Oct 20, 2014

ASTM International Committee F25 on Ships and Marine Technology has honored Todd Hiller, naval architect with the U.S. Department of Transportation Maritime Administration (MARAD), in Washington, D.C., with its John Haas Award.

A member of ASTM and Committee F25 since 2013, Hiller was recognized for his contributions as author of ASTM F3052, Standard Guide for Conducting Small Boat Stability Test (Deadweight Survey and Air Inclining Experiment) to Determine Lightcraft Weight and Centers of Gravity of a Small Craft.

Hiller was a naval architect at the U.S. DOT Office of Shipyards and Marine Engineering Division from 1993 to 1996 and rejoined the division in 2012. He has worked on engineering assignments for a variety of different offices within MARAD, from school ship SOLAS compliance to technical reviews of commercial high-speed and conventional ship designs. Prior to 2012, he worked as a naval architect for the United States Coast Guard, Military Sealift Command, OAK Management Inc. and Kvaerner Masa Marine.

A graduate of the State University of New York Maritime College at Fort Schuyler, where he received a bachelor’s degree in naval architecture as well as his U.S. Coast Guard Third Mate’s License, Unlimited Tonnage, Hiller is a commander in the U.S. Navy Reserves, serving as executive officer with the Strategic Sealift Unit and as officer in charge for the Strategic Readiness Detachment in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. He was recently selected for promotion of captain in the Navy Reserves.
 
A licensed professional engineer, naval architecture/marine engineering, in the state of Maryland, Hiller is a member of the American Society of Naval Engineers, Association of the United States Navy, National Council of Examiners for Engineering and Surveying and the Society of Naval Architects and Marine Engineers in addition to ASTM. Since 2007, he has provided continuous mentorship to each United States Naval Academy graduating class of naval architects, instructing them on the latest methods in design and construction technologies.

ASTM PR Contact: Erin K. Brennan, Phone: 610-832-9602; ebrennan@astm.org

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