MIT Center for Ocean Engineering

On March 21st, Thursday, at 11:30am in 5-314, George Gougoulidis will give a talk "Energy Saving Basics for the Maritime Industry"
(to attend this event RSVP here: http://www.surveymonkey.com/s/W9LL37G)

Dr. Gougoulidis will present the recently imposed regulations by IMO concerning the energy efficiency of ships and discuss their consequences for the Maritime Industry, as well as the environmental implications in connection with Corporate social responsibility. The focus will be on the recently imposed regulations by IMO concerning the energy efficiency of ships. State-of-the-art technologies and operational techniques that can be applied to reduce fuel consumption and carbon footprint will be presented. Environmental implications in connection with Corporate social responsibility will be discussed. Finally, current research projects relating to the field of energy efficiency will be mentioned.

Dr. George Gougoulidis is a Naval Architect, as well as an officer in the Hellenic Navy. He graduated from the Hellenic Naval Academy with a BSc Degree in Marine Engineering and completed his graduate studies at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), where he obtained a Naval Engineer Degree, an MSc in Ocean Systems Management, and a PhD in Naval Architecture and Marine Engineering. During his career as a naval officer, he has served on various types of naval ships in several positions (Second Engineer, Chief Engineer, etc.). After fulfilling his career onboard, he served on the Technical Directorate of both Salamis and Souda Naval Bases. He is currently the head of the R&A Department of the Technical Directorate at the Naval Base in Souda, Crete. Concurrently, he serves as a member of the advisory board of Commonlawgic, which is active in the field of sustainability and other related issues.

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2 special lectures this week from Professor Tim Palmer, Royal Society Professor of Climate Physics at Oxford University:

October 30, 3pm-4pm, Bldg. 54-915
"Towards the Probabilistic Earth-System Simulator: A Vision For Weather and Climate Prediction in the 21st Century"

October 31, 10am-11am, Bldg. 54-915
"Lorenz, Goedel and Penrose: From Chaos to Fundamental Physics"

MIT Sea Grant calls for Massachusetts High Schools to sign up now for the 16th annual Blue Lobser Bowl at MIT in February 2013

MIT Sea Grant College Program The Blue Lobster Bowl, Massachusetts' regional marine science quiz bowl, is one of the 25 annual regional competitions that comprise theNational Ocean Sciences Bowl (NOSB)competition.