Cupertino, California, May 26, 2004 ¾ In April-May 2004, the International Society of Offshore and Polar Engineers (ISOPE) held the email election for new members of the board of directors, in accordance with the Society Bylaws. The Society past president Langen announced the election results at the ISOPE-2004 banquet, Toulon, France, May 26, 2004.
1. The new members of Board of Directors, serving for the 2004-06 term, effective July 1, 2004 are:
Jay Koo, ExxonMobil Research and Engineering, USA--(after Mohamed Sayed, Canada)
Hermann Moshagen, Consultant for Statoil, Norway-- (after Nol Gresnigt, The Netherlands)
Soo Sam Kim, Professor of civil engineering, Hanyang University, Korea-- (after Hang S. Choi, Korea)
The qualification of the nominated candidates satisfies the Bylaw's requirements for their past and current contribution to the Society, the geographical spread as well as session organizer (TPC) representation.
Jay Koo (56) Head of Materials, ExxonMobil Research and Engineering, USA (1981-88; 1994-present); PhD (1977) from University of California at Berkeley; Charter member of ISOPE, TPC member and International Mechanics and Structures Committee, Co-initiated/co-organizer of ISOPE High Performance Materials in Offshore Industry Symposium at ISOPE 2003 Honolulu and the 1st Pacific/Asia Offshore Mechanics Symposium (1990); Managing Director of POSCO, Korea (1988- 1994), Professor, Rutgers University (1979–1981); Established now an industry standard in offshore industry of procedure for evaluating of weld integrity.
Soo Sam Kim (59) Vice president Professor of civil and environmental engineering, Hanyang University, Ansan, Korea (2001- ); PhD (1984) from Chungang University, Korea; Charter Member and member of TPC and past chair of International Geotechnical Engineering Committee, Professor, Chungang University, Seoul (1981-2001), Research professor, Oxford University (1987-89), President (2003- ), Korean Society of Civil Engineers and Korean Federation of Engineering Organization; Vice President 1998- ), National Academy of Eng. of Korea.
2. The President of the Society was elected in 2004 for the 2004-06 term, effective July 1, 2004 are:
Robert MW Frederking, Ottawa, Canada (2004-2005): Term ends June 30, 2005.
Ronald H Knapp, Honolulu, USA (2005-2006): Term begins July 1, 2005
¾ after Birger J. Natvig, Oslo, Norway (2003-2004) and Ivar Langen, Stavanger, Norway (2002-2003).
The Presidents of the Society were nominated in April 2004 by the nomination committee of all past board of directors for the president’s term 2004-06, and the Society members elected;
Robert M W Frederking (62): Retired (2004) from National Research Council Canada(1970-2004); PhD (1968) in applied mechanics from University of Illinois (1968); Member (1994- ) and member of TPC and chair of International Polar Technology Committee (1996-2000); co-chairman and host for ISOPE-98 Montréal; Editor IJOPE; Awards Committee chair and past Editor Cold Regions Science and Technology. Research Officer, Defence Research Board (1968-70).
Ronald H. Knapp (59) Professor of mechanical engineering and ocean engineering, University of Hawaii, USA (1975– ); Ph.D. (1973) from Ocean Engineering, University of Hawaii; Member (1993- ), member of TPC and chair of International Mechanics and Structures Committee, the host and co-chair, ISOPE-97 and ISOPE-2003 Conferences, Honolulu; chairman, ASME Ocean Engineering Div (1985-86); ASME Transaction and Applied Mechanics Reviews, Assoc. Editor (1983-88); Humboldt Fellow, Germany (1981-82).
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