RECIPIENT OF IAHR-APD BEST PAPER AWARD

(1996-2004)

1996 in Langkawi, Malaysia

1, From the host country:
“The Mechanism of a Dynamic Land-Water Interface in a Finite Element Flow Computation”
by Ahmad Khairi Abd. Wahab from University of Technology, MALAYSIA.

2, From outside the host country :
“Distribution of Particle Velocities due to Waves on Very Steep Slope Bottom.”
by Qun Zhao, Shigeru Nakamura and Katsutoshi Tanimoto, Saitama University, JAPAN.

1998 in Yogyakarta, Indonisia

1, From the host country,
“Semi Analytical Solution for Cross-Shore and Long-Shore Current Vertical Profile”
by Nizam. INDONESIA

2, From outside the host country:
“Turbulent Structure of an Open Channel Flow over Movable Flat Bed”
by Iehisa Nezu, Kouki Onitsuka and Masa-aki Kurata, JAPAN.

2000 in Bangkok, Thailand

1, From the host country
"Water management of landfill in tropical countries"
by D. R. Manandhar and J. Trankler , TAILAND

2, From outside the host country
"History effect on the turbulent transition in the bottom boundary layer under irregular waves"
by Mustafa Ataus Samad, Hitoshi Tanaka and Hiroto Yamaji , from BANGLADESH and JAPAN
and
“Setting the Policy, Legal and Institutional Framework for Sustainable Water Resources Management in Sri Lanka”
by Palitha Muthukude from SRI LANKA

2002 in Sigapore

1, From the host country was given to the following two papers:
“SEA: A robust evolutionary algorithm for rainfall-runoff model calibration”
by N. Muttil and S.-Y. Liong, SINGAPORE.

“1st and 2nd order approximate solutions of Reynolds equations in 3-D channels”
by S.-Q. Yang. SINGAPORE.

2, From outside the host country was given to the following two papers:
“Measurement and modeling of evapo-transpiration during plant growth”
by H. Higashi and T. Oka, JAPAN
and
“A study on hydraulic characteristics of vegetative groins”
by K. Sugawara, T. Abe, A. Aihara and T. Takahashi, JAPAN

2004 in Hong Kong, China

1, From the host country (China including Taiwan and Hong Kong)
“A vertical stability theory and model for red tide forecasting”
by K. Wong and J.H.W. Lee, Hong Kong, China.

2, From outside the host country went to the papers
“A field study on near-bottom turbulence and resuspension of fine sediment in
the Tone River Estuary”
by K. Shimizu, T. Ishikawa and M. Irie, Japan
and
“The effects of bottom settlement, vegetation, and macro-roughness on the erosion stability of the relocated river Inde”
by P. Kamrath, S. Rubbert and J. Kongeter, Germany