Category: Naval Architecture & Marine Engineering
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Yulin Pan awarded MIDAS PODS grant for research predicting hydrological weather extremes
EXPERTS: Ashley Payne (CLaSP), Yulin Pan (NAME), and Xun Huan (ME) have been awarded a Propelling Original Data Science (PODS) grant for their project Optimal Design of Data Assimilation for the Prediction of Hydrological Extremes. The Michigan Institute for Data Science (MIDAS) announced today the awardees of its first round of Propelling Original Data Science…
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Kevin Maki receives first-of-its-kind professorship
EXPERTS: Kevin Maki has been appointed as the Richard B. Couch Development Professor for Marine Hydrodynamics. Kevin Maki has been appointed as the Richard B. Couch Development Professor for Marine Hydrodynamics, College of Engineering, effective October 1, 2019 – September 30, 2021. This appointment was approved by the Regents at their October meeting. The Richard…
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NAME alumni awarded at 2019 SNAME Maritime Convention
Multiple prominent NAME alumni have been named awardees for this year’s SNAME Maritime Convention. NAME alumni, Jeffrey J. Hough, Richard D’Souza, and Robert G. Keane, Jr. will all receive medals and awards at the upcoming Society of Naval Architects and Marine Engineers Maritime Convention in Tacoma, WA. Hough (NAME BSE ’78, MSE ’79) will receive…
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Keane receives Jimmie Hamilton/Frank Law Awards from American Society of Naval Engineers
Robert J Keane, Jr. (NAME MSE ’70) has received multiple awards from the American Society of Naval Engineers. For the second straight year, Bob Keane has received the American Society of Naval Engineers (ASNE) Jimmie Hamilton Award for the best peer-reviewed paper “Rapid Warship Acquisition: A Case for Fundamental Change in Design and Acquisition Policy”…
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Visintainer of Ford Motor named 2019 NAME Alumni Merit Awardee
Randal (Randy) Visintainer has been named the 2019 Naval Architecture and Marine Engineering Alumni Department Merit Awardee. Randy Visintainer a 1986 NAME graduate and currently serves as Chief Technical Officer for Ford Autonomous Vehicles LLC at Ford Motor Company where he leads a global team responsible for driving autonomous vehicle research and development. Visintainer was…
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NAME student team takes 2nd place in ship design competition
EXPERTS: Naval Architecture and Marine Engineering students to be honored at the 2019 SNAME Maritime Convection for their design of an Offshore Wind Turbine Installation Vessel. Team Blueship of Luke Brownlow, Jamie Demers, Ian Ferguson, Stein Housener, and Faculty Advisor, Prof. Matthew Collette have taken 2nd place in SNAME’s James A. Lisnyk Student Ship Design…
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Jing Sun Elected IFAC Fellow
EXPERTS: Jing Sun, Naval Architecture and Marine Engineering Department Chair, has been elected a Fellow of the International Federation of Automatic Control (IFAC). The IFAC is a scholarly society devoted to the theory and application of automatic control and systems engineering in diverse fields, including engineering, biological, social and economic systems. The IFAC Fellow Award…
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Beloved NAME department chair, T Francis Ogilvie, passes away
Thomas (T.) Francis Ogilvie, beloved department chair from 1974-1981, passed away on March 30, at the age of 89. Born in Atlantic City in 1929, Ogilvie was surrounded by ocean and boats throughout his childhood. He studies Physics at Cornell at just 16 and went on to become a physicist at the U.S. Navy’s David…
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Katherine Skinner joins NAME department as Assistant Professor
EXPERTS: Katherine Skinner has accepted the offer of Assistant Professor and will join the faculty in September of 2021. Katherine Skinner received a B.S.E. in Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering with a Certificate in Applications of Computing from Princeton University in 2014, an M.S. in Robotics from the University of Michigan in 2016, and a PhD…
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Naval Architecture and Marine Engineering department featured in new film, “Our Oceans, Our Future”
EXPERTS: Featuring the Department of Naval Architecture and Marine Engineering, Our Oceans, Our Future, explores the critical issues affecting our oceans, and the work being done by marine professionals worldwide for a brighter future. Premiering today at the Royal Institution of London is Our Oceans, Our Future, an IMarEST & ITN Productions film, showcasing stories…
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Students test Polynesian canoe models in the UM wave tank
Fifth graders from Brick Elementary School visited the Marine Hydrodynamics Lab to test their Hōkūleʻa styled canoe models in the Wind Wave tank. In partnership with the School of Education, Naval Architecture & Marine Engineering (NAME) hosted 28 fifth graders from Brick Elementary School in Ypsilanti. The students had recently spent time learning about the…
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Professor Dong wins 2019 Comfort A. Adams Lecture Award
EXPERTS: Naval Architecture & Marine Engineering Professor Pingsha Dong has received the 2019 Comfort A. Adams Lecture Award by the American Welding Society. The American Welding Society awards the Comfort A. Adams Lecture Award annually in honor of their Founder and First President to an outstanding scientist or engineering whose lecture presents some new and…
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How UM Alumni helped salvage a Soviet submarine at the height of the Cold War
The true story of how the CIA stole a sunken Russian submarine from the bottom of the Pacific Ocean at the height of the Cold War without anybody finding out. And the NAME alumni who made it happen. Most people don’t know the tale of one of the largest covert operations in U.S. history. Only press…
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Steven Byle wins Rosenblatt Award
Steven Byle (NAME BSE ’91) was honored at the SNAME Annual Banquet as the 2018 Rosenblatt-Michigan Awardee for his transformative contributions to our department’s future. Fellow NAME alumnus and friend of Byles, Constance Savander, said it best when presenting the award. “This evening, Steven will receive the 2018 Rosenblatt-Michigan Award for outstanding professional achievements. This…
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Society of Naval Architects and Marine Engineers honors U-M Alums
SMC 2018 is where SNAME honors and recognizes those members who have made outstanding contributions to SNAME and the maritime industry. This year, two U-M Naval Architecture and Marine Engineering alums take home high honors. The David W. Taylor Medal is awarded by the Society of Naval Architects and Marine Engineering Awards Committee annually for…
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RobotX: UM Team prepares autonomous boat for competition in Hawaii
Without human intervention or remote control assistance, 19 teams from 6 countries will meet this December to compete in the Maritime RobotX Challenge.