Fifth (2002) ISOPE Pacific/Asia Offshore Mechanics Symposium Was Successfully Held in Daejeon

The Fifth (2002) ISOPE Pacific Offshore Mechanics Symposium (ISOPE PACOMS-2002) was successfully held in Daejeon, Korea, November 17-20, 2002. It was organized by the ISOPE PACOMS-2002 Organizing Committee and cosponsored by ISOPE, KCORE and KRISO.

Control in Ocean Engineering was the symposium theme.  The Opening Session reviewed the recent progress in underwater control in Japan, Korea and Taiwan. It was followed by the presentation of the peer-reviewed papers in 9 sessions from 9 countries (Photo). Seven (7) sessions covered the underwater vehicle and seafloor vehicle control, and two (2) sessions the ship control.

The symposium proceedings (ISOPE-PACOMS) are available at $120 ($80 ISOPE Member) in both hard copy and CD-ROM. Download the publication order form (Publication Order) from www.isope.org.

ISOPE PACOMS-2002 was sponsored by the: International Society of Offshore and Polar Engineers (ISOPE), Korea Committee for Ocean and Resources Engineering (KCORE) and Korea Research Institute of Ships and Ocean Engineering (KRISO).

The venue for the Sixth (2004) ISOPE Pacific Offshore Mechanics Symposium (ISOPE PACOMS-2004) will be announced on www.isope.org.

From the ISOPE Staff

A special session on advances in X-100 and X-120 High Strength Pipeline Technology is organized as a part of the ISOPE Symposium on High-Performance Materials in Offshore Industry at the Annual ISOPE 2003 Conference in Honolulu, May 25-30, 2003. The session focuses on the development of the science and technology of the recent X-100 and X-120 high-strength steels for line pipes. Some of the authors in the session are from ExxonMobil, Nippon Steel, Europipe, POSCO, Sumitomo Metals, and JFE Holdings (Kawasaki and NKK).

In addition, papers will address the manufacturing issues and new welding technology related to these high-strength steel pipelines. Pipeline design and test results including ring expansion, burst and full-scale crack arrest tests will also be presented.

The Symposium further includes sessions on risers and pipelines, corrosion, composites and smart structures, fatigue and fractures, precision welding and more.

Click on www.isope.org for the conference program.

From ISOPE staff

Toulon, France: The ISOPE-2004 Conference Venue: Located 1.5 hour from Nice and 30 minutes from Marseilles

Following the ISOPE-2003, to be held in May 25-30, 2003 in Honolulu, Hawaii, USA, the 14th (2004) Annual International Offshore and Polar Engineering Conference will be held in the beautiful French Riviera city, Toulon, France, May 23-28, 2004. Toulon is the center of the French naval power and its major activities are shipbuilding, marine science and technology research. The affordable hotel room rates have already been arranged by ISOPE through the local host committee. Airlines and TGV (high-speed train) are convenient means to reach Toulon.

At the regional level, Provence Alpes Côte d'Azur (PACA), the sciences and marine technologies potentials in PACA region are mainly orientated to the environment sciences, the oceanic engineering and the submarine technologies.

The research establishments are spread along the French Mediterranean Sea: Banylus, Perpignan, Montpeller-Sète, Palavas, Marseilles, Toulon-La Seyne, Nice-Villefranche. The whole public research department employs about 1/3 of the National numbers of staff. The private research in PACA region is illustrated by themes like robotic and submarine system, oceanic engineering, the environment, materials, optic and acoustic of the submarine environment, instrumentation and the marine pisciculture.

Toulon and Marseilles Areas. There are many small and medium sized firms in Toulon and Marseilles areas, which deal mainly with the submarine technologies, offshore Para-petroleum and the environment.

Toulon Area. Ifremer at La Seyne, Universit?de Toulon et du Var and other R&D organizations are active in deep submarine environment intervention and littoral environment, radioactivity, naval armament department. The Industries in Toulon deal with robotic systems, acoustic, optic, shipbuilding yard, hydrodynamic and compound systems, and oceanographic instruments.

Click on http://isope.tvt.fr for more.

Marseilles and Nice Areas. R&D institutes and firms are active in oceanology, the ocean-atmosphere interactions and the remote detection, robotics, instrumentation, acoustic positioning, geophysics, geotechnique, environment, offshore technology, electronics, maritime environment, instrumentation and pisciculture.

