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NAME professor and students awarded Royal Institution of Naval Architects prize

by Nicole Frawley-Panyard
May 11, 2017
The Royal Institution of Naval Architects have presented the David Goodrich Prize to Associate Professor Dave Singer and Ph.D. students, Austin Kana & Colin Shields for presenting the best paper at the 2016 Warships Conference, "Why is Naval Design Decision-Making So Difficult?"| Short Read
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