Sir Frank Whittle Medal
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The Sir Frank Whittle Medal is awarded annually by the Royal Academy of Engineering
to an engineer
,
normally resident in the United Kingdom
, for outstanding and sustained achievement which has contributed to the well-being of the nation. The field of activity the medal is awarded in changes annually.
Named after Sir Frank Whittle
, the award was instituted in 2001.
Previous winners:
Royal Academy of Engineering
-Overview: is the UK’s national academy of engineering. The Academy brings together the most successful and talented engineers from across the engineering sectors for a shared purpose: to advance and promote excellence in engineering....
to an engineer
Engineer
An engineer is a professional practitioner of engineering, concerned with applying scientific knowledge, mathematics and ingenuity to develop solutions for technical problems. Engineers design materials, structures, machines and systems while considering the limitations imposed by practicality,...
,
normally resident in the United Kingdom
United Kingdom
The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern IrelandIn the United Kingdom and Dependencies, other languages have been officially recognised as legitimate autochthonous languages under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages...
, for outstanding and sustained achievement which has contributed to the well-being of the nation. The field of activity the medal is awarded in changes annually.
Named after Sir Frank Whittle
Frank Whittle
Air Commodore Sir Frank Whittle, OM, KBE, CB, FRS, Hon FRAeS was a British Royal Air Force engineer officer. He is credited with independently inventing the turbojet engine Air Commodore Sir Frank Whittle, OM, KBE, CB, FRS, Hon FRAeS (1 June 1907 – 9 August 1996) was a British Royal Air...
, the award was instituted in 2001.
Previous winners:
| Year | Name | Topics |
|---|---|---|
| 2001 | Professor Tim Berners-Lee Tim Berners-Lee Sir Timothy John "Tim" Berners-Lee, , also known as "TimBL", is a British computer scientist, MIT professor and the inventor of the World Wide Web... |
for creating the World Wide Web World Wide Web The World Wide Web is a system of interlinked hypertext documents accessed via the Internet... . |
| 2002 | Professor John Ffowcs Williams John Ffowcs Williams Professor John Eirwyn Ffowcs Williams BSc PhD Hon DSc Soton MA ScD Cantab FREng is Emeritus Rank Professor of Engineering at the University of Cambridge and a former Master of Emmanuel College, Cambridge .... |
for contributions to the foundations and applications of Aeroacoustics Aeroacoustics Aeroacoustics is a branch of acoustics that studies noise generation via either turbulent fluid motion or aerodynamic forces interacting with surfaces. Noise generation can also be associated with periodically varying flows... , which have enabled dramatic reductions in the noise of aircraft and submarines. |
| 2003 | Professor Roland Clift Roland Clift Roland Clift, CBE is a chemical engineering professor widely known for his work and media contributions on the topic of sustainability.-Career:... |
for his leading role in developing the holistic life cycle assessment of products - cradle to grave analysis - and the recognition of environmental and social issues. |
| 2004 | Professor Ian Young Ian Young Ian Campbell Young is a Scottish athlete who competed in the 1934 British Empire Games.At the 1934 Empire Games he won the bronze medal in the 100 yards event. He was also a member of the Scottish relay team which won the bronze medal in the 4X110 yards competition. In the 220 yards contest he... |
for pioneering work on Magnetic Resonance Imaging Magnetic resonance imaging Magnetic resonance imaging , nuclear magnetic resonance imaging , or magnetic resonance tomography is a medical imaging technique used in radiology to visualize detailed internal structures... . |
| 2005 | Professor Emeritus Peter John Lawrenson | for engineering innovations in energy Energy In physics, energy is an indirectly observed quantity. It is often understood as the ability a physical system has to do work on other physical systems... . |
| 2006 | Michael Ramsay | for pioneering the TiVo TiVo TiVo is a digital video recorder developed and marketed by TiVo, Inc. and introduced in 1999. TiVo provides an on-screen guide of scheduled broadcast programming television programs, whose features include "Season Pass" schedules which record every new episode of a series, and "WishList"... technology |