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Society of Naval Architects and Marine Engineers (SNAME)

Chairperson: Manoj Jegannathan, Occidental Petroleum
Vice Chairperson: Shiladitya Basu,  Hanwha Ocean

Committee Members
Paulo Cesar Brito, DNV USA, Inc.
Donald Burris, KBR
Amir Izadparast, SOFEC
Thalia Kruger, NextBlue Industry
Peter Leitch, Aker Solutions
Shilpa Mesineni, American Bureau of Shipping
IshanJyoti Sharma, Principle Power
Alison Sheppard, Exmar Offshore Company
Zhiyong Su, SOFEC,Inc.
Nagu Tatineni, Williams
Zhigang (Kevin) Tian, ExxonMobil
Tao Wang, Aker Solutions
Xiaochuan Yu, University of New Orleans

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