15 Awards Presented at Annual ISOPE-2007 Award Banquet
Cupertino, California, August 15―At its 17th Annual International Society of Offshore and Polar Engineering Conference Banquet, held on 4 July at Lisbon Congress Centre, Lisbon, Portugal, ISOPE (International Society of Offshore and Polar Engineers) presented 15 awards.
JIN S. CHUNG AWARD & LECTURE
At the request of Tamotsu Matsui, ISOPE president, Jin S .Chung presented the 2007 JIN S. CHUNG AWARD & LECTURE plaque at the annual ISOPE -2007 banquet to:
· Dr. Yukio Ueda, Professor Emeritus, Osaka University, Japan
In recognition of outstanding, creative and innovative contributions to
the offshore, ocean and polar engineering fields.
The lecture was delivered on July 3:
It will be published in the forthcoming issue of International Journal of Offshore and Polar Engineering.
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C H KIM AWARD
Jin Chung, CH Kim Award Committee Chair, presented the 2007 C H KIM AWARD to:
· Dr. Pierre Ferrant, Ecole Centrale de Nantes, Nantes, France. In addition to the plaque, Dr. Ferrant received a $1,000 prize.
In recognition of his outstanding technical achievements in and exceptional contribution to floating-body hydrodynamics.
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BEST STUDENT PAPER AWARD
Jin S. Chung, Best Student Paper Committee Chair, presented the BEST STUDENT PAPER AWARD to:
Mr. Carlos Alberto Riveros, Kyoto University, Kyoto, Japan
In recognition of outstanding originality and significance in the paper
Dynamic Response of Oscillating Flexible Risers Under Lock-in Events
Along with the plaque, Mr. Riveros received the $1,000 Professor Modi Prize.
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ISOPE AWARDS
ISOPE president Tamotsu Matsui presented the 2007 ISOPE AWARDS to:
· Mr. Cuneyt Capanoglu , President, I.D.E.A.S., Inc., Burlingame, CA, USA
In recognition of his dedication and invaluable contribution to the Society as a member of the Board of Directors, 2005-2007 and the organization of the Seventeenth (2007) International Offshore and Polar Engineering Conference, Lisbon, Portugal, July 1-7, 2007.
· Mr. Francesco Lalli, APAT (Italian Agency for Environmental Protection), Rome, Italy
In recognition of his dedication and invaluable contribution to the Society as a member of the Board of Directors, 2005-2007 and the organization of the Seventeenth (2007) International Offshore and Polar Engineering Conference, Lisbon, Portugal, July 1-7, 2007.
· Prof. Antonio J.N.A. Sarmento, Lisbon Technical University, Lisbon, Portugal
In recognition of his dedication and invaluable contribution to the Society as local committee chair for the organization of the Seventeenth (2007) International Offshore and Polar Engineering Conference, Lisbon, Portugal, July 1-7, 2007.
· Prof. Thomas Tsakalakos, Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey, New Brunswick, NJ, USA
In recognition of his dedication and invaluable contribution to the Society for his scientific and technical leadership in nanotechnology and organization of nanotechnology symposium at the Seventeenth (2007) International Offshore and Polar Engineering Conference, Lisbon, Portugal, July 1-7, 2007.
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BEST PAPER AWARDS
Ivar Langen, Award Committee Chair, presented the BEST PAPER AWARDS to:
· Lead Author: Prof. Dongil Kwon, Seoul National University, Seoul, Korea
· In addition to the plaque, On Prof. Kwon’s behalf Dr. Kwang Ho Kim received the $1,000 Osaka Prize, presented by Prof. H. Murakawa, Osaka University, Japan.
Co-authors: Jung-Suk Lee, Jea-Hwan Han, Kwang-Ho Kim, Seoul National University, Seoul, Korea; Raghavan Ayer, HyunWoo Jin and Jayoung Koo, ExxonMobil Research and Engineering Company, New Jersey, USA
In recognition of outstanding originality and significance in the paper,
Residual Stress Evaluation for Weldment of Structural Components Using Instrumented Indentation Technique
presented at the Sixteenth (2006) International Offshore and Polar Engineering Conference, San Francisco, California, USA, May 28-June 2, 2006.
· Lead Author: Dr. Yoshiki Nishi, Osaka University, Suita, Osaka, Japan. On Dr. Nish’s behalf, Prof. Masashi Kashiwagi received the plaque.
Co-Author: Changhong Hu and Masashi Kashiwagi, Kyushu University, Kasuga, Fukuoka, Japan
In recognition of outstanding originality and significance in the paper,
A Numerical Simulation of Water Impact Phenomena by the CIP-based
CFD Combined with the Multigrid Method
presented at the Sixteenth (2006) International Offshore and Polar Engineering Conference, San Francisco, California, USA, May 28-June 2, 2006.
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SESSION ORGANIZER OF THE YEAR (2007) AWARDS
Jin Chung and HyunWoo Jin (the 2006 award winner) presented the SESSION ORGANIZER OF THE YEAR (2007) AWARDS to:
· Dr. Yong-Yi Wang and Dr. Ming Liu, Engineering Mechanics Corporation, Columbus, OH, USA. In addition to the plaque, Dr. Wang received the $1,000 Seoul Prize, presented by Dr. Seok Won Hong, president of the Korea Society of Ocean Engineers.
For the outstanding contribution to the organization of the First ISOPE Strain-Based Design Symposium at the Seventeenth (2007) International Offshore and Polar Engineering Conference, Lisbon, Portugal, July 4, 2007.
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OFFSHORE MECHANICS SCHOLARSHIP FOR
OUTSTANDING (GRADUATE) STUDENTS
Ivar Langen, Award Committee Chair, presented the OFFSHORE MECHANICS SCHOLARSHIP FOR OUTSTANDING STUDENTS ($700 each) to:
· Mr. Muhammad Shazzad Hossain, University of Western Australia, Australia
· Mr. Jong Hyun Lee, Newcastle University, United Kingdom
· Ms. Evangelia Loukogeorgaki, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Greece
And in absence to:
· Mr. Md. Azizul Moqsud, Saga University, Japan
· Mr. Li Ye, University of British Columbia, Canada
83 GRADUATE STUDENTS PARTICIPATED IN
ISOPE-2007 LISBON CONFERENCE.
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