2001-2002 Student paper competition Winners Page of OOAE (OMAE) Division of ASME

Ocean, Offshore and Arctic Engineering (OOAE) Division
The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME International)

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2001-2002 Winners of
Best Graduate Student Paper Competition

Congratulations to the winners of the Best Graduate Student Paper Competition of OOAED-ASME International! The winners receive an award certificate and a check, and their travel expenses to an OMAE conference are partially reimbursed by the OOAE Division. The university of the student winner receives an award plaque from the OOAE Division of ASME as well.

2001-2002 Winners (The Judges were: Bob LaTorre, Univ. of New Orleans, Dick Seymour, Scripps Institution of Oceanography, Don Davis, La Oil Spill Research and Development Program, Terry Jones, Consultant, Houston. Organized by the Student Activities Committee of OOAED: Prof. Robert Randall-Chair, Mr. John Robinson-Member and Chief Judge):

Doctoral Category Winner:
Mr. Patrick J. Lynett, School of Civil and Environmental Engineering, 109 Hollister Hall, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY, 14853-3501. Advisor: Prof. Phillip Liu, Paper Title: A Multi-layer Approach to Modeling Water Waves from Very Deep Water to the Shoreline. Current Address: Ocean Engineering Program, Civil Engineering, Department, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX, 77843-3136, Eml: plynett@civil.tamu.edu, Tel: +1 979-845-4504.

Masters Category Winner:
Mr. Ramakrishnan Balaji, Department of Ocean Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology Madras, Chennai - 600 036, India. Eml: bala_bink@hotmail.com, Advisor: Prof. Vallam Sundar, Paper title: Hydrodynamic Characteristics of Vertical Wave Screen with Pipe as Elements.