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PAWEES International Award Speech

Professor Akira GOTO

Utsunomiya University, Japan

It is my great pleasure to receive the honorable award from PAWEES. I

also have to say I am very sorry for being absent from this important

venue.

While paddy field farming is the common agricultural practice in the

monsoon Asia region, its farming styles vary place to place and time to

time, in accordance with diversity of hydrological conditions anddifference in stages of development.

I think irrigation and drainage engineering for paddy-based agriculture,

namely PAWEES, is engineering and technology based on such diversity.

With such recognition, I have been engaged in field-oriented research

works in Southeast Asian countries. The researches were conducted as

collaboration with the universities there, and many of my students, both

Japanese and foreign students, were involved.I am now very happy to be awarded by appreciation of such

international activities of mine.

Thank you very much again.

I wish this PAWEES conference will be successful and fruitful.


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Professor Ke-Sheng Cheng

National Taiwan University, Taiwan

Firstly, I like to thank PAWEES Japan and the Nominating Committee. Its

my great honor to be the recipient of this prestigious award.

I owe this award to many people who have taken part in establishing

PAWEES and launching PWE publication. We have come a very long way

to enjoy the tangible success of PAWEES and PWE today. But looking

back, it was the collective efforts of many researchers and professors in

Korea, Japan, and Taiwan that made our achievements become realities.

As JF Kennedy once said, efforts and courage are not enough without

purpose and direction. From the first preparatory meeting of PAWEES

held in Kyoto in 2002, we had had clear objectives and were on a right

track. For this, I like to pay tribute to the presidents of TSAE, KSAE and

JSIDRE back then, namely, Dr. Ming-Hua Tsai, Prof. Soon-Kuk Kwun, and

most notably, PAWEES founding president, Prof. Yohei Sato. It was their

vision, perseverance and great leadership that led us to overcome

numerous challenges.

I also like to thank many outstanding supporting staff of KSAE, JSIDRE,

and TSAE. Without their superb performances, we could not have had so

many successful meetings and conferences that brought us together and

drove PAWEES to excel in every of its endeavors.

Establishing PWE as an outstanding SCI journal was one of the major

missions of PAWEES. PWE has been listed in SCI and gained SCI impact

factor since two years ago. However, it is still in its infancy and we need

to keep doing good science to foster high quality publication of PWE.

For over twelve years, I have had the privilege working with so many

dedicated people and leading scientists like you. Today, I see many new

faces and younger generations participating in PAWEES activities. Let s

keep this momentum going and we surely will stride into a new and

successful era of PAWEES.

Finally, I like to thank all of you for being here today and I look forward toseeing you in the next PAWEES meeting!


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Dr. Keun-Hoo Lee

Emeritus professor of Agricultural Engineering

Gyeongsang National Universiry, Korea

Good morning Ladies and Gentlemen;

First of all, I would like to express my gratitude to the Korean Societyof Agricultural Engineers, and the President of KSAE, Dr. Jin-Soo Kimwho nominated me to the 2013 PAWEES International Award. I alsowish to thank the Nomination Committee of PAWEES InternationalAward that has selected me for this honourable Award.

I receive the 2013 PAWEES International Award with mixed feelings ofpride, concern, and hope. When I was enrolled in the Institute ofAgricultural Engineering and Utilization in 1967, the KoreanGovernment was intended to breed new high yield rice variety calledTongilbyeo. I was assigned to investigate effective way of coldwater irrigation for new rice variety. As a result of successfulrice breeding, average rice yield was increased from2t/ha in 1960s to 5t/ha in 2000s. In 1975, Korea achieved selfsufficiency of rice which led Korea into industrialized country. It was arewarding experience for me to participate in such a great project.Today I am here to be bestowed an award by PAWEES. I think myworks and practices will be recognized by other friends andcolleagues at home and abroad as well. The award gives me a prideand responsibility at the same time.

