Cupertino, California, June 12, 2007 ¾ In May/June 2007, the International Society of Offshore and Polar Engineers (ISOPE) held the email election for new members of its Board of Directors, in accordance with the Society Bylaws. Their two-year term, covering 2007-09, is effective as of July 1, 2007. The Bylaws allow consecutive term renewal only once. The qualifications of the nominated candidates satisfy the Bylaws' requirements for their past and current contribution to the Society, the geographical spread, and session organizer (TPC) representation.
Prof. Ronald H. Knapp (info@isope.org), an ISOPE past president and the Nomination Committee Chair, reports the election results as follows.
New members:
Michael Isaacson. Professor of Civil Engineering, The University of British Columbia (1976-); Department Head (1992-97); Dean of Applied Science (1997-); BA, MA, PhD Cambridge University (1971, 1975, 1975); PEng British Columbia (1977-); Co-Founding Member of ISOPE and PACOM (1988-); Chair, Hydrodynamics Committee ISOPE (1991-95); Associate Editor IJOPE (1990-96); Board of Directors ISOPE (1993-97); Associate Editor and later Editor, Canadian Journal for Civil Engineering (1991-00); Fellow Canadian Society for Civil Engineering (1995), American Society of Civil Engineers (1996), Canadian Academy of Engineering (1998) and Engineering Institute of Canada (1999); Best Paper Award ISOPE (1993), Service Award ISOPE (1997) and ISOPE-2008 Vancouver local chair, conference co-chair and secretariat; R.A. McLachlan Award (PEng Association of British Columbia); Camille A. Dagenais Award, Leipholtz Medal and Keefer Medal (Canadian Society for Civil Engineering); Julian C. Smith Medal (Engineering Institute of Canada).
Term Renewed Once (2007-2009)
Shigeru Naito. Professor (1986-) and associate researcher (1975-84) of naval architecture and ocean engineering, Osaka University. PhD (1974) and BS (1969) in naval architecture, Osaka University, Osaka, Japan; President (2004-) of Kansai Society of Naval Architects; President of Japan Society of Naval Architecture and Ocean Engineers (the new combined society of all of Japan’s naval architecture societies). Charter member of ISOPE, TPC member and chair of International Hydrodynamics Committee, PACOMS executive committee, ISOPE Award for co-hosting ISOPE-94 Osaka and various awards. ISOPE-2009 Osaka local chair, conference co-chair and secretariat. Chair of many symposia. Numerous publications.
Elected in 2006 (2007-2009)
Antonio Sarmento ¾ elected in 2006 Member (1991-), member of TPC, ISOPE IOTC member, host committee chair of ISOPE-2007 Lisbon, organized many sessions on ocean resources/renewable energy since 1991; IJOPE Associate Editor since 2001; member of scientific committee of European Wave and Tidal Energy Conferences since 2000. Founder and Director of Wave Energy Centre, Portugal, since 2003; Co-organizer of 1st International Workshop on Numerical Methods in Wave Energy, France, 2001; member of ad doc committee for European Ocean Energy Association (2005-). Associate Professor of mechanical engineering, Instituto Superior Tecnico, Lisbon Technical University (1993-); PhD (1985) in Mechanical Engineering, Lisbon Technical University; Senior Scientist, NTH, Norway, 1994. Numerous publications on wave energy hydrodynamics and control, and many contributions towards a national policy for wave energy development.
The President of the Society was elected in 2006 for the 2007-08 term,
effective July 1, 2007:
Wataru Koterayama. Vice-president of Kyushu University (2004-), Director of Research Institute for Applied Mechanics (RIAM) (2001-03); Director of Sea Disaster Laboratory (1990-92); 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 International Hydrodynamic Committee (1999-2001); member Board of Directors (2001-03), co-chair of ISOPE-2001, ISOPE-2002 secretariat, ISOPE-2003, ISOPE-2004, ISOPE-2005, ISOPE-2006; ISOPE Award. Chairman of Ocean Engineering Committee of Society of Naval Architects of Japan (1996-98); Prize for Society Paper from Japanese Society of Naval Architects and Ocean Engineering (1984).
From ISOPE Staff, info@isope.org; www.isope.org