The Faraday Medal is a top international medal awarded by the UK

Institution of Engineering and Technology The Institution of Engineering and Technology (IET) is a multidisciplinary professional engineering institution. The IET was formed in 2006 from two separate institutions: the Institution of Electrical Engineers (IEE), dating back to 1871,Engin ...

(IET) (previously called the

Institution of Electrical Engineers The Institution of Electrical Engineers (IEE) was a British professional organisation of electronics, electrical, manufacturing, and information technology professionals, especially electrical engineers. It began in 1871 as the Society of Tel ...

(IEE)). As one of the world's most prestigious awards in engineering, it is part of the IET Achievement Medals collection of awards. The medal is named after the British physicist

Michael Faraday Michael Faraday (; 22 September 1791 – 25 August 1867) was an English chemist and physicist who contributed to the study of electrochemistry and electromagnetism. His main discoveries include the principles underlying electromagnetic inducti ...

, 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

. Each year, the recipient received his/her award at a ceremony held in London that is hosted by the IET.

Winners

Image:Oheaviside.jpg, Heaviside: Transmission line theory, H-step function, 1922 Image:Charles Algernon Parsons.jpg, Parsons: Invented the modern

steam turbine A steam turbine or steam turbine engine is a machine or heat engine that extracts thermal energy from pressurized steam and uses it to do mechanical work utilising a rotating output shaft. Its modern manifestation was invented by Sir Charles Par ...

, 1923 Image:J.J Thomson.jpg, Thomson: Discovered

electrons The electron (, or in nuclear reactions) is a subatomic particle with a negative one elementary charge, elementary electric charge. It is a fundamental particle that comprises the ordinary matter that makes up the universe, along with up qua ...

, 1925 Image:John Ambrose Fleming 1890.png, Fleming: Invented

vacuum tubes A vacuum tube, electron tube, thermionic valve (British usage), or tube (North America) is a device that controls electric current flow in a high vacuum between electrodes to which an electric voltage, potential difference has been applied. It ...

, 1928 Image:Sir Ernest Rutherford LCCN2014716719 - restoration1.jpg, Rutherford: Discovered the

atomic nucleus The atomic nucleus is the small, dense region consisting of protons and neutrons at the center of an atom, discovered in 1911 by Ernest Rutherford at the Department_of_Physics_and_Astronomy,_University_of_Manchester , University of Manchester ...

, 1930 Image:Appleton.jpg, Appleton: Discovered the Appleton layer, 1946 Image:Cockcroft.jpg, Cockcroft: "Split" the atomic nucleus, 1955 Image:Zvorykin0.jpg, Zworykin involved with inventing television and

electron microscope An electron microscope is a microscope that uses a beam of electrons as a source of illumination. It uses electron optics that are analogous to the glass lenses of an optical light microscope to control the electron beam, for instance focusing it ...

, 1965 Image:Maurice Vincent Wilkes 1980 (3).jpg, Wilkes: Built the first

electronic computer A computer is a machine that can be programmed to automatically carry out sequences of arithmetic or logical operations (''computation''). Modern digital electronic computers can perform generic sets of operations known as ''programs'', wh ...

, 1981 Image:Charles K. Kao cropped 2.jpg, Kao: Pioneered the development and use of

fibre optics An optical fiber, or optical fibre, is a flexible glass or plastic fiber that can transmit light from one end to the other. Such fibers find wide usage in fiber-optic communications, where they permit transmission over longer distances and at ...

, 1989 Image:KnuthAtOpenContentAlliance.jpg, Knuth: Art of computer programming, 2011 Image:schouhamerimmink.jpg, Immink: Digital video and audio recording, 2015 Image:Bjarne-stroustrup (cropped).jpg, Stroustrup: Created C++, 2017

First 50 Years (1922–1972)

Next 50 Years (1973–2023)

References

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Background

Winners

First 50 Years (1922–1972)

Next 50 Years (1973–2023)

See also

References