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Prince Philip Medal for Professor James Dooge

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Edited by the Engineeringtalk editorial team Jun 2, 2005

The Royal Academy of Engineering is to award its 2005 Prince Philip Medal to Professor James Dooge FREng, retired Chair in Civil Engineering, University College Dublin.

The Royal Academy of Engineering is to award its 2005 Prince Philip Medal to Professor James Dooge FREng, retired Chair in Civil Engineering, University College Dublin, recognising him as an outstanding figure in the field of hydrology.

Professor Dooge is one of the most eminent engineers to have come out of Ireland.

Following 15 years of professional practice in hydraulic engineering and hydro-electric design, he established his academic career as Professor of Civil Engineering at the University of Cork, leading the many advances in the application of linear systems theory to hydrology.

He also pursued a career in politics, being elected to the Irish Senate in 1961 having been nominated by the Institution of Engineers of Ireland.

A veteran of numerous committees and boards including Chairman of the Scientific Advisory Committee of the World Climate Impact Studies Programme (1980-90), President of the International Commission on Water Resources (1971-75), President of the International Association for Hydrological Sciences (1975-79) and President of the Royal Irish Academy in 1987-90.

Elected as a foreign member of the Royal Academy of Engineering in 2000, he maintains an interest and involvement in hydrology and still publishes in leading journals.

The unique award, instigated in 1989 by Prince Philip, is not made every year - only periodically to "an engineer of any nationality who has made an exceptional contribution to engineering as a whole through practice, management or education".

He will receive the medal from Lord Sainsbury of Turville, Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Science and Innovation on Thursday 2nd June at the academy's awards dinner in London.

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