Authors Contributors&Susan Buchanan is a New Or- ship construction at NASSCO and leans-based business writer, spe- Hyundai Heavy Industries, among cializing in energy, maritime mat- others. He is a senior member of ters, agriculture, the environment the Special Committee on Ship MarineNews and construction. She holds a Operation with ABS and an elect-December 2017master’s degree from Cornell Uni- ed member of the NCB.Volume 28 Number 12versity in agricultural economics and an undergraduate degree from Randall Luthi is President of the the University of Pennsylvania. National Ocean Industries Asso-Ewingciation (NOIA).Tom Ewing is a freelance writer specializing in energy and environ- Chris Mandalakis has worked mental issues. on a number of unique and groundbreaking projects includ-Smarty Mathew John is ABS ing a series of hybrid electric Manager of Industrial Systems, research vessels as an employee Subsea, Safety and Risk. Mat- of Derecktor Shipyard in Mama-thew John has held leadership roneck, NY and Alternative Ma-roles in R&D, Operations and rine Technologies. He has been Consulting within ABS, including involved in Amtech’s newbuilding John Johnsonmanaging Risk-based Services, construction oversight and de-and Offshore & Subsea Risk & sign review for 6 chemical and 4 Reliability Applications. He has an product tankers at HMD in South MS in Industrial Engineering and Korea, and is currently working a BS in Mechanical Engineering with Amtech as a naval architect from Texas A&M, and a Subsea and design integrator for the Engineering Certi