Tuesday, February 12, 2008
7:00 AM
Registration
Registration Desk
7:00 AM
Continental Breakfast/Exhibits
Camellia Ballroom
General Session
Magnolia A, B, C, D
8:00 AM
Welcome and Opening Remarks
Charles D. Behrle, Strategic Insight, Ltd.
8:05 AM
Perspective of ManTech
John U. Carney, Director, Navy Manufacturing Technology Program, Office of Naval Research
8:30 AM
Keynote Address
Science and Technology Contributions to Shipbuilding
RADM William E. Landay III, Chief of Naval Research
9:15 AM
Modularity, Reconfigurability and Cost Reduction within the Submarine Force
Victor S. Gavin, Technical Director, Program Executive Office, Submarines
10:00 AM
Break/Exhibits
10:30 AM
Panel Discussion: Shipbuilding Affordability
Moderator:
RADM William E. Landay III, Chief of Naval Research
Panelists:
Arthur W. Divens, Executive Director, Amphibious & Auxiliary Ships and Craft, Program Executive Office, Ships
William J. Deligne, Executive Director, Program Executive Office, Carriers
Victor S. Gavin, Technical Director, Program Executive Office, Submarines
William E. Skinner, Chief Operating Officer, VT Halter Marine
Darren Savoye, Vice President - Business Development, Bollinger Shipyards, Inc.
Peter C. Diakun, Director, Technology Development, Northrop Grumman Shipbuilding
12:00 PM
Camellia Ballroom
Lunch
Autonomous Unmanned Maritime Vehicle Technologies
Daniel Dietz, Deputy Program Manager, PLUS INP, Office of Naval Research
Magnolia E, F, G, H
Concurrent Technical Sessions
(see following pages for detailed agendas)
1:30 PM
3:00 PM
3:30 PM
5:00 – 6:30
PM
Production Processes
Product Design
Materials
Business Processes/Systems Technologies
Break/Exhibits
Production Processes
Product Design
Materials
Business Processes/Systems Technologies
Networking Reception/Exhibits
Magnolia A
Azalea A, B
Magnolia C
Azalea C, D
Camellia Ballroom
Magnolia A
Azalea A, B
Magnolia C
Azalea C, D
Camellia Ballroom
Wednesday, February 13, 2008
7:00 AM
Registration
Registration Desk
7:00 AM
Continental Breakfast/Exhibits
Camellia Ballroom
Concurrent Technical Sessions
(see following pages for detailed agendas)
8:00 AM
10:00 AM
Production Processes
Product Design
Materials
Magnolia E, F
Azalea B, C, D
Magnolia G, H
Break/Exhibits
Camellia Ballroom
General Session
Magnolia A, B, C, D
10:30 AM
Keynote Address
Allison Stiller, Deputy Assistant Secretary of the Navy (Ship Programs)
11:15 AM
Brian J. Persons, Executive Director, Research and Systems Engineering Competency & Chief Technology Officer,
Naval Sea Systems Command
12:00 PM
Lunch & Closing Remarks
Charles D. Behrle, Strategic Insight, Ltd.
1:30 PM
Adjourn
Magnolia E, F, G, H
Tuesday, February 12, 2008
Concurrent Technical Sessions
Production Processes
Magnolia A
Session
Co-chairs
Product Design
Azalea A, B
Materials
Magnolia C
Kevin M. Stefanick
Navy Metalworking Center/Concurrent
Technologies Corporation
H. Thurston Gore
Northrop Grumman Shipbuilding
Barry Espeseth
General Dynamics Electric Boat
1:30 PM
Naval Shipyard Technology Insertion
Program
Kurt Doehnert, Naval Sea Systems
Command
Navy Product Data Initiative
Don Slawski, General Dynamics Electric
Boat; Richard Lobsitz, Northrop Grumman
Information Technology; Joseph Fallone,
Perot Systems Government Services
Tensile Properties Evaluation of
Dissimilar Welds in AL-6XN, DH-36,
and A514 Gr. 2
Kim Ngoc Tran, Michael E. Wells, Naval
Surface Warfare Center, Carderock
Division
MMG Internal Supply Chain Project
Scott Wellens, Manitowoc Marine Group
2:00 PM
Successful Validation of a Welding
Simulation of Three Thick Steel Plate
Multi-Pass Ship Assemblies
Bruce Rodewald, San Gooroochurn, ESI
North America; Garrett Sonnenberg,
Northrop Grumman Newport News
Composites Manufacturing
Technology for Reduced Cost Sail
Cusp - Overview
Dr. Jeffrey Hall, General Dynamics
Electric Boat; Tom Juska, Applied
Research Laboratory/Penn State
University; Lee Ryan, Seemann
Composite Inc.; Bonnie Jordan, Northrop
Grumman Shipbuilding
HSLA-115 Steel for CVN-21 Weight
Reduction
Kevin M. Stefanick, Juan J. Valencia, Paul
J. Konkol, Navy Metalworking
Center/Concurrent Technologies
Corporation; Patrick T. Purtscher, Naval
Surface Warfare Center, Carderock
Division
Enhancing Production Schedules by
Product Model Integration
Patrick D. Roberts, Patrick David, Patrick
D. Cahill, ShipConstructor Software USA,
Inc.
