This yearly prize is being given in honour of Professor Gustave Willems, President of PIANC from 1956 until his death in 1982. As the PIANC President for seventeen years, Robert De Paepe fostered the international spirit and the professional development of PIANC. In 2002, it was decided to merge the ‘Foundation Robert De Paepe’ with the Gustave Willems Award. Since 2003, the former Gustave Willems Award is known as the ‘PIANC De Paepe-Willems Award’.
Contestants for the prize should not have reached the age of forty and they are required to submit a paper on subjects in the fields of design, construction, improvement, maintenance of operation of inland and maritime waterways (rivers, estuaries, canals, port approaches), of inland and maritime ports and of coastal areas.
The three winning authors receive an amount of € 4,000.00, € 2,000.00 and € 1,000.00 respectively.
Libby Freeman
‘Dynamic Motions of Piled Floating Pontoons and their Impact on Postural Stability’
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Masaya Hashida & Satoshi Noboru
‘Maintenance Technology of Wave-Dissipating Works Using 3-D Data’
Lena Lankenau
‘Seaports in Germany – Vulnerability and Adaptation to Climate Change’
DR.-Ing. Sanaz Hadadpour (Germany):
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Mr Felix Orlin: 'Reliability based assessment of fender systems'
Mr Willem Van Dommelen: 'Moving load on guide works during a brush collision with a vessel'
Benjamin Popovic (New-Zealand):
'Tsunami Resilience of Pile-Supported Wharves: A First Principles Approach'
Rosanas Agustin Sanches-Arcilla: 'Towards operational coastal decision making. Robust hydro-morphodynamic coupling and data-based error assessment'
Adrian Pearson: 'PIANC WG 153 Mooring Loads: State of Practice and New Design Considerations for Monopile Dolphin'
Mr Saber Elsayed (Germany): ' New Integral Modelling and Analysis Approach for Storm Surge-Induced Barrier Breaching, Coastal Inundation and Subsequent Vertical Saltwater Intrusion'
Mr Yoshinosuke Kurahara (Japan): 'Prediction of shackle motion hanged from a jib top of crane barge by a coupling numerical model of three motions'
Mr Esandi Javier Murgoitio (UK): 'Assessment of Overtopping Vertical River Walls Due to Vessel-Generated Waves (Vessel Wash)'
Mr K. Mizuno (Japan): 'System of Inspection and Diagnosis for Port Structures Using Unmanned Boat'
Mr J. Schutte (the Netherlands): 'Deepening of an Existing Combi Wall'
Mr S. Freeman (Australia): 'Impacts of X-Ray Screening 100 % of Import Containers within Small to Medium Container Terminals'
Mr B. Decrop (Belgium): 'Towards a Better Prediction of Dredging Plumes: Numerical and Physical Modelling of the Near-Field Dispersion'
Mr Lisham Bonakdar (Germany): ‘Wave forces on slender piles within pile group: laboratory tests and prediction formulae for design practice’
Mr Jeong Hun Ha (Australia): 'Bow and stern sinkage coefficients for cargo ships in shallow open water’
Mr Matthew McCarty (USA): ‘Large diameter FRP monopile systems for ferry berths’
Mr Hisham Elsafti (Germany): ‘Analysis of stepwise failure of marine gravity structures and implications for design practice’
Mr Evert Lataire (Belgium): ‘Hydrodynamic interaction between waterway and ship’
Mr Sebastian Solari (Uruguay): “Risk-based verification and optimization of harbour approach channel depth”
Ms Vasiliki Stratigaki (Belgium): “Modelling of wave attenuation induced by multi-purpose floating structures”
Mr Mitsui Jun (Japan): “New design method of armour units covering rubble mound of composite breakwater against tsunami overflow”
Before 31 August, the application form and a three-page abstract have to be submitted to the General Secretariat of PIANC. The full paper needs to be sent in before 30 September. No exception to these deadlines will be allowed.
