Speakers' Profile - 2nd Jack-Up Asia Conference & Exhibition 2008

Speaker's Profile

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	Rupert J. Hunt has degree in Offshore Engineering [Heriot-Watt University] & Ocean Engineering [Massachusetts Institute of Technology]. He has been an Offshore Structures engineer with Shell for 25 years. Assignments in The Hague, Lowestoft, London & Houston have given him first hand knowledge of how to design, build, install and operate different types of offshore structure. Since moving to Aberdeen in 1998, he has represented Shell in industry initiatives on jack-up assessment codes of practice. His current job includes the approval of all jack-up rig moves in Shell's EP Europe organisation as well as acting as technical advisor to rig teams across the Shell Group. In February 2005, he agreed to be the first chairman of the OGP jack-up safety committee.
	Okky Ahmad Purwana obtained his PhD from National University of Singapore in 2007 majoring in geotechnical engineering. During the study, his research area was centrifuge modeling of spudcan extraction in soft clay and its mitigation. In 2006 he joined Keppel Offshore Technology Development (OTD) as a geotechnical engineer. In addition to undertaking jackup foundation geotechnical designs and assessments, he is also involved in various geotechnical-related R&D activities within Keppel Offshore & Marine in collaboration with University of Western Australia.
	Nancy Chan graduated from the National University of Singapore with a Bachelor degree in Civil Engineering (1982) and a Masters degree in Science, Civil Engineering (1986). She has over twenty-six years of experience in the offshore industries, and has handled projects in the PRC, Indian Subcontinent, and S. E. Asia. Currently, she is Engineering Manager and Head of Laboratory for Fugro's main offshore geotechnical office in the Far East.
	Steve Nowak is a graduate of the US maritime academy Kings Point and has 26 years experience in the offshore industry, the majority of those with GlobalSanteFe. When Premium Drilling was formed in 2005, he accepted the challenge as a member of a team tasked with building a new company and serves as Director Marine Operations with oversight on marine engineering projects and operations. Besides contributing on the company's management systems and processes, Steve coordinates and monitors all rig moves, site approvals and transports. Steve reports to the Vice President of Operations.
	Teh Kar Lu is working as researcher in NUS and at the same time as project analyst of InSafeJIP, a joint industry project with an aim to establish an improved design guideline for spudcan installation and extraction. Teh Kar Lu completed her PhD in yr 2007, investigating spudcan foundation response in sand overlying clay through experimental and analytical work. During her study, she was attached to several universities and working on different research collaborations relating to offshore foundations in various soil types. Teh Kar Lu received her Bachelor Degree in Civil Engineering from University of Technology Malaysia and her Doctor of Philosophy in Geotechnical Engineering from National University of Singapore.
	Muhammad Shazzad Hossain completed his Bachelor of Science in Engineering (Civil) from Chittagong University of Engineering and Technology, Bangladesh in 1999, majoring in shell roof design. Following graduation he served as a Lecturer in the Department of Civil Engineering, Chittagong University of Engineering and Technology, Bangladesh for two years. In March 2002, Hossain moved to Curtin University of Technology, Australia for a Master of Engineering (Civil) by research and completed successfully in June 2004. Then he worked as a Research Associate in the Department of Civil Engineering, Curtin University of Technology, Australia for six months. Hossain is currently undertaking a PhD.
	Paul Handidjaja is currently a geotechnical engineer with Braemar Falconer since 2007. His responsibilities include review site survey and core reports for the approval of rig move to drilling locations. He has 27 years of experience in the Oil & Gas industry. He graduated from the University of Windsor in Canada. Upon graduation joined McClelland Engineers in 1981 as a geotechnical engineer. He engaged in a wide variety of office and field geotechnical investigations in Southeast Asia waters, Gulf of Papua, Arabian Gulf, Bohai Bay, Taiwan and Bombay High. Variety of projects involved from pile offshore foundation, pipelines, anchor holding evaluation, submarine mudslides, oil tank farms to Jack-up foundation study. He also planned and supervised field and laboratory soil testing, including downhole insitu soil testing such as cone penetration and remote vane. In 1989, he joined Marine Soil Consultant and as specialization he served as geotechnical consultant and advisor onboard mobile jack-up rigs for numerous footing penetration studies throughout Southeast Asia and India. In 1995, he joined Somehsa Geosciences and served as QA/QC for offshore soil investigation and rig site surveys in shallow and deepwaters.
