| 1978/79 | John V. Wehausen, Berkeley, USA | tub.dok | 
|  | Ship Theory, Ship Design and Georg Weinblum. Transient Phenomena 
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|  | Observed in Passage over Obstructions |  | 
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| 1979/80 | Otto Grim, Hamburg, Germany | tub.dok | 
|  | Propeller und Leitrad als mögliches Antriebsorgan für Schiffe |  | 
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| 1980/81 | Takao Inui, Tokyo, Japan | PDF | 
|  | From Bulbous Bow to Free Surface Shock Wave – Twenty Years Trend of |  | 
|  | Researches on Ship Waves at the Tokyo University Tank |  | 
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| 1981/82 | Louis Landweber, Iowa City, USA |  | 
|  | Interactions between Viscosity and Ship Waves |  | 
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| 1982/83 | George E. Gadd, Feltham, United Kingdom | tub.dok | 
|  | Some Effects of Scale in Ship Model Testing |  | 
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| 1983/84 | Theodore Y. Wu, Pasadena, USA | tub.dok | 
|  | The Shallow Water Effects – Do Steady Disturbances Always Result in Steady |  | 
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| 1984/85 | Marshall P. Tulin, Santa Barbara, USA | tub.dok | 
|  | Surface Waves from the Ray Point of View |  | 
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| 1985/86 | Fritz J. Ursell, Manchester, United Kingdom | tub.dok | 
|  | Mathematical Observations on the Method of Multipoles |  | 
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| 1986/87 | Som Deo Sharma, Hamburg, Germany |  | 
|  | Bemerkungen zum sogenannten Vorgeschichtseinfluß in der Schiffshydrodynamik |  | 
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| 1987/88 | Hajime Maruo, Yokohama, Japan | PDF | 
|  | Evolution of the Theory of Slender Ships |  |