IET Faraday Medal

IET Faraday Medal
IET Faraday Medal
Awarded for	Awarded either for notable scientific or industrial achievement in engineering or for conspicuous service rendered to the advancement of science, engineering and technology or for lifetime achievement in science, engineering or technology.
Sponsored by	Institution of Engineering and Technology and the Institution of Electrical Engineers
Date	Since 1922
Country	United Kingdom
Website	conferences.theiet.org/achievement/awards/medals/faraday.cfm

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.

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

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)

1922 Oliver Heaviside
1923 The Hon Sir Charles Algernon Parsons
1924 Sebastian Ziani de Ferranti
1925 Sir Joseph John Thomson
1926 Rookes Evelyn Bell Crompton
1927 Elihu Thomson
1928 Sir Ambrose Fleming
1929 Guido Semenza
1930 Sir Ernest Rutherford
1931 Charles Hesterman Merz
1932 Sir Oliver Lodge
1933 no award
1934 Sir Frank Edward Smith
1935 Frank Baldwin Jewett
1936 Sir William Henry Bragg
1937 André Blondel
1938 Sir John Francis Cleverton Snell
1939 William David Coolidge
1940 Alexander Russell
1941 Sir Arthur Percy Morris Fleming
1942 Pyotr Kapitsa
1943 Sir Archibald Page
1944 Irving Langmuir
1945 Sir Clifford Copland Paterson
1946 Sir Edward Victor Appleton
1947 Sir Leonard Pearce
1948 Mark Oliphant
1949 Charles Samuel Franklin
1950 Sir James Chadwick
1951 Thomas Eckersley
1952 Ernest Lawrence
1953 Sir Arthur Stanley Angwin
1954 Sir Isaac Shoenberg
1955 Sir John Cockcroft
1956 G W O Howe
1957 Waldemar Borgquist
1958 Sir Gordon Radley
1959 Luigi Emanueli
1960 Sir George Paget Thomson
1961 Julius Adams Stratton
1962 Sir Basil Schonland
1963 Pierre Marie Jean Ailleret
1964 Joseph Ronald Mortlock
1965 Vladimir Zworykin
1966 J A Ratcliffe
1967 H E M Barlow
1968 Leslie Herbert Bedford
1969 Philip Sporn
1970 Charles William Oatley
1971 Sir Martin Ryle
1972 F C Williams

Next 50 Years (1973–2023)

References

^ IET Archives Archived December 1, 2007, at the Wayback Machine
^ Oxford DNB thematic list
^ "IET Awards – Faraday Medal: Awards, prizes and scholarships within engineering and technology". London: theiet.org. Archived from the original on 17 November 2015.
^ "IET Achievement Medals".
^ "IET Awards ceremony".
^ "Sir Michael Brady, University of Oxford, UK".
^ "Sir Robin Saxby awarded 2002 Faraday Medal, 2002". Archived from the original on 1 May 2021. Retrieved 11 March 2020.
^ "Sir Richard Friend, University of Cambridge, UK". 23 July 2013.
^ "Professor wins IEE's highest accolade, 2004". 26 March 2004.
^ "DSP pioneer awarded Faraday Medal, 2006".
^ "PC revolutionary honoured". 18 September 2007.
^ "Professor Josef Kittler, University of Surrey, UK".
^ 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.
^ "Sir Mike Pepper winner of IET Faraday Medal 2013".
^ "Imperial researcher wins Institution of Engineering and Technology's top honour".
^ "Alumnus awarded Faraday medal, Fitzwilliam College Cambridge".
^ "Bjarne Stroustrup awarded 2017 Faraday Medal".
^ "Our IET 2020 Prestige Medal winners". Institution of Engineering and Technology. Archived from the original on 10 April 2021. Retrieved 27 February 2021.
^ "Our IET 2021 Prestige Medal winners". Institution of Engineering and Technology.

[1] IET Archives Archived December 1, 2007, at the Wayback Machine

[2] Oxford DNB thematic list

[3] "IET Awards – Faraday Medal: Awards, prizes and scholarships within engineering and technology". London: theiet.org. Archived from the original on 17 November 2015.

[4] "IET Achievement Medals".

[5] "IET Awards ceremony".

[6] "Sir Michael Brady, University of Oxford, UK".

[7] "Sir Robin Saxby awarded 2002 Faraday Medal, 2002". Archived from the original on 1 May 2021. Retrieved 11 March 2020.

[8] "Sir Richard Friend, University of Cambridge, UK". 23 July 2013.

[9] "Professor wins IEE's highest accolade, 2004". 26 March 2004.

[10] "DSP pioneer awarded Faraday Medal, 2006".

[11] "PC revolutionary honoured". 18 September 2007.

[12] "Professor Josef Kittler, University of Surrey, UK".

[13] 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.

[14] "Sir Mike Pepper winner of IET Faraday Medal 2013".

[15] "Imperial researcher wins Institution of Engineering and Technology's top honour".

[16] "Alumnus awarded Faraday medal, Fitzwilliam College Cambridge".

[17] "Bjarne Stroustrup awarded 2017 Faraday Medal".

[18] "Our IET 2020 Prestige Medal winners". Institution of Engineering and Technology. Archived from the original on 10 April 2021. Retrieved 27 February 2021.

[19] "Our IET 2021 Prestige Medal winners". Institution of Engineering and Technology.

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Background

Winners

First 50 Years (1922–1972)

Next 50 Years (1973–2023)

See also

References