National Academy Of Science News

The 2018 Maritime Risk Symposium (MRS), which is co-sponsored by Oak Ridge National Lab, the U.S. Coast Guard and the National Academy of Science, will host a graduate and undergraduate student poster event.Selected posters can describe ongoing work students are doing, or simply ideas they have in areas related the intersection of energy and maritime.The relationship between energy and maritime is broad and complex. Correspondingly we are interested in scientific issues, in engineering issues…

Brian Salerno was sworn in as the Director of the Bureau of Safety and Environmental Enforcement (BSEE) on August 26, 2013. He is responsible for promoting safety, protecting the environment and conserving resources through the vigorous regulatory oversight and enforcement of offshore operations on the U.S. Outer Continental Shelf. Prior to his appointment as Bureau Director, Salerno served as the U.S. Coast Guard’s Deputy Commandant for Operations where he was responsible for establishing and providing operational strategy…

Today in U.S. Naval History - February 11 1862 - SecNav directs formation of organization to evaluate new inventions and technical development which eventually led to National Academy of Science. 1971 - U.S. and USSR sign a treaty prohibiting the deployment of nuclear weapons on the ocean floor. For more information about naval history, visit the Naval History and Heritage Command website at history.navy.mil.

1862 - SecNav directs formation of organization to evaluate new inventions and technical development which eventually led to National Academy of Science. 1971 - U.S. and USSR sign a treaty prohibiting the deployment of nuclear weapons on the ocean floor. (Source: Navy News Service)

1862 - SecNav directs formation of organization to evaluate new inventions and technical development which eventually led to National Academy of Science. 1971 - U.S. and USSR sign a treaty prohibiting the deployment of nuclear weapons on the ocean floor. (Source: Navy News Service)

Global Industries was awarded the 2009 National Ocean Industries Association (NOIA) Safety-in-Seas Award on April 16, recognizing their contribution to the safety of life offshore for energy workers. Global Industries was selected by a panel of judges from the U.S. Coast Guard, the Minerals Management Service and the National Academy of Science's Marine Board. NOIA President Tom Fry said, "Global Industries demonstrated that safety is priority number one, whether in their Plug & Abandonment (P&A) work on decommissioned wellheads or on hurricane recovery projects. Their safety record is an exemplary achievement, successfully integrating safety and training together across a large organization.

1862 - SecNav directs formation of organization to evaluate new inventions and technical development which eventually led to National Academy of Science. 1971 - U.S. and USSR sign a treaty prohibiting the deployment of nuclear weapons on the ocean floor. (Source: Navy News Service)

The Marine Board of the National Academy of Science conducted its National Marine Conference in Toronto in May 2002. The Proceedings of that conference have now been made available on the Internet. Topics addressed at the conference included safety and security; competitiveness; labor and skills; and infrastructure investments.

Albert V. Brandemarte has received the L. L. Wyman Memorial Award for 2002 from American Society for Testing and Materials (ASTM) International. The award is given annually in recognition of meritorious contributions to standardization in the field of metallography through the work of ASTM Committee E04. Brandemarte serves as chief of metallography for the Naval Surface Warfare Center Carderock Division's Metals Department in Bethesda. He has been a member of the ASTM committee E04 for 14 years and served as committee chairman from 1998 to 2002. Through his work on the committee, Al became a nationally recognized expert in metallography, a critical tool in most Navy ship failure analyses. The award is named for L. L. Wyman, chairman of the Metallography Committee from 1938 through 1966.