POL scientists receive prestigious Denny Medal

Four POL scientists have received the prestigious Denny Medal from the Institute of Marine Engineering, Science and Technology (IMarEst). The Institute's Denny Medal and a certificate ia awarded annually to the most worthy paper published by the Institute in the Journal of Operational Oceanography.

POL scientists Simon Holgate, Peter Foden, Jeff Pugh and Philip Woodworth received the Institute's 2007/2008 Denny Medal for their paper entitled 'Real time sea level data transmission from tide gauges for tsunami monitoring and long term sea leval rise observations' published in the Journal of Operational Oceanography Volume 1 Number 1. They were presented with the award at the Institutes Annual General Meeting by the President of IMarEst Professor Choo.

History of the Denny Medal
Peter Denny, the fifth son of William Denny (1779-1833), was born at Dumbarton where the family had been involved in boat building since at least the middle of the 18th century. He joined his two elder brothers engaged in iron shipbuilding in 1844 and in 1850 he went into partnership with John McAusland and John Tulloch. Peter Denny was the first to experiment with iron screw steamships, and his success lead to a large expansion of the business. He was a considerable benefactor to the town of Dumbarton.

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• Read full list of Denny Medal winners going back to 1892.

The Proudman Oceanographic (POL) scientific research focuses on oceanography encompassing global sea-levels and geodesy, numerical modelling of continental shelf seas and coastal sediment processes. This research alongside activities of surveying, monitoring, data management and forecasting provides strategic support for the wider mission of the Natural Environment Research Council.

As a public funded body it is part of our remit to inform the public of the science and research undertaken at the laboratory. Attending events like the 'Ocean Awareness Weekend' at the Blue Planet Aquarium offers the opportunity for our scientists to meet members of the public and present the laboratory's work.

The Natural Environment Research Council is one of the UK's eight Research Councils. It uses a budget of about £ 350m a year to fund and carry out impartial scientific research in the sciences of the environment. NERC trains the next generation of independent environmental scientists. It is addressing some of the key questions facing mankind, such as global warming, renewable energy and sustainable economic development.