IET Faraday Medal

This article is about the medal awarded by the Institution of Engineering and Technology, and previously by the Institution of Electrical Engineers. For other uses, see Faraday Prize (disambiguation).

IET Faraday Medal
Awarded forAwarded either for notable scientific or industrial achievement in engineering or for conspicuous service rendered to the advancement of science, engineering and technology or for lifetime achievement in science, engineering or technology.
Sponsored byInstitution of Engineering and Technology and the Institution of Electrical Engineers
DateSince 1922
CountryUnited Kingdom United Kingdom
Websiteconferences.theiet.org/achievement/awards/medals/faraday.cfm

The Faraday Medal is a top international medal awarded by the UK Institution of Engineering and Technology (IET) (previously called the Institution of Electrical Engineers (IEE)).[1][2][3] It is part of the IET Achievement Medals collection of awards.[4] The medal is named after the British physicist Michael Faraday, the father of electromagnetism.

  1. ^ IET Archives Archived December 1, 2007, at the Wayback Machine
  2. ^ Oxford DNB thematic list
  3. ^ "IET Awards – Faraday Medal: Awards, prizes and scholarships within engineering and technology". London: theiet.org. Archived from the original on 17 November 2015.
  4. ^ "IET Achievement Medals".