The award was introduced during the 5th IAHR Europe Congress in Trento and was created in memory of Prof. Gerhard Jirka to award the best presentation given by a Young Professional during the congress. It values the quality, originality and relevance of the presentation.

1st Winner
Christian Contarino
"A holistic multi-scale mathematical model of the murine fluid systems: understanding the pathophysiology of idiopathic intracranial
hypertension" 
by 'C. Contarino; E. F. Toro; A. Louveau; S. Da Mesquita; D. Raper; I. Smirnov;J. Kipnis; N. Agarwal
Prize: 500 euro

2nd Winner
Robert Dorrell
Paper "Stratification and the dynamics of gravity currents"
by R. Dorrell
Prize: 300 euro

3rd Winner
Rémi Carmigniani
Paper: "Wave pump: SPH modeling of waves above a submerged plate"
by R. Carmigniani; D. Violeau
Prize: 200 euro

4th Winner
Emanuele Quaranta, Polytechnic University of  Turin, Italy   
Paper "Investigation of the hydrodynamic effects of bed slope in vertical slot fishways 3D numerical simulations". 
by E. Quaranta; C. Katopodis; R. Revelli; C. Comoglio
Prize One year subscription to the journal of Environmental Science. Water Research & Technology

The awards were given during the closing ceremony of the 5th Europe Congress in Trento, in June 2018.

Click here  for the Evaluation Sheet of Young Scholar Best Presentation Award