Agenda

The tentative agenda is shown below:

Details of Technical Presentation:

Panel Discussion: Circular Economy and Re-Use in Offshore Engineering (Red Oak AB, 8:30am)

Speakers: Gaurav Singhal (Wood), Todd Veselis (D3 Engineering), Piotr Szalewski (DNV), Pavan Nimmagadda (MODEC), Jason Pasternak (Delmar)

Keynote: Navigating the Future: Maritime Innovation and Model
Testing in the Digital Age (Red Oak AB, 12:15pm)

Speaker: Olaf Walls, President MARIN

Asset Integrity and Life Extension (Pecan, 10:30am)

  • Riser Integrity Assessment Using Sensor Data and Digital Twins (Phani Shakkari, BMT Commercial USA)
  • Assessment of the Process for Product Reliability for Equipment Manufacturers (Suzy Jiang, ABS)
  • Computational Evaluation of Mechanical Crack Arrestor Performance in High- Pressure Pipelines (Abdullah Othman, Texas A&M Galveston)
  • AI Enabled automated inspection of hull spaces (David McKay, DNV)

Floater Design and Analysis (O&G) (Live Oak, 10:30am)

  • CFD-Based Digital Ocean Basin for Offshore Floating Platforms (Hyunchul Jang, Technip Energies)
  • Numerical Assessment of Tow Stability Using CFD-driven Maneuvering Coefficients and Time-Domain Simulations (Roopesh Kishan, MARIN)
  • Computational Study of Effect of Moonpool on the Stability of FDPSO (Shengbai
    Xie, Convergent Science)
  • A Technical Assessment of Fixed Platform Offshore Data Center Development Through Jacket Platform Conversion (Upendra Malla, Turnagain Marine Construction)

Marine Operations (Pecan, 2pm)

  • Clean Ships – Dirty Cargoes (Peter Noble)
  • VFDs Application to Offshore and Marine Vessels, An Energy Efficiency and CO2 Emissions Case Study (Akash Chandra Roy, HANWHA OCEAN OFFSHORE / GLOSTEN)
  • Offshore Supply Vessel Market Update USA (Richard Sanchez, S&P Global)
  • An Offshore Advisory Tool to Assist Tandem Offloading Operations (John Bandas,
    MARIN)

Texas A&M/ ABS Lab of Ocean Innovation (Live Oak, 2pm)

  • Techno-Economic Evaluation of Onboard Carbon Capture And Storage Technology
  • Progress In Current Standards for Emerging Marine Battery Safety Risks
  • Multiphase Phenomena Governing Liquid Ammonia Spills into the Marine Environment
  • Developing Intelligent Solutions to Support the Safe Usage of Immersive Systems in the Maritime Workforce
  • Toward an Intelligent, Augmented Reality-Enabled Maritime Workforce: Challenges and Opportunities
  • A High-Fidelity Simulation Framework for Evaluating Autonomous Navigation in Confined Waters and Multi-Vessel Interaction Scenarios

SNAME T&R (Elm, 2pm)

  • SNAME Offshore T&R Panel – Strategic Realignment Proposal: Thalia Kruger
  • Updates from OC-8 (Wind Load), OC-9 (Floating Systems), and OC-10 (Renewables)
  • Update on SNAME Book “Submersible Vehicle Systems Design”: Roy Thomas, ABS
  • OC-10: SNAME Nodules Ship to Shore JIP: John Halkyard, John Halkyard and Associates, LLC

Mooring and Riser Technologies (Pecan, 4pm)

  • FPSO Mooring Line Replacement Case Study (Mauricio Simoes, Delp Mooring)
  • ML-Based Mooring Anomaly Detection for a 15 MW Floating Offshore Wind Turbine with Partial Damage and Anchor Displacement (JeongYong Park, Texas A&M Univ)
  • Numerical Modeling of Automatic Mooring Systems (John Bandas, MARIN)

Floater Design and Analysis (Renewables) (Live Oak, 4pm)

  • Optimized Design and Comprehensive Experimental Validation of Horizontal Axis Marine Current Turbines (Thomas Wu, UT Austin)
  • Assessing Structural Integrity of a Self-Reactive Point Absorber Wave Energy Converter for Extreme Sea Conditions, (Yvonne Hsieh, ABS)
  • Hybridwind TLP – A FOWT Solution for Challenging Taiwan Offshore Wind Development (Jose Vazquez, Great Circle Wind Associates, LLC)