The International Society of Offshore and Polar Engineers (ISOPE) is organizing about 70 sessions of refereed papers in cooperation with Technical Program Committee (TPC) members from 24 countries and 24 international cooperating organizations. Delegates from over 45 countries are expected, as in previous years.

Further information will be posted on www.isope.org and/or can be obtained from the ISOPE TPC, PO Box 189, Cupertino, California 95015-0189, USA (Tel. 1-650-254-1871; Fax 1-650-254-2038; meetings@isope.org; www.isope.org).

Numerical Wave Tanks (NWT) Made Available to the Public

Numerical Wave Tanks (NWT) are computer codes which reproduce numerically the flows around structures or objects excited by the ocean waves and currents. ISOPE established NWT Group at The 5th ISOPE-95 Conference, The Hague, The Netherlands, 1995.  NWT Group has held the ISOPE NWT Workshops with worldwide participation and prepared NWT files. Now ISOPE made these 1999 and 2000 NWT Workshop files available free to every researcher, engineers and students who are interested in NWT.

The files present comparisons of benchmark computations by the participants at the Workshops. Topics of the benchmark are radiation force (1999) and diffraction force (2000). A free-access data bank to NWT Workshops is made available which contains not only the numerical results of the participants but also a short text. The text summarizes the numerical technique and lists related bibliographic references. Click on Conferences, Symposia and Workshops.

The ISOPE NWT Group welcomes everybody who hopes to join Group and participate in the benchmark computation.

Katsuji Tanizawa, Japan and Alain Clément, France on behalf of ISOPE NWT Group

Special Report on Deep Seabed Mining Environment Issued

On July 1, 2002, ISOPE issued a special report, Deep Seabed Mining Environment: Preliminary Engineering and Environmental Assessment (ISBN 1‑880653‑57-), compiled and edited by Jin S. Chung, USA; Gerd Schriever, Germany; Rahul Sharma, India; Tetsuo Yamazaki, Japan, published by ISOPE, Special Report OMS-EN-01, July 1, 2002, 23 pages. Click on Conferences and Specialty Workshops.

The report is the first of its kind jointly prepared by scientists and engineers on the environmental assessment of the future deep-ocean manganese nodule mining. The report was prepared for the Ocean Mining Working Group (OMWG) of the International Society for Offshore and Polar Engineers (ISOPE). It was partly based on presentations and extensive discussions at and after the Engineering and Environmental Assessment of Deep-Sea Mining Workshop, The Third (1999) ISOPE Ocean Mining Symposium and Workshop (ISOPE OMS-99), held at the National Institute of Oceanography, Goa, India, November 8-10, 1999.

Hard-copy report is available at $20 including airmail postage and handling from ISOPE, PO Box 189, Cupertino, California 95015-0189, USA: Fax 1-650-254-2038.

From ISOPE Staff, July 2002

Call for Papers for 5th ISOPE OMS-2003 Tsukuba

The 5^th ISOPE Ocean Mining Symposium (ISOPE OMS-2003) will be held in Tsukuba, Science Town, Japan, September 15-19, 2003.  The symposium venue is the auditorium of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology. The symposium is sponsored by ISOPE.

Prospective authors can click Call For Papers and Specialty Workshop and Symposium, and look for 5^th ISOPE OMS-2003. This time, new topics are added: Gas hydrates, ocean resources, deep-ocean water for marine nutrition, and baseline environment data.

E-mail your abstract, indicating ISOPE OMS-2003 to the individual committee members of ISOPE or meetings@isope.org. Further information can be found later from on www.isope.org.

 ISOPE Ocean Mining Working Group

Symposium High-Performance Materials in Offshore Industry (Honolulu, Hawaii, May 25-30, 2002)

Call for papers is issued for the ISOPE Symposium on High-Performance Materials in Offshore Industry. Click on High-Performance Materials.

The symposium is initiated and being organized by the industry organizers:  ExxonMobil, Nippon Steel, POSCO, PII, EUROPIPE and Halliburton. It will be held at Hyatt Regency Waikiki Hotel, Honolulu. Special symposium room rates start from $125.

Prospective authors are invited to submit abstracts to Dr. R. Ayer, ExxonMobil.

