Resume Frank W. DeBord, P.E. EDUCATION Master of Engineering, Ocean Engineering, Stevens Institute of Technology, Hoboken, New Jersey, 1980 Bachelor of Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Stevens Institute of Technology, Hoboken, New Jersey, 1977 Associate of Arts, Engineering, Anne Arundel Community College, Arnold, Maryland, 1975 EMPLOYMENT HISTORY U.S. Coast Guard Surface Forces Logistics Center, Engineering Services Division, Naval Architecture Section, Naval Architect, April 2009 to April, 2011, Chief, Naval Architecture Section, April, 2011 to April, 2015, Naval Architect, February, 2016 to Present As Naval Architect at SFLC, Frank was responsible for providing Naval Architecture subject matter expertise to support the U.S. Coast Guard in-service fleet of approximately 240 cutters and 1800 boats. He developed technical standards for sustainment of in-service assets and supported acquisition programs with analyses of alternatives, specification development, construction monitoring and acceptance. In addition, he completed special projects for the Offices of Naval Engineering, Cutter Forces and Boat Forces related to safety, policy development and analysis of alternatives. Chesapeake Marine Technology LLC, Owner, March, 2005 to April, 2009 and April 2015 to Present Frank founded Chesapeake Marine Technology to provide performance analysis in support of small craft design projects. He supported BMW Oracle Racing s 2007 America s Cup Challenge with management of model testing and specialized full scale testing, validation of computational methods, analysis of performance in waves and maneuvering analyses. He also supported several leading yacht design offices with performance optimization, numerical analyses and model testing of Grand Prix racing yachts, and model testing for the 2008 Volvo Around the World Race. He completed projects to support Johns Hopkins Applied Research Laboratory during development and testing of a USV, and an Office of Naval Research project related to early parametric ship design. The company was closed in 2009 when Frank accepted a position with the U.S. Coast Guard. BMT Scientific Marine Services, Inc., President and Founder, April, 1990 to March, 2005 Scientific Marine Services was founded in 1990 with Frank as sole proprietor, and incorporated in 1992 with five additional partners. Frank was the President of the company which grew to 35 employees, offices in San Diego and Houston and sales in
excess of $10 million. He was instrumental in the acquisition of the company by BMT in 1998, and stayed on as Managing Director through March, 2005. Scientific Marine Services provided performance prediction services for boats and ships, full scale trials and instrumentation systems for ships and boats, and in-service instrumentation systems for floating and fixed offshore platforms. Notable projects included structural monitoring system installation on nine BP tankers operating in the TAPS trade, instrumentation of the first Spar Production Platform in the deepwater Gulf of Mexico, development of specialized trials instrumentation for high-speed boats, and continuation of the performance prediction services for four America s Cups and a number of Grand Prix racing yachts. Arctec Offshore Corporation, Vice President, January, 1986, President February, 1989 to March 1990 Arctec and Offshore Technology Corporation were merged in January 1986 and Frank became President of the company in 1989. At that time the company was experiencing a very difficult business environment due to a depressed oil industry and was acquired by two different new owners. Frank managed these transitions and completed the process to place the company in Chapter 11 Bankruptcy. He resigned after it was clear that the new owners had the opportunity to emerge from bankruptcy. Offshore Technology Corporation, Executive Vice President, June 1981 to January, 1986 In 1980 Arctec acquired the Offshore Technology Corporation in Escondido, California, and Frank accepted an offer to be part of the new management team. Offshore Technology Corporation operated two model basins, and Frank completed numerous test programs for floating