An IADC student award was granted to Judith Bosboom at the recommendation of Prof. Kees d'Angremond of Delft University of Technology, The Netherlands. Ms Bosboom graduated from Delft University of Technology in Civil Engineering (MSc Honours). She performed her MSc thesis on wave kinematics computations at WL | Delft Hydraulics where she is now employed. Her thesis was then selected as the best Masters thesis of the Civil Engineering Department, Delft University, for the academic year 1995-96.
In order to stimulate technical universities worldwide to increase their attention to the dredging industry in general, and to improve the quality of their students in dredging-related technologies in particular, the IADC has instituted an awards programme for the most interesting final theses on dredging-related subjects.