News View All 8TH EDITION (2015) Garcia Diego international prize At its 8 March 2016 meeting held at the Fundación Juanelo Turriano headquarters, the judges committee unanimously decided to award the García-Diego Prize jointly to: Eduardo Díaz-Pavón Cuaresma for the paper entitled El hundimiento del tercer depósito del Canal de Isabel II en 1905 [Collapse of the Canal de Isabel II third water tower in 1905]; and José Luis Sánchez Peral for the paper entitled Proyectistas y constructores del Canal del Henares: una centenaria obra hidráulica inglesa a las puertas de Madrid [Canal del Henares designers and builders: 100-year-old British waterworks just outside Madrid]. The 12 000-euro prize will be shared by the two awardees. The two second prizes, for 1000 euros each, were awarded to: Víctor Pérez Álvarez for the paper La implantación del reloj público en Castilla y la medida del tiempo en la Baja Edad Media [The institution of the public clock in Castile and time measurement in the Lower Middle Ages]. Nelson Arellano Escudero for the paper La ingeniería y el descarte artefactual de la desalación solar de agua. Las industrias de las salinas, Sierra Gorda y Oficina Domeyko (1872-1907) [Engineering and the artefactual dismissal of solar desalination; the Sierra Gorda and Oficina Domeyko salt industries (1872-1907)]. Judges committee members: Fernando Sáenz Ridruejo (Chairman) Isabel Bestué Cardiel Carlos Blázquez Herrero Pepa Cassinello Plaza Javier Muñoz Álvarez
8TH EDITION (2015) Garcia Diego international prize At its 8 March 2016 meeting held at the Fundación Juanelo Turriano headquarters, the judges committee unanimously decided to award the García-Diego Prize jointly to: Eduardo Díaz-Pavón Cuaresma for the paper entitled El hundimiento del tercer depósito del Canal de Isabel II en 1905 [Collapse of the Canal de Isabel II third water tower in 1905]; and José Luis Sánchez Peral for the paper entitled Proyectistas y constructores del Canal del Henares: una centenaria obra hidráulica inglesa a las puertas de Madrid [Canal del Henares designers and builders: 100-year-old British waterworks just outside Madrid]. The 12 000-euro prize will be shared by the two awardees. The two second prizes, for 1000 euros each, were awarded to: Víctor Pérez Álvarez for the paper La implantación del reloj público en Castilla y la medida del tiempo en la Baja Edad Media [The institution of the public clock in Castile and time measurement in the Lower Middle Ages]. Nelson Arellano Escudero for the paper La ingeniería y el descarte artefactual de la desalación solar de agua. Las industrias de las salinas, Sierra Gorda y Oficina Domeyko (1872-1907) [Engineering and the artefactual dismissal of solar desalination; the Sierra Gorda and Oficina Domeyko salt industries (1872-1907)]. Judges committee members: Fernando Sáenz Ridruejo (Chairman) Isabel Bestué Cardiel Carlos Blázquez Herrero Pepa Cassinello Plaza Javier Muñoz Álvarez