Stevens’ high-speed towing tank re-commissioning and technical symposium: Dec. 11-13

HOBOKEN , N.J. — Stevens Institute of Technology will celebrate the re-commissioning of the David son Laboratory high-speed towing tank with a three-day event starting on December 11, 2006 . First opened in 1944, the facility remains one of the world’s leading centers for research and edu cation in the fields of naval architecture and ocean engineering. The recently completed renovations have significantly enhanced the facility’s capabilities.

The three-day celebration will include a formal grand opening ceremony on December 11, followed by a two-day Technical Symposium, “The Experimental Method in Naval Architecture and Ocean Engineering,” in which invited speakers will provide their perspectives on the future of technology development and edu cation in naval architecutre and ocean engineering. .

The formal ceremony on December 11 will begin at 2 p.m. with welcoming remarks from Michael Bruno, Professor and Director of the Center for Maritime Systems; George Korfiatis, Professor and Dean of The Schaefer School of Engineering; and Harold J. Raveche, President of Stevens. Also sch edu led to speak at the event:

2:15 p.m. : Honorable David Roberts, Mayor of Hoboken

2:25 p.m. : Honorable Rodney Frelinghuysen

2:35 p.m. : Howard Fireman, Director, Future Concepts and Surface Ship Design Group, Naval Sea Systems Command

2:45 p.m. : Philip K imb all, Executive Director, Society of Naval Architects and Marine Engineers

2:55 p.m. : Anne David son

At 3 p.m. , Martin Renilson, Technical Manager and Deputy General Manager, Maritime Platforms & Equipment, QinetiQ Sea Division, UK , will make the ceremonial presentation of water from the Froude Tank, which will be added to the water in David son Laboratory’s high-speed towing tank. The water presentation will be followed by a demonstration of the tank by Professor Raju Datla at 3:15 p.m.

Sessions for the Technical Symposium, Dec. 12-13, will held in the Bissinger Room, 4 th floor of the Wesley J. Howe Building . The sch edu le follows.

Tuesday, Dec. 12:

8:00 a.m. : Registration and Continental Breakfast

8:30 a.m. : Welcome

● Dr. George Korfiatis, Dean, Schaefer School of Engineering

● Dr. Michael Bruno, Director, Davidson Laboratory, Center for Maritime Systems

9:00 a.m. :Michael Bruno , A Brief History of the Experimental Towing Tank at Stevens

9:30 a.m. to 10:30 a.m. : Naval Engineering Research and Education

● Paris Genalis, Office of Naval Research (ret)

● Roger Compton, Dean and Professor, Webb Institute and President, Society of Naval Architects and Marine Engineers (SNAME)

11:00 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. : Model testing: State of the Art and Future Trends

● Bill Day, Head, Resistance and Powering Division, Hydromechanics Department, David Taylor Model Basin, Carderock Division, NSWC

● Ian Campbell, Wolfson Unit, MTIA, England

● Emilio F. Campana, Head, Resistance and Optimization Division, INSEAN, Italy

12:30 p.m. to 2:00 p.m. : Lunch

2:00 p.m. to 3:30 p.m. : Model Testing: State of the Art and Future Trends (continued)

● Lex Keuning, Professor, Delft University of Technology, Netherlands (invited)

● Martin Renilson, Technical Manager and Deputy General Manager, Maritime Platforms & Equipment, QinetiQ Sea, Haslar Marine Technology Park, UK

● Odd M. Faltinsen, Professor, Centre for Ships and Ocean Structures, Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU): “Challenges in experimental and numerical modeling of high-speed marine vehicles"

3:30 p.m. to 5:00 p.m. : Tour and demonstration of the David son Laboratory High-Speed Towing Tank

6:00 p.m. : Cocktail reception

7:00 p.m. : Dinner. Keynote speaker: Dr. Daniel Savitsky, Professor Emeritus, Stevens

Wednesday, Dec. 13

8:00 a.m. : Registration and continental breakfast

9:00 a.m. to 10:30 a.m. : The Experimental Method in Ocean Engineering

● Rick Mercier, Director, Offshore Technology Research Center, Texas A&M University

● Charles W. Henoch, Hydrodynamics Branch, Naval Undersea Warfare Center , Newport , R.I.

● Thomas Herrington, Stevens Center for Maritime Systems, “Progress in Small Model Testing for Multiple Applications”

10:30 a.m. to 11:00 a.m. : Coffee break

11:00 a.m. to 12:30 pm. : Yacht design

● Frank DeBord, Chesapeake Marine Technology LLC, “Hydrodynamic Performance Prediction for Grand Prix Sailing Yachts”

● Halsey Herreshoff, President, Herreshoff Marine Museum , “Role of Tank Testing in the Evolution of America’s Cup Yacht Design”

● James Teeters, Teeters Yacht Technology, “Upwind Sail Aerodynamics”

12:30 p.m. to 2:00 p.m. : Lunch

2:00 p.m. to 3:30 p.m. : Advances in Experimental Hydrodynamics

● Prof. Ronald W. Yeung, University of California at Berkeley , “Multi-Hull Configuration Design - Hybridizing Theory and Experiments”

● Alexandra Techet, Center for Ocean Engineering, MIT, “Applications of High Speed PIV”

● James Duncan, Dept of Mechanical Engineering, University of Maryland

About Stevens Institute of Technology

Founded in 1870, Stevens Institute of Technology is one of the leading technological universities in the world dedicated to learning and research. Through its broad-based curricula, nurturing of creative inventiveness, and cross disciplinary research, the Institute is at the forefront of global challenges in engineering, science, and technology management. Partnerships and collaboration between, and among, business, industry, government and other universities contribute to the enriched environment of the Institute. A new model for technology commercialization in academe, known as Technogenesis®, involves external partners in launching business enterprises to create broad opportunities and shared value.

Stevens offers baccalaureates, master’s and doctoral degrees in engineering, science, computer science and management, in addition to a baccalaureate degree in the humanities and liberal arts, and in business and technology. The university has a total enrollment of 2,150 undergraduate and 3,500 graduate students, with about 250 full-time faculty. Stevens’ graduate programs have attracted international participation from China, India, Southeast Asia, Europe and Latin America. Additional information may be obtained from its web page at www.stevens.edu.  

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