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Dedicated
to Subrata K. Chakrabarti |
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Subrata contributed continuously for more than two decades to the Ocean, Offshore and Arctic Engineering Division of ASME and, during this period, coordinated the Offshore Technology Symposia of the OMAE conferences.
He was a leader in the field of Offshore Engineering and a fellow of ASME and a member of the U.S. National Academy of Engineering. The scientific and engineering community working in related subjects will miss his guidance and friendship.
OMAE2009 will be an opportunity to honor our dear friend Subrata Chakrabarti.
Segen Estefen, Chair
OOAE Division of ASME
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Join your colleagues from industry, academia and government
at the 28th International Conference on Ocean, Offshore and Arctic
Engineering (OMAE 2009) in Honolulu, Hawaii from May 31 to June
5, 2009.
OMAE 2009 is the ideal forum for researchers, engineers, managers, technicians
and students from the scientific and industrial communities from around
the world to meet and present advances in technology and its scientific
support; to exchange ideas and experiences whilst promoting technological
progress and its application in industry; and to promote international
cooperation in ocean, offshore and arctic engineering.
Following on the tradition of excellence of previous OMAE conferences,
more than 800 technical papers organized into eight regular Symposia are
planned for presentation and will be complemented by five Special Symposia:
Plenary Session - Monday, June 1, 2009
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Keynote Lecture: The Challenge of
Offshore Energy Resources
Robert Ryan is Vice President – Global Exploration
and he is responsible for Chevron’s worldwide exploration
portfolio. He has 30 years of experience in oil and gas exploration
and production, much of it associated with the offshore. He began
his career with Texaco in 1979 as a geologist in the offshore division
in New Orleans, and has held a variety of technical and management
positions since then. In 1990, through the President's Commission
on Executive Exchange in The White House, Ryan was appointed to
the Office of the Assistant Secretary for Conservation and Renewable
Energy in the U.S. Department of Energy in Washington, D.C., where
he assisted with utility policy issues related to renewable energy
and energy efficiency. He assumed his current position in 2003.
Ryan has BS and MS degrees in geology from Tulane University. He
is vice chairman of the Board of Advisors of the Energy & Geoscience
Institute at the University of Utah, chairman of the Corporate Advisory
Board of the American Association of Petroleum Geologists and a
member of the Scientific Advisory Board of CASP (Cambridge Arctic
Shelf Program) at the Department of Earth Sciences at Cambridge
University, UK.
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Keynote Lecture: Ocean Renewable
Energies in Hawaii and the Pacific
Rep. Cynthia Thielen, Assistant Republican Leader
in the Hawaii House of Representatives, has served in the Legislature
for 18 years. Her background as an Environmental and Land Use attorney
enabled her to become a leading force for renewable energy. Noted
internationally as the advocate for wave energy systems, Rep. Thielen
has successfully encouraged wave energy companies to bring their
technology to Hawaii. In recognition of her work on behalf of the
environment, Rep. Thielen received the Legislative Lifetime Achievement
Award from the Sierra Club in 2008.
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Keynote Lecture: Offshore Frontiers
- Challenges and Solutions
John Murray has over 25 years experience working
on offshore structure designs for open water and ice-covered regions.
He started his career with the National Research Council Canada
in 1985, where he was head of the Ocean Engineering Program, responsible
for the Council's national offshore development program. In 1997,
he joined Spars International Inc. in Houston. For the past 11 years,
Murray has worked primarily in concept development for deepwater
floaters and riser designs, both as a Principal Engineer with Technip
Offshore and since 2006 as Director of Technology Development with
FloaTEC, LLC. Murray holds a PhD in Ocean Engineering, has published
over 100 technical papers in journals and conference proceedings,
and holds a number of patents. He is a registered professional engineer
in Canada and the State of Texas.
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C.C.
Mei Symposium on Wave Mechanics and Hydrodynamics
This symposium honors the significant accomplishments of Professor
Chiang C. Mei in the fields of wave mechanics and hydrodynamics.
Professor Mei has been one of the leaders in these fields. His former
and current students and colleagues will join us to celebrate his
extraordinary accomplishments in the last 45 years.
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Short Courses Announced for OMAE 2009!
The weekend preceding the conference there will be three short courses
taught by world-renowned experts:
Saturday, May 30
- Ice Engineering - taught by Walter
Kuehnlein
Sunday, May 31
- Wave Energy - taught by
Antonio Falcao and Teresa Pontes
- Vortex-Induced Vibrations - taught
by Bob Blevins
Click here for a 1-page flyer summarizing course information.
Click
here for more information on Short Courses including lecturers, topics
and fees.
OMAE 2009 is organized by the American Society of Mechanical Engineers
(ASME), the Ocean, Offshore and Arctic Engineering (OOAE) Division of
the International Petroleum Technology Institute (IPTI), and the University
of Hawaii. OMAE 2009 is sponsored by various professional associations
of many countries.
Join OMAE 2009 as an author, presenter, sponsor, exhibitor, and delegate!
See you in Honolulu!
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