Past Events 2016-2017

Friday, 13 October 2017

The Western Europe Section's 8th Annual Symposium was held on Friday 13th October 2017 at ABS London.

The event consisted of 6 presentations from Industry and Academia on the topical theme of "Reducing environmental impact". 

Presentations were given by Tor-Ivar Guttolsrod (ABS), Andrea Grech La Rosa (UCL), Ian Ridley (University of Sunderland) & Keith W. Hutchinson (Babcock Energy & Technology), Ross Wigg (LR), Antonio Gallardo Martinez (Navantia), Konstantinos Tsitsilonis (Strathclyde University).

Saturday, 14 October 2017

Visit to Chatham Historic Dockyard

(L-R Top) Keith W. Hutchinson, Robert Prior, Jonathan Morley, Nitin Tyagi, Tun Tun Min, Keith Lilley

(L-R Bottom) Martin Toyen, Blanca Pena, Nina Lilley, Viviana Carta

Monday, 4 December 2017

Dr. Gabriel D. Weymount, Associate Professor of Southampton University, was presented a Certificate of Appreciation for his presentation entitled "Toward High Speed Machine Learning Roll Damping Predictions".

Monday, 13 November 2017

Dr. David Andrews, Professor of University College London, was presented a Certificate of Appreciation for his presentation entitled "Design for Layout - A Ship Architecture Approach".

Monday, 13 November 2017

Dr. Austin Kana, Associate Professor of TU Delft, was presented a Certificate of Appreciation for his presentation entitled "A Modern Perspective of Conceptual Ship Design".

Tuesday, 5 September 2017

Dr. Philomene Verlaan was presented a Certificate of Appreciation for his presentation entitled "Deep Sea Mining in the Clarion-Clippertone Zone: Recent Developments".

Wednesday, 21 June 2017

Akshay Bhatt of Rolls Royce and S Lieutenant Nadine Arsenie of the Royal Dutch Navy were presented a Certificate of Appreciation for their joint presentation entitled "A Design Package for Analysis and Optimization".

(L-R) Mary Zagoritou, Committee Member / Jonathan Morley, Treasurer / Nitin Tyagi, Secretary / Akshay Bhatt, Committee Member / SLt. Nadine Arsenie, Royal Dutch Navy / Lourdes (Nina) Lilley, Chair / Keith Lilley, Vice-Chair and Membership Chair / Viviana Carta, Committee Member.

8-12 June 2017

The SNAME Leadership Summit (SLS) was held at Crowne Plaza, Old Town, Alexandria, Virginia, USA.

Some of the photos below were taken during the Luau, Hawaiian Night at SNAME HQ. The "Winning Hawaiian Shirt" title was awarded to Keith Lilley of WES.

(L-R) Kritonas Dionisiou, Strathclyde University Student Section Chair / Jean-Marc Bonello, UCL Student Section Vice-Chair / Lourdes (Nina) Lilley,  WES Chair / Keith Lilley, WES Vice-Chair and Membership Chair / Lei Margarette Garibay, STI-NAMEI Studen Section Chair / An Kang Cheng, Newcastle University Student Section Chair

(L-R) Keith Lilley, WES Vice-Chair and Membership Chair / Lei Margarette Garibay, STI-NAMEI Student Section Chair / Lourdes (Nina) Lilley, WES Chair / Kritonas Dionysiou, Strathclyde University Student Section Chair / An Kang Cheng, Newcastle University Student Section Chair / Jean-Marc Bonello, UCL Student Section Vice-Chair

(L-R) Rich Mueller, Functional VP / Carole Herzog, Membership Coordinator / Keith Lilley, WES Vice-Chair and Membership Chair / An Kang Cheng, Newcastle University Student Section Chair / Allison Waters, Stevens Institute and Technology

(L- R) Jennifer Lin, Suzanne Beckstoffer, Katherine Beaumont, Lourdes Lilley (Nina)

Wednesday, 17 May 2017

The "SNAME Introduction Day" at Southampton University, United Kingdom, was attended by Keith W. Hutchinson (T & R Chair / Paper Chair, WES), Dr. Gabriel David Weymouth, Dr. Jon J. Downes, Nina Lilley (Chair, WES), Keith Lilley (Vice-Chair / Membership Chair, WES) and PhD students of the university. The benefits of membership, T & R and Paper Contest were discussed during the event.

Keith W. Hutchinson, Babcock Energy and Marine Technology, conducted a presentation entitled "Status, Drivers, Challenges and Solutions for Floating LNG" (photo on the left).

Nicholas Copsey, Lucy Lowe and Kate Devereaux received a Certificate of Appreciation and WES mug for presenting their project entitled "Flapping Foils for Marine Propulsion" under the direction of Dr. Gabriel David Weymouth, Associate Professor of Southampton University (far right, photo on the right).

