NSRP Names ECB Officers
The National Shipbuilding Research Program (NSRP) has announced the election of new officers to its Executive Control Board (ECB).
Don Hamadyk, Director, Research and Development at Huntington Ingalls Industries’ Newport News Shipbuilding division in Newport News, VA, has been elected as ECB chairman for a two-year term. Don earned his undergraduate and Master’s degrees from Stevens Institute of Technology.
Don succeeds Tim Glinatsis, Vice President, Engineering at General Dynamics Bath Iron Works in Bath, ME. Tim will be part of the ECB Operating Committee, which also includes the ECB Chair and Vice Chair.
Tom Perrine, Vice President of Engineering at Austal USA in Mobile, AL, has been elected to the ECB Vice Chair position.
Steve Davison, Vice President, Operations Support at General Dynamics NASSCO in San Diego, CA, was elected ECB Treasurer.
NSRP is a unique collaboration of eleven U.S. shipyards in partnership with the U.S. Navy. Its mission is to manage and focus national shipbuilding and ship repair research and development funding on technologies and processes that will reduce the total ownership cost of ships for the U.S. Navy, other national security customers and the commercial sector, and develop and leverage best commercial and naval practices to improve the efficiency of the U.S. shipbuilding and repair industry. NSRP aims to provide a collaborative framework to improve shipbuilding-related technical and business processes. For more information, visit nsrp.org.