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June 2009: Marine Board Spring Meeting
The Marine Board held its 2009 Spring Meeting at the Aquarium of the Pacific in Long Beach, CA on May 11-12, 2009. Members and guests shared presentations and discussed a range of topics, including: naval engineering in the 21st century, vessel incident investigations, integrated ocean observing systems, maritime domain awareness, offshore facilities inspection programs, piracy, and risk assessment frameworks. At the May 11 dinner event, the Board was honored to have the opportunity to present the National Academy of Sciences Gibbs Brothers Medal for outstanding achievement in naval architecture and marine engineering to Keith W. Tantlinger for his visionary and innovative design of the cellular container ship and supporting systems that transformed the world's shipping fleet and facilitated the rapid expansion of global trade. Selected presentations from the Spring Meeting are posted here.
This Summary Last Modified On: 7/27/2012
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