN, commander, Naval Sea Sys- tems Command (NAVSEA); Rear

Admiral Peter A. Bunch, USCG, chief, office of engineering and de- velopment; and an industry repre- sentative who will address "The Re- sponse."

Everyone interested in hearing of the impending changes in the profession should attend.

This year's 22-paper technical program, which begins at 10:15 a.m.

Thursday morning following the plenary session, will address abroad spectrum of subjects of interest to the modern naval engineer.

Each session will be moderated by a leader in the field, and, in addition to invited discussions, there will be ample time for a question and answer period.

ASNE's purpose is to increase the dialogue between designers, operators and producers, so the na- val engineering systems are afford- able and effective.

The technical program will con- clude Friday afternoon with three outstanding papers: Dr. Jack

Levedahl will describe an innova- tive 21st Century Destroyer; Dr.

Dean Rains and Kenneth Mitchell will compare Nuclear and Non- nuclear Attack Submarine

Powerplants; and Kenneth Brower and Captain Jim Kehoe will present a Comparative Analysis of Fast At- tack Craft. This is a technical ses- sion that most attendees are expected to attend.

The traditional Thursday lun- cheon will be held in honor of ASNE

Day authors and moderators, and will feature the presentation of the "Jimmie" Hamilton and Solberg

Awards.

The "Jimmie" Hamilton Award, which is for the best technical paper published in the 1992 Naval Engi- neers Journals, will be presented to

Dr. Bilal M. Ayyub and Kwan-

Ling Lai of the University of Mary- land for their paper, "Structural

Reliability Assessment with Ambi- guity and Vagueness Failure."

The Solberg Award will be pre- sented to Peter R. Bannister for his research and development ac- complishments .

ASNE has invited Les Aspin,

Secretary of Defense, to be its ban- quet speaker on May 7. The ban- quet, which is the closing function for ASNE Day, will feature presen- tations of the Gold Medal and

Saunders Awards.

The Gold Medal will be presented to Dr. R. Norris Keeler and the

Saunder Award to Larry J. Argiro.

Other awards that will be pre- sented at other ASNE Day functions include the Frank G. Law Award for continuing service to ASNE and the

Claud A. Jones Award for service to the fleet.

Captain Richard P. Dunbar,

USN (Ret.), will be receiving the

Frank G. Law Award and Thomas

G. Conners will be presented the

Claud A. Jones Award for his work with the Military Sealift Command during Operations Desert Storm/

Desert Shield.

The Exhibit Hall will be open from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. both days at no charge. Non-registered visitors will be required to obtain a name badge at the exhibitor's registration desk for entrance into the exhibit hall.

For additional information con- tact: ASNE, 1452 Duke Street, Alex- andria, Va., 22314-3458; or call (703) 836-6727.

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