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The Sir Frank Whittle Medal
(silver gilt)
The Sir Frank Whittle Medal
will next be awarded in 2009. The Medal is awarded
to an engineer, normally resident in the UK, for
outstanding and sustained achievement which has
contributed to the well-being of the nation.
The field of activity changes
annually. In 2009 the Medal will be awarded for
engineering innovations in healthcare.
The online nomination form for the 2009 Medal is now closed.
Recipients
2008
The winner of the 2008 Sir
Frank Whittle Medal will be announced shortly.
2007
Mike Glover FREng
Arup Director Mike Glover has
won this year’s prestigious Royal Academy of
Engineering Sir Frank Whittle Medal for his
achievement in the planning, design and construction
of the Channel Tunnel Rail Link Project (CTRL).
[2007 News Release]
2006
Michael Ramsay
Michael Ramsay pioneered the
TiVo technology that is changing the world of home
entertainment - the culmination of a lifetime of
innovation in computer graphics, workstations and
consumer software technologies.
[2006 News Release]
2005
Peter John Lawrenson
Peter John Lawrenson, Emeritus
Professor, Department of Electrical Engineering,
University of Leeds has won this year's prestigious
Royal Academy of Engineering Sir Frank Whittle
Medal.
[2005 News Release]
2004
Professor Ian
Young, OBE, FREng, FRS
Professor Young, one
of the pioneers of the diagnostic
engineering technology Magnetic Resonance
Imaging (MRI), has won this year’s
prestigious Royal Academy of Engineering Sir
Frank Whittle Medal.
[2004 News Release]
2003
Professor Roland
Clift OBE FREng
Distinguished Professor of Environmental
Technology and Director, Centre for
Environmental Strategy, University of Surrey
'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.'
[2003 News Release]
2002
Professor John Ffowcs
Williams FREng
Rank Professor of Engineering (Acoustics)
University of Cambridge
‘for contributions to the foundations and
applications of Aeroacoustics, which have
enabled dramatic reductions in the noise of
aircraft and submarines’.
[2002 News Release]
2001
Professor Tim
Berners-Lee OBE FREng FRS
3Com Founders
Professor, MIT
Director, World Wide Web Consortium
‘for creating the World Wide Web, which in
just ten years has connected millions of
people all over the world, enabling them to
work together, trade and manage information
in real time’.
[2001 News Release]
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