The Sir Frank Whittle Medal is awarded annually by the Royal Academy of Engineering to an engineer, [1] 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 in which the medal is awarded changes annually.
Named after Sir Frank Whittle, the award was instituted in 2001.
Previous winners:
Year | Name | Topics |
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2001 | Professor Tim Berners-Lee | for creating the World Wide Web. |
2002 | Professor John Ffowcs Williams | for contributions to the foundations and applications of Aeroacoustics, which have enabled dramatic reductions in the noise of aircraft and submarines. |
2003 | Professor Roland Clift | 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 | for pioneering work on magnetic resonance imaging. |
2005 | Professor Emeritus Peter John Lawrenson | for engineering innovations in energy. |
2006 | Michael Ramsay | for pioneering the TiVo technology. [2] |
2007 | Mike Glover | for planning, design and construction of the Channel Tunnel Rail Link Project (High Speed 1). |
2008 | Peter Head | for helping to deliver an environmentally sustainable built environment in a rapidly urbanising world. |
2009 | Professor Sir Michael Brady | for his contributions to medical analysis. |
2010 | Professor Sir Richard Feachem | for his engineering-based approach to managing aid and controlling virulent diseases. |
2012 | Dan Chambers | for his product design, innovation and manufacture of specialised sports equipment such as racing wheelchairs. |
2013 | Professor Lin Li | for laser cleaning techniques. [3] |
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