John Fritz Medal

The John Fritz Medal has been awarded annually since 1902 by the American Association of Engineering Societies for "outstanding scientific or industrial achievements". The medal was created for the 80th birthday of John Fritz, who lived between 1822 and 1913.[1][2][3]

John Fritz Medal
Awarded forOutstanding scientific or industrial achievements.
Country United States
Presented byAmerican Association of Engineering Societies
First awarded1902
WebsiteJohn Fritz Medal Past Recipients

Background

The John Fritz Medal is often described as the "Nobel Prize for engineering."[4][5][6] This prestigious award is given annually for notable scientific or industrial achievements. It is granted to living people, but also posthumous. Since its initiation in 1902 it has been not awarded four years.

The John Fritz Medal board once consisted of sixteen representatives is four national societies in the fields of civil engineering, mining, metallurgical engineering, mechanical engineering and electrical engineering.[7]

Among the most notorious winners are Thomas Edison, Lord Kelvin, Alexander Graham Bell, George Westinghouse, Orville Wright, Charles F. "Boss" Kettering, Claude Shannon, Robert Noyce and Gordon Moore.

Recipients[8]

See also

References
  1. "Awards". American Association of Engineering Societies. Archived from the original on 2016-05-02. Retrieved April 1, 2013.
  2. "Fritz Medal". Time Magazine. Time Inc. April 6, 1925. Retrieved July 20, 2011.
  3. Trainer, M. (2008). "In Memoriam: Lord Kelvin, Recipient of The John Fritz Medal in 1905". Physics in Perspective. 10 (2): 212–223. doi:10.1007/s00016-007-0344-4.
  4. "Lynn Beedle, a world engineer, dies at 85". October 31, 2003. Retrieved 2020-03-30.
  5. American Institute of Chemical Engineers, Chemical Engineering Progress, Vol. 104, Nr. 7-12, 2008. p. 97.
  6. "Revisiting the Engineering Elite". January 5, 2004. Retrieved 2020-03-30.
  7. "Award of the John Fritz Gold Medal." Science, 1939. Accessed 2017-09-13.
  8. "AAES AWARDS" (PDF). AAES. Retrieved 2020-09-10.
  9. https://www.aaes.org/files/aaes_awards_description_2020.pdf
  10. "Elmer Sperry Dies. Famous Inventor". New York Times. June 17, 1930. Retrieved 2012-12-21.
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