Ph.D. Committees Chaired

                        *    Efstratios George Nikolaidis, Structural Reliability of Marine Diesel Engine Shafting Systems, co-chaired by Professor M.G. Parsons, May 1985.
                        *    Nikiforos Andrew Papadakis, On the Optimal Ship Weather Routing Problem, December 1987.
                        *    Bahadir Inözü, Reliability/Replacement Analysis for Marine Diesel Engine Systems (tentative title), June 1990.
                        *    Dimitrios Vassilios Lyridis, Extensions to Structural Reliability Analysis of Marine Diesel Engine Shafting Systems,  (co-chaired by Professor M.G. Parsons), April 1990.
                        *    Zhiyong Yang, Predictions of Modal Shifts in Export Shipments from the Great Lakes due to Mandatory Ballast Water Treatment Using Game Theory, May 2003.
                        *    Jinting Guo, passed part I qualifiying exams in May 2005, anticipated graduation 12/07 from NA&ME. Thesis topic: Condition-based Maintenance with Marine Applications.
                        *    A. Denisis, passed Part I qualifiers in October 2005, anticipated graduation (IC deadline) June 2007, Thesis Topic (Tentative) : Optimization and Scheduling of Short-Sea Shipping fleets
                        *    Chen Chen: Supervised her since Sept. 2005. Passed her Part I Exams in may 2006. Currently looking for funding of appropriate thesis topic.

 

M.S. Committees Chaired:

                        *    David Saginaw III, ASPGR: A Decision Support System for Container Ship      Stowage Planning, April 1987.
                        *    Bjorn Melaa, Great Lakes Cruise Potential, Norwegian Institute of Technology, December 1987.
                        *    Dimitrios Vassilios Lyridis, A Statistical Assessment of the Stochastic Modeling of Torsional Vibratory Loads in Internal Combustion  Engines, May 1989.
                        *    Diego Jaramillo, Liner Fleet Deployment Using Linear Programming, December    1989.
                        *    Christof Bernhard Rehling, Ship Conversions, 1980-1990:  Trends and Reasons, April 1991.
                        *    William Mark Bremer, A Scheduling Optimization System for Tanker Shipping, April 1991.
                        *    Thomas William Kowenhowen (MSE/MBA USCG officer), Statistical Analysis   of Ship Production Planning Data, April 1993.
                        *    David Nels Amble, Inland Waterway Industry Study:  Technical and Management Improvements, June 1993.
                        *    Michael Charles Donovan, Containerization and the Port of Boston:  A Case Study, April 1994.
                        *    Jun Li, Models and Statistical Analysis of Deep Draft Ship Data for U.S. Corps of Engineers Port Planning, June 1995.
                        *    Lt. Nathan A. Moore, USCG, Development of a Diesel Engine Reliability Database (DEREL) for the U.S. Coast Guard, Winter 1998.
                        *    Lt. Wilford R. Reams III, USCG, Qualitative Effects of Human Error on System Reliability and Application on a Passenger Ship Fire Safety System, June 1999.
                        *    Ltjg. Benjamin L. Nicholson, USCG, Hierarchical Analysis of Seaborne Petrochemical Spill Prevention, (co-chaired by Prof. J.W. Bulkley, CEE and SNRE), May 2000.
                        *    Ltjg. Brad Rosello, USCG, An Efficient Single-Screw-11,000 TEU Containership:  The "Suez Max SS," May 2000.
                        *    Ltjg. Christopher Michael Milkie, USCG, Statistical Analysis of USCG Casualty Data for Application to Reliability Centered Maintenance, May 2000.
                        *    Eimhjellen, Ragnar, Investigating an Alternative Solution to Reduce Emissions of Hydrocarbon Gas from Offshore Loading of Shuttle Tankers in the North Sea, (co-advisor:  T. Lamb), Exchange Student, Tech. U. of Trondheim, March 2001.