SHIP PRODUCTION PANEL CHAIR

BURT GISCHNER

Systems Technology

Dr. Gischner is a Principal Engineer at Electric Boat Corporation with 36 years experience in computer technology and software development for submarine design and fabrication.  He received a B.S. from Columbia University in 1967; an Sc.M. from Brown University in 1969; and a Ph.D. from Brown University in1972.

He is currently serving as Chairperson of the Systems Technology Panel for the NSRP A.S.E. Program, and is an active member of the SNAME Ship Production Committee. 

Dr. Gischner has been involved with NSRP Projects to develop an Integrated Shipbuilding Environment (ISE) since their inception, and is currently the Technical Leader for the ISE Task to develop tools for Interoperability in the Product Life Cycle Support area (ISE-6).

In the International Standards arena, he functions as Chairman of the United States Technical Advisory Group (TAG) for ISO TC184/SC4.  This is the organization that determines voting positions for the United States on all STEP related issues within ISO.  In this capacity, he also serves as Head of Delegation for the United States at all ISO STEP Meetings.  He received the 2005 International William J. Conroy Standards Professional Award for his exceptional leadership in the development and implementation of Product Data Exchange Standards.

Dr. Gischner has been the lead developer and architect of Electric Boat Corporation’s software system for piping fabrication.  This set of computer programs produces automated pipe details, pipe assemblies, material ordering information, and instructions to feed numerically controlled pipe bending, marking, and cutting machines.  It has been used for design and construction of the 688, TRIDENT, SEAWOLF, and VIRGINIA class submarines, and is also being used to support VIRGINIA pipe fabrication at Northrop Grumman Newport News.