2:30 PM
Gas Metal Arc Welding Thin Titanium
Structures for Navy Applications
Nancy Porter, Navy Joining Center; Nick
Kapustka, Edison Welding Institute; Mike
Ludwig, Bath Iron Works
Medium and Heavyweight Shock
Testing of Glass-Reinforced Plastic
(GRP) Piping for Naval Ship
Applications
David McNamara, Robert Akans,
Concurrent Technologies Corporation;
Joseph Scharf, Naval Surface Warfare
Center, Carderock Division
Exchange of Product Models for Life
Cycle Support
Dr. Burton Gischner, General Dynamics
Electric Boat; Ronald Wood, Northrop
Grumman Ship Systems
3:00 PM
Break
Benedict P. Capuco
Gibbs & Cox, Inc.
Gerard Mercier
Naval Surface Warfare Center, Carderock
Division
Business Processes/Systems
Technologies
Azalea C, D
John P. Walks
Northrop Grumman Shipbuilding
Greg Morea
General Dynamics Electric Boat
Gerri Redmond
Bath Iron Works
Tuesday, February 12, 2008
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Concurrent Technical Sessions
Production Processes
Magnolia A
Session
Co-chairs
Product Design
Azalea A, B
Materials
Magnolia C
Kevin M. Stefanick
Navy Metalworking Center/Concurrent
Technologies Corporation
H. Thurston Gore
Northrop Grumman Shipbuilding
Barry Espeseth
General Dynamics Electric Boat
3:30 PM
New Approaches to Shipbuilding
Automation
Albert J. Sturm, PaR Systems, Inc.
Remote Source Lighting Integrated
into the Advanced Lighting Systems
on Board the DDG 1000
Jason Farmer, Northrop Grumman Ship
Systems; Dr. John Perkins, Penn State
Electro-Optics Center; Giovani Tomasi,
RSL Fiber Systems; Walter Constantine,
Draka; Kim Jovanovich, OTi; Rick
Timmerman, Polymicro
CVN 21 Composite Applications for
Weight Reduction
Bonnie Jordan, Northrop Grumman
Shipbuilding; Dr. Tom Juska, Applied
Research Laboratory/Penn State
University
Production Planning as a Means to
Affordable Ships
Dr. Richard Mayer, Paul Koola,
Knowledge Based Systems Inc., Jack
Blalock, Louisiana Center for
Manufacturing Sciences; John Carney,
Office of Naval Research
4:00 PM
Tandem Gas Metal Arc Welding for
Out-of-Position High Strength Steel
Erection Joints
Nancy Porter, Brian Girvin, Brad Nagy,
Edison Welding Institute
Lightweight Composite Ship Uptake
Exhaust
Rick D. Lucas, Douglas J. Merriman,
Touchstone Research Laboratory, Ltd.
KIEAC Evaluation of IN 725 Using C(T)
and Chevron-Notch Specimens
Dr. Erik Knudsen, Dave Tipton, Northrop
Grumman, Michelle Koul, U.S. Naval
Academy
Technology Transition: A Shipbuilder's
Perspective
David P. Rice, Peter C. Diakun, Northrop
Grumman Shipbuilding
4:30 PM
Development and Implementation of
the Portable Automated Straightener
for Bulkhead and Hull Plates
Jerry E. Jones, N. A. Tech. Inc.; Garth
Turner, Northrop Grumman Shipbuilding
Application Development For Use of
LASCOR Panels
Kevin M. Stefanick, Robert Spangler,
Navy Metalworking Center/Concurrent
Technologies Corporation; Fred Wells,
Northrop Grumman Newport News;
Jessica Stainback, Naval Surface Warfare
Center, Carderock Division; Paul
Blomquist, Precision Light Systems
Development of Heat Resistant
Nonskid for Sea-Based VTOL
Operations
Charles S. Tricou, Matthew J. Kelly,
Applied Research Laboratory/Penn State
University
Making Design for Production Work
David Austin, Dave Forbes, Contextware,
Inc.; Maria G. Reis, Tom Rando, General
Dynamics Electric Boat
Benedict P. Capuco
Gibbs & Cox, Inc.
