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IET Faraday Medal

IET Faraday Medal

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This article is about the medal awarded by the Institution of Engineering and Technology, and previously by the Institution of Electrical Engineers. For other uses, see Faraday Prize (disambiguation).

The Faraday Medal is a top international medal awarded by the UK Institution of Engineering and Technology (IET) (previously called the Institution of Electrical Engineers (IEE)).[1][2][3] It is part of the IET Achievement Medals collection of awards.[4] The medal is named after the British physicist Michael Faraday, the father of electromagnetism.

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Background

The Faraday medal is the IET's highest honour and one of the world's most prestigious awards for engineers and scientists. Winners include ground-breaking pioneers and inventors. First awarded in 1922, it is one of the oldest medals still being awarded today. The top medal is awarded annually to distinguished individuals who either for notable scientific or industrial achievement in engineering or for conspicuous service rendered to the advancement of science, engineering and technology, without restriction as regards to nationality, country of residence or membership of the Institution. The award was established in 1922 to commemorate the 50th Anniversary of the first Ordinary Meeting of the Society of Telegraph Engineers and is named after Michael Faraday. Each year, the recipient received his/her award at a ceremony held in London that is hosted by the IET.[5]

Winners

IET Faraday Medal
Reverse side
  • Heaviside: Transmission line theory, H-step function, 1922
  • Parsons: Invented the modern steam turbine, 1923
  • Thomson: Discovered electrons, 1925
  • Fleming: Invented vacuum tubes, 1928
  • Rutherford: Discovered the atomic nucleus, 1930
  • Appleton: Discovered the Appleton layer, 1946
  • Cockcroft: "Split" the atomic nucleus, 1955
  • Zworykin involved with inventing television and electron microscope, 1965
  • Wilkes: Built the first electronic computer, 1981
  • Kao: Pioneered the development and use of fibre optics, 1989
  • Knuth: Art of computer programming, 2011
  • Immink: Digital video and audio recording, 2015
  • Stroustrup: Created C++, 2017

First 50 Years (1922–1972)

Next 50 Years (1973–2023)

See also

References

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    IET Archives Archived December 1, 2007, at the Wayback Machine
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    Oxford DNB thematic list
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    "IET Achievement Medals".
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    "IET Awards ceremony".
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    "Professor Josef Kittler, University of Surrey, UK".
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    IET: Professor Donald Knuth to be awarded prestigious Faraday Medal, Politics.co.uk Archived 2 March 2020 at the Wayback Machine, retrieved 16 May 2016.
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    "Sir Mike Pepper winner of IET Faraday Medal 2013".
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    "Our IET 2020 Prestige Medal winners". Institution of Engineering and Technology. Archived from the original on 10 April 2021. Retrieved 27 February 2021.
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