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
Dr. MooHyun Kim
Texas A&M University
The William H. Webb Medal
Dr. Jaye Falls
United States Naval Academy
The Francis T. Bowles Medal
Nick Hunter, P.E.
Elliott Bay Design Group
The ABS Captain Joseph H. Linnard Prize
Frans Quadvlieg, Piotr Bandyk, Nicolas Carette, and Pepijn de Jong
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
Jack Bonoli, Pranaya Chakraborty, Matthew Collette, John C. Daidola, Dimitrios Dikos, Thomas C. Fu, Justin M. Lorio, Alberto Morandi, Susan Partin Noste, Thomas Perrine, Danielle Pinksen, Kevin Prince, Laura Simpson, Atheendra Sreenivasan, Ignazio Maria Viola
The Vice Admiral E. L. Cochrane Award
Benjamin C. Brainard, Eric D. Schmid, and Karl A. Stambaugh
Honorable Mentions
Marta Reche-Vilanova, Harry B. Bingham, Manuel Fluck, Dale Morris, and Harilaos N. Psaraftis
Vincent Keryvin and Pierre-Yves Mechin
The Dr. James A. Lisnyk Student Ship Design Competition
1st Place
Team: Baltazar P. Humaran Killamet, Pedro Guastalegname, Tomas Agustin Muena, Marcio Salnisky, Manuel Papaleo, and Agustin Garcia
Advisor: Maximiliano Fabian Mavica
Universidad Tecnológica Nacional, Facultad Regional Buenos Aires
2nd Place
Team: Husein Amin Biruni, Alvian Syiham Risal, Muhammad Abdurahman, Nasywa Feby Aulia, Raihan Ramadan, and Toga Gilbert Pangaribuan
Advisor: Rizky Chandra Ariesta
Institut Teknologi Sepuluh Nopember
3rd Place
Team: Andrean Prakoso Frans Lukito Putro, Bachtiar Shifa Bahari, and M. Dzaki Al Husni
Advisor: Achmad Baidowi
Sepuluh Nopember Institute of Technology
Student Paper Awards
Graduate Paper Honor Prize
Stephen J. Bruno, Timothy M. Powell, and Charles Thigpen
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Graduate Paper Award
Juan Antonio Pérez Socorro
Universidad Politécnica de Madrid