Dr. R. Ayer, ExxonMobil, General Chairman, the Organizing Committee

The 5th ISOPE Pacific/Asia Offshore Mechanics Symposium

The 5th (2002) ISOPE Pacific/Asia Offshore Mechanics Symposium (ISOPE PACOMS-2002) is organized for Daeduk Science Town, Korea, November 17-20, 2002. The venue is Hotel Lotte Daeduk. It is co-sponsored by International Society of Offshore and Polar Engineers (ISOPE), Korea Committee for Ocean and Resources and Engineering (KCORE) and Korea Research Institute of Ships and Ocean Engineering (KRISO), KORDI, Korea.

The symposium features: 9 sessions of refereed papers on Control Strategies in Ocean Engineering from the Pacific Rim countries, including Review of Underwater Research in Asia, Underwater Vehicles and Control, Ship Control and Hydrodynamics.

Advance Registration form should reach ISOPE PACOMS-2002 secretariat, Korea, Fax +82-42-868-7519 before October 23: The fee starts from US$300 for the authors (Student: $100). It includes the proceedings (hard copy and CD-Rom), reception, banquet, coffee breaks and 3 group lunches.

The symposium proceedings are available in a single volume (hard copy and CD-Rom) for mail order at US$120 (ISOPE Member; $80) plus shipping from ISOPE Order Dept. (order@isope.org).

For hotel reservation at the ISOPE rate one must use the form in the program. For guaranteed reservation the form must reach Hotel Lotte Daeduk via either fax or mail only and no later than October 23 by the secretariat, Korea.

For a visa application, one should ask for a letter of invitation from: ISOPE PACOMS-2002 secretariat, Korea, Fax +82-42-868-7519.

For the symposium program and further updates, click on ISOPE PACOMS-2002.

By ISOPE Staff

ISOPE Office Moves 5 Miles West:  Effective August 1, 2002

Dear Members and Colleagues,

Effective August 1, 2002, ISOPE's new office’s street address and telephone and fax numbers are:

ISOPE P.O. Box address remains unchanged. Calls to the previous telephone and fax numbers are being automatically forwarded to the new numbers as above for a period of 1 year.

The new office is located in Shoreline Business Centre, west of NASA Ames Research, about 5 miles west of the previous ISOPE office:  30-minute drive from San Francisco International Airport and 20 minutes from San Jose International Airport. Biotech and IT companies are concentrated in the surrounding buildings.

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ExxonMobil is a New Corporate Sponsor Member

ExxonMobil Research and Engineering Company, Annandale, New Jersey joined to support ISOPE as Corporate Member.

ExxonMobil has been one of the most active companies in offshore and Arctic energy and research in the world. In 1998, Exxon and Mobil signed a definitive agreement to merge and form a new company called Exxon Mobil Corporation. After shareholder and regulatory approvals, the merger was completed November 30, 1999.

Among many benefits the Corporation Sponsor Member is entitled to ISOPE publications, one free registration of corporate member employee per year at the annual ISOPE conference, discount on past publications at a half of the prices to corporate sponsor library. The Corporate Sponsor Membership helps to support the ISOPE publications and the student activities and scholarship within ISOPE. Jin S Chung, Past President of ISOPE (1999-2000) invited ExxonMobil Corporate Membership.

From ISOPE Staff

Langen and Natvig Elected Co-President of ISOPE for 2002-2004 Term

The 1st Ultra Deep Engineering + Technology Conference (UDET) is a unique industry forum. It will take place at Quartz Congress Centre, Brest, France, June 18-20, 2002, along with the exhibition at the Sea Tech Week, the international event in Brest for marine science and techniques. The UDET focuses on 2,000-3,000-meter depth technologies. It deals with the industry experiences and issues on field development, environment, drilling and production, exploration, flowlines and pipelines, and risers.

