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The SSC mission is to enhance the safety of life at sea, promote technology and education advancements in marine
transportation, and to protect the marine environment. This will be done through advocating,
participating in, and supporting cooperative research and development in Structural Design,
Life Cycle Risk Management of Marine Structures, and Production Technologies.
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WHAT'S NEW
- The Royal Institution of Naval Architects (RINA) has presented the
their 2007 Medal of Exceptional Merit to Dr. Jeom Kee Paik of the
National Pusan University and his team; A K Thayamballi, J Y Ryu, J H
Jang, J K Seo, S W Park, S K Soe, C Renaud, H P Cojeen, and N I Kim
for their joint SSC/RINA paper titled; The Statistics of Weld Induced
Initial Imperfections in Aluminum Stiffened Plate Structures for
Marine Applications. The Institution's Medal of Exceptional Merit,
one of RINA's most prestigious awards, is awarded annually to the
authors of papers of merit published in RINA's Transactions and
Conference Proceedings. In addition to this honor, the following
members of his team; Jung Young Ryu, Joon Ho Jang and Sun Kee Soe were
awarded the Calder Prize for the best paper published by RINA on the
subject of small or high-speed craft, by an author under the age of
30.
The joint SSC/RINA paper is a summary of results obtained from project
SR-1446 sponsored by the Ship Structure Committee together with Alcan
Marine, France. It was presented at the 2007 Ship Structure Symposium
and published in RINA's Transactions and Conference Proceedings. Both
the joint SSC/RINA paper and the SSC report can be found in our
"Report Search Database" or through the following direct links:
- Due to the large number of worthwhile research topics submitted in previous years, the SSC will not be requesting new research topics for 2009. The list of research topics to be considered for 2008 are listed in the SSC Research Recommendations page.
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Saturday,
11/22/2008