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Welcome to the Website of the Philadelphia Section of SNAME! The Society of Naval Architects and Marine Engineers was organized in 1893, to advance the art, science, and practice of naval architecture, shipbuilding and marine engineering. For over a century members have included commercial and governmental practitioners, students, and educators of naval architecture, shipbuilding, and marine and ocean engineering. SNAME encourages the exchange and recording of information, sponsors applied research, offers career guidance, supports education, and enhances the professional status and integrity of its membership. The Philadelphia Section includes the Philadelphia metropolitan area of eastern Pennsylvania, northern Delaware, and southern New Jersey.  Matthew Eayre serves as Chair.

 

Please join us on Wednesday, April 17th, 2024 for a presentation by cadets of the U.S. Coast Guard Academy Class Of 2024 Naval Architecture and Marine Engineering on their senior design project of a service operations vessel tailored for East Coast U.S. wind farms.

Additionally, a junior from the Coast Guard Academy will present research on lifeboat stability, particularly focusing on a recent incident in Sweden and its implications for lifeboat design and operation.

USCG Sector Delaware Bay
1 Washington Ave
Philadelphia, PA 19147

We will be trying a lunchtime meeting this year. The presentations will start at 10:30 AM.

There will be no charge for the meeting and lunch will be available for individual purchase following the presentations in the Sector's galley.

Please try to register by Monday, April 15.

Please register for the lunch meeting here.
We will also be trying to webcast the presentations. To register for the webcast, please visit here.

The Philadelphia Section library was lost many years ago with the closure of some businesses and offices.  We are looking into rebuilding the Section Library and need your help.  If you have any books, papers, presentations, transactions, etc. associated with SNAME and/or the maritime industry and are willing to donate them to the Section, please contract Timothy Keyser at 267-275-2638 or Timothy.J.Keyser@usace.army.mil.  Thank you.

American Society of Naval Engineers - Delaware Valley Section

The Engineers' Club of Philadelphia has an event calendar.

Upcoming events at the Independence Seaport Museum can be found here.