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Title: New Title for Joels use
Post by: RonT on September 22, 2011, 07:11:36 AM

Kant Spell Kumputer but after today Joel, you can call me Dr. Ron. Today I will be the guest lecturer at UNO (one of the top universities offering Naval Architect and Marine Engineering Degrees) The president of the Society of Naval Architects and Marine Engineers was a MasterCraft Intern who heard stories of me from the older M/C people. He invited me to come and speak about American SKier, and how I developed various products and overcome obstacles.

Title: Re: New Title for Joels use
Post by: chrisheile on September 22, 2011, 09:01:13 AM

WoW!! congrats. Doctor Tanis.

Title: Re: New Title for Joels use
Post by: Mike Harry on September 22, 2011, 11:44:21 AM

That would be interesting to say the least. Can I sit in and listen?

Title: Re: New Title for Joels use
Post by: phil on September 22, 2011, 08:33:01 PM

Yeah, really cool. You should have the session recorded.

Title: Re: New Title for Joels use
Post by: Joel on September 23, 2011, 01:43:42 PM

OMG!!!!  Theres no living with him... I mean...  DOCTOR   ;D   Did they give you an Honorary PHD???   You know...  Piled Higher & Deeper (PHD)    :o

Sounds like it would be an interesting class as compared to thier standard Steel & Aluminum Ship building topics!   I'm sure you had fun with it    ;D

Title: Re: New Title for Joels use
Post by: RonT on September 23, 2011, 03:29:57 PM

"The rest of the story" The lecture went well, more students than expected plus several professors. Apparently 99.9% of the instruction there is about steel & aluminum boat building (really ship building) The best part was the fact that my oldest son is in this program & didn't know anything about the invitation, after thinking about it Susan & I decided that I should tell him the old man was going to be speaking to his class so he wouldn't fall out of his chair when I walked in. I told him I would do my best not to embarrass him. (I lied) The last question they had prepared for me to address was " what kind of job future is there for Marine Engineers in the recreational boat building segment" the picture my wife put into the slide show for this was not what Steven was expecting....but for dad it was priceless Susan added the caption below the picture "Future UNO Naval Architect and Marine Engineer in training"

Title: Re: New Title for Joels use
Post by: MIskier on September 23, 2011, 07:50:19 PM

Ron,

Thanks again so much for coming in and speaking, all of the students really enjoyed hearing what you had to say! We had our first e-boat meeting today to start thinking about new hull designs so I'm sure Chris or I will be calling to pick your brain in the near future for any ideas you may have.

Thanks,

Matt