After achievement of self sufficiency of rice, it has been a greatconcern to see very low governments attention to rice productionsectors. Reduced government investment for constructing agriculturalinfra structures and decreased number of students applying toagricultural engineering department have been followed andcontinued up to now. These phenomenon has naturally connected tothe reduction of research funds and human resources in the field ofpaddy and water environment engineering.


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However, I see a hope from the paddy and water environmentengineering. Poverty mitigation and improvement of ruralenvironments are still current hot issues at global scale. Agriculturaldevelopment is a starting point to solve these issues. It is clear that knowledges on paddy and water environment are the basis ofagricultural development. That means future demand of paddy andwater environment engineering will be expanded further.

We have made brilliant progress since PAWEES was founded andpublished the first volume of official journal in 2003. In 2009,PAWEES was registered as a SCIE journal and its impact factormarked 1.025 in 2012. It means that the affective power of PAWEEShas been continued to increase. Outstanding achievements ofPAWEES provide us a concrete foundation of our profession. Thismakes me have a hope despite of the concerns mentioned earlier.

There are so many organizations and individuals who supported andaffected me in various ways.

I sincerely express my deep gratitude to Gyeongsang NationalUniversity where I had serviced 34 years, which allowed me to care

my family and carry out most of my works. I also give my appreciation to all the colleagues who shared friendship andcooperation with me so long time at Department of AgriculturalEngineering. And thank you my students who took a small part oftheir own journey with me at GNU. Without a doubt they havecollectively taught me more than I have taught them.

I also appreciate The Korean Society of Agricultural Engineers, TheKorea Rural Community Corporation, and The Ministry of Agriculture,Food and Rural Affairs. I have supported and collaborated in variousways from or with these organizations resulting in personal progressand chest full worthwhile.

Thank you Dr. Ki-Choon Lee, Dr. Seung-Deok Suh, Director Ju-ChangKim, Dr. Soon-Hyeok Lee, Dr. Ye-Hwan Choi, and Dr. Soon-Kuk Kwonfor sharing my moments of joy and creative inspiration aboutagricultural water. Thank you Professor Seon-Ju Kim, Professor


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Gui-Seok Yeon, and Professor Seong-Jun Kim you were the bestsupporting staffs of mine for the administration of Korean Society ofAgricultural Engineers. Thank you all again.

I have been fortunate to have family who have been my greatestcheerleaders. I want to thank my wife Seung-Shin Park for herunwavering support and for laughing at my jokes. Thank you to

our four daughters and their spouses, Se-Yeon, Se-Jeong, Se-Jin, andNoh-Gyeong who have given us full of everlasting joy

and happiness.Due to the limited time allowed, I could not express

more thanks to all of friends and colleagues who were notmentioned at this time. Please forgive me, but remember that I loveyou all.

Lastly, I would like to leave my message to all the people who areworking in paddy and water environment engineering. If you

want your hope towards paddy and water come true,you should be armed with enthusiasm, confidence andpersistency. Be prepared,

and you will see a part of paddy field

world.

Thank you.


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PAWEES InternationalAward SpeechMr. Kuang-Cheng Huang

Former President of Taiwan Agricultural Engineers Society

Ladies and Gentlemen:

On behalf of Taiwan Agricultural Engineers Society, it's my great honor to

attend the PAWEES 2013 annual meeting and to receive this year's

PAWEES International Award.

I would like to take this opportunity to express my heartfelt thanks to the

Nominating Committee, the Organizing Committee, and also to the

board and members of Taiwan Agricultural Engineers Society who have

made their great contribution in the advancement of paddy and water

environment engineering in Taiwan.

Water is the most essential element to human life and economic

activities. For Taiwan, agricultural water consumption accounts for 70%

of total water consumption. Therefore, it has been the most important

issue to use agricultural water more efficiently in Taiwan. In order to

enhance agricultural water use efficiency, we are making our efforts to

improve the irrigation system and management technology, and will

strive to review and adjust the agricultural industry structure. Through

these measures, we hope the food security and water resources

conservation could be achieved.

