The Institution of Engineering and Technology (IET) awards achievement medals to recognize engineers who have been significant contribution to various fields in engineering Every year, the award committee seeks and evaluates nominations and makes decision on winners. 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 Eric Mensforth - for manufacturing
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.
Award Ceremony Each year, the award is presented in London, UK.
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. Some photos taken at the award ceremony can be found here.
Winners An overview of the latest medalists since 2000 is shown below. IET ACHIEVEMENT MEDAL
IET J J THOMSON MEDAL
IET AMBROSE FLEMING MEDAL
IET CROMPTON MEDAL
IET HEAVISIDE MEDAL
IET MENSFORTH MEDAL
A full list of winners since 1987 can be found on the IET website.
See also List of engineering awards List of awards named after people IET Faraday Medal IET Mountbatten Medal
References
External links IET honors professor with achievement medal - News report from Washington University in St. Louis - [1] Archived 2014-08-22 at the Wayback Machine GOSPEL - European Union Framework 6TH Program - Short Review of IET Achievement Award - [2] Archived 2012-11-06 at the Wayback Machine Southwest Business News - Short Review of IET Achievement Award -[3] Awards Intelligence - Short Review of IET Achievement Award - [4]