and fixed offshore platforms. He also designed and executed facility upgrades to complete high-quality towing tank tests for ships and high-speed craft. This resulted in award of contracts for model testing six challengers for the 1987 America s Cup, including the winning Stars & Stripes. He also managed major projects for a U.S. Coast Guard Replacement Icebreaker, a U.S. Navy amphibious vehicle, large motor and sailing yachts and several high-speed craft. In addition, Frank was instrumental in development of capabilities to complete full-scale trials and testing, and provide custom instrumentation systems for in-service ships, boats and offshore equipment. Arctec Incorporated, Engineer, November 1977, Consulting Engineer, February 1979, Senior Consulting Engineer, February 1980 Arctec specialized in engineering for icebreakers and other cold-weather systems. Frank completed ice model testing for icebreakers, offshore platforms and Great Lakes bulk carriers. He managed a project to assess the maneuvering performance of bulk carriers in ice and developed a numerical model to predict the response of turret-moored drill ships operating in moving sea ice. He completed trials onboard U.S. Coast Guard Polar Class icebreakers in the Bering, Chukchi and Beaufort Seas over three winters to collect ship performance data and detailed information on ice condition variations along possible trade routes. Bethlehem Steel Corporation, Sparrows Point Shipyard, Engineer, June, 1977 to November, 1977 After attending Stevens Institute, Frank worked in the Auxiliary Machinery Section at the Sparrows Point Central Technical Division. During his short time there he participated in two sets of Builders Trials for a 265,000 dwt tanker, assisted with solution of cargo
system piping problems and participated in early design for cargo refrigeration systems on two container ships. Stevens Institute of Technology, Davidson Laboratory, Lab Assistant (parttime), September 1975 to May, 1977 Frank supported tank testing of high-speed craft, ships and sailing yachts for resistance and propulsion, seakeeping and maneuvering while completing undergraduate and graduate courses. LICENSES Licensed in Naval Architecture and Marine Engineering, State of Maryland License No. 30774 PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS Fellow, Society of Naval Architects & Marine Engineers (SNAME) Member, American Society of Naval Engineers (ASNE) Member, National Society of Professional Engineers (NSPE) Member, American Boat and Yacht Council (ABYC) PUBLICATIONS AND PRESENTATIONS 1. Design Optimization of Eight-Oared Rowing Shells, Including the Effects of Unsteady Pitching Motion, Senior Thesis, Mechanical Engineering Department, Stevens Institute of Technology, Hoboken, N.J., May, 1977. 2. Analysis of the Forces Acting on a Vessel Maneuvering in Ice Covered Waters, Masters Thesis, Ocean Engineering Department, Stevens Institute of Technology, Hoboken, N.J., May 1980. 3. Cold Regions Spill Response, Proceedings 1979 Oil Spill Conference, May 19-22, 1979, (with Gordon D. Marsh and Lawrence A. Schultz). 4. Ice Model Tests and Computer Simulation of Propeller Ice Impacts of a Polar Research Ship, 5 th International Symposium on Port and Ocean Engineering Under Arctic Conditions, 1979. 5. Application of Pilot House Simulations to Ice-Transiting Merchant Ship Operations, Proceedings of Third Annual CAORF Symposium, October 1979 (with R.P. Voelker). 6. Maneuvering Characteristics of Great Lakes Ships, Proceedings of Fourth Annual CAORF Symposium, October 1980 (with H. Eda). 7. Evaluating Commercial Arctic Marine Transportation with POLAR Class Icebreakers, Annual Spring Meeting of the Society of Naval Architects & Marine Engineers, June 1981 (with R.P. Voelker, C.W. Parker and T. Brennen). 8. Summary of Selected Technical Results from SS MANHATTAN Arctic Marine Project, Annual Spring Meeting of the Society of Naval Architects & Marine Engineers, June 1981 (with A.D. Mookhoek and R.P Voelker). 9. Resistance and Propulsion of Iceworthy Ships, Annual Meeting of the Society of Naval Architects and Marine Engineers, November, 1982, New York (with J.W. Lewis and V. Bulat).
