Davidson Medal
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| First awarded | 1959 |
| Currently held by | Yonghwan Kim (2024) |
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The Dr. Kenneth S. M. Davidson Medal is a biennial award given by the Society of Naval Architects and Marine Engineers (SNAME) for "Outstanding Scientific Accomplishment in Ship Research". The medal was established by the SNAME Executive Committee in 1959 in memory of Kenneth S. M. Davidson, a Stevens Institute of Technology professor of mechanical engineering who founded the Experimental Towing Tank, later renamed the Davidson Laboratory, and is regarded as a pioneer of small-scale model testing for naval architecture.[1]
The award is one of six medals administered by the Society and is presented at the SNAME Maritime Convention, normally held in the fall.[2]
Description and selection
The medal is made of gold-plated bronze and is approximately 2½ inches (6.25 cm) in diameter. The obverse shows a profile of Davidson; the reverse carries an inscription of the award.[1]
Nominations are submitted to the SNAME Awards Committee, which forwards selections to the SNAME Council. A two-thirds vote of the committee is required, both for the nomination and for the final award. Eligibility is not restricted to SNAME members, and nominations may be made by any member of the Society in good standing. The medal may be awarded biennially in even-numbered years, but not more often.[1]
According to SNAME, the Davidson Medal is the only one of the Society's medals open to candidates working in any country and in any field of ship research, regardless of SNAME membership. Until 2024 every recipient had been based in the United States or Europe, with the medal that year going for the first time to a researcher working outside the Western world.[3]
Recipients
Recipients are listed by SNAME as follows.[1] Names marked with an asterisk are noted as deceased on the SNAME register.
| Year | Recipient |
|---|---|
| 1961 | Frank M. Lewis* |
| 1963 | Karl E. Schoenherr* |
| 1965 | Edward V. Lewis* |
| 1967 | Frederick H. Todd* |
| 1970 | B. V. Korvin-Kroukovsky* |
| 1972 | Georg P. Weinblum* |
| 1974 | William E. Cummins* |
| 1976 | J. Harvey Evans* |
| 1978 | Louis Landweber* |
| 1980 | Manley St. Denis* |
| 1982 | John P. Breslin* |
| 1984 | John V. Wehausen* |
| 1986 | William B. Morgan |
| 1988 | J. Nicholas Newman |
| 1990 | John F. Dalzell* |
| 1992 | William C. Webster |
| 1994 | Michael K. Ochi* |
| 1996 | Daniel Savitsky* |
| 1998 | Alaa E. Mansour* |
| 2000 | Robert F. Beck |
| 2002 | Nils Salvesen |
| 2004 | Ronald W. Yeung |
| 2006 | Preben T. Pedersen |
| 2008 | Stuart D. Jessup |
| 2010 | Apostolos D. Papanikolaou |
| 2012 | Arthur M. Reed |
| 2014 | Jorgen J. Jensen |
| 2016 | Torgeir Moan |
| 2018 | Claude Daley |
| 2020 | Kostas J. Spyrou |
| 2022 | Jeffrey M. Falzarano |
| 2024 | Yonghwan Kim |
Claude Daley of Memorial University of Newfoundland was the first Canadian recipient, recognized in 2018 for work on ice-class ship structures.[4] Yonghwan Kim of Seoul National University, honored in 2024 for work on marine hydrodynamics including seakeeping and sloshing, was the first recipient from outside the United States and Europe.[3]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 "The Dr. Kenneth S. M. Davidson Medal". Society of Naval Architects and Marine Engineers. Retrieved 2026-06-11.
- ↑ "Medals". Society of Naval Architects and Marine Engineers. Retrieved 2026-06-11.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 "Professor Yong-Hwan Kim of SNU's Department of Naval Architecture and Ocean Engineering Receives the Kenneth Davidson Medal from SNAME". Seoul National University. Retrieved 2026-06-11.
- ↑ "A Memorial first". Memorial University Gazette. 2018-12-11. Retrieved 2026-06-11.
See also
- Davidson Laboratory
- David W. Taylor Medal
- Society of Naval Architects and Marine Engineers
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