WELCOME FROM THE OOAE DIVISION

摘要

This year's OMAE Conference, taking place in the historical city of Madrid, is the first time OMAE has visited the country of Spain, which has a long history with ships and sailing the oceans. Over the past 36 years, we have seen OMAE grow from strength to strength, bringing in people together from industry, government and academia to discuss and share our achievements in understanding the ocean. As noted in my Chair's Message in the 2018 OOAE news brief (Mechanical Engineering Magazine, vol. 140 issue 3, March 2018), 70% of our earth's surface is covered with oceans, and our Division is the only one that is exclusively focused on this massive resource. We certainly have our hands full!