09.12.07
Cal-SNAME elections
We have elected new officers for the local section. See the
officer page for more details. Congratulations to all the officers.
05.07.07
Site makeover!
Cal-SNAME website has been completely redone. Easy to read and navigate. Soon to come: user-contributed
content. See you soon for more updates!
04.20.07
Montery Bay Aquarium Research Institute visit
On 4/20/07 the CalSNAME club went to visit the Monterey Bay
Aquarium Research Institute (MBARI) in Moss Landing. We enjoyed a tour
of their research ships including the Western Flyer, their 117 foot
SWATH vessel. The pictures shown here feature the remotely operated
vehicle (ROV) called the Tiburon which is housed in the Western Flyer.
The pictures show the control room from which the ROV is operated and
the mechanical arm on the Tiburon which is operated from the control
room.
Additionally we toured many other areas of the facility including the
video annotating room where all the incredible hi-definition video
footage from the deep sea research trips are catalogued. We saw their
outstanding machine shop, fatigue testing area, and research rooms
including the pressure testing vessel and the 10 meter water tank.
Everyone on the trip thoroughly enjoyed it, learned a lot, and had a
great time.
04.04.07 Wednesday, April 4th, 2007 @ 2:00pm
Location: 240 Bechtel Engineering Center
Developed by El Cerrito’s Marine Advanced Research and featured
in the front page of the SF Chronicle on 1/19/07, The Proteus, "the
prototype of a new class of vessel," will be described by owner and
designer, Ugo Conti (PhD, UCB) in the E201/CalSNAME seminar:
"The Design of the Novel Ship: The Proteus"
03.16.07 Catamaran Ferry Boat Ride, Vallejo, CA
On 3/16, CalSNAME enjoyed a tour of a high-speed water-jet powered
catamaran ferry boat and ride from Vallejo to SF and back. We got a
tour of the engine room, jet room, water-jets, and wheel house (bridge)
from our own member and ferry boat captain, Jon Elkin. The pictures
shown here include those from inside the engine room, and of the huge
16 cylinder diesel backup engine from onshore.
03.08.07 Day at the Bay Model in Sausalito, CA
On 2/16/06 the CalSNAME club went to the Bay Model in Sausalito, CA.
The Bay Model is a working hydraulic model of the San Francisco Bay and
Sacramento-San Joaquin River Delta System administered by the U.S. Army
Corps of Engineers. It is a 3-D model capable of simulating tides and
currents covering an area of 1.5 acres in size and represents an area
from the Pacific Ocean to Sacramento and Stockton, including: the San
Francisco, San Pablo and Suisun Bays and a portion of the Sacramento -
San Joaquin Delta. We took a guided tour of the facility given by a
park ranger. It was an interesting and educational fieldtrip and we
learned a lot about our watershed and the ecological processes of our
local water system...
01.22.07 New year, new team
Five new officers have been elected to serve the interests of the Cal SNAME and its
members. Said newly elected President John Imamura, «It'll be a big year!».
Get the full list of officers
here.
10.12.06 Berkeley Student Rewarded
Robert Seah awarded 'Best Graduate Student Paper Award'
Shown in the picture is SNAME President Roger Compton
presenting the Graduate Student Paper Honor Prize to Robert Seah of the
University of California at Berkeley at the Annual SNAME Meeting on
October 12, 2006. Executive Director Phil Kimball is shown in the
background. His paper was entitled "Resonant Modes of Rectangular Twin
Hulls". It examined properties of a type of resonance possible in
semi-constrained regions of water found in such designs as a moonpool
in a drill vessel, multi-hulls, and multi-leg offshore platforms.
Robert attended the annual meeting as a Cal-SNAME representative along
with Arnt Fredriksen and Frederik Dukan, two exchange students from
Norway.
Congrats Robert!
10.17.06 General meeting
All are welcome to attend
The meeting will be held on Tuesday, October 17th @ 0515pm in 6101 Etcheverry Hall.
Download, print and post the
flyer. See you there!