For the conference program and registration, click on www.UDET.COM

ISOPE Awards Committee announces the recipients of the Best Paper Award:

Design of the Åsgard Transport Gas Trunkline for Thermal Buckling by Per R. Nystrøm, Knut Tornes and Jan S. Karlsen, ABB OS, Norway; Geir Endal and Erik Levold, STATOIL, Norway, and

Ice Load Equation by Medium Scale Field Indentation Test Data by Takahiro Takeuchi, Hachinohe Institute of Technology; Muneo Kawamura, Shimizu Corporation; Masafumi Sakai, Taisei Corp.; Naoki Nakazawa, Forest Works; Takashi Terashima, Pacific Consultants; Zenji Kamio, Mitsui Engineering & Shipbuilding Co.; Hisao Matsushita, Nippon Kaiji Kyokai; Akira Kurokawa, Japan Ocean Industry Association (JOIA);  Satoshi Akagawa and Hiroshi Saeki, Hokkaido University, Japan

The Awards Committee chairman, Dr. Robert Frederking, Canadian Hydraulic Center, Ottawa presented the plaques to Mr. Per R. Nystrøm and Prof. Takahiro Takeuchi at the annual banquet, held at the Rihga Royal Hotel Kokura on Wednesday, May 29, 2002. The selection was made upon evaluating 5 candidates among the papers in different fields presented at ISOPE-2001 Stavanger.

Session chairmen, session organizers or Journal editors made their nominations from among the papers presented in the previous year.  Among the nominees, only those papers are initially selected that are either slated for further Journal review or have already been accepted for the Journal.  Then a pool of potential judges, very knowledgeable in one or more fields of the nominees' topics, or who have chaired or co-chaired the particular sessions, were asked to rank the papers in their field(s) on the basis of originality and significance of the results. The nominees are naturally excluded from the list of judges. The Committee nominees represent expertise areas and geographic balance for the nominated papers.

Dr. Jin S Chung, Technical Program Committee (TPC) Chairman announced that Prof. Masashi Kashiwagi, Kyushu University, Japan is the recipient of the ISOPE-2002 Session Organizer of the Year Award.  He solicited 62 abstracts in hydrodynamics and floating body dynamics fields. Prof. Ivar Langen, the 2001 Session Organizer of the Year Awardee from Stavanger University College presented the Award plaque to Prof. Kashiwagi at the at the Annual Banquet, May 29.

Session Organizer of the Year Award was established in 1997 by the Board of Directors for the Society to recognize an individual’s selfless effort and contribution to the organization of sessions at ISOPE conferences, and to encourage others to view that individual as a role model. The technical program committee (TPC) chair of the ISOPE conference or chair-designated TPC member presents a Session Organizer of the Year Award (at the Annual Banquet), one per year to a session organizer who has successfully invited the largest number of papers or successfully established and organized a new technical field of the Society in prior year.

From ISOPE staff

The International Society of Offshore and Polar Engineers (ISOPE) is proud to announce the 6 recipients of the 2002-2003 ISOPE Offshore Mechanics Scholarships as follows:

This year the recipients happened to be co-authors of the papers presented at ISOPE-2002 Kyushu conference. The Awards Committee chairman, Dr. Robert Frederking, Canadian Hydraulic Center, Ottawa presented the certificates and $500 checks to Mr. Chih-ying Lin, Mr. Xudong Qian and Mr. James P Doherty at the annual banquet, May 29. Graduate students and entering new graduate students from all continents can apply, who study and/or to conduct research in any fields in or relevant Offshore Mechanics and Polar Engineering, or to participate in the annual ISOPE Conferences where the student participation has increased every year.

Outstanding Undergraduate Student Scholarship Goes to Germany

The International Society of Offshore and Polar Engineers (ISOPE) awarded the 2002-2003 Outstanding Undergraduate Student Scholarship to: Mr. Rainer Jouaux, University of Karlsruhe, Karlsruhe, Germany. Mr. Rainer Jouaux received the certificate and $500 check.

Click the following link for application forms and a list of previous awardees.

Proceedings of the 12th (2002) International Offshore and Polar Engineering Conference (ISOPE-2002), Kitakyushu, Japan, May 26-31, 2002 are just published:  ISBN 1-880653-58-3; ISSN 1098-6189 (Set): 3,304 pp., $220 (ISOPE Member; $180).  The Proceedings contain 491 refereed papers in a 4-volume set CD-ROM.  As about 84% of the papers were in Pdf files, graphics of many papers are colorful. Click the following links to view Table of Contents and Publication Order Form.