Thursday, 18 May 2017

Keith W. Hutchinson, Babcock Energy and Marine Technology, was presented a Certificate of Appreciation for his presentation entitled "Advanced Simulation of Two Historic Tyne-Built Ships - The Record Breaking Victorian 'NORTH SEA GREYHOUND' SY TURBINIA and her Edwardian Blue Riband 'GREYHOUND OF THE ATLANTIC' Daughter RMS MAURETANIA".

 Tuesday, 25 April 2017

Fredrik Haag of IMO was presented a Certificate of Appreciation for his presentation entitled "Ocean Matters Matter - IMO's Work in the Wider Ocean's Governance Context".

There is growing concern and awareness about the state of the ocean due to ocean acidification, overfishing and marine litter, which are contributing to the degradation of the health of the seas surrounding us. With a growing population, finite resources and a high dependence on the marine environment for food, recreation and transportation the state of the ocean should matter to us all.

Tuesday, 14 March 2017

Iain Hannaway of Wartsila was presented a Certificate of Appreciation for his presentation entitled "DP-3 Closed Tie Bar Presentation".

(L-R) Tun Tun Min, Media and Communication Representative WES / Nitin Tyagi, Secretary WES / Peter Noble, Past SNAME President and Vice-President of IMAREST / Jonathan Morley, Treasurer WES / Keith Lilley, Vice-Chair and Membership Chair WES / Lourdes (Nina) Lilley, Chair WES / Martin Toyen, President of SNAME / Frank Mungo, Past President of IMAREST

Wednesday, 1 February 2017

The Student Section of the University of Strathclyde together with the parent Section (WES) arranged an afternoon of presentations at the university:

  - "Status, Design Drivers, Challenges and Solutions for Floating LNG" by David C. Dobson & Keith W. Hutchinson, Babcock Energy and Marine Technology

  - "Maintenance and Reliability Assessment for Increased Safety and Energy Efficiency" by Michail Cheliotis, University of Strathclyde

  - "Dynamic Probabilistic Risk and Reliability Assessment for Ship Machinery" by Konstantinos Dikis, University of Strathclyde

  - "United Kingdom's First LNG ROPAX Ferry: The Design Challenges" by Neil Ferguson, Houlder Co. Ltd.

There were 45 attendees at the event. Additional presentations were given on SNAME Membership Benefits, T&R Programs and Opportunities, and the SNAME WES YP Paper Contest 2017.

Nina Lilley (WES Chair) presents Certificates of Appreciation to Keith W. Hutchinson (left) and David C. Dobson (right) of Babcock Energy and Marine Technology.

Nina Lilley (WES Chair) presents a Certificates of Appreciation to Fotios Stefanidis, Strathclyde Student Section Chair.

Tuesday, 21 February 2017

Blanca Pena of University College London was presented a Certificate of Appreciation for her presentation entitled "Green Shipping Technology: Energy Saving Devices: The State of the Art and Future".

Tuesday, 24 January 2017

Sen Abhayasinghe of London Offshore Consultants was presented a Certificate of Appreciation for his presentation entitled "Dynamic Positioning".

 Tuesday, 3 January 2017

The SNAME WES Chair Nina Lilley and Vice-Chair Keith Lilley were invited to attend the inaugural STI-NAMEI Student Section full day Symposium.

The day started with a procession and anthem. The following presentations were given:

• "Requirements for Vessels Operating in Low Temperature Environment" by Keith Lilley, Vice-Chair, SNAME WES
• "Boat Design for Military Application" by Jojo B. Nery, Director and Owner, Ocean Protecta Inc.
• "Technical Evaluation of a Ship: A Naval Architect's Perspective" by Capt. Tomas D. Baino, PN (Ret.)
• "Floating Drydock Design" by Crizel Sigua, Cezar Orozco & Paolo Aguila, NAMEI students

The students also participated in a Design Competition during the afternoon, an event that was very popular and enjoyed by all. The students also arranged two breakout sessions of dancing and festivities.

The Symposium was attended by 70 students and local professionals.

Monday, 5 December 2016

Jonathan D. Morley, Lloyd's Register, was presented a Certificate of Appreciation for his presentation entitled "Environmental Aspects of The Polar Code".

Monday, 14 November 2016

Dr. Iraklis Lazakis, University of Strathclyde, was presented a Certificate of Appreciation for his presentation entitled "Condition Based Predictive Inspection and Maintenance".

Wednesday, 14 September 2016

Dr. Peter Lai, Technology Manager at SAIPEM S.p.A., was presented a Certificate of Appreciation for his presentation entitled "Slamming Forecast for Offshore Structure Transportation With Significant Overhang".

