Cupertino, California, June 16, 2009 ¾ In May-June 2009, 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.
Profs. Wataru Koterayama and Ronald H Knapp, Co-chairs, Nomination Committee Chairman (2008-2009) announced the June 16 society election results as follows. The term follows the ISOPE fiscal year of July 1st to June 30th.
Board of Directors
The new members serving for the 2009-2011 term, effective July 1, 2009 are:
Masashi Kashiwagi, Professor of Naval Architecture & Ocean Engineering, Osaka University (2008- ); PhD in Naval Architecture & Ocean Engineering, Osaka University. ISOPE Member (2000- ); ISOPE Member (2000-), TPC member; Chair of Hydrodynamics Committee; ISOPE-2002 Kitakyushu local secretariat
Simon Prinsenberg, Section Head of Coastal Oceanography Section, the Bedford Institute of Oceanography, Canada. M.Sc. and PhD in physical oceanography from University of Washington (1967), Seattle. ISOPE Member (2001- ); TPC member; Chair of International Polar Technology Committee.
Xizhao Jiang, President and General Manager, Offshore Oil Engineering Co., Ltd. (CNOOC Engineering), Tianjin, China
Antonio Sarmento, Associate Professor of mechanical engineering, Instituto Superior Tecnico, Lisbon Technical University, Lisbon, Portugal; Founder and Director of the Wave Energy Centre, Portugal; Ph.D. (1985) in Mechanical Engineering, Lisbon Technical University, the local secretariat of ISOPE-2007 Lisbon. ISOPE Member (1991-).
President
Hermann Moshagen (2009-2010), BHM Engineering Services, Norway was elected as president in 2008.
From Jin S Chung, Executive Director, info@isope.org