Medalha Telford

Medalha Telford, Museu do Canal do Lago Biwa, Quioto, Japão

A Medalha Telford (em inglês: Telford Gold Medal) é o mais destacado prêmio da Institution of Civil Engineers (ICE) por um artigo ou série de artigos. Foi instituída em 1835 por um legado de Thomas Telford, o primeiro presidente da ICE.

História

Em 1834 morreu o engenheiro civil e primeiro presidente da Institution of Civil Engineers de 1820 a 1834, Thomas Telford, deixando em seu testamento sua biblioteca ao Institution of Civil Engineers, bem como um legado de £ 2000, destinado para ser usado com o propósito de prêmios anuais. O conselho do instituto decidiu aplicar os prêmios de forma honorária a monetária, sendo os prêmios honorários denominados "Medalhas Telford", nas formas de ouro, prata e bronze. Candidatos adequados para os prêmios foram autores de desenhos, modelos, diagramas ou ensaios relativos à engenharia civil ou qualquer novo equipamento de invenção relativa a engenharia pesquisa em geral, considerado o mais seminal e influente. Os prêmios deveriam ser abertos a ingleses e estrangeiros de forma igual.[1] Após a provisão para a Medalha Telford, a renda restante é usada para até quatro prêmios anuais para trabalhos apresentados à Instituição.[2]

O prêmio inaugural em ouro foi concedido em junho de 1837 a John Timperley por seu estudo sobre a história e construção do cais do Porto de Kingston upon Hull, publicado no volume 1 do "Transactions of the Institution of Civil Engineers". A medalha mostram uma imagem de Telford de um lado, tendo no outro lado uma ilustração de sua Ponte Suspensa Menai. John Benjamin Macneill, James Meadows Rendel, Michael A. Borthwick, Peter William Barlow e Benedetto Albano receberam medalhas de prata na mesma sessão.[3]

Recipientes

Observação: Esta lista está incompleta.

• 1836 "Particulars on the construction of Lary bridge" - James Rendel[4]
• 1838 "Particulars of the construction of a floating bridge across the Hamoaze [Tamar]" - James Rendel[4]
• 1842 Stephen Ballard (1804–1890)[5]
• 1849 Alexander Mitchell 'A simple means of constructing durable lighthouses in deep water in shifting sands'.[6]
• 1852 "On the application of machinery to the manufacture of rotating breech firearms" - Samuel Colt (Prata)[7][8]
• 1859 On the coefficients of elasticity and rupture in wrought iron - Robert Mallet[9]
• 1866 Matthew Digby Wyatt[10]
• 1869 "The public works of the province of Canterbury, New Zealand." - Edward Dobson[11]
• 1872 "The Value of Water and its Storage and Distribution in Southern India" - George Gordon[12]
• 1874 Bindon Blood Stoney (1828 – 1909)[13]
• 1934 "The Sydney Harbour Bridge, and its Approaches", John Bradfield.[14]
• 1935 B. M. Hellstrom (London)[15]
• 1955 "For the Assembly Hall, Filton, built for the manufacture of the Bristol Brabazon airliner Terence Patrick O'Sullivan[16]
• 1968 Geoffrey Binnie[17]
• 1969 "The influence of geological features of clay deposits on the design and performance of sand drains",[18] and "Failure of foundations and slopes on layered deposits in relation to site investigation practice",[19] to P. W Rowe,
• 1987 Rodney Charles BRIDLE Empingham dam.[20]
• 1991 David Potts[21]
• 1993 "Strengthening and Refurbishmentof The Severn Crossing", A R Flint, (joint winner).[22] Part 2: Design[23]
• 1994 "The landslide of cortes de Pallas Spain. A case Study" Alonso, E., A. Gens y A. Lloret (1992) Géotechnique, 42(4). [24]
• 1995 "Overcoming Ground Difficulties At Tooting Bec". R P J Clarke, C N P Mackenzie,[25]
• 1998 David Potts[21]
• 1999 Doug Oakervee[26]
• 2000 Professor Scott Sloan, ARC Centre of Excellence in Geotechnical Science and Engineering, University of Newcastle, NSW, Australia, Hai-Sui Yu Professor of Geotechnical Engineering and Executive Dean of the Faculty of Engineering at the University of Nottingham[27]
• 2001 "Measurement and analysis of temporary prop loads at Canary Wharf underground station, east London" - Melanie Batten and William Powrie[28]
• 2002 "Effect of strength anisotropy on the behaviour of embankments on soft ground" - Zdravkovic L., Potts D.M. & Hight D.W.[29]
• 2003 The effect of strength anisotropy on the behaviour of embankments on soft ground David Potts, David Hight and Lidija Zdravkovic[21]
• 2004 “Coupling of hydraulic hysteresis and stress-strain behavior in unsaturated soils” Simon Wheeler -University of Glasgow, Dr Radhey Sharma - Iowa State University, and Marc Buisson - Sogreah Consultants, France, [30]
• 2005 “Conveyance of a managed vegetated two-stage river channel” - Emeritus Professor Robert Sellin and David van Beesten[31]
• 2006 "Aznalcóllar Dam failure" - Gens, A. and Alonso, E. E.[32]
• 2007 Scott Sloan
• 2008 Doug Oakervee[33]
• 2009 "Generation and alleviation of sonic booms from railway tunnels" Alan Vardy[34]
• 2010 "Wireless sensor networks: creating 'smart infrastructure'" - Professor Kenichi Soga, Dr. Campbell Middleton and Paul Fidler[35]
• 2011 "The safety of masonry buttresses" - Santiago Huerta[36]
• 2012 The Accelerator Driven Thorium Reactor Power Station Victoria Ashley Roger Ashworth John Earp & David Coates (joint)[37]

