James Watt International Gold Medal

The James Watt Medal is an award for excellence in engineering established in 1937, conferred by the Institution of Mechanical Engineers in the United Kingdom. It is named after Scottish engineer James Watt (1736–1819) who developed the Watt steam engine in 1781, which was fundamental to the changes brought by the Industrial Revolution in both his native Great Britain and the rest of the world.

James Watt International Gold Medal of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers

The James Watt International Gold Medal is awarded by the British to an outstanding mechanical engineer.

"To commemorate the bicentenary of the birth of James Watt on 19 January 1736 - an event which was destined to bring about a revolution in the utilisation of power - the Institution of Mechanical Engineers award every two years a Gold Medal to an engineer of any nationality who is deemed worthy of the highest award the Institution can bestow and that a mechanical engineer can receive. In making the award, the Institution has sought the co-operation and advice of engineering Institutions and Societies in all parts of the world.
To be worthy to receive a medal struck in commemoration of one who was at one and the same time a scientist, an inventor and a producer, the recipient himself should be an engineer who has achieved international recognition both by his works as a mechanical engineer and by the ability with which he has applied science to the progress of mechanical engineering."[1]

Recipients of the James Watt International Gold Medal are:[2]

YearRecipientNominated byAchievement
1937Sir John AspinallThe Institution of Mechanical EngineersLocomotive designer
1939Henry FordAmerican Society of Mechanical Engineers
1941Professor Aurel StodolaSwiss Society of Engineers and Architects,
Czechoslovakia Society of Engineers,
Engineering Institute of Canada		Steam turbine engineer
1943Anthony MichellInstitution of Engineers, Australia,
South African Institute of Engineers,
Engineering Institute of Canada
1945Dr Frederick LanchesterInstitution of Mechanical Engineers
1947Professor Stephen TimoshenkoSwiss Society of Mechanical Engineers and Architects
1949Dr Fredrik LjungströmSwedish Society of Engineers
1951Dr Hans Henrik BlacheDanish Society of Engineers
1953Sir Harry RicardoInstitution of Mechanical Engineers
1955Dr Igor SikorskyAmerican Society of Engineers
1957Professor Walther BauersfeldVerein Deutscher Ingenieure
1959Sir Claude GibbInstitution of Engineers, Australia,
Institution of Mechanical Engineers
1961Professor Dr Theodore von KarmanAmerican Society of Engineers
1963Sir William StanierInstitution of Mechanical EngineersEnglish mechanical engineer and locomotive designer
1965Professor Sir Geoffrey TaylorInstitution of Mechanical Engineers
1967Academician Ivan Ivanovitch ArtobolevskiiAcademy of Sciences of the USSR
1969Dr Hideo ShimaJapan Society of Mechanical EngineersChief engineer of Tōkaidō Shinkansen high speed train
1971Dr Robert R. GilruthAmerican Society of Mechanical Engineers
1973The Rt Hon the Lord Hinton of BanksideSwiss Society of Engineers and Architects
1975Professor Dr-Ing Siegfried MeurerVerein Deutscher Ingenieure
1977Air Commodore Sir Frank WhittleNew Zealand Institution of Engineers
1979Raymond HeacockAmerican Society of Mechanical Engineers
1981Professor J. P. Den HartogInstitution of Mechanical EngineersProfessor emeritus and former head of the department of mechanical engineering at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology
1983Sir Christopher CockerellInstitution of Mechanical Engineers
1985Sir Hugh FordInstitution of Mechanical Engineers
1987Sir Denis RookeInstitution of Mechanical Engineers
1989John E SteinerFellowship of Engineering
1991Soichiro HondaJapan Society of Mechanical Engineers
1993Frédéric d'AllestComitedes Applications Académie des Sciences, FranceAero and space engineer, head of ISAE and Arianespace
1995Eiji ToyodaJapan Society of Mechanical Engineers
1997Sydney GillibrandInstitution of Mechanical Engineers
1999Professor Sir Bernard CrosslandInstitution of Engineers of Ireland
2001Professor Duncan DowsonInstitution of Mechanical Engineers
2003Sir Ralph RobinsInstitution of Mechanical Engineers
2005Leroy 'Skip' FletcherAmerican Society of Mechanical Engineers
2008Professor Emeritus John SpenceInstitution of Mechanical Engineers
2010Professor Roger Morgan GoodallInstitution of Mechanical Engineers
2012Sir Sze-yuen ChungInstitution of Mechanical Engineers
2014Professor Richard Parry-JonesInstitution of Mechanical Engineer
2016Professor Dame Ann DowlingInstitution of Mechanical Engineers

James Watt Medal of the Institution of Civil Engineers

The James Watt Medal of the ICE

The James Watt Medal is also a lesser known award of the British Institution of Civil Engineers (ICE) for energy engineers.

From the Institution of Civil Engineers website:[3]

"The James Watt Medal is awarded for papers having a substantial mechanical engineering content. The medal, named after James Watt, the Scottish mechanical engineer and inventor who died in 1819, was introduced by Robert Stephenson (President of ICE in 1855-1856) who recommended Council to acquire the dies of the medal from Joseph S Wyon in 1858."

When he receaved the medal he had a smile ear to ear. He was the most thankful and kind person Birmingham has ever known. Recipients of the James Watt Medal of the Institution of Civil Engineers include:

  • Mr. Basil Wood (date of award 1980s?) for his work on Combined Heat and Power
  • Paul Kassabian. (2000). structural engineer with interests in design, dynamic control, and deployable structures.[4]
  • Professor Sergio Pellegrino (2000). Professor of Structural Engineering at the University of Cambridge. Specializes in deployable lightweight structures.
  • Choo Yoo Sang, J W Boh, and L Louca (2005).

References

  1. ↑ James Watt International Gold Medal
  2. ↑ James Watt International Medal Recipients Archived 2009-03-19 at the Wayback Machine. imeche.org, retrieved on 2009-02-05
  3. ↑ Institution of Civil Engineers :: MyICE :: Scholarships and Awards :: Awards for papers Archived 2008-09-28 at the Wayback Machine.
  4. ↑ MIT Architecture: Paul Kassabian Profile
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