Kooy Prize

Excellent graduation work rewarded with annual Kooy Prize

Since the year 2000, the Royal Institute of Engineers (KIVI), Defence and Security Section has awarded an annual prize for 'outstanding graduation work' at a university or college. The award is given for the best graduation thesis in a technology relevant to Defence and Security, and is presented during the annual Kooy symposium.

The freely disposable cash prize of €2,000 is made available by the Kooy Fund. This fund is named after the former professor of rocketry at the Royal Military Academy in Breda. Prof Johan Kooy was a nationally and internationally renowned aerospace scholar in the mid-twentieth century. In this quality, he also provided teaching and research at TU-Delft for a series of years.

After Prof Kooy's death, the fund named after him was established in 1984. The main objective of this fund is "Promotion of science and technology in the Netherlands, following or resulting from defence-oriented functions and tasks, such as ballistics."

The jury consists of eight members

1. KLTZ Ivo Marx MSc EMSD - Chairman of the jury and board member KIVI Defence and Security
2. Dr L. (Bart) Koene (NLDA - Netherlands Defence Academy - Assistant Professor of Ammunition and Ballistics)
3. Prof.dr.ir. P.H.A.J.M. (Pieter) van Gelder (TU Delft - Safety Science)
4. Prof. P.J. (Patrick) Oonincx (Netherlands Defence Academy - Dean Faculty of Military Sciences)
5. Prof. Dr. F.E. (Frank) van Vliet (TNO, University of Twente - Microwave integration)
6. Prof. dr.ir. J.M.C. (Arjan) Mol (TU Delft - Corrosion Technology and Electrochemistry)
7. Prof. F. (Frank) Phillipson (TNO and Maastricht University - computational operations research)
8. L.F. Galle (Materiel and IT Command - Director Platform Technology)

Technology areas

Graduation work in technologies relevant to Defence and Security is eligible for the award. Examples can be found here.

Nomination

Well-reasoned nominations regarding graduation reports of Dutch students at an institution of higher education can be submitted annually.

Send files larger than 25 Mb via wetransfer to dv@kivi.nl

At least the following should be sent with nomination:

1. Name, position and contact details of candidate,
2. Complete thesis,
3. Short CV of the graduate,
4. Passport photograph of graduate (at least 300x400px)
5. Name, position and contact details of graduation professor or graduation lecturer,
6. Motivation or support for the nomination by the thesis professor or thesis lecturer.

A broad committee of professors and other specialists from the Defence and Security field is formed by the KIVI DV Board to assess the nominations. The jury composition can be found on KIVI DV's portfolios and committees page.

After assessing the nominations, the jury advises the board, which awards the prize.
Judging takes place on the basis of the following criteria:

• Does the subject fit within the concept of Defence and Security Technology?
• Is it an original subject / original study?
• Is it a topical subject?
• Does the study fill in blank spots.
• Does it concern a technology spearhead for the Defence and Security sector.
• Is the study of a decent level.
• Good mix of theory and practice.
• Is the study readable.
• How is the design of the report.

The submitter will receive confirmation when their submission has been received in good order and all requested documents have been provided. The winner will be informed in advance of the presentation of the prize during the annual Kooy symposium. Subsequently, the candidates who did not win will be notified by e-mail. No further correspondence can be entered into about the results.

More information?

Have questions about the Kooy prize or the nomination procedure? Contact KTZ bd Jan Wind, chairman KIVI DV at dv@kivi.nl.

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