2011-2012 Meetings

A presentation of the US Army Corps' of Engineers Hybrid Vessel Design.  There was also a short presentation of the Voith Inline Thruster.

Please see the meeting announcement for full details. 

A presentation of the U.S. Coast Guard Academy Class Of 2012 Naval Architecture and Marine Engineering Senior Design Project: Mobile Offshore Base Cutter for Caribbean Operations

Please see the meeting announcement for full details.

The 61^st Annual Philadelphia SNAME Section Dinner/Dance Gala was held on Saturday, March 17th at the Sheraton Society Hill Hotel.

Please see the invitation for full details.

A presentation on Arctic Shipping and Environmental Performance: Issues, Pathways, and Strategies by Jim Corbett of the University of Delaware, College of Earth, Ocean, and Environment.

Please see the meeting announcement for full details. 

A presentation on the Fogo Island Ferry Replacement Vessel by John Volc of Fleetway, Inc.

Please see the meeting announcement for full details.

The Annual Multi-Society Dinner Meeting hosted by The Engineers' Club of Philadelphia.

The topic was Philadelphia’s Navy Yard – Past, Present, Future by Robert G. Gorgone.

Please see the meeting flyer for more information.

The Philadelphia Section will be offering a credit of $15, applicable to the January or February Philadelphia Section meeting, for SNAME members who attended this meeting.

There was no meeting in November due to the SNAME Annual Meeting.

A presentation on

Guide To Diagnosing Contaminants in Oily Bilge Water to Maintain, Operate and Troubleshoot Oily Wastewater Treatment Systems

by CDR Bruce Russell, USCG (Ret.)
Owner, JS&A Environmental Services, Inc.
Chair, SNAME Environmental Engineering Committee
Co-Chair, SNAME panel on Oily Waste Water & Bilge Water (EC-3)

Please see the meeting announcement for full details.

A tour of the USCG Sector Philadelphia facility and station boats.

Additional details are provided on the attached flyer.