Congratulations to our 2026 Medalists and Awardees!
The Vice Admiral Emory S. “Jerry” Land Medal
Ray Sheldon
Gibbs & Cox (Retired)
The Dr. Kenneth S.M. Davidson Medal
MooHyun Kim
Texas A&M University
The William H. Webb Medal
Jaye Falls
United States Naval Academy
The Francis T. Bowles Medal
Nick Hunter
Elliott Bay Design Group
The ABS Captain Joseph H. Linnard Prize
Ahmed M. Ibrahim, Kenneth M. Weems, Carolyn Q. Judge, and Karl Stambaugh
Fellows
Spring Cycle
Kostas A. Belibassakis
Mark Keneford
Fred M. Koller
Won Ho Lee
Constantine Philip Manoudakis
James D. Sharrow
Nickolas Vlahopoulos
Sean P. Walsh
Fall Cycle (2025)
Jim Carr
Lou Codega
Morgan Michael Fanberg
Albert W. Horsmon, Jr.
Shilpa Mesineni
Ignazio Maria Viola
Certificates of Appreciation
Kevin A' Hearn, Roger I. Basu, Gary Beels, Jeffrey B. Bowles, Lee Grace, Vincent Liu, Paul H. Miller, Jim Pope, Atheendra Sreenivasan, Zhiyong Yang, Nicholas Yarka
The Vice Admiral E. L. Cochrane Award
David Plaza, Ruben Paredes, Ermina Begovic, and
Raju Datla
Honorable Mentions
Michael Morabito
Eric S. Harris, Kate Killian, Jon Ward, Robert Walling, Michael Morabito, and Gil Crouse
The Dr. James A. Lisnyk Student Ship Design Competition
1st Place
Team: Robi Exsaudi Simanjuntak, Anabella Priyasembada, and Ikhlatus Hafid Ardanto
Advisor: Achmad Baidowi
Sepuluh Nopember Institute of Technology
2nd Place
Team: Najzwa Gita Purnama Putri, Diarza Syafa, Faiz Yudistira Hidayat, Emilda Safa’atus Sholihah, Farizha Habibie, and Hafizh Dzaky Firananda
Advisor: Rizky Chandra Ariesta
Sepuluh Nopember Institute of Technology
3rd Place
Team: Franco Valeggiani, Joaquin Gabriel Ongay, Agustin Emmanuel Moreno, Pablo Esteban Bedirian, Agustin Garcia, and Mariano Nicolas Gomez
Advisor: Maximiliano Fabian Mavica
Universidad Tecnológica Nacional, Facultad Regional Buenos Aires