Chalmers Naval Architecture Students' Society
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The Chalmers Naval Architecture Students' Society (also known as the Föreningen Chalmers Skeppsbyggare or FCS ) is a naval architecture graduate students group at Chalmers University of Technology
Chalmers University of Technology
Chalmers University of Technology , is a Swedish university located in Gothenburg that focuses on research and education in technology, natural science and architecture.-History:...

, Sweden
Sweden
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. The Society was found in 1887 following the establishment of the Naval Architecture and Ocean Engineering Department at the University. Since 1948, Föreningen Chalmers Skeppsbyggare has been a member of the Nordic
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 Technical Universities Shipbuilders Congress NTHS which includes Chalmers, Engineering College of Copenhagen
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, Helsinki University of Technology
Helsinki University of Technology
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 in Finland, Norwegian University of Science and Technology
Norwegian University of Science and Technology
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, and the Royal Institute of Technology
Royal Institute of Technology
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 in Sweden. Roughly, half of the FCS members are from Sweden while the rest are international students. Some of its members are also current members of the Society of Naval Architects and Marine Engineers
Society of Naval Architects and Marine Engineers
The Society of Naval Architects and Marine Engineers is a professional society that provides a forum for the advancement of the engineering profession as applied to the marine field...

. Unlike other student organizations at Chalmers, the society runs as a separate entity from the Chalmers Students' Union
Chalmers Students' Union
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Organization

Current students attending the naval architecture program automatically become members of the organization. Countries representing the current FCS include Bangladesh
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, Canada
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, China
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, France
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, Germany
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, Iran
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, South Africa
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, Turkey
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, and the United States
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. Day-to-day activities of FCS are carried out by the board members. The Union board elections are held every year, and about ten to twelve students are selected to run the society. The board is divided into different committees to organize the various activities of the group. These committees or departments span from providing technical assistance in the drafting room to planning extracurricular social events. For example, the fish department of FCS is responsible for taking care of the fish tank located in the basement of the naval architecture building in Campus Lindholmen
Lindholmen
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Activities

Each year ten members of FCS represent Chalmers in the Nordic Technical Universities Shipbuilders Congress. Chalmers FCS hosted 2009 62nd annual NTHS congress. 2010 NTHS congress will be held in Finland
Finland
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 from 11th to 16th of March. Its members participate in other FCS sponsored activities such as the Sunday soccer, beer
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-tasting night, FCS barbecue
Barbecue
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s, and various trips. One of the popular events is participating in the Annual Gothenburg
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 City Half Marathon
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. During 90s, members of FCS built the Waterbike hydrofoil
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 Af Chapman II and competed in the Human Powered Boats Championships.

See also

  • Chalmers University of Technology
    Chalmers University of Technology
    Chalmers University of Technology , is a Swedish university located in Gothenburg that focuses on research and education in technology, natural science and architecture.-History:...

  • Naval architecture
    Naval architecture
    Naval architecture is an engineering discipline dealing with the design, construction, maintenance and operation of marine vessels and structures. Naval architecture involves basic and applied research, design, development, design evaluation and calculations during all stages of the life of a...

  • Society of Naval Architects and Marine Engineers
    Society of Naval Architects and Marine Engineers
    The Society of Naval Architects and Marine Engineers is a professional society that provides a forum for the advancement of the engineering profession as applied to the marine field...

  • Classification society
    Classification society
    A classification society is a non-governmental organization that establishes and maintains technical standards for the construction and operation of ships and offshore structures...

  • Human-powered transport
    Human-powered transport
    Human-powered transport is the transport of person and/or goods using human muscle power. Like animal-powered transport, human-powered transport has existed since time immemorial in the form of walking, running and swimming...


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