Sustainable use and development of water resources is the global trend

in the 21st century. To reach this goal, we have to work together and

share knowledge through international society like PAWEES. I would like

to express my sincere appreciation for everyone's outstanding

contribution in the society.Finally, I look forward to the successful and fruitful academic exchange

and cooperation, and wish the cordial friendship continue to last in the

future. Thank you.


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PAWEES Paper Award Speech

Dr. Chuan-Pin Chien, Dr. Wen-Tsun Fang

Agricultural Engineering Research Center, Taiwan

We would like to thank the International Society of Paddy and Water

Environment for the PAWEES Paper Award 2013. It is such a great

honor to be recognized as having research contributions in the field of

paddy and water environment. The paper Modeling Irrigation Return

Flow for the Return Flow Reuse System in Paddy Fields, focuses on the

estimation for the amount of return flow in an irrigation system in

Taiwan. As we know, there are many excellent and outstandingresearchers working on the topic of return flow for paddy fields. We

are feeling in good fortune receiving such an important award in the

society. It may be the increasing importance of return flow studies in

paddy fields in Taiwan drawing attention from the reviewers of the

PAWEES Journal. In Taiwan agricultural water use makes large portion

of total water consumption; therefore effective water conservation in

irrigation may save more water. Using return flow in farmlands is one

of the applicable as well as operational ways to conserve water. Withfull use of return flow in paddy fields by farmers, it is expected that same

agricultural water can be supplied to more paddy fields, or water saved

can be provided to other water use sectors. Therefore a conservation

and sustainable irrigation system may prevail, which is the main concept

behind our paper.

The PAWEES Paper Award 2013 is quite meaningful to both of us. We

would like to thank Professor Ray-Shyan Wu who inspired us in exploring

return flow modeling and field experiments. Professor Fi-John Changs

encouragement and suggestions during the preparation of the paper in

English are also much appreciated. Finally we would like to express our

deep gratitude to both of our family members. Their full support

completes the research work.


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PAWEES Reviewer Award Speech

Dr. Yu-Chuan Chang

National Taiwan University, Taiwan

Good morning ladies and gentlemen,

I would like to share the award with the members of the Taiwans group,

who are here to enjoy this happy moment with me.

First, I give my thanks to Prof. Sato, who established the award. It is his

contribution that encourages many scholars to devote themselves to the

improvement of the quality of PAWEE Journal. Secondly, I give mygratitude to the editors who elected me as the recipient of Sato award. I

am grateful for the opportunity to given my contribution into the review

work. Last but not least, I want to thank Prof. Kan, who honorably retired

from National Taiwan University twelve years ago, but are still active in

his profession. In2010, Prof. Kan recommended me as a visiting scholar

in University of Tokyo. It was in that year that I met many great friends

and excellent scholars like Prof. Yamaji, Prof. Mizokuji, , Prof. Yoshino,

Prof. Shima, Prof. Fujisaki, Prof. Ishikawa and Prof. Sato from University ofTsukuba, all of whom I shared a memorable time with.

There are many reviewers who are dedicating themselves to improve the

quality of the journal. I truly believe that the comment from reviewers

will be one of the greatest drives for continuous improvement of the

journal. Being one of them, I hope I can have the chance to make my

contribution to the International Society of Paddy and Water

Environment Engineering constantly. Thanks all of you.


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PAWEES Reviewer Award Speech

Dr. Moon Sung Kang

Seoul National University, Korea

I am very thankful to receive the PAWEES Reviewer Award 2013

(MARUYAMA Prize). First of all, I would very much like to express my

deepest gratitude to the all of the nominating committee of the PAWEES

for choosing me as the recipient. And, I wish the PWE continued success

and a top journal now and forever. Also, I will do more hard works to

enhance and maintains the high standards of the PWE publications.

Thank you very much.

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