IET A F Harvey Prize

The IET A. F. Harvey Engineering Research Prize is a global engineering research prize awarded annually to an innovative researcher by the Institution of Engineering and Technology. It was named after an engineer, Arthur Frank Harvey.

The award was made for the first time in 2011 and one award is made each year. Between 2011 and 2015 the prize money was £300,000. From 2016, the prize increased to £350,000.[1]

The prize follows a three-year cycle, as follows:

  • Year one: Medical engineering
  • Year two: Microwaves and radar
  • Year three: Lasers and optoelectronics

Conditions

The prize money is to be used for the furtherance of scientific research into the fields of medical, microwave, laser or radar engineering.

The IET A F Harvey Engineering Prize committee searches for potential candidates from around the world for the prize, drawing on wide international networks. The committee draws up a short-list of candidates from whom additional information is requested for further detailed consideration. The selection takes into account outstanding achievement and potential for further substantial advances in engineering and technology to the benefit of society.

List of recipients

Source: IET

Year Recipient University Rationale
2011 Edward Boyden Massachusetts Institute of Technology, USA For his pioneering research contributions to, and development of, the field of optogenetics, which has the potential to enable new approaches to therapy.[2]
2012 Hugh Duncan Griffiths University College London, UK For his outstanding contributions to radar research and his continuing work to make major improvements in bistatic radar and its applications.[3][4]
2013 Stuart Wenham ARC Photovoltaic Centre of Excellence, University of New South Wales, Australia In recognition of his outstanding contributions to research in the field of lasers and optoelectronics, specifically for his pioneering laser use in advanced silicon solar cell contact formation.[5]
2014 Eleanor Stride University of Oxford, UK In recognition of her outstanding contributions to research in the field of medical engineering, specifically in biomedical ultrasound and the development of novel agents and fabrication techniques for drug delivery systems engineering.[6]
2015 Yang Hao Queen Mary University, UK In recognition of his research achievements in microwaves, antennas and, in particular, metamaterial antenna innovations drawing inspiration from transformation optics.[7]
2016 Arseniy Kuznetsov A*STAR's Data Storage Institute, Singapore In recognition of his outstanding contributions to research in the field of Lasers and Optoelectronics, as well as pioneering research on dielectric nanoantennas, a new branch of nanophotonics, which studies the behaviour and use of light in nanoscale projects.[8]
2017 Rui L. Reis University of Minho, Portugal For his outstanding contributions to research in the field of medical engineering[6]
2018 Mario Silveirinha University of Lisbon, Portugal In recognition of his outstanding contributions to research in the field of Radar and Microwave Engineering, specifically in the electrodynamics of metamaterials and its applications to microwave components and devices.[9]
2019 Jelena Vučković Stanford University, California For her work in nanoscale and quantum photonics.[6]
2020 Grégoire Courtine École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL), Switzerland For his contributions in the field of neuro-rehabilitation and the restoration of movement in paralyzed patients following spinal cord injury.[6]
2021 Mona Jarrahi Terahertz Electronics Laboratory, University of California, Los Angeles For her outstanding contributions to research in the field of radar and microwave engineering.[6]
2022 John C. Travers Heriot-Watt University, UK For his outstanding contributions to research in the field of lasers and optoelectronics.[6]
2023 Rachel McKendry London Centre for Nanotechnology and the Division of Medicine, University College London, UK [10]

See also

References

  1. ^ Institution of Engineering and Technology, The A F Harvey Research prize lecture http://conferences.theiet.org/harvey/, retrieved 1 November 2016.
  2. ^ Material World, BBC Radio 4 (Broadcast 23/05/2013), Radio for radar, BBC Radio 4, retrieved 20 October 2016.
  3. ^ Mo Costandi, The Guardian (23 June 2012), An interview with Ed Boyden, The Guardian, retrieved 20 October 2016.
  4. ^ Up All Night, BBC Radio 5 Live (Broadcast 21 January 2014), BBC Radio 5 Live , retrieved 10 October 2016.
  5. ^ Emma Fitzpatrick, REneweconomy (20 January 2014), UNSW wins top solar prize as ARENA boosts solar R&D, REneweconomy, retrieved 10 October 2016.
  6. ^ a b c d e f "A F Harvey Prize - the IET".
  7. ^ The Engineer, (21 March 2016), Antenna innovation promises in-flight broadband, The Engineer, retrieved 20 October 2016.
  8. ^ The IET, IET A F Harvey research prize winner announced, retrieved 25 November 2016.
  9. ^ The IET, IET A F Harvey research prize winner announced.
  10. ^ "2023 Winner - Professor Rachel McKendry". The Institution of Engineering and Technology. Retrieved 8 April 2024.