	Julian Osborne has 25 years experience in offshore geotechnical engineering, during which time he has been predominantly involved in the site investigation, interpretation, analysis and approval of foundation conditions for mobile offshore drilling rig operations. For 18 years he worked for London based offshore engineering consultancies where he was responsible for the geotechnical approval of MODU operations worldwide.He has been an active member of the Society for Underwater Technology Offshore Site Investigation Committee since 1988, is working on the 2007 SUT London Conference Committee and is Secretary to Foundations Panel 4 of the ISO WG7, for the development of the “Petroleum and Natural Gas Industries, Site Specific Assessment of Mobile Offshore Units, Part 1, Jack-ups”.Julian has an Engineering BSc. and MSc. in Geotechnical Engineering and is a Chartered member of the Institution of Civil Engineers. He is currently employed as a Principal Geotechnical Consultant by RPS Energy, with his office based in Aberdeen (Scotland).
	Dr. Oskar Lee has been a marine consultant for some 18 years since returning to Singapore after many years working in Europe. He has developed vessel designs and trained workers using many PC-based CAE/CAD/CAM software in the regional shipyards. He started his own company after teaching many students of the Marine and Offshore Technology Diploma at the Ngee Ann Polytechnic of Singapore. Oskar’s company specializes in implementation of CAD/CAM/CIT at many shipyards in Asia, covering countries from China to the UAE. Successful projects done by the company includes fast ferries, 4250 TEU container ships and offshore vessels and oil rigs of varied designs. He holds B.Sc. - First Class Honours Manchester University, UK. Ph.D. - sponsored by Rolls-Royce Ltd and Southampton University, UK
	Dr Zhang Xi Ying graduated from Huazhong University of Sci. & Tech. (Wuhan, P.R.China) with BEng (1st class) and BLaw in 1998 and from the same university with MEng in 2001. She completed her PhD thesis on Behavior of Caisson Breakwater subject to Breaking Waves in National University of Singapore in 2006. Dr Zhang joined American Bureau of Shipping as a research engineer in early 2007, working on structure and foundation issues of jack-up platform. Prior to joining ABS, she has considerable experience in both numerical and centrifuge modeling. Dr Zhang has carried out centrifuge experiments on gravity caisson foundation and caisson breakwater. In numerical modeling, she has tested 3D finite element models for the dynamic analysis of dry and saturated soils subjected to blast loadings. Currently, her research includes the numerical simulations of large deformation FE analysis (using ABAQUS) of spudcan penetration under preloading, spudcan fixity and foundation response during storm loading. Besides, dynamic response and rack-phase differential of jack-up platform are also her research areas. Dr Zhang has been to several countries, such as Thailand, France, Netherlands, USA and China, to deliver the research papers.
	Cheng Zhi-Ping graduated from Huazhong University of Sci. & Tech. (Wuhan, P.R.China) with Bachelor of Engineering in Naval Architecture (1st class) and Computer Science in 2005. He completed his Master of Engineering in Naval Architecture & Ocean Engineering from Dalian University of Tech. (Dalian, P.R. China) in Jan, 2008. During the graduate study, Mr. Cheng focused on the development of monitoring and evaluation technique for the corrosion protection status of offshore structures, and developed a monitoring system to put these techniques into practice. In addition, he also has considerable experience in the application of Virtual Reality and Artificial Neural Network to Ocean Engineering field. Mr. Cheng joined American Bureau of Shipping as a research engineer in 2008. His current research focus is on dynamic response of Jack-up Platform.
	Dr. Matthew Quah is currently R&D manager in Keppel Offshore Technology Development (OTD) and Keppel Offshore & Marine Technology Centre (KOMtech). He has joined Keppel since 2001 and been involved in the conceptual design of jackup in fatigue analysis, large collapse analysis, push-over analysis, towing and reliability of jackup rigs, spudcan installation, etc. He has been involved in on-site installation and operation of offshore rigs and coordinated rescue and recovery efforts in offshore structures as well. He has also worked closely with classification societies in developing conceptual design of offshore structures. Apart from participating in the design and R & D works, he is also involved in ISO 19905 panels for Offshore Structures. He graduated from National University of Singapore with a Bachelor Degree in Civil & Structural Engineering (1993) and obtained M.Eng and PhD degrees from the same university in 1999 and 2006 respectively.
	Dr. Yang Zhengmao is a senior structural integrity engineer in the Materials Technology and Structural Integrity Testing Laboratories, DNV, Singapore. After completing his PhD studies in Nanyang Technological University in 2005, he worked in Maritime research centre in Nanyang Technological University for two years focusing on the research for fatigue and fracture assessment of offshore tubular joints. He joined DNV in 2007 where he worked primary on consultancy/ R&D projects in the areas of fracture and fatigue assessment of welded structures, such as pipeline girth weld, tubular joints of offshore rigs and pressure vessels. His activities include the determination of flaw acceptance criteria for pipeline girth welds, structural integrity assessment of offshore rigs, and corrosion assessment of tanks. He has been involved in the developing flaw acceptance criteria for clad pipeline girth welds subjected to high strain, high temperature. He has published 7 Journal papers in International Journal of Pressure Vessels and Piping, Journal of Constructional Steel Research, Journal of Structural Engineering, etc. and more than 10 conference papers in OMAE, ICASS, etc.
