Awards and Mentions
IHCantabria seeks excellence in all its activity, and one of the best indicators of this are the awards and mentions that over the years we have been receiving.
Jaume I Awards Ceremony- 2018
COLLECTIVE AWARDS AND MENTIONS
| YEAR | AWARD | WORK AWARDED |
|---|---|---|
| 2023 | National Award for Innovation in Engineering "Leonardo Torres Quevedo" from the Fundación Caminos | IHCantabria |
| 2022 | 1st Offshore Wind Energy Award | Awarded for the “promotion and development of offshore wind energy in Spain” |
| 2020 | Cantabria Digital Awards for the best professional website | IHCantabria |
| 2019 | Juan López Peñalver | awarded by the Royal Academy of Engineering to the Offshore Engineering and Renewable Energies group for its outstanding professional contributions to Spanish engineering. |
| 2019 | EUDatathon | Second prize in the European EUDatathon competition with the "Blue Time Machine" |
| 2018 | Singular Project COHESION30 -Funds FEDER | Recognition as a singular project of the investment of FEDER funds |
| 2018 | World leader in normalized impact according to the 2018 Shanghai Ranking in the Marine/Ocean Engineering Category. | |
| 2016 | Cantabria Digital Awards for the best mobile application | IHTsusy |
| 2016 | Laboratory of Excellence for the Test of Hexavalent Chromium (CR (VI)). | Certificate of Excellence awarded by ERA (Environmental Resource Associates) |
| 2016 | Best Demonstration Poster Award - Wind Energy Europe | TELWIND Project |
| 2016 | Best Work of the Year Award - 55th Congress of Naval Engineers | TELWIND Project |
| 2014 | Iberoamerican prize MiríadaX | ROM 5.1 On-line Course |
| 2009 | Social Council Award of the Universidad de Cantabria | Assessment of the effects of climate change on coastal zones |
| 2009 | BBVA Foundation Award | Actions in Biodiversity Conservation in Spain |
INDIVIDUAL AWARDS AND MENTIONS
| YEAR | AWARD | RES. AWARDED | WORK AWARDED |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | Torres Quevedo National Research Award | Iñigo J. Losada | For his scientific career in engineering |
| 2022 | Primer Premio Modesto Vigueras | David Lucio | Methodology for projecting the impacts of climate change on coastal and port structures |
| 2021 | Premio “M. Selim Yalin Lifetime Achievement Award" | Iñigo J. Losada Rodríguez | |
| 2021 | Medal of Professional Achievement - Colegio de Ingenieros de Caminos, Canales y Puertos de Madrid (Association of Civil Engineers of Madrid) | César Vidal | |
| 2021 | Second Prize Modesto Vigueras | Camilo Jaramillo Cardona | Equilibrium shoreline evolution model for inset beaches |
| 2021 | Excellent Young Challenger | Benedetto di Paolo, Javier López Lara, Gabriel Barajas, María Maza, Alessandro Romano, Íñigo Aniel Quiroga e Íñigo J. Losada. | Blind prediction for tsunami simulation |
| 2020 | First Prize Modesto VIigueras | Alexandra Toimil Silva | Multi-sectoral analysis of flood and erosion risks from climate change in a context of uncertainty |
| 2019 | Second Prize Modesto Vigueras | Iñigo Aniel-Quiroga | Advances in the resilient design of marine structures exposed to tsunami action |
| 2018 | Premio Jaume I de Protección del Medio Ambiente | Iñigo J. Losada Rodríguez | |
| 2018 | Premios Extraordinarios de Doctorado – Universidad de Cantabria | Javier Bárcena | Development of a methodology to delimit zones of mixing of industrial discharges in estuaries |
| 2018 | Premios Extraordinarios de Doctorado – Universidad de Cantabria | María E. Maza | Experimental and numerical modelling of wave interaction with natural ecosystems for coastal protection |
