STRUCTURES, SAFETY AND RELIABILITY

Structural analysis and optimisation; Ultimate strength; Strength of tubular joints; Collision and crashworthiness

• Bo Cerup Simonsen, DNV Maritime Technical Consultancy, Hovik, Norway
• Jeom Kee Paik, Pusan National University, Pusan, Korea
• Mehran Rastani, Statoil-Petropars, Tehran, Iran
• Philippe Rigo, University of Liege, Liege, Belgium
• Edzard Bruenner, Germanischer Lloyd, Hamburg, Germany
• Josko Parunov, University of Zagreb, Zagreb, Croatia

Extreme and Freak Waves; Probabilistic and Spectral Wave Modelling

• Christos N. Stefanakos, Technological Educational Institute of Athens, Athens, Greece
• Dag Myrhaug, Marin, Department of Marine Hydrodynamics, Trondheim, Norway
• Elzbieta Bitner-Gregersen, Det Norske Veritas, Hovik, Norway
• Felice Arena, University of Reggio Calabria, Reggio Calabria, Italy
• Kevin Ewans, Shell Global Solutions Int. Rijswijk, The Netherlands
• Mehmet Aziz Tayfun, Kuwait University, Safat, Kuwait
• Gérman R. Rodriguez, Universidad de Las Palmas Gran Canaria, Las Palmas, Spain

Probabilistic Models of Forces and Motions

• Arvid Naess, Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU), Trondheim, Norway
• Lance Manuel, University of Texas at Austin, Austin, TX, USA
• Hussein Najafian, University of Liverpool, UK

Reliability of Structural Components in Marine Structures; Pipelines & Floating Production Systems; Fracture and Fatigue Reliability

• Bernt Leira, Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU), Trondheim, Norway
• Enrico Rizzuto, University of Genova, Genova, Italy
• Halil Karadeniz, Technical University of Delft, Delft, The Netherlands
• Paulo M. Videiro, Petrobras, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
• Purnendu K. Das, University of Glasgow, Glasgow, Scotland, U.K.

Probabilistic Models of Corrosion; Reliability Based Maintenance and Inspection Planning; Life Cycle Cost Optimization

• Ernesto Heredia Zavoni, Instituto Mexicano del Petróleo, Eje Central Lázaro, México
• Ge (George) Wang, American Bureau of Shipping, Houston, Texas, USA
• Michael Havbro Faber, ETHZ - Swiss University of Technology, Zürich, Switzerland
• Mohamed A. El-Reedy, Gulf of Suez Pet. Co.
• Norio Yamamoto, Nippon Kaiji Kyokai, Tokyo, Japan

Risk Analysis and Safety Management; Human and Organizational Factors; Maritime Accident Investigation; Safety against Oil Pollution, Fire and Explosion Safety

• Alberto Morandi, Global Maritime, Houston, Texas, USA
• Charles E. Smith, Minerals Management Service, Herndon, Virginia, USA.
• Hugh Banon, BP Upstream Technology, Houston, Texas, USA
• Marc Maes, University of Calgary, Calgary, Alberta, Canada