Short Course Instructors
Dr. Dan Walker (Module A: Types of ships and their functions and features)
Dr. Dan Walker is an Associate Professor of Ocean and Naval Architectural Engineering at Memorial University of Newfoundland and Labrador. Prior to joining academia he was President of Oceanic Consulting Corporation, a firm specializing in the performance prediction of ships, boats and offshore structures using physical and numerical modelling. His current research interest is in the safety of fishing vessels. Prior research includes autonomous underwater vehicles, hydrodynamics and cavitation.
Dr. Walker is a professional engineer and has a bachelor’s degree in naval architectural engineering and a doctorate in ocean engineering, both from Memorial University. A lifelong sailor, when he is not teaching courses in marine engineering, small craft design and naval architecture, hecan often be found sailing around the windward islands of the Caribbean or Newfoundland.
Andrew Kendrick (Module B: Regulatory environment I – History and current operations; Module C: Regulatory environment II – Future developments and challenges)
Andrew Kendrick is a naval architect with over 40 years of experience in the Canadian and international marine industries. He recently completed a two-year term as President of the Society of Naval Architects and Marine Engineers, and remains an active contributor to this and other professional and technical societies and other organizations. He contributes to the establishment of CISMART, and was the first Chair of the Advisory Board for Memorial University’s Offshore and Naval Architecture and Engineering Department.
Andrew’s career has encompassed ship design, research and development, regulatory development, and other types of work, for clients in the public and private sector in Canada and worldwide. He has worked with ship types ranging from warships and icebreakers to ferries, lakers and tugboats operating internationally and on domestic waterways.
He has participated as a member of the Canadian Delegation to the International Maritime Organization on initiatives such as the Polar Code and the International Code of Safety for Ships Using Gases or other Low-flashpoint Fuels (IGF Code). He has worked with Transport Canada on regulatory issues ranging from ferry stability standards to fishing vessel safety and ballast water treatment.
Andrew has made over 200 presentations to technical conferences around the world, and has developed and delivered training courses on subject ranging from polar ship design to metal fatigue.
John Dolny (Module D: Shipbuilding)
John Dolny has over 15 years of professional engineering experience working in the marine industry. He currently holds the position of Production Engineering Manager at Irving Shipbuilding (ISI) working on the Arctic Offshore Patrol Ships (AOPS) project for the Royal Canadian Navy and variant hulls for the Canadian Coast Guard. Production Engineering is responsible for the overall build strategy of hulls under construction, the hull production design, and all engineered lifts / product transportation between the shipyard’s 3 main facilities. John joined ISI in September 2018 as a Sr. Structural Engineer where he was responsible for the AOPS’s basic structural design.
Prior to ISI, John worked for Gibbs and Cox Inc., a naval architecture firm that specializes in designing surface warships, where he supported the AOPS program at ISI as well as various design projects for US customers.
John previously held various engineering positions at the international classification society American Bureau of Shipping (ABS) in Houston, TX and St. John’s, Canada where he was responsible for managing and supporting applied research projects with industrial, academic, and government partners related to offshore and marine engineering in ice environments.
John is a graduate of Stevens Institute of Technology with a degree in Naval Engineering and also holds a master’s degree in Naval Architecture and Marine Engineering from Memorial University of Newfoundland. He is a registered Professional Engineer (P.Eng) in Nova Scotia.
David (Duke) Snider (Module E: Operation of ships)
Captain David (Duke) Snider MM, BMS, FNI FRGS, is the CEO and Principal Consultant of Martech Polar Consulting Ltd, providing global ice navigation services and support for polar shipping, ice navigation, polar research, expedition logistics support and ice related consulting. He is a Master Mariner and with 40 years at sea and is author of the book Polar Ship Operations, as well as many other papers on ice navigation. He was awarded the Queen’s Diamond Jubilee medal in 2011. He also holds the Canadian Coast Guard Exemplary Service Medal, and the United States Coast Guard Antarctic Service Medal. In 2020 he was awarded the Maritime Museum of British Columbia’s Beaver Medal for his championing of best practice and safety in ice-related shipping.
Dr. Roger I. Basu (Module F: Maintenance of ships)
Dr. Roger I. Basu is a structural engineer with more than 45 years’ experience. His early experience was in the structural design and analysis of buildings, bridges, and offshore structures. For the last 35 years his focus has been exclusively on ship and offshore structures. His experience includes work in specialist areas including vibrations, fatigue & fracture and risk and reliability.
His recent experience includes two years teaching various subjects at Webb Institute which he joined in 2012 after retiring from the American Bureau of Shipping (ABS), Houston, Texas after a 15-year career. Prior to that he worked for 10 years at a naval architectural firm in Ottawa, Canada. At ABS Roger held several positions and retired as the Director of Shared Technology responsible for the development of technologies applicable to both marine and offshore sectors. In 2013 he started his own company, Roger Basu & Associates Inc., based in Toronto, Canada. He is the President of the company and works on various consulting assignments.
Roger holds a Ph.D. in structural engineering from the University of Western Ontario. He is a Professional Engineer registered in the Province of Ontario and is a Fellow of the Society of Naval Architects and Marine Engineers.