Referências

1. Society for the Illustration and Encouragement of Practical Science (London, England) (1836), John W. ParkerThe Magazine of popular science and journal of the useful arts, 1: 398–400 http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=BiM2AQAAIAAJ |url= missing title (ajuda)  |capítulo= ignorado (ajuda)
2. «ICE Prizes for published papers». Consultado em 29 de julho de 2013. Arquivado do original em 1 de setembro de 2013 
3. Sources:
   • A. W. Skempton, ed. (1977), Early printed reports and maps (1665-1850) in the Library of the Institution of Civil Engineers, Institution of Civil Engineers, p. v, .. The paper on Hull docks in volume 1 of Transactions by John Timperley, for which he received the first Telford Gold Medal, remains one of the finest job descriptions ever written, .. 
   • The Gentleman's magazine, 162, 1837 http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=avkRAAAAYAAJ |url= missing title (ajuda)  |capítulo= ignorado (ajuda)
   • «Session 1838 - Annual Report», Minutes of proceedings of the Institution of Civil Engineers, 1, Institution of Civil Engineers (Great Britain), 1848, p. 8 
   • Timperley, John (1842) [1836], «An Account of the Harbour and Docks at Kingston-upon-Hull», Transactions of the Institution of Civil Engineers 2 ed. , Institute of Civil Engineers, ISSN 1753-7851, 1, pp. 1–52 
4. A biographical dictionary of Civil Engineers. [S.l.: s.n.] Consultado em 13 de março de 2012 
5. Philip Weaver, ‘Ballard, Stephen (1804–1890)’, Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press, Oct 2008; online edn, May 2010, accessed 11 June 2013
6. of Irish Architects
7. On the application of machinery to the manufacture of rotating breech firearms. [S.l.: s.n.] Consultado em 13 de março de 2012 
8. Institution of Civil Engineers (1853). «Annual Report». Great Britain: The Institution. Minutes of proceedings of the Institution of Civil Engineers. 12: 115–117, 169, 178. Consultado em 12 de junho de 2012 
9. «Robert Mallet Book». Consultado em 13 de março de 2012 
10. Directory of British Architects, 1834-1914: Vol. 2 (L-Z)
11. Engineering: Volume 10. [S.l.]: Design Council. 1870. p. 306. Consultado em 9 de maio de 2011 
12. George Gordon, 'On The Value of Water, and its Storage and Distribution in Southern India', Minutes of the Proceedings, Volume 33, Issue 1872, 01 January 1872, pp. 376–400
13. Turtle Bunbury
14. «Dr. Bradfield Honored.». Cairns Post (Qld. : 1909-1954). Qld.: National Library of Australia. 2 de outubro de 1934. p. 6. Consultado em 7 de dezembro de 2010 
15. Nature 136, 715-715 (02 November 1935)
16. The Proceedings of the Institution of Civil Engineers, Jan 1953, Vol 2 Part 1, pp 76-95, as Paper No 5881. The award of the Telford Premium was reported in the same journal, vol 4, 1955
17. Muir Wood, Sir Alan (1990). Biographical Memoirs of Fellows of the Royal Society: Geoffrey Morse Binnie (13 November 1908 - 5 April 1989). London: Royal Society. pp. 45–57 
18. P.W. Rowe, Proceedings of the Institution of Civil Engineers supplement , vol. 1 (1968), pp. 1-72
19. Proceedings of the Institution of Civil Engineers supplement , vol. 1, (1968) pp. 73-131.
20. Dam Safety Limited (formerly Rodney Bridle Limited
21. Imperial college London
22. Proceedings of the ICE - Civil Engineering, Volume 92, Issue 2 Volume 92, Issue 2, May 1992, pages 57 - 65
23. Proceedings of the ICE - Structures and Buildings, Volume 94, Issue 1 Volume 94, Issue 1, February 1992 , pages 7 - 22
24. [1]
25. Proceedings of the ICE - Civil Engineering, Thames Water Ring Main Volume 102, Issue 6, November 1994 , pages 60 - 75
26. «Douglas E. Oakervee, OBE». Thames Estuary Research and Development company. Consultado em 14 de junho de 2012  Texto " Chartered Civil Engineer" ignorado (ajuda)
27. Purdue University School of Engineering11th C W Lovell Distinguished Lecture
28. «Editorial -Congratulations». Thomas Telford Ltd. Consultado em 13 de março de 2012 
29. «Honours and Awards». Imperial College, London. Consultado em 13 de março de 2012 
30. NRI Press UK, October 8, 2004
31. «The Telford Medal 2005». Bristol University. Consultado em 13 de março de 2012 
32. «Award-winning papers in 2006» (PDF). Institute of Civil Engineers. Consultado em 12 de março de 2012 
33. «Oakervee scoops ICE Gold Medal». New Civil Engineer. Consultado em 13 de março de 2012 
34. «Generation and alleviation of sonic booms from railway tunnels». Institute of Civil Engineers. Consultado em 13 de março de 2012 
35. «Academics awarded the Telford Gold Medal for their paper "Wireless sensor networks: creating 'smart infrastructure'"». University of Cambridge. Consultado em 13 de março de 2012 
36. «ICE Publishing Awards 2011». Institute iof Civil Engineers. Consultado em 13 de março de 2012 
37. Proceedings of the ICE - Energy Volume 164, Issue 3

1999 "Hong Kong International Airport - civil engineering design" Dr Graham W Plant and Douglas E Oakervee

Ligações externas

• Premium prizes for papers, Institute of Civil Engineers, consultado em 28 de julho de 2013