On June 6, 2016, during the opening ceremony of the big ECCOMAS congress in Crete, Professor Wolfgang A. Wall received the Prandtl medal from the European Community on Computational Methods in Applied Sciences. According to ECCOMAS (http://www.eccomas.org/spacehome/1/4), the Prandtl Medal is awarded for outstanding and sustained contributions to the area of computational fluid dynamics. These contributions shall generally be in the form of important research results which significantly advance the understanding of theories and methods impacting CFD. The medal carries the image of Prandtl. The medal is awarded every two years at the ECCOMAS Congress and Conferences, respectively. A list of all awardees of this year can be found here.