Ship Tech 2004 Information Exchange, Biloxi, MS
January 27-28, 2004
Ship Tech 2004: A Shipbuilding Technologies Information Exchange will be held at the Beau Rivage Resort & Casino in Biloxi, Mississippi, January 27-28, 2004. The event will again be cosponsored by the National Shipbuilding Research Program (NSRP), and the Office of Naval Research - Manufacturing Technology Program (ONR - MANTECH), and facilitated by the National Center for Excellence in Metalworking Technology (NCEMT).
The two-day event is intended as a forum on the domestic shipbuilding industry, its supplier base, the U.S. Navy Program Offices, and the U.S. Navy-sponsored shipbuilding research programs to exchange information on shipbuilding technology developments. Featured will be advances generated respectively by the NSRP and the Navy MANTECH Program through its Centers of Excellence and related shipbuilding initiatives. The overriding objective of the information exchange is to reduce total ownership costs of naval ships while enhancing the competitiveness of the domestic shipbuilding industry.
Keynote presentations will provide a high-level overview of naval shipbuilding programs as seen by the Naval Sea Systems Command, ONR, and the NSRP Executive Control Board. Concurrent technical sessions will then feature completed and ongoing projects focused on production processes, business processes, product design and materials, and systems technologies. This event will conclude with a plenary panel discussion focused on emerging manufacturing technology requirements - Navy shipbuilding program perspectives.
The Systems Technologies Session will be co-chaired by:
Dr. Gregory T. Dobson of the University of New Orleans, and Ronald W. Wood of Northrop Grumman Ship Systems
The Presentations will include:
"Advantages of Controlling Ship Manufacturing Operations Using STEP-NC" by Dr. Martin Hardwick, Blair Downie, and Dr. David Loffredo of STEP Tools, Inc.
"Implementation of the Common Parts Catalog at EB, BIW and NGSS and Its Effect on the U.S. Shipbuilding Enterprise" by Barry Espeseth, and Ed Gladue of General Dynamics Electric Boat
"Integrated Shipbuilding Environment: Information Interoperability for the U.S. Shipbuilding Industry" by Ronald W. Wood of Northrop Grumman Ship Systems, and Dr. Thomas Rando of General Dynamics Electric Boat
"Manufacturing Process Planning Technology" by Geoffrey Eggert of Bath Iron Works Corporation, and Kyle Dykes of Northrop Grumman Ship Systems
Posters will be presented describing:
"Development and Use of Virtual Environments in Shipbuilding" by Kurt Satter and Dr. Alley Butler, of University of New Orleans, and David Bryan of the Simulation Based Design Center at the University of New Orleans
"Offline Planning System with Integrated Smart Controller for Automated Thermal Forming" by Jerry E. Jones, and Valerie L. Rhoades of N.A. Tech. Inc.
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