IET_Achievement_Medals

IET Achievement Medal

IET Achievement Medal

Award

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.

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Technical Fields

The awards are made to recognize specific fields in engineering:

  1. Information & Telecommunication
  2. Electronics
  3. Control Engineering
  4. Manufacturing
  5. Transport Engineering
  6. Environmental Engineering
  7. Energy

Naming of Awards

The IET Achievement Medals are named after prominent scientists and engineers. They include:

  1. J. J. Thomson - for electronics
  2. John Ambrose Fleming - for communications
  3. R. E. B. Crompton - for energy
  4. Oliver Heaviside - for control
  5. Monty Finniston - for general engineering
  6. Sarah Guppy - for environment
  7. Eric Mensforth - 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


IET AMBROSE FLEMING MEDAL

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[17]
  • 2013 Canada Chris Hadfield

IET MENSFORTH MEDAL

A full list of winners since 1987 can be found on the IET website.[8]

See also

References

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    "Information on IET Achievement Medals". The IET.
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    "Emeritus Professor Kam-Yin Lau, U C Berkeley, USA".
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    "Professor Emeritus, Faculty of Engineering, University of Nottingham, UK".
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    "Ramesh Agarwal, McKelvey School of Engineering, Washington University in St. Louis, USA".
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    "MTA President Honoured at IET Achievement Awards, 2019".
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