Dr. Kirsi K. Tikka to Deliver 2018 Commencement Address
Dr. Kirsi K. Tikka will deliver the 2018 commencement address at Webb Institute on Saturday, June 16, 2018. She will also be awarded Webb’s honorary doctorate. Dr. Tikka is a marine industry leader and longstanding advocate for enhancing safety and environmental performance in the maritime industries. Commencement will take place on campus on Saturday, June 16, 2018.
Dr. Kirsi Tikka is the Executive Vice President and Senior Maritime Advisor at ABS (American Bureau of Shipping). Prior to this role, she served as the organization’s Executive Vice President of Global Marine, President and Chief Operating Officer of the Europe Division, Vice President of Engineering and other senior leadership roles. Earlier in her career, she worked for Chevron Shipping in San Francisco and Wartsila Shipyards in Finland.
Before joining ABS in 2001, Dr. Tikka was professor of Naval Architecture at Webb Institute. In addition to teaching, she carried out research on structural strength of tankers and risk analysis and was actively involved in the US National Research Council Marine Board studies on double hull tankers.
Dr. Tikka has a Doctorate in Naval Architecture and Offshore Engineering from the University of California, Berkeley and a Master’s Degree in Mechanical Engineering and Naval Architecture from the University of Technology in Helsinki.
She is a Fellow of the Society of Naval Architects and Marine Engineers (SNAME) and recipient of its David W. Taylor medal for notable achievement in naval architecture, a Fellow of the Royal Institution of Naval Architects (RINA), and a member of the National Academy of Engineering.
Webb Hosts Batman Forever Event in Honor of Glen Cove 350 Celebration
On Sunday, May 6, 2018, Webb Institute joined forces with the City of Glen Cove to host a Batman Forever Screening event in Stevenson Taylor Hall. This event was the first of many to come this month for the City of Glen Cove that will be celebrating its 350th Anniversary.
The event was part of Glen Cove’s “Movies in Mansions” series which aims to highlight Glen Cove’s rich filmography. In 1995, Webb Institute’s Stevenson Taylor Hall served as the iconic Wayne Manor in the Batman Forever which starred Val Kilmer, Jim Carey, Nicole Kidman, Tommy Lee Jones, and many others. Students, faculty, and administration who were present for the filming recall the production being a very exciting time on campus.
Over 150 attendees had the chance to take a history and film tour of Webb Institute, take a photo with Batman, enjoy refreshments, and watch a screening of Batman Forever in the auditorium.
The event was a great opportunity for the general public to explore and learn more about Webb as well as celebrate the great City of Glen Cove.
Webb Ranked #10 on Payscale’s 2018 Best Value Colleges Report
Payscale has ranked Webb Institute #10 on their Best Value Colleges Report for 2018. Payscale ranks colleges according to the highest return on tuition investment 20 years after graduation. According to Payscale, Webb’s 20 Year Net ROI is $987,000.
Webb was also ranked #12 on Payscale’s College Salary Report with Webb Alumni earning a $71,600 in their early career, and $143,900 in their mid-career salary.
You can visit the full College ROI Report for 2018 here: https://www.payscale.com/college-roi
Webb Stuns Culinary to Capture Men’s Tennis Championship
FLUSHING, N.Y. — Third-seeded Webb Institute won four singles matches to come from behind to defeat the Culinary Institute of America, 5-4, to claim the 2018 Hudson Valley Intercollegiate Athletic Conference Championship on Saturday afternoon at the USTA Billie Jean King National Tennis Center.
The Webbies (5-2) upended the top two seeds to secure their first title, handing the regular-season champion Steels (6-1) their first loss of the season and snapping their two-year reign atop the conference.
Culinary and Webb both earned spots in the final with 5-1 victories in their semifinal matches over Vaughn and Pratt, respectively.
The Steels took a 2-1 lead after the doubles session with the No. 2 pair of Alex Cordell and Eduardo Guevara earning a break at 7-6 and held to close out an 8-6 win.
In the singles play, Webb’s Kevin Prichard cruised to a 10-2 win at the No. 6 position to level the overall match before Culinary’s Cassidy Seo and Wonil Chung posted the next two points at No. 1 and No. 3 singles to move back ahead 4-2.
With Webb pulling away at No. 4 and No. 5 singles, the No. 2 match between Webb’s Oscar Como and Culinary’s Guevara proved to be the decisive match. Guevara battled through cramps to try to salvage the title for the Steels, but Como closed him out 10-5, to be the only player in the final two secure two points. Shortly after Como’s match went final, Luke Herbermann and Galen Ng both wrapped up the first title for the Webbies with matching 10-4 victories.
Founder’s Day 2018
This year’s Founder’s Day was celebrated on Friday, April 27, 2018. On Founder’s Day, the entire Webb campus comes together to dedicate an afternoon to honoring the philanthropic efforts of William H. Webb by participating in beautification projects around campus.
This year’s projects included giving Dr. Stein’s office a fresh coat of paint, beach clean-up, planting flower beds, shelf moving in the library, and building benches for the tennis courts, vanity side tables for the guest rooms, and student store shelves. Photos that were taken throughout the day are available on Smugmug.
After the projects were completed, a formal dinner was held in the Visconti Reception Room, where Sarah Wickenheiser ’08 served as keynote speaker. Wickenheiser, a graduate of Webb’s 2008 class, is a civilian engineer at the United States Coast Guard Yard in Baltimore, Maryland where she serves as a project manager where she oversees preliminary and detail design engineering efforts during major maintenance availabilities for a variety of vessels.
She has recently made headlines for being the recipient of both the 2017 Coast Guard Engineer of the Year and DC Council for Engineering and Architecture Societies Young Engineer of the Year awards.
The entire dinner can be viewed on Webb Institute’s Vimeo channel.
A special thank you to the Director of Facilities, John Ferrante, and his crew, for setting up all of the projects for the students, faculty, and administration.
View this year’s video!
Founder’s Day 2018 from Webb Institute on Vimeo.