Links & Publications
Listed are links of interest, publications, and awards that members of the Center have recommended, written, or received.
Awards:
2007 ASM Historical Landmark Award
The award ceremony took place on November 29, 2007 to honor the H.L. Hunley as a National Historic Landmark. Click here for more information and photos of the event.
Publications, Papers, and Happenings:
- From April 1 - 7, 2008, project archaeologists Maria Jacobsen and Michael Scafuri attended the Annual Computer Applications and Quantitative Methods in Archaeology (CAA) Conference held this year in Budapest, Hungary. The H.L. Hunley archaeological team members presented two papers at the conference on the use of white-light scanning technology on the H.L. Hunley submarine: “Surface Topography and Ship Hulls: The use of white-light scanning technology to capture detailed archaeological data from the hull of the American Civil War submarine H.L. Hunley” (Scafuri) and “Advantages and Limitations of Using White-light Scanning Technology to Analyze and Interpret an Archaeological Site: A Case Study from the Excavation of the American Civil War Submarine H.L. Hunley.” (Jacobsen).
- Ben Rennison attended the Council of American Maritime Museums and the North American Society for Oceanic History 2008 Joint Annual Conference in Pensacola, Florida.
- At the beginning of April a scanning survey was conducted on the forward keel ballast block KB1 using the Breuckmann OptoTOP-HE by members of the archaeology team. A total of 92 scans were taken. Following the scanning work, it was reviewed and the scans were processed for the 3D data to complete the topographic imaging of KB1. Continuing through April, they received training in the OptoCAT software package and the OptoTOP-HE scanner from Bill Mongon of Accurex Measurement, Inc. Towards the end of April, they conducted a scanning survey of the forward ballast pump HL1994 in G1 and attempted to collect more data from the forward pump but were discouraged due to water issues. They attempted to get an articulated arm to work with the scanner with no success due to movement issues, so they began scanning bench part HL2156 in the lab.
- After almost 7 years of treatment, the two CSS Alabama cast iron guns have reached a very low chloride level. They have been placed in R.O. water at room temperature to rinse off the remains of chemicals. We are now heading towards the final surface cleaning and protection of them.
- Johanna Rivera, Conservator, will be presenting a paper at the AIC conference in April, "Conserving a Unique Waterlogged Silk Bandana from the H.L Hunley Submarine (1864)" and has submitted another paper to
the Journal of American Archaeology, "La responsabilidad en el rescate de artefactos marinos: El caso del H.L.Hunley (1864) un proyecto desafiante en el campo de la conservación subacuática."
- Paul Mardikian presented an article entitled: “So Now We Have a Submarine to Conserve: What do We do? A story of Collaboration on the H.L. Hunley Project,” at the American Institute for Conservation for Historic and Artistic Works Conference in Denver, Colorado.
- A team of experts from Savannah River National Lab worked with the conservation team on the aft pump of the H.L. Hunley. A new x-ray technology, called pulsed x-ray, coupled to an image intensifier (II) was successfully tested on the pump and certain features of the submarine.
- On Thursday, January 17, 2008, the scientists removed the aft pump from the ballast tank in hopes to get more clues to why the submarine did not make it back to shore. To read The Post & Courier article, click here.
Links:
Clemson University
Clemson College of Materials Science & Engineering
Clemson University Restoration Institute (CURI)
H.L. Hunley
Special Assignments:
- Internships:
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Typhaine Brocard, a conservator from the Sorbonne University Program in Paris, has joined the Clemson Conservation Center team for a 6-month internship.
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Ross Economy, a Clemson intern, has joined the Center for a summer internship and is working Nestro Gonzalez in the scientific research group.
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Amy Marquardt, a student from Coe College located in Iowa, has joined the group as a summer intern and is working with Stephanie Crette.