Proceedings of the 12th (2002) International Offshore and Polar Engineering Conference (ISOPE-2002), Kitakyushu, Japan, May 26-31, 2002 are just published:  ISBN 1-880653-58-3; ISSN 1098-6189 (Set): 3,260 pp., $220 (ISOPE Member; $180).  The Proceedings contain 484 refereed papers in a 4-volume set CD-ROM. As about 84% of the papers were in Pdf files, graphics of many papers are colorful. Click the line to view Table of Contents.  An updated Publication Order Form is also provided.

Proceedings of the 10th (2000) International Offshore and Polar Engineering Conference (ISOPE-2000), Seattle, WA, USA, May 28-June 2, 2000. For a set of 4 volumes (hard copy and CD-Rom), (ISBN 1-880653-46-X: ISSN 1098-6189): 2,689 pp., $420 (ISOPE Member; $340): A CD-ROM only at $200 (ISOPE-Member; $160). For a single volume (hard copy only), $130 (ISOPE Member; $90).

Hard copy set is out of stock as of March 2002, but CD-ROM is available. To order, download an updated Publication Order Form.

On behalf of the Nominating Committee, I would like to invite you to nominate candidates by March 22 for the member(s) of the board of directors (2002-2004) to be elected by the membership. 

Suggested Minimum Qualification for Board Candidates:

Nomination for July 2002- June 2004: One from Asia. This makes total 6 board members (2 each continent). 

Term ends in June 30, 2002: Dr. Y S Choo, Singapore.

Send your candidate to Prof. Jin S Chung (jschung@isope.org; Fax 1-408-980-1787) by March 25.

From Jin S Chung, Chair, Nominating Committee (past board of directors) (2000-2002)

The International Society of Offshore and Polar Engineers (ISOPE) encourages outstanding undergraduate students from all continents to study and/or to conduct research in any fields in offshore mechanics, polar engineering and related engineering, or to participate in the annual ISOPE Conferences.

ISOPE awards scholarships of $500 each for the academic year 2002-2003 (Application Deadline:  March 31, 2002). One scholarship was granted for 2001-2002.  To apply, send the following information to the Awards Committee: (1)  An official graduate school transcript for current graduate students and official undergraduate transcript for entering graduate students; (2)  A letter of recommendation from the thesis supervising faculty, department chairperson, or an ISOPE member on your campus, and (3)  An application form.

To get application forms, see your advisor who may have a form, or download from www.isope.org. ISOPE, P.O. Box 189, Cupertino, California 95015-0189, USA: Fax 1-980-1787.  

From Awards Committee

The International Society of Offshore and Polar Engineers (ISOPE) encourages outstanding graduate students and entering new graduate students from all continents to study and/or to conduct research in any fields in offshore mechanics, polar engineering and related engineering, or to participate in the annual ISOPE Conferences.

ISOPE awards scholarships of $500 each for the academic year 2002-2003 (Application Deadline:  March 31, 2002). Five scholarships were granted for 2001-2002.  To apply, send the following information to the Awards Committee:  (1)  An official graduate school transcript for current graduate students and official undergraduate transcript for entering graduate students; (2)  A letter of recommendation from the thesis supervising faculty, department chairperson, or an ISOPE member on your campus, and  (3)  An application form.

 To get application forms, see your advisor who may have a form, or download from www.isope.org. ISOPE, P.O. Box 189, Cupertino, California 95015-0189, USA: Fax 1-980-1787.

 From Awards Committee

Pohang Iron & Steel Co., Ltd. (¡°POSCO¡±), Seoul, Korea has been supporting ISOPE as Corporate Member since 2000. POSCO gave a strong support to the First Pacific/Asia Offshore Mechanics Symposium (ISOPE PACOMS-90), Seoul, June 1990.  

POSCO is the second largest steel company in the world. Its 3 key mid-range business strategies for 2001-2005 are:

POSCO was incorporated on April 1, 1968.  Annual production capacity is 23,480 thousand tons: 10,240 thousands tons at the Pohang mill and 13,240 thousands tons at the Gwangyang mill as of December 31, 1999. For more about POSCO, click on www.posco.co.kr.

Among many benefits the Corporation Sponsor Member is entitled to all ISOPE publications, one free registration of corporate member employee per year at the annual ISOPE conference, discount on past publications at a half of the prices to corporate sponsor library. The Corporate Sponsor Membership helps support the ISOPE publications and the student activities and scholarship within ISOPE. Annual Membership fee is US$2,000. POSCO Membership was invited by Jin S Chung, Past President of ISOPE (1999-2000).

