THE AMERICAN SOCIETY
OF NAVAL ENGINEERS

takes great pleasure in presenting

The "Jimmie" Hamilton Award
for the year 2006 to

CAPT Norbert Doerry, USN

For the best original paper published in the Naval Engineers Journal
during the year 2006 as set forth in the following
"Jimmie" Hamilton Award
Rick Hepburn (left) and Mr. Fireman present the award to CAPT Doerry

CITATION:

The paper “Zonal Ship Design” was published in the Naval Engineers Journal, Winter 2006, Volume 118, Number 1 edition. The author has done an outstanding job in providing zonal design concept key terms, detailing a number of different zonal architectures, describing the situations where the architectures are best suited, and proposing a framework for zonal ship design that promises to satisfy survivability performance requirements and the quality of service requirements. Zonal ship design background, definitions, conclusions and references are presented and discussed in this exceptional technical paper.

The author makes the case that not all zonal architectures are the same and that the choice of the architecture for a given distributed system depends on the design threat, design threat outcomes, quality of service requirements, capability of distributed system components, and the relative cost of different distributed system components. He outlines five areas where future work is needed to include survivability, modeling, threat outcomes, and quality of service and requirements compliance as part of the zonal ship design process.

The author advocates that zonal design activities should be utilized during all ship design stages starting with feasibility/concept studies and ending with detail design and construction. The technical paper states that a good understanding of zonal architectures and how to implement them in ship design can contribute greatly to the success of a Navy ship design project.

This author’s detailed explanation of the definitions, presentation of useful examples, and clear explanation of concepts makes this an exceptional technical paper. The author demonstrates a superior knowledge of the subject matter and an excellent ability to convey his understanding and ideas to others. His work is in keeping with the highest traditions of the Naval Engineers Journal and he is highly deserving of ASNE’s 2006 “Jimmie” Hamilton Award.

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