10. Maneuvering Characteristics of Great Lakes Ships in Critical Channels, Annual Meeting of the Society of Naval Architects and Marine Engineers, November, 1982, New York (with E. Eda and F. Siebold). 11. Model Testing of Barge Structures for Transportation of Offshore Platforms and Other Odd Shaped Equipment, May 1983, Mari-Tech 83, The Canadian Institute of Marine Engineers, Victoria B.C. (with R. Edwards and I Collins). 12. Application of Microcomputer Technology to Physical and Numerical Analysis of Ship Maneuvering, Proceedings of the 20 th American Towing Tank Conference, August 1983, Hoboken, New Jersey. 13. Transportation Motion Monitoring System Design for the Real World, Offshore Technology Conference, May 1985, Houston, Texas (with C. Campman). 14. Instrumenting for Ocean Towing of Large Structures, International Symposium on Offshore Transportation and Installation, RINA, March 1985, London (with J. McDowall). 15. Extrapolation of Sailing Yacht Model Data to Full Scale, Marine Technology Society, Houston Section, September 1985. 16. America s Cup 1987 The Role of the Test Tank, Houston Section SNAME, December 1985. 17. Ocean Engineering Committee Report, 21 st American Towing Tank Conference, Washington, D.C., August 1986. 18. Measurement of Full Scale Barge Motions and Comparison with Model Test and Mathematical Model Predictions, Annual Meeting of the Society of Naval Architects and Marine Engineers, New York, N. Y., November, 1987. 19. Areas of Operation for Alternate ABS Ice Classes, Symposium on Arctic/Cold Weather Operational Support for Surface Ships, Office of Naval Operations, Washington, D.C., November 1987. 20. Review of the Current State-of-the-Art for Sailing Yacht Model Tests and Future Challenges Facing Testing Facilities, Invited presentation at the 18 th International Towing Tank Conference, Kobe, Japan, October 1987. 21. Resistance and Flow Committee Report, 22 nd American Towing Tank Conference, St. Johns, Newfoundland, August 1989. 22. Accuracy, Test Planning and Quality Control in Sailing Yacht Performance Model Testing, New England Sailing Yacht Symposium, March 1990, New London, Connecticut. 23. The Role of Modern Technology in Sailing Yacht Design, Space Reflections, San Diego Space and Science Foundation, May-June, 1990. 24. Stars and Stripes Design Program for the 1992 America s Cup, Eleventh Chesapeake Sailing Yacht Symposium, Annapolis, MD, January, February, 1993 (with C Todter, D. Pedrick, A. Calderone, B. Nelson and D. Dillon). 25. Grand Prix Yacht Design with the Aid of Computational and Experimental Techniques, YachtVision 94, Auckland, NZ, February 1994 (with J. Reichel, J. Pugh and B. Rosen). 26. Measurement and Analysis of Shipboard Vibrations, Marine Technology, January, 1998, SNAME, New York 27. Advances in Performance Monitoring for Floating Offshore Platforms, SNAME Houston Section Offshore Symposium, February, 1999
28. Full Scale Measurements of the Oryx Neptune Spar Platform Performance, Offshore Technology Conference, May, 1999, Houston, TX (with I. Prislin, J. Halkyard, I. Collins and J. Lewis) 29. Design Optimization for the International America s Cup Class, Annual Meeting of the Society of Naval Architects and Marine Engineers, September, 2002, Boston 30. The Evolving Role of the Towing Tank for Grand Prix Sailing Yacht Design, 21 st American Towing Tank Conference, August 2004, St John s, Newfoundland 31. Relative Performance of Conventional Versus Movable-Ballast Racing Yachts, Chesapeake Sailing Yacht Symposium, March, 2005, Annapolis, MD 32. Hydrodynamic Performance Prediction for Grand Prix Sailing Yachts, Symposium on The Experimental Method in Naval Architecture and Ocean Engineering, Stevens Institute of Technology Center for Maritime Systems, December 2006, Hoboken NJ 33. Re-Powering for Fuel Economy and Performance-Methods for Engine and Propeller Selection, First Chesapeake Power Boat Symposium, March, 2007, Annapolis, MD 34. The Development and Use of Sailing Simulation for IACC Starting Manoeuvre Training, 3 rd High-Performance Yacht Design Conference, December 2008, Auckland, New Zealand (with Jonathan Binns, Karsten Hochkirch and Ian Burns) 35. Upwind Sail Performance Prediction for a VPP Including Flying Shape Analysis, Chesapeake Sailing Yacht Symposium, March 2008, Annapolis, MD (with Brian Maskew) 36. Operational Analysis of Stern Boat Deployment Systems, November, 2010 SNAME Annual Meeting, Bellevue, WA (with R. Sheinberg, C. Cleary, W. Thomas, J. St, John, R. Bachman, and S. Minnich) 37. Evaluation of High-Speed Craft Designs for Operations in Survival Conditions, Chesapeake Power Boat Symposium, 2012. Published in Transactions, SNAME 2012, Jersey City, NJ (with K. Stambaugh, C, Barry and E. Schmid) 38. Design Considerations for Operation of Coast Guard Cutters and Combatants in the Arctic, SNAME World Maritime Technology Conference, November 2015, Providence, RI (with T. McAllister, C. Cleary, J. Dolny and R. Kawamoto)