Gerard Mercier
Naval Surface Warfare Center, Carderock
Division
Business Processes/Systems
Technologies
Azalea C, D
John P. Walks
Northrop Grumman Shipbuilding
Greg Morea
General Dynamics Electric Boat
Gerri Redmond
Bath Iron Works
Wednesday, February 13, 2008
Concurrent Technical Sessions
Production Processes
Magnolia E, F
Session
Co-chairs
Product Design
Azalea B, C, D
Materials
Magnolia G, H
Kevin M. Stefanick
Navy Metalworking Center/Concurrent
Technologies Corporation
H. Thurston Gore
Northrop Grumman Shipbuilding
Barry Espeseth
General Dynamics Electric Boat
8:00 AM
Laser Image Projection of Hull Attachment
Locations: 85% Savings
Danielle Fernholz, General Dynamics Electric
Boat; Scott Blake, Assembly Guidance Systems
Inc.
Composite Twisted Rudder
Eric Greene, Structural Composites, Inc.
Naval Structural Aluminum Alloy Research
Dr. Catherine Wong, Naval Surface Warfare
Center, Carderock Division
8:30 AM
Low-Cost FSW of Aluminum for LCS
Applications
Kevin J. Colligan, Mark T. Smitherman, Navy
Metalworking Center/Concurrent Technologies
Corporation
Fiber Optic Shape Sensor Measurement
System
Dr. John F. Perkins, Penn State Electro-Optics
Center; Anna H. Yarashus, James W.
Broncheau, Northrop Grumman Newport News
Improvements in Composite Durability for
Naval Marine Applications
Douglas Campbell, Composite Technology
Development; Donald E. Thompson, Alion
Science and Technology; Vince Caccese,
University of Maine
9:00 AM
Erection Sequence Planning and Visualization
Christopher B. Ligetti, Daniel A. Finke, Dr. Mark
T. Traband, Institute for Manufacturing and
Sustainment Technologies/Applied Research
Laboratory/Penn State University
Integration of Affordability into Ship System
Product Design
Donald "DC" Conroy, Ronald D. Shroder,
Samuel V. Boykin, Frontier Technology, Inc.
Evaluation of the Long Term Aging of
Adhesively Bonded Coupons
Piet Van Dine, Jeffrey Hall, General Dynamics
Electric Boat; Eric Strauch, Applied Research
Laboratory/Penn State University
9:30 AM
Transient Thermal Tensioning Prototype
System Demonstration and Production
Implementation
Dr. T.D. Huang, Northrop Grumman Shipbuilding;
Randy Dull, Dr. Yu-Ping Yang, Edison Welding
Institute
Design for Production in Support of Virginia
Class Cost Reduction
Brad Colschen, Jessie Modzelewski, General
Dynamics Electric Boat
Improved Affordability for Composite
Structures
Mark Losset, Dr. Harold Brashears, Northrop
Grumman Shipbuilding; Jerry Fanucci, KaZaK
Composites Inc.
Benedict P. Capuco
Gibbs & Cox, Inc.
Gerard Mercier
Naval Surface Warfare Center, Carderock
Division
John P. Walks
Northrop Grumman Shipbuilding
Concurrent Technical Session Posters
Production Processes
Posters
Effect of Fillet Weld Size Variations on Distortion of a Bulkhead
Structure
Dr. Yu-Ping Yang, Nancy Porter, Edison Welding Institute
Use of Computer Based Predictive Software to Efficiently Fabricate a
Wide Range of Ship Panel Structures
Dr. Frederick W. (Bud) Brust, Jr., Dr. James C. Kennedy, Jr., Capt. (Ret.)
James F. (Bookie) Boland, Battelle Memorial Institute
Automated Tools for Measuring and Reporting Damage of Air and Sea
Composite Structures
Steven D. Hand, Mark Butkiewicz, Mickey Hardin, Survice Metrology
Materials
Superhydrophobic Coatings
Andrew Jones, Ross Technology Corporation
New Sensor Technology for Corrosion and Residual Stress Analyses
Dr. George Dovgalenko, Advanced Sensor Technologies, Inc.
Production, Properties, and Shipboard Applications of
Alulight® Aluminum Foams and Sandwich Panels
Dr. Thomas Trendelenburg, Alulight of America; Dr. T. Dennis Claar, Alulight
of America L.P.
3D Simulation of Complex Deposits with Laser Additive Manufacturing
Dr. Anil Chaudhary, Matt Keller, Applied Optimization, Inc.
Posters will be displayed in the technical session rooms and at the reception on February 12.