Meeting of ITTC Quality Systems Group

Mon Jul 02 08:47:02 CEST 2018

The ITTC Quality Systems Group had a meeting at the facilities of INTA in El Pardo (Madrid) on Monday 25^th and Tuesday 26^th June 2018.

The International Towing Tank Conference (ITTC) is association of international organizations that have the responsibility for the prediction of the hydrodynamic performance of ships and marine installations based on the results of physical and numerical experiments.

ITTC is recognized as an NGO with observer status to the International Maritime Organization (IMO), where it participates actively in matters regarding maritime safety and performance.

The Full Conference, comprising representatives of all member organizations, is held every three years and constitutes the highest authority of the ITTC. The Executive Committee is responsible for the day-to-day operation of the ITTC, assisted by the Advisory Council on technical matters. A number of permanent and specialist technical committees perform defined work tasks and report to the Full Conference.

The venue of the Full Conference circulates between the six regions Americas, Northern Europe, Central Europe, Southern Europe, East Asia and Pacific Islands.

Nowadays Quality Systems Groups members are:

• - Marco Ferrando (Chair) - Università de Genova - Italy.
• - Joel Park - Naval Surface Warfare Center, Carderock Division - USA.
• - Joel Sales Sena Jr. - LabOceano - Brazilian Ocean Technology Laboratory - Brazil.
• - Weimin Chen - Shanghai Ship and Shipping Research Institute (SSSRI) - China.
• - Lanfranco Benedetti - Instituto Nazionale per Studi ed Esperienze di Architettura Navale (INSEAN) - Italy.
• - Art Reed - Naval Surface Warfare Center, Carderock Division - USA.
• - Daisuke Kitazawa - University of Tokyo - Japan.
• - Jesús Valle - INTA / SGSN - Spain.
• - Gregory Grigoropoulos - National Technical University of Athens - Greece.