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THE AUTHORS

Dennis L. Bryant, Maritime

Regulatory Consulting,

Gainesville, FL; Email: [email protected]

See story on page 20

Captain Edward Lundquist,

US Navy (Ret.), is a senior sci- ence writer for MCR Federal.

See story on page 30

Christopher Parker is senior

Human Factors Engineer at BMT

Designers & Planners

See story on page 34

Bruce A. Russell is Managing

Director, Circular 677 Diagnos- tics, and Chair, SNAME Environ- mental Engineering Committee.

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