Revised: March 3, 2011

Agenda

UNOLS Fleet Improvement Committee MEETING

National Science Foundation, Stafford I, Room 375
4201 Wilson Boulevard Arlington, VA

March 8-9, 2011

A pdf version of this agenda is available: 201103ficag.pdf

Important Note: If you plan to attend the Fleet Improvement Committee Meeting, please RSVP the UNOLS Office at office@unols.org. Your name will be added to the security list for access to NSF.

Tuesday, March 8th: Joint session of the Council and FIC

0800 Coffee and Pastries

0830 Open Day-2 of the Meeting: Bruce Corliss, UNOLS Chair, will reconvene the meeting.

0845 Facility Renewal Activities:

· Ocean Class Acquisition Update - Chris MacDonald/Mike Prince

· Regional Class Acquisition Status – Matt Hawkins

· Alaska Region Research Vessel, R/V Sikuliaq, Status and NSF Perspectives – Matt Hawkins

· Replacement Human Occupied Vehicle Project – Brian Midson

· Ocean Observatories Initiative – Jean McGovern

1015 Break

1035 UNOLS Evaluation of Decline in Ship Time Requests – Preliminary results of community survey on ship usage - Annette DeSilva

1125 Early Career Investigator Oceanographic Research Cruise Training Opportunity – Clare Reimers

1140 UNOLS Outreach Initiatives:

· Outreach Resources – Annette DeSilva

· Suggestions for UNOLS Activities at the 2011 Fall AGU Meeting and the 2012 Ocean Sciences Meeting

1200 This concludes the joint meeting of the FIC and Council.

Lunch Break

1315 Fleet Improvement Committee Meeting: Clare Reimers, FIC Chair, will call the FIC meeting to order and provide an opportunity for introductions.

1330 Ship Radiated Noise Panel Discussion – Introduction by Dave Bradley

· Overview of ship radiated noise sources, issues associated with radiated noise measurements, and operational impacts with respect to various missions and noise standards – Chris Barber

· Examples of quiet machinery and propulsion plant designs incorporated into two recently constructed research vessels, including major machinery procurement, vibration isolation mounting and path mitigation strategies – Mike Bahtiarian

· The impact of a noisy ship on the performance of acoustic mission systems such as multi-beam sonars and will provide examples of problems discovered on research vessels and lessons learned from the resulting mitigation efforts – Tim Gates

1500 Break

1515 Science Mission Requirements (SMRs):

· "Lessons Learned" from the Sikuliaq, Ocean Class and RCRV processes – Marc Willis (30 minutes)

· General SMR Specifications and Principles – Discussion on application to current SMR documents. (25 minutes)

- Consideration of Lessons Learned

- Consideration of Noise Panel discussions

· Polar Research Vessel (PRV) SMR Refresh Project – Brief recap of the PRV Workshop to identify science drivers for a Polar Vessels. – Jon Alberts (10 minutes)

· Sikuliaq Science Planning Workshops – Marc Willis (5 minutes)

1625 Fleet Improvement Plan (FIP): Appendix on Ocean Acoustics – David Bradley

1645 UNOLS Vessel Ship Classes – Review current UNOLS Vessel Classification and consider revisions as suggested by NSF.

1700 Adjourn Day One

Day 2 – Wednesday, March 9^th

0800 Coffee and Pastries

0830 Reconvene the Meeting: Clare Reimers

0840: Design and Construction Efforts - Issues that may require FIC attention are listed below:

· R/V Langseth - FIC liaison report and Langseth Improvements - Sandy Shor will provide the Liaison Report and Linda Goad will provide an update on any Langseth improvements not covered in the liaison report.

· Ocean Class Research Vessel (OCRV) - Suggest members for an Ocean Class Advisory Committee (OCAC) – Clare Reimers

· RV Sikuliaq – Outcome of mock-up review. – Marc Willis

· R/V Barnes Replacement – UW update on replacement plans for the R/V Barnes – Al Devol

0940 Projected Service Life End Dates:

· Vessel Condition Memorandum from NSF and recommended service life end dates for FIC review.

· Discussion of process for revising retirement dates and SLEP decisions

· Proposed NSF process for removal from service

1030 Break

1045: Keep abreast of new technologies entering the UNOLS fleet:

· Load Handling Systems – Update on the performance and capabilities of the Kilo Moana and Hugh Sharp handling systems. Sandy Shor (15 minutes). Written report on Sharp provided by Capt. Bill Byam.

· WHOI Long-Coring System- (30 minutes)

Past, present, and future projections for long core operations – Candice Major, NSF

Discuss future user debrief process - Clare Reimers

Status of NSF repositioning plan - Al Suchy, Matt Hawkins

· Hugh R. Sharp User Debriefs - (15 minutes)

Review the Sharp 2011 schedule for candidate cruises

Summary of debrief interviews

· UNOLS Green Ship Initiative - Greening the Fleet: Construction, life cycle, and recycling – Bruce Corliss (20 minutes)

1210 Other Business - Opportunity for Additional Reports

· Research Vessel Safety Standards – Appendix A Workshops – Annette DeSilva

· AGOR Z-drive Spares Pool Planning – Tim Schnoor

1225 FIC Guest Speakers – Identify special topics and potential speakers of interest to FIC.

1230 Adjourn