IET Achievement Medal
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Awarded for | Exceptional contribution to the advancement of engineering and technology |
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Presented by | Institution of Engineering and Technology (formerly IEE). Founded in London, 1871. |
First awarded | 1987 |
Website | http://www.iet.org |
The Institution of Engineering and Technology (IET) awards achievement medals[1] to recognize engineers who have been significant contribution to various fields in engineering[2] Every year, the award committee seeks[3][4][5][6] and evaluates nominations[7] and makes decision on winners.[8] There is no age limit or nationality requirement. It is an international award.
Technical Fields[]
The awards are made to recognize specific fields in engineering:
- Information & Telecommunication
- Electronics
- Control Engineering
- Manufacturing
- Transport Engineering
- Environmental Engineering
- Energy
Naming of Awards[]
The IET Achievement Medals are named after prominent scientists and engineers. They include:
- J. J. Thomson - for electronics
- John Ambrose Fleming - for communications
- R. E. B. Crompton - for energy
- Oliver Heaviside - for control
- Monty Finniston - for general engineering
- Sarah Guppy - for environment
- - for manufacturing
Thomson: Discoverer of Electrons
Fleming: Inventor of Vacuum Tubes
Crompton: Pioneer of Electric Lighting
Heaviside: Heaviside Step Function (Control)
The awards are sponsored by several companies, such as BAE Systems, Lockheed Martin, BP, RS, Pace, e-ON, EDF energy networks, GCHQ, Transport for London, etc.[9]
Award Ceremony[]
Each year, the award is presented in London, UK. [10] The ceremony is attended by the IET President, distinguished guests, winners and their families and industry sponsors of the event. Also at this ceremony, winners of the IET Faraday Medal and recipient of IET Honorary Fellow will also be announced on this occasion.[11] Some photos taken at the award ceremony can be found here.[12]
Winners[]
An overview of some of the medalists since 2000 is shown below.
IET J J THOMSON MEDAL
- 2000
John Cioffi
- 2001
Ian K Proudler
- 2003
John O'Reilly
- 2007
Julian Gardner
- 2008
William Milne
- 2009
Kam-Yin Lau[13]
- 2011
Chris Toumazou
- 2013
David F Welch
- 2014
S Ravi Silva
- 2015
Asad Madni
- 2016
Alan E. Willner
- 2017
M. C. Frank Chang
- 2018
Nigel M Allinson
- 2019
Chenming Hu
IET AMBROSE FLEMING MEDAL
- 2007
Simon Kingsley
- 2008
Brijendra K Syngal
- 2009
Chai Keong Toh
- 2010
Vincent Poor
- 2011
C Christopoulous[14]
- 2012
Paul Kane[15]
- 2013
Barry Evans[16]
IET CROMPTON MEDAL
IET HEAVISIDE MEDAL
- 2007
Ian Postlethwaite
- 2008
Michael J Grimble
- 2009
Petros Ioannou
- 2012
Ramesh Agarwal[17]
- 2013
Chris Hadfield
IET MENSFORTH MEDAL
- 2006
Edward Atkin[18]
- 2007
Sir Anthony Bamford
- 2008
Sir Alan Jones
- 2010
Ralf Speth
- 2013
Nigel Whitehead
- 2014
Gavin Campbell
- 2016
Tom Williams[19] CBE
- 2019
Marcus Burton[20]
A full list of winners since 1987 can be found on the IET website.[8]
See also[]
- List of engineering awards
- List of awards named after people
- IET Faraday Medal
- IET Mountbatten Medal
References[]
- ^ "IET Achievement Medals".
- ^ "Linkedin - Who Should Receive IET Achievement Awards". Linkedin.
- ^ "Call for Entries - IET Achievement Awards". Electronics World.
- ^ "Call for Entries - IET Achievement Awards". WISE Campaign.
- ^ "Call for Entries - IET Achievement Awards". Electrical Review News. 27 April 2011.
- ^ "Call for Entries - IET Achievement Awards". IT Analysis News.
- ^ "Information on IET Achievement Medals". The IET.
- ^ a b "Winners of IET Achievement Medals". Institution of Engineering and Technology.
- ^ "The Sponsors of IET Achievement Awards in 2009". The IET.
- ^ "IET Achievement Awards Ceremony". The IET.
- ^ "IET Achievement Awards Ceremony". The IET.
- ^ "Photos of IET Achievement Awards Ceremony". Flicker. 24 November 2010.
- ^ "Emeritus Professor Kam-Yin Lau, U C Berkeley, USA".
- ^ "Professor Emeritus, Faculty of Engineering, University of Nottingham, UK".
- ^ "Bath-based internet pioneer awarded prestigious IET medal". 9 October 2012.
- ^ "Ambrose Fleming Medal honours 40 years' research in satellite communications for Surrey professor".
- ^ "Ramesh Agarwal, McKelvey School of Engineering, Washington University in St. Louis, USA".
- ^ "Baby group tips scales at £300m".
- ^ "Airbus chief named among 2016 IET Achievement Award winners".
- ^ "MTA President Honoured at IET Achievement Awards, 2019".
External links[]
- IET honors professor with achievement medal - News report from University of Washington - [1]
- GOSPEL - European Union Framework 6TH Program - Short Review of IET Achievement Award - [2]
- Southwest Business News - Short Review of IET Achievement Award -[3]
- Awards Intelligence - Short Review of IET Achievement Award - [4]
- British science and technology awards
- Engineering awards
- Institution of Engineering and Technology
- International awards