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