Wednesday, 30 November 2016

The Student Section of the University of Newcastle together with the parent Section (WES) arranged an afternoon of presentations at the university:

• "Status, Design Drivers, Challenges and Solutions for Floating LNG" by David C. Dobson & Keith W. Hutchinson, Babcock Energy and Marine Technology
• "Corrosion Fatigue Mechanism and Fracture Mechanics Based Modelling" by Ang Kang Cheng, University of Newcastle (Student Section Chair)
• "Water Jet Drive Characteristics Prediction From Model Scale Bollard Pull Results" by Ben Landgren, University of Newcastle (Student Section Vice-Chair)
• "Fatigue Assessment for Floating Wind Turbines" by Junyi Wu, University of Newcastle
• "Fatigue Assessment for Deep Water Mooring Lines" by Xutian Xue, University of Newcastle

There were 17 attendees at the session. The University of Newcastle SNAME Student Section flag was presented by the SNAME WES Chair to the Student Chair.

Dr. Nianzhong Chen, Faculty Advisor of Newcastle University, with officers and students together with Nina Lilley (Chair, WES) and Keith W. Hutchinson (T & R / Paper Chair, WES)

Dr Nianzhong Chen (Newcastle Faculty Advisor) and the Newcastle SNAME Student Section Committee

Officers of Newcastle University SNAME Student Section together with Dr. Nianzhong Chen (Newcastle University Faculty Advisor), Keith Lilley (Vice-Chair and Membership Chair, WES), Nina Lilley (Chair, WES), Keith Hutchinson (T & R / Paper Chair, WES)

1-4 November 2016

All the SNAME Section Chairs were formed in groups composing of section chairs and regional vice presidents to create a skit on membership. It was presented at the executive meeting and at the President’s Luncheon (Joe Comer).

The members of the skit are: Jeom Paik (Sr. Regional Vice-President) not in photo, Nina Lilley (Chair, SNAME WES), Keith Lilley (Vice-Chair and Membership Chair, SNAME WES), Jason Tan (Strathclyde University Student Section member), Alan Lim (Strathclyde University Student Section member) and Rayan Bou Chahine (Strathclyde University Student Section member). The skit was a success, thanks to Rich Mueller (Membership Committee Chair) and Rick Preston (CEO of Preston Productions, Inc.).

10-12 June 2016

All section chairs and student chairs attended the Council Retreat in Alexandria, Virginia, USA.

(L-R) Andrea Grech La Rosa (UCL Student Section Chair), Eloise Reiff (Tu Delft Student Section Vice-Chair), Crizel Sigua (STI-NAMEI Student Section Chair), Lourdes (Nina) Lilley (WES Chair), Keith Lilley (WES Vice-Chair and Membership Chair)

Friday, 14 October 2016

The Western Europe Section held its Annual Symposium consisting of four professional presentations and two student presentations. The student presentations were from the prize winners of the inaugural SNAME WES Paper Contest.

• "IMO's Global Projects to Address Greenhouse Emissions from the Maritime Sector" by Dr. Jose Matheical, IMO

• "Transportation of Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG) By Sea and the Design of LNG Carriers" by David C. Dobson & Keith W. Hutchinson, Babcock Energy and Marine Technology

• "The Role of Project Management During the Concept Design Phase with Particular Reference to Marine Projects" by Ian G. Ridley, University of Sunderland

• "Towable TLP Solutions for Offshore Wind" (Paper Contest 1st Prize) by Jacobo B. Arevalo Fuentes & Rafael d'Amore Domenech, Technical University of Madrid

• "Amphibious Assault and Amphibious Training Ship Class: Landing Helicopter Assault & Training (LAHAT)" (Paper Contest 2nd Prize) by Akshay Bhatt, Andrew Cooper, James Harris & Gabriella Hartle, University College London

The Symposium attracted 62 attendees, with students attending from the UK, The Netherlands and The Philippines.

The 1st prize winners joined the SNAME WES officers and committee members at the dinner after the Symposium.

 Presentation of Paper Contest 1st Prize Medals and Certificates

(L-R) Nina Lilley (Chair WES), Jacobo B. Arevalo Fuentes, Blanca Pena (YP Chair WES), Rafael d'Amore Domenech, Keith W. Hutchinson (T&R / Paper Chair WES)

Saturday, 15 October 2016

Following the successful Symposium on the previous day, the Young Professionals hosted an event at the National Maritime Museum at Greenwich, London. The event was open to all and was attended by 36 people. This event gave an excellent networking opportunity whilst touring the world-famous museum. Some attendees also took the opportunity to stroll up to the Greenwich Observatory.

Wednesday, 14 October 2015