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PEOPLE & COMAPANIES at the U.S. Coast Guard Academy, was ranta, Finland. The mechanical engineer- gas will be evaluated for ef? ciency and tington Ingalls Industries (HII), has recently granted a two-year Fulbright ing major plans to conduct a research cost. Based on the analysis, Horvath will promoted Cathy Cope to director of

Scholarship to study renewable energy project on methods for energy storage. make recommendations to improve the contracts, pricing, procurement and technologies in Finland during the 2015- Horvath’s research project will exam- process of creating synthetic gas on an material management. In her new role, 2016 academic year and the 2016-2017 ine the conversion technologies used to industrial scale. Cope is responsible for the management academic year. Horvath, 21, will pursue store energy created from wind turbines of AMSEC’s contracts and procurement a master’s degree at the Lappeenranta and solar cells. Subsequently, the tech- AMSEC Promotes Cope across all business areas. As such, she

University of Technology in Lappeen- nology available to store the energy as a AMSEC LLC, a subsidiary of Hun- is responsible for contracts, pricing and estimating, purchasing, subcontracts ad- ministration, material management, and small business management/reporting.

Huffman Joins Blank Rome

Blank Rome LLP announced that Jay T.

Huffman has joined the Firm as an as- sociate in the Maritime, International

Trade, and Public Contracts group.

He is based in the Firm’s Houston of- ? ce. Huffman joins Blank Rome from (Continued on p. 104)

SHIPPINGInsight 2015

Set for October 13-14

The annual technical symposium, exhibition and networking event for maritime industry professionals in

North America, SHIPPINGInsight 2015 Fleet Optimization Conference & Exhibition, will take place Oct. 13- 14, 2015, in Stamford, Conn. “Now entering its fourth year,

SHIPPINGInsight is the one event on the maritime calendar you can’t afford to miss,” said conference co-director

Frank Soccoli. “It’s your opportunity to learn from experts and network with your peers. Most important it brings together ship managers and technology partners in panel sessions, interactive roundtables and informal networking, to address solutions to the challenges of operating ships more ef- ? ciently.” “Finally an event focused on pro- viding shipowners/managers the lat- est information on actual experience, products and services to optimize ? eet performance and compliance while re- ducing OPEX,” said Erny Otterspoor,

Vice President and Technical Director,

TBS-Roymar Ship Management.

“The SHIPPINGInsight Fleet Op- timization Conference and Marine

LNG Symposium is well on its way to becoming one of those key industry forums that are a must to attend. It’s great to have a platform that is both educational and provides signi? cant quality networking opportunities. We are looking forward to next year’s event,” said Edward A. Waryas, Vice

President, Business Development,

Lloyd’s Register North America, Inc.

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