From ISOPE Staff

The International Society of Offshore and Polar Engineers (ISOPE) is a nonprofit, scientific and educational organization registered in the U.S. Federal government (IRS code 501(c)(3)), 1989, the State of Colorado, 1991, and the State of California, 1999. ISOPE was granted tax-exempt status from the U.S. Federal government, the State of Colorado and the State of California.

ISOPE moved its Headquaters in January 2000 to the San Francisco Bay Area, California. The Colorado office was closed in 2000. Click on www.isope.org for more about ISOPE.

From ISOPE Staff

Last Express Bus from Fukuoka Airport to Kitakyushu

a)  If the final manuscript in Pdf and Word (or WordPerfect) files are transferred to the FTP site (see p. 3 of the template), email a message, "Paper number 2002-XXX-YYY is transferred to FTP," on subject line.  Please be aware that ISOPE-2002 Proceedings Word Template has been updated.
b)  When the authors send 2 hard copies and ISOPE copyright form to ISOPE TPC, do not email or send diskettes or CD of PDF file (and original Word file) to ISOPE TPC.
c)  Make sure to write on email Subject line your paper number like 2002-XXX-YYY and the first author name.

From Jin Chung, TPC

When making flight schedules to attend the ISOPE-2002, tell the travel agent that there is no "express bus" after 22:00 from Fukuoka International Airport to the hotels in Kitakyushu.

From M. Kashiwagi and Jin Chung, TPC

The WordPerfect version of ISOPE Proceedings Template for the finalmanuscript (MS) is posted on  www.isope.org. The template conforms to the ISOPE paper writing/style manual. It provides Pdf distilling instructions for ISOPE's high CD-ROM quality.  The ISOPE TPC airmailed on January 28 detail instructions on typing, font selection, and others to the corresponding authors for the final manuscript: the preparation, Pdf requirements and  submission (where to send to whom by when.)  It includes specific font-selection instructions for the Asian-font users of Word.

The Word version has already been on this Website, and LaTeX version will be posted shortly.

From Ronald Knapp and Jin S Chung, ISOPE TPC

Click Call For Papers for PACOMS-2002.

On behalf of ISOPE PACOMS-2002 SOC and LOC

The Word version of ISOPE Proceedings Template for the final manuscript (MS) is posted on  www.isope.org. The template conforms to the ISOPE paper writing/style manual. It provides Pdf distilling instructions for ISOPE's high CD-ROM quality. The ISOPE TPC airmailed on January 28 detail instructions on typing, font selection, and others to the corresponding authors for the final manuscript: the preparation, Pdf requirements and submission (where to send to whom by when.)  It includes specific font-selection instructions for the Asian-font users of Word. The Word Perfect version and LaTeX version will be posted shortly.

From Ronald Knapp and Jin S Chung, ISOPE TPC

Technical Program lists 92 opening and technical sessions and 3 plenary presentations with papers from 45 countries. TPC received 50 more abstracts than for the successful ISOPE-2001 Stavanger. Click on the followling links for:

• ISOPE-2002 Kyushu and session table;
• General information including advance registration form, hotel reservation form and tour reservation form;
• Paper and session list, author index
• Photos of
  • Meetings and banquet, ISOPE conference,
  • Spring in Kitakyushu,
  • Kitakyushu hotels, international convention center

The conference proceedings will be published in one or two CD-ROMS in the format of past 4-volume set proceedings and paginated.

Jin Chung, Wataru Koterayama, Ivar Langen and Ronald Knapp on behalf of Technical Program Committee.

1.  Template for ISOPE Format, Style and Font, and Pdf-Making Instructions.   Download the Word template and WP template later from www.isope.org). The printer or CD-ROM maker will include it in the proceedings, only when the authors followed the template instruction correctly. ISOPE will airmail the 3-page ISOPE Word template (8½ x11 inch or Letter size) with specific instructions in late January to the corresponding authors in a large envelope. 

2.  Use the correct paper number and first author's name on the Pdf template file so that the printer can identify your E-files.

Jin Chung, Ronald Knapp and Masashi Kashiwagi on behalf of Technical Program Committee.