	Gregers Kudsk, is Vice President and Chief Technical Officer in Maersk Drilling and based in Copenhagen Denmark. He has more than 30 years experience in offshore engineering. After his military service and a few years in the Danish Ship Research Laboratory he joined A P Moller- Maersk in 1973. His whole career in Maersk has been within the drilling business with a main responsibility for the engineering and new construction of drilling rigs to the Maersk Drilling fleet and with a special focus on optimization of the drilling solutions both on Jack Ups and Semi Submersibles. Other aspects of the work include large projects dealing with conversion of jack ups to combined drilling and production units. In relation to jack ups he has been associated with newbuildings to the Maersk Drilling fleet since 1974 which included a number of rigs built in Singapore over the years starting with two rigs built by Marathon in 1975 and 1976 and rigs built by KFels and Jurong during the following years. Gregers earned a degree in Mechanical Engineering from the Danish Technical University in 1969. He is a long time IADC member of the joint industry work on jack up assessment and member of a number of other offshore and drilling related committees.
	Henning Carlsen has 20 years of work experience both including Head of Section and project management positions. He is currently the Head of Section for Floating Structures (EOCSG271), Offshore Classification South East Asia, Business Area Energy, Det Norske Veritas AS. He has professional work experience related to verification and classification of floating and fixed offshore installations and risers for floating production systems, project management of new building projects, rig conversions and marine riser design projects. Carlsen has worked for DNV both in Norway, Houston (97'-99') and Singapore (2006-2008)
	Jean Marc Cholley is currently Technology and Innovation manager, he joined Technip in 1997. Prior to holding this position, he was R&D coordinator for fixed and floaters facilities He has over 15 years working and research experience in the offshore industry with extensive first-hand experience in Finite Element Analysis software development. He has published more than 15 technical papers
	Barry Eagles has a Master of Science Degree in Offshore Engineering and an Engineering Technology Degree from Robert Gordon's University (formally Robert Gordons Institute of Technology). He has worked in the offshore drilling contractor industry for over 18 years. Assignments with Sedco Forex Schlumberger and then Transocean in Aberdeen, Port Harcout, Capetown, Dubai and Singapore in various roles of Operations, Technical & Asset Management has given him firsthand experience and knowledge of the operational and maintenance requirements of mobile offshore drilling units. Since moving back to Dubai and joining Palfinger Systems as the Senior Operations Manager, his role has been in the development of access solution equipment with a particular focus on Jack-Ups
	Mark Cassidy is a Professor of Civil Engineering and Director of the Centre for Offshore Foundations at The University of Western Australia. Since 2002, Mark has been a member of the International Standard Organization's panel for the design of jack-up rig foundations (Work Group 7 of Technical Committee 67 of the ISO). He is an elected member of the management committee of the Australasian Branch of the Society of Underwater Technology (SUT) and a member of the Western Australian Rhodes Scholarship selection committee. Mark's research interests are in offshore geotechnics and engineering, predominantly developing wave-structure-soil interaction models for the analysis of oil and gas platforms, mobile drilling rigs and pipelines. Mark graduated in civil engineering from the University of Queensland in 1994, and as a Rhodes Scholar, attained a doctorate in Engineering Science from the University of Oxford in 1999.
	Jonathan Pearce was educated at Glasgow University studying Mechanical Design Engineering before joining Castrol at their Technology Centre at Pangbourne, UK in 1987. After an initial period developing and testing new lubricants, he moved to a Technical Support role in the Industrial division of Castrol UK where he provided operational support for lubricants and lubricant condition monitoring services for the traditional heavy engineering industries such as power generation and steelmaking. In 1998 he made the move into the oil and gas industry, again concentrating on providing practical support for lubricants in service with a move to Castrol's Offshore division. For five years he was Castrol's Lubrication Engineer providing technical support throughout the North Sea region to drilling companies and production operators. In order to maximise reliability and operational efficiency by the correct application of lubricants and lubricant-related maintenance tasks, he closely liaised with maintenance teams and their management, resulting in a thorough understanding of the pressures and priorities of both areas of offshore operations. Now part of the BP Group following BP's take-over of Burmah-Castrol, he is currently the Product Manager for BP's Power Generation & Offshore lubricants division with responsibility for the specification and testing of new lubricant developments as well as supporting existing products in service.