Cupertino, California, June 10, 2006 ¾ In April-May 2006, 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. Dr. Bob Frederking, past president announced the election results at the ISOPE-2006 banquet, Grand Hyatt San Francisco Hotel, San Francisco, California, USA, May 31, 2006. The Bylaws allow consecutive term renewal only once.
The new member of Board of Directors, serving for the 2006-08 term,
effective July 1, 2006:
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.
Seok Won Hong (52) ISOPE charter member, TPC member(1990~), PACOMS Executive Comm Member(1990~), Secretary of International Offshore Technology Comm. (2005~), Secretariat of ISOPE PACOMS-2002 Daejeon; ISOPE PACOMS Award, Secretariat of ISOPE-2005 Seoul; ISOPE Award; ISOPE Award Comm.(2004~). President of Korean Society of Ocean Engineers (KSOE, formerly KCORE, 2006~). Director General of MOERI (Maritime and Ocean Engineering Research Inst., formerly KRISO, 2005~) ¾ MOERI has the largest number of ISOPE members in Korea. PhD (1988) in Applied Mechanics, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MS (1979) and BS (1977) in Naval Architecture, Seoul National University; Visiting Researcher (2001~ 2002), WHOI, Woods Hole. Honored Graduate Student Fellowship, University of Michigan (1988), First Grade Prize for Best Research Work in KRISO (1994) and Prime Minister’s Award (1995).
Term Renewed Once (2006-2008)
Jay Koo (58) Charter Member (1990- ), Member of TPC (1990- ) and Intl Mechanics and Structures Committee, member Board of Directors (2004-2006); Plenary, Initiated/co-organized ISOPE High Performance Materials in Offshore Industry symposium in ISOPE 2003 and ISOPE 1st Pacific/Asia Offshore Mechanics Symposium (1990), Co-organizer of Advanced Natural Gas Transport Symposium (2005), in ISOPE-2005, ISOPE Best Paper Award (1994). Head of Materials Research, ExxonMobil Research and Engineering Co. (1994-present), Responsible for science and technology for all materials research activities in ExxonMobil corporation, Managing Director of POSCO, Korea (1988- 1994), ExxonMobil Research and Engineering Co. (1981 – 1988), Established now an industry standard in offshore industry of procedure for evaluating of weld integrity, Professor, Rutgers University (1979–1981); MS/PhD (1977) from University of California at Berkeley, Materials Science, BS from Seoul National University, Metallurgy (1972), ExxonMobil Research Awards (1984, 1985, 1995-2004), Major NSF research grants; Over 100 publications and presentations and key note addresses.
The new member of Board of Directors, serving for the 2007-09 term,
effective July 1, 2007:
Antonio Sarmento (54) Member (1991- ), Member of TPC, ISOPE IOTC member, the host committee chair of ISOPE-2007 Lisbon, organized many sessions on ocean resources/renewable energy since 1991; IJOPE Associate Editor since 2001; Member of the scientific committee of the European Wave and Tidal Energy Conferences since 2000; Founder and Director of the Wave Energy Centre, Portugal, since 2003; Co-organizer of 1st Intl Workshop on Numerical Methods in Wave Energy, France, 2001; Member of the ad-doc committee for the European Ocean Energy Association (2005 - ). Associate Professor of mechanical engineering, Instituto Superior Tecnico, Lisbon Technical University (1993- ); Ph.D. (1985) in Mechanical Engineering, Lisbon Technical University; Sr. Scientist, NTH, Norway, 1994; Numerous publications on wave energy hydrodynamics and control and many contributions towards a national policy for wave energy development.
The Presidents of the Society was elected in 2006
The Presidents of the Society were nominated in April 2006 by the nomination committee of all past board of directors for the president’s term 2006-08, and the Society members elected;
For the 2006-07 term effective July 1, 2006:
Tamotsu Matsui (65). Professor of Civil Engineering, Fukui University of Technology, Japan (2004- ); Emeritus Professor of Osaka University, Japan (2004- ). D. Eng degree from Osaka University (1975); Visiting Scholar at University of California at Berkeley(1978-1979); Published more than 200 papers; Member(1994- ); TPC member(1994- ); Chairman, Geotechnical Engineering Committee(1997-2001); member of Board of Directors (1999-2001); Associate Editor of IJOPE (1997- ); Tech. Committee member, Kansai International Airport and remediation’s of the 1995 Kobe Earthquake; Executive board member, JSCE and President of the Kansai Chapter(2001-2003), and Japan Geotechnical Society and President of the Kansai Branch(1998-1999); Also, fellow, the Japan Society of Civil Engineering(JSCE); member, Japanese Geotechnical Society (JGS), International Society of Soil Mechanics and Geotechnical Engineering, ASCE.
2006 Updated
For the 2007-08 term effective July 1, 2007:
Wataru Koterayama (62). Vice-president of Kyushu University (2004- ), Director of Research Institute for Applied Mechanics (RIAM) (2001-2003); Director of Sea Disaster Laboratory (1990-1992); Professor, Interdisciplinary Graduate School of Engineering Sciences, Kyushu University (1990- ); Professor (1977- ), RIAM, Kyushu University; Associate Professor (1976); Research Associate (1972). D. Eng. in Naval Architecture, Osaka University (1975). ISOPE: Charter member, Editor of IJOPE (1995- ); Chairman of Intl. Hydrodynamic Committee (1999-2001); member Board of Directors (2001-2003), Co-Chair of ISOPE-2001, ISOPE-2002 Secretariat, ISOPE-2003, ISOPE-2004, ISOPE-2005, ISOPE-2006; ISOPE Award. Chairman of Ocean Eng. Committee of the Society of Naval Architects of Japan (1996-1998); Prize for Society Paper from Japanese Society of Naval Architects and Ocean Engineering (1984).
From Bob Frederking, Nomination Committee Chair, info@isope.org