Three Outstanding Graduate Students Received
Offshore Mechanics Scholarships
Osaka, Japan, August 28, 2009 ¾ The International Society of Offshore and Polar Engineers (ISOPE) announced the 3 recipients of the 2009-2010 ISOPE Offshore Mechanics Scholarships for outstanding graduate students as follows:
Mr. Johannes Spinneken, Imperial College London, London, United Kingdom
Mr. Kyong-Hwan Kim, Naval Architecture & Ocean Engineering, Seoul National University, Seoul, Korea
Mr. Ashkan Rafiee, School of Mechanical Engineering, University of Western Australia, Crawley, Australia
The Award Committee received applications with outstanding records for 2009-2010. On behalf of Prof. Richard Miksad, Award Committee chair (2007-2009), University of Virginia, Dr. Mohamed Sayed, National Research Council Canada presented the certificates with $700 prize to each of the recipients at the annual banquet, Osaka International Convention Center, June 24. All recipients presented their papers at the annual ISOPE-2009 Osaka conference which were accepted after peer review. 105 graduate students participated in the conference.
The annual ISOPE Student Forum held on June 23 is referred to a separate report or announcement.
The scholarship application deadline for 2009-2010 academic year is April 6, 2010. Graduate students and entering new graduate students from all continents who study and/or conduct research in any fields in or related to offshore mechanics, ocean and arctic engineering and related fields can apply. The Award Committee would like to suggest faculty advisors to recommend their students. Download an application form from www.isope.org /student scholarship.
From Awards Committee