Established in 1992 to honour the memory of Professor John F. Kennedy, the IAHR John F. Kennedy Student Paper Competition recognises conference papers from undergraduate and postgraduate students on the basis of written and oral presentations at the IAHR World Congress.

The John F. Kennedy Student Paper Competition offers a platform for brilliant undergraduate and postgraduate students to share their findings in hydraulics and water resources research. Over 120 papers were submitted to the IAHR Technical Committee on Education and Professional Development, who, after careful consideration and with the help of the IAHR Technical Committees, shortlisted 9 finalists that presented their work at the 41st IAHR World Congress in Singapore, on Thursday 26 June.

The winners were announced on that same day, 26th June, during the Gala Dinner. 

The 1st prize of the 16th John F. Kennedy Student Paper Competition was conferred to Mohamed Bey Zekkoub, from Électricité de France (EDF), France, for his work on Assessment of Sodium Polyacrylate's Environmental Fate in a River Reach Through-Experiments, Numerical Simulations and Analytical Modeling.

The 2nd prize of the 16th John F. Kennedy Student Paper Competition was conferred to Tapas Kumar Pradhan, University of Windsor, Canada, for his work on Comparison of Flow Pattern Around Straight and T-Head Spur Dikes.

The 3rd prize of the 16th John F. Kennedy Student Paper Competition was conferred to Katelyn Kirby, from University of Ottawa, United States of America, for her work on A High-Resolution National Database of River Widths From Remote Sensing and Cloud-Based Image Processing.

Special thanks to the members of the IAHR Technical Committee on Education and Professional Development for the coordination work, to the jury members and chairs of IAHR's Tecnhnical Committees for their dedication evaluating more than 120 papers received. 

The John F. Kennedy Student Paper Competition is the most prestigious award for students working in hydro-environment issues. The JFK session at the IAHR World Congress provides a unique picture of the present and future of hydro-environment research. The importance of this award is clearly showed in the number of submitted papers and in the great audience that this high-quality session had. Wardship of this event is paramount for the IAHR and its members.

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