The Defence and Security Department of the Royal Institute of Engineers (KIVI DV) has awarded an annual prize to the best graduate student in a Defence or Security Technology relevant field at a university or college of higher education since 2000.
The €1000 cash prize is named after Prof Johan Kooy, an internationally renowned professor of missile technology in the last century. He taught at the Royal Military Academy in Breda and Delft University of Technology. The award will be presented on Wednesday 12 April 2017 during the annual Kooy symposium. Again this time in the auditorium of the army site in Stroe. Nominations can be submitted until 31 December.
The objective of the fund is "Promotion of science and technology in the Netherlands, connected to or arising from defence-oriented functions and tasks, such as ballistics." The fund is managed by the Defence and Security Department of the Royal Institute of Engineers (KIVI DV).
In 2016, the award was presented to Ing Joost Kamp for his undergraduate thesis on determining Helicopter Flight Envelopes. Joost graduated from the Aviation Technology programme at Inholland University of Applied Sciences and carried out his graduation project at NLR where work is being done to modernise the current method of generating Ship Helicopter Operational Limitations (SHOLs).
With minimal distance from the award winner, Justyna Chromik MSc won second prize in 2016 for her thesis 'Booters (Black)list'. 'Booters' are websites that offer DDoS attacks as a paid service and are relatively easy to access by basically anyone. Justyna graduated cum laude in Telematics from the University of Twente.
More information about the award and the nomination procedure can be found on the KIVI DV site under Prof. Kooy graduation prize.
