2000-2001 Winners (The judges were: Prof. Robert Bea, Dr. Don Davis, Mr. Terry Jones, and Prof. Robert Latorre.  Organized by the Student Activities Committee of OOAED: Prof. Robert Randall-Chair, Mr.  John Robinson):

Doctoral Category Co-Winners: Ms. Anouck Renee Girard, Ocean Engineering Graduate Group, University of California at Berkeley, 230 Bechtel Engineering Center #1708, Berkeley, CA 94720-1708, USA, for her paper  "Relative Dynamic Positioning of Ships and/or Offshore Platforms Using Nonlinear Dynamic Surface Control," Advisor: Prof. J. Karl Hedrick Doctoral level co-winner Anouck Girard with advisor Prof. Karl Hedrick (right) and Prof. Ronald Yeung (left) at the presentation of the OOAED-ME International Award. Mr. Ayman B. Mahfouz, Department of Naval Architecture and Ocean Engineering, Memorial University of Newfoundland, St. Johns, Newfoundland, Canada A1B 3X5, for his paper "On-Line Prediction of the Hydrodynamic Parameters in the Coupled Heave and Pitch Motion Equations for Underwater Robotic Vehicles Using Measured Responses at Sea,"  Advisor: Prof. M. R. Haddara Doctoral level co-winner Ayman Mahfouz (right) with advisor Prof. Mahmoud Haddara at the presentation of the OOAED-ASME International Award.

Masters Category Winners: Mr. Todd Gregory and Mr. Raymond Rojas,  Department of Ocean and Resource Engineering,  University of Hawaii at Manoa, Honolulu, Hawaii 96822, USA, for their paper "Feasibility of a Cold Seawater Facility," Advisor: Prof. Kwok Fai Cheung Masters level winners Todd Gregory (left) and Ray Rojas (right) with their advisor Prof. Kwok Fai Cheung at the presentation of the OOAED-ASME International Award.