IMarEST Awards

20/04/2009

There can be few more rewarding activities for a retiring President than making their final act the presentation of awards for achievement to those you have represented, and been supported by, during your term of office. This pleasure recently fell to Professor Yoo Sang Choo, the 106th President of the Institute of Marine Engineering, Science and Technology (IMarEST). His final act was to present awards and medals for technical papers and other achievements.

Denny Medals were announced and awarded for three technical papers published by the Institute in each of the Journal of Marine Engineering and Technology (JMET), the Journal of Marine Design and Operations and the Journal of Operational Oceanography (JOO) during the 2007/2008 season. These technical proceedings are an international collection of research papers, technical reports and case studies providing the latest maritime principles and advances to those working, researching or studying in the marine environment. The Denny Medals are awarded by the IMarEST Council following recommendation from the Editorial Boards and the Proceedings Supervisory Board.

JMET Denny Medals

The Denny Medals -‘Journal of Marine Engineering and Technology' were awarded to Sean Nolan and Daniel Toal of the Mobile and Marine Robotics Research Centre at the University of Limerick for their paper ‘A low directivity ultrasonic sensor for collision avoidance and station keeping on inspection-class AUVs'.

Denny Medal - JMDO winner from America

The winner of the Denny Medal - ‘Journal of Marine Design and Operations' was announced. The medal is to be awarded to Professor David Wright of the University of Maryland at an appropriate occasion in the future for his paper ‘Problems associated with performance and compliance testing for ballast water treatment'. This was published in the Journal of Marine Design and Operations Part B12.

Tsunami monitoring wins Denny Medals - JOO

Denny Medals - ‘Journal of Operational Oceanography' were awarded to Simon Holgate and Peter Foden who with Jeff Pugh and Philip Woodworth of Proudman Oceanographic Laboratory (and who also receive medals) wrote the paper ‘Real time sea level data transmission from tide gauges for tsunami monitoring and long term sea level rise observation' that was published in the Journal of Operational Oceanography, Volume 1, Number 1.

Three winners of the John Blackburn Main Award

The John Blackburn Main award is presented annually in memory of John Blackburn Main CEng FIMarEST, who was a member of the IMarEST for 49 years, and a Fellow for 32 years. The award is for a student or students studying in the Department of Naval Architecture and Marine Engineering at the combined Universities of Glasgow and Strathclyde. It funds a University of Glasgow and Strathclyde student to gain valuable experience working in a shipyard in the Far East for up to one month - witnessing the construction of a vessel. The award pays for all of the travel, accommodation and out-of-pocket expenses incurred by the student. At the end of the placement, and assuming that the student returns to the UK, he/she is required to write a report on his/her experiences. The Institute has ‘first refusal' on publication in the most suitable journal.

This year's winners of the John Blackburn Main award are Sun Xing, Sebastian Brindley and John Graham, all of whom attended the award ceremony to receive their certificates.

14 Branch Certificates awarded

The Branch Certificate is awarded by each Branch for the best paper presented to them during the technical year (May 2007 -April 2008). Last year 15 branch certificates were awarded by the following branches:- Bangladesh, Benelux, Canberra, Devon & Cornwall Joint, East of England, Fiji, North East Coast Joint, North Midlands, Northern Ireland Joint, Scottish, Singapore Joint, Southern Joint, Wales and Wellington.