OOAE Award Past Recipients

OOAE DIVISION ACHIEVEMENT AWARD

 

Past Award Recipients include:

 

2009

Segen Farid Estefen for his leadership as Division Chair 2008 2009.

 

Cengiz Ertekin for his continued dedication and significant

contributions to the decision making process of the OOAE Division, for

keeping the OOAE web page for many years and for successfully fulfilling

the role of Chair of the OMAE 2009 Conference.

 

2008

Dr. Xiaozhi (Christina) Wang--In grateful recognition of dedication and leadership in the administration of the OOAE Division as Chair in the period 2007-2008.

 

Professor Carlos Guedes Soares--In gratful recognition of significant contributions to the organization of the OMAE2008 as Conference Chair.

 

2007

John Halkyard In grateful recognition of significant contributions to the organization of division-sponsored OMAE 2007 Conference

 

2006

Dr. Owen H. Oakley, Jr. In recognition for significant contributions to the organization of the ComputationalFluid Dynamics and Vortex Induced Vibrations Symposium and OMAE conferences

 

2005

Mr. Jon Mikkelson, P.Eng. In recognition for significant contributions to the organization of the Ocean Engineering Symposium and OMAE Conferences

 

Mr. Pedro M. Vargas and Mr. Stephen Webster. In recognition for significant contributions in the organization of the Materials Symposium

 

2003

R. Cengiz Ertekin for Outstanding Effort with the OOAE Website, as Techincal Program Chair for 2003, and Helping Organize the JVW Symposium in 2002.

 

Daniel T. Valentine for outstanding efforts in organizing the JVW symposium in 2002 as well as your efforts in organizing the OE symposium and being the editor of the OOAE Newsletter

  

2000

Michael Bernitsas

 

1999

Stephen Jones, Hajime Yamaguchi

 

1998

Kazushige Arimochi, Alexander M. Pope

 

1997

T. Kinoshita, H. Ronald Riggs, R.G. Bea, M. Arai, Hisayoshi Endo, Yoji Ogawa, Masao Toyoda, J.F. Dos Santos

 

1996

Giovanni Rosa, Denby G. Morrison, Pierantonio Tassini, Arrigo Vienna, Gianni Aguila, Vincenzo Oliveri, Henryk G. Pisarski, John R. Yates, Olaf B. Anderson, Paul Schofield

 

1995

Arvid Naess, Jan Erik Vinnem, Stig Berge, Peter Tubby, Mike Kirkwood, Flemming Christensen

 

1994

Andrew Stevenson, Alfredo Berti, Stephen E. Webster, Daniela Mercati, Per J. Haagensen, Terrell M. Jones, Grzegorz Glinka, John S. Leonard, Morgens Henriksen

 

1993

Richard Dolby, Thomas E. Schellin, Jane V. Huswell, Alan Murrey, Alexander Stucey, Geoffry S. Booth, Eann A. Patterson, R. Cengiz Ertekin, William H. Thomason

 

 

OOAE DIVISION SPECIAL ACHIEVEMENT/SERVICE AWARD

 

Past Recipients include:

 

2007

Bernt J. Leira -In grateful recognition of dedication and leadership in the administration of the OOAE Division

 

2006

John Halkyard- In grateful recognition of dedication and leadership in the administration of the OOAE Division as its Chair during 2005-2006.

 

2005

Daniel T. Valentine - In grateful recognition of dedication and leadership in the administration of the OOAE Division.

 

2004

Michael M. Bernitsas - For outstanding leadership as the chair of the OOAE Division during 2003-2004.

 

2003

Arvid Naess for outstanding leadership as OOAE Division Chair in 2002-03 

 

Carlos Guedes Soares in grateful recognition of significant contributions to the activities of the OOAE Division and coordinating the Safety and Reliability Symposium of the OMAE Conferences

 

2002

R. Cengiz Ertekin - In grateful recognition of dedication and leadership as Chair of the Executive Committee of the OOAE Division 2001-2002.

 

John Robinson - In grateful recognition of dedication and leadership in the administration of the OOAE Division

 

2001

Daniel T. Valentine, Stephen Liu

 

2000

Terry Jones, Denby G. Morrison, Bob Randall, John Robinson

 

Lyle Finn

 

1998

R. Cengiz Ertekin (Special Service Award)

 

Subrata Chakrabarti (Distinguished Service Award)

 

1997

Wilfred A. Nixon

 

1996

Carlos Guedes Soares

 

1993

Denby G. Morrison

 

1990

Mamdouh M. Salama, Subrata K. Chakrabarti

 

 

OOAE DIVISION APPRECIATION AWARD

 

Past Recipients include:

 

2007

Takeshi Kinoshita In grateful recognition of significant contributions to the activities of the OOAE Division

 

2003

Hisaaki Maeda for outstanding effort in organizing the Offshore Symposium Technical Sessions for nearly 20 years and coordinating the Ocean Space Utilization Symposium since its inception within the OMAE Conference

 

Terry Jones for outstanding effort in coordinating the Pipeline Symposium for 4 years within the OMAE Conference

 

2002

Robert Randall - In grateful recognition of significant contributions to the activities of the OOAE Division 

 

2001

R. G. Bea, Ramon Johnson, Elio Manes

 

1999

Sanjay Srinivasan, Chang-New Chen, Per Egil Kvaale, Stephen E. Webster

 

1998

Tariq Al-Hassan, Jose M. Gordo, Vladimir Trbojevic, Alan Murray, Mamdouh M. Salama, Denby G. Morrison

 

1997

Mike Yoon, Hiroshi Miyazaki

 

1993

John S. Leonard

 

1992

M. Idris Mansor, R. Brawn, S. Robert Blair, L. Sgubini, Frank Forte, C.D. Richards, R.W.E. Shannon, Behrooz Sadre-Hashemi, Ward Brandow, Dario Dall'Aglio

 

 

OOAE DIVISION-ASME LIFE-TIME ACHIEVEMENT AWARD

 

Past Recipients include:

 

2009

Professor Chiang C. Mei of MIT--In grateful recognition of significant lifetime contributions in wave mechanics and hydrodynamics.

 

2008

Professor Hisaaki Maeda--In grateful recognition of significant life-time contributions to Ocean Engineering, with special emphasis on Very Large Floating Structures and Ocean Space Utilization.

 

Professor Koichiro Yoshida--In grateful recognition of significant life-time contributions to Ocean Engineering, with special emphasis on Very Large Floating Structures and Ocean Space Utilization.

 

2007

Prof. Robert G. Dean of the University of Florida- For contributions to the understanding of the wave mechanics and beach nourishment that help engineers to design safer coastal structures and preserve beaches, and

 

Prof. Walter H. Munk of the Scripps Institute of oceanography- For contributions to the understanding of the surface waves and oceanic circulation that help engineers to design safe structures

 

2006

Prof. Douglas Faulkner of the University of Glasgow - In grateful recognition of significant life-time contributions to the Reliability and Ultimate Strength of Marine Structures

 

2005

Prof. Subrata K. Chakrabarti of University of Illinois - In grateful recognition of significant life-time contributions to the Hydrodynamics and fluid-structure interactions as they relate to offshore and coastal structure design by a distinguished scholar

 

2004

Prof. Theodore Y.-T. Wu of California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA - In grateful recognition of significant life-time contributions to Hydrodynamics and Fluid Mechanics.

 

2003

Prof. J. Nicholas Newman of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology - In grateful recognition of significant life-time contributions to Marine Hydrodynamics.

 

2002

Prof. John V. Wehausen of the University of California at Berkeley - In grateful recognition of significant life-time contributions to Marine Hydrodynamics