Young Professionals Award

The YP Award is given for outstanding technical paper and presentation authored and presented by a Young Professional at the PIANC World Congress.

The 1st PIANC Young Professional Award was given at the 2006 PIANC World Congress in Estoril, Portugal. This tradition continues at each Congress, held every four years. The YP-Award is given for outstanding technical paper and presentation authored and presented by a Young Professional at the Congress. Three awards with monetary prizes are given to the top three scores for paper and presentation combined.

Recipients

34th PIANC World Congress – Panama City, Panama (2018) Winner: Ms Neville Berard, ‘Physical Modelling of Propeller Scour on an Armoured Slope’

33rd PIANC World Congress San Francisco (2014) Winner: Daan Rijks (The Netherlands): ‘Utilising  the Full Potential of Dredging Works: Design, Construction and Monitoring’

32nd PIANC World Congress Liverpool (2010) Winner: Paulo Osório (Luxemburg): ‘Structural Reliability Analysis of Quay Walls with Steel Sheet Piles’

31st PIANC World Congress, Estoril – Portugal (2006) Winner:  Wouter Bijman (The Netherlands/Serbia): ‘Restoration of the River Danube in Serbia’