| 2017 | Primer premio Nacional de Trabajo de Fin de Master | Salvador Navas | Evaluation and analysis of the risk of flooding of the Besaya River as it passes through Los Corrales de Buelna, Cantabria |
| 2017 | Premio John G. Moffat-Frank E. Nichol de Ingeniería de Puertos y Costas de la Sociedad Americana de Ingenieros Civiles (ASCE) | Iñigo J. Losada Rodríguez | |
| 2017 | Premios IIAMA al mejor Trabajo Académico en Ingeniería del Agua | Jared Ortiz Angulo | Design of an artificial surfing reef at Somo-Loredo beach |
| 2016 | Lección Enrico Marchi – Asociación Italiana de Ingeniería Hidráulica | Iñigo J. Losada Rodríguez | The challenges of transdisciplinarity in hydraulic engineering |
| 2014 | Premio Jóvenes Investigadores Congreso A.E.C. (Fundación ENDESA) | Javier Díez | Projection of future cyclone activity based on synoptic patterns of sea surface temperatureThe challenges of transdisciplinarity in hydraulic engineering |
| Jorge Pérez | Multi-model wave climate projections in the North Atlantic | ||
| 2014 | Premio Modesto Vigueras | Pablo Higuera Caubilla | Methodology for the Integration of Three-Dimensional Numerical Modeling in the Design of Maritime Structures |
| 2014 | Medalla al Mérito Profesional – Colegio de Ingenieros de Caminos, Canales y Puertos de Madrid | Iñigo J. Losada Rodríguez | |
| 2014 | 8º Simposio Internacional de INORE | 1er Premio – Adrián de Andrés | Techno-Economic assesment of a Wave Energy converter |
| 2º Premio – Arantza Iturrioz | A simplified numerical model for the first stages of OWC analysis | ||
| 2014 | Premio Consejo Social a la Tesis Doctoral | Yanira Guanche García | Monte Carlo Climate-based simulation techniques for coastal and oceanic application |
| 2013 | Premio Modesto Vigueras | Paula Camus | |
| 2013 | Premio mejor Comunicación Oral ISOBAY 2013 | Elvira Ramos Manzano | Ecological classification of rocky shores at a regional scale based on coastal physical attributes |
| 2012 | EDP University Challenge | Adrián de Andrés | WEFIES: Wave Energy Farms applied to Isolated Electrical Systems (Parques de Energía Undimotriz para Sistemas Eléctricos Aislados) |
| J. Miguel Martínez Martínez | |||
| Fernando del Jesús Peñil | |||
| 2011 | Premio Modesto Vigueras | Antonio Tomás Sampedro | Calibration of Maritime Climate Reanalysis Databases |
| 2011 | Premio Extraordinario de Doctorado de la Universidad de Cantabria | Ana J. Abascal Santillana | Advances in Hydrocarbon Transport Modeling. Application in the Response to Accidental Marine Spills. |
| 2011 | Mejor Tesis Doctoral otorgado por la Asociación Nacional de Constructores Independientes | Cristina Izaguirre Lasa | Study of the climatic variability of wave extreme values |
| 2009 | Medal of Professional Achievement - Colegio de Ingenieros de Caminos, Canales y Puertos de Madrid (Association of Civil Engineers of Madrid) | Raúl Medina | |
| 2009 | Premio de Investigación de Medio Ambiente 2009. Consejería de Medio Ambiente del Gobierno de Cantabria | Xabier Guinda Salsamendi | Development of procedures applicable to the assessment of the ecological status of coastal water bodies, under the Water Framework Directive |
| 2009 | Premio Fundación Repsol otorgado por la Real Academia de Doctores de España | Ana J. Abascal Santillana | |
| 2007 | Premio Modesto Vigueras | Fernando López Mera | Analysis of the stability of passable and submerged dikes using RANS modeling |
| 2007 | Premio de Investigación del Medio Ambiente 2007. Consejería de Medio Ambiente del Gobierno de Cantabria | Beatriz Echávarri Erasun | Study of the effects on the coastal environment derived from the implementation of integral drainage systems on the Cantabrian coast |
