IET Achievement Medal
IET Achievement Medals | |
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Awarded for | Exceptional contribution to the advancement of engineering and technology |
Country | United Kingdom |
Presented by | Institution of Engineering and Technology (formerly IEE). Founded in London, 1871. |
First award | 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
[edit ]The awards are made to recognize specific fields in engineering:
- Information & Telecommunication
- Electronics
- Control Engineering
- Manufacturing
- Transport Engineering
- Environmental Engineering
- Energy
Naming of Awards
[edit ]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
- Eric Mensforth - for manufacturing
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Thomson: Discoverer of Electrons
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Fleming: Inventor of Vacuum Tubes
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Crompton: Pioneer of Electric Lighting
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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
[edit ]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
[edit ]An overview of some of the medalists since 2000 is shown below.
IET ACHIEVEMENT MEDAL
- 2024 United Kingdom Mike E. Davies[13]
- 2024 United Kingdom Rob Deaves[13]
- 2024 United Kingdom Richard Harris[13]
- 2024 Pakistan Muhammad Ali Imran[13]
- 2024 China Kun Yang[13]
- 2023 United States James J. Collins [14]
- 2023 United Kingdom David Cumming[14]
- 2023 United Kingdom Mark Lythgoe [14]
- 2022 United Kingdom Tom Crick [15]
- 2022 Belgium Jean-Pierre Raskin[15]
- 2021 Taiwan Hsi-Tseng Chou[16]
- 2021 Germany Mischa Dohler [16]
- 2021 United Kingdom David Holmes[16]
- 2021 China Chongqing Kang[16]
- 2021 China Xiaohu You[16]
IET J J THOMSON MEDAL
- 2000 United States John Cioffi
- 2001 United States Ian K Proudler
- 2003 United Kingdom John O'Reilly
- 2007 United Kingdom Julian Gardner
- 2008 United Kingdom William Milne
- 2009 United States Kam-Yin Lau[17]
- 2011 United Kingdom Chris Toumazou
- 2013 United States David F Welch
- 2014 United Kingdom S Ravi Silva
- 2015 United States Asad Madni
- 2016 United States Alan E. Willner
- 2017 United States M. C. Frank Chang
- 2018 United Kingdom Nigel M Allinson
- 2019 United States Chenming Hu
IET AMBROSE FLEMING MEDAL
- 2007 United Kingdom Simon Kingsley
- 2008 India Brijendra K Syngal
- 2009 Singapore Chai Keong Toh
- 2010 United States Vincent Poor
- 2011 United Kingdom C Christopoulous[18]
- 2012 United Kingdom Paul Kane[19]
- 2013 United Kingdom Barry Evans[20]
IET CROMPTON MEDAL
- 2008 United Kingdom John GP Scott
- 2009 India Harbans Bajaj
- 2010 China Ron Hui
- 2013 United Kingdom Graham T Reed
IET HEAVISIDE MEDAL
- 2007 United Kingdom Ian Postlethwaite
- 2008 United Kingdom Michael J Grimble
- 2009 United States Petros Ioannou
- 2012 United States Ramesh Agarwal[21]
- 2013 Canada Chris Hadfield
IET MENSFORTH MEDAL
- 2006 United Kingdom Edward Atkin [22]
- 2007 United Kingdom Sir Anthony Bamford
- 2008 United Kingdom Sir Alan Jones
- 2010 Germany Ralf Speth
- 2013 United Kingdom Nigel Whitehead
- 2014 United Kingdom Gavin Campbell
- 2016 United Kingdom Tom Williams[23] CBE
- 2019 United Kingdom Marcus Burton[24]
A full list of winners since 1987 can be found on the IET website.[8]
See also
[edit ]- List of engineering awards
- List of awards named after people
- IET Faraday Medal
- IET Mountbatten Medal
References
[edit ]- ^ "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 the IET Achievement Medals" (PDF). The Institution of Engineering and Technology. Retrieved 2024年09月27日.
- ^ "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.
- ^ a b c d e "IET Achievement Medals 2024". The Institution of Engineering and Technology. Retrieved 2024年10月20日.
- ^ a b c "World leading engineers win at IET Achievement Awards". The Institution of Engineering and Technology. 2023年10月23日. Retrieved 2024年09月27日.
- ^ a b "World leading engineers win IET Achievement Awards". The Institution of Engineering and Technology. 2022年10月21日. Retrieved 2024年09月27日.
- ^ a b c d e "Winners of the IET Achievement Awards have been announced". The Institution of Engineering and Technology. 2021年10月22日. Retrieved 2024年09月27日.
- ^ "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 300ドルm".
- ^ "Airbus chief named among 2016 IET Achievement Award winners".
- ^ "MTA President Honoured at IET Achievement Awards, 2019".
External links
[edit ]- IET honors professor with achievement medal - News report from Washington University in St. Louis - [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]