04/05/2019
Students win $2,500 or $1,000 for hydrofoil technical paper
Once again the International Hydrofoil Society is awarding the IHS Mandles Prize for Hydrofoil Excellence. We are delighted with the continuing generosity of Mr. Martinn Mandles and his wife Connie, longtime members of IHS. The competition, now in its 6th year, includes up to $4,500 annually in IHS hydrofoil achievement prizes for students, with a $2,500 First Prize and up to two $1,000 Honorable Mention awards.
In order to open the competition to a wider spectrum of qualified entries, submissions by students based on work completed since 2014 will be eligible for the 2019 IHS Mandles Prize for Hydrofoil Excellence. The due date for application forms is May 1st, 2019. Click on these two videos for quick information:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P0M4jWQwTPo&t=34s
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hg_deYjr7qU&t=21s
This is an outstanding opportunity for the next generation of hydrofoil developers to be acknowledged for their efforts to advance the state of the art in hydrofoil and hydrofoil-assisted craft engineering, design and construction. Background and Rules for the competition can be downloaded from the IHS website -- https://foils.org/ . Click on "Mandles Prize" at the top left of the homepage.
This award has earned high praise. Add your University's name to this distinguished list of competitors: Australian Maritime College; Cedarville University; Ecole polytechnique federale de Lausanne; Florida Institute of Technology; Massachusetts Institute of Technology; Stevens Institute of Technology; Swiss Federal Institute of Technology; Technical University of delft, Netherlands; Tolani Maritime Institute, India; United States Naval Academy; University of Genoa, Italy; University of New Orleans; University of South Wales, Australia; University of Southampton United Kingdom; University of Tasmania; and Webb Institute, New York
We anticipate a very exciting competition in 2019 and are excited about receiving many more high-quality entries. Submissions and/or questions on the IHS Mandles Prize for Hydrofoil Excellence can be emailed to IHS Vice-President Mark Bebar at: [email protected] and IHS President Ray Vellinga at: [email protected] . Please include both recipients.
ENTRY DEADLINE EXTENDED TO MAY FIRST. $2,500 FIRST PRIZE and, at the sole discretion of the judges, two $1,000 Honorable Mention Prizes are now available for...
