Claude Daley
Professor
B.E.Sc (Western), M.S.E. (Princeton), Dr. Tech. (Helsinki)
Chair, Ocean and Naval Architectural Engineering
I am from a small town in northern Ontario. After
graduating from the University of Western Ontario in 1977 (civil
engineering), I went on to Princeton University to complete a
master's degree in structures and mechanics. Then in 1979, I joined
Arctec Canada Limited (now Fleet Technology) in Ottawa and worked
for Arctec in both Ottawa and Calgary. Artcec was an applied
engineering research company specializing in arctic marine and
offshore engineering. In 1989, I was posted to Helsinki in a
collaborative research project between Canada and Finland. During
three years in Helsinki, I obtained a doctorate of technology in
the area of ice mechanics and arctic naval architecture. Then, in
1995 I joined Memorial University.
From 1982-89 I worked on the development of the latest Canadian
Artic Shipping Pollution Prevention Regulations. During the 1990's
until now I have worked on the new international Unified
Requirements for polar ship construction, being developed by the
International Association of Classification Societies in
conjunction with many national governments (including Canada). That
work has guided and informed most of my research activities. My
current research focuses on ice mechanics and ice loads on ships;
plastic strength and design of ship structures; concepts for
rational ship structural design regulations; structural risk; and
related matters. I am a member of the ISSC (International Ship
Structures Committee - member of the committee on Condition
Assessment of Aged Ships).
I am currently on the Board of Examiners of the Professional
Engineers and Geoscientists of Newfoundland and Labrador, on a
curriculum committee of the Canadian Council of Professional
Engineers and I serve on the Executive Committee of the Senate of
Memorial University.
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