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John Fritz Medal

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| name = John Fritz Medal

| awarded_for = Outstanding scientific or industrial achievements.

| presenter = American Institute of Mining, Metallurgical, and Petroleum Engineers

| country = {{flagicon|USA}} United States

| year = {{Start date and age|1902}}

| website = [https://www.smenet.org/Professional-Development/Awards-Competitions/Award-Recipients/John-Fritz-Medal-Award John Fritz Medal Past Recipients]

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The John Fritz Medal has been awarded annually since 1902 by the American Association of Engineering Societies (AAES) for "outstanding scientific or industrial achievements". The medal was created for the 80th birthday of John Fritz, who lived between 1822 and 1913.{{cite web|url=http://www.aaes.org/awards|title=Awards|publisher=American Association of Engineering Societies|access-date={{Format date|2013|4|1}}|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160502165750/http://www.aaes.org/awards|archive-date=2016-05-02|url-status=dead}}{{cite magazine |url=http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,720165,00.html#ixzz1SYnX1LIv |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120219120801/http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,720165,00.html#ixzz1SYnX1LIv |url-status=dead |archive-date=February 19, 2012 |title=Fritz Medal |date={{Format date|1925|4|6}} |magazine=Time Magazine |publisher=Time Inc. |access-date={{Format date|2011|7|20}}}}{{Cite journal | last1 = Trainer | first1 = M. | title = In Memoriam: Lord Kelvin, Recipient of The John Fritz Medal in 1905 | doi = 10.1007/s00016-007-0344-4 | journal = Physics in Perspective | volume = 10 | issue = 2 | pages = 212–223 | year = 2008 | bibcode = 2008PhP....10..212T | s2cid = 124435108 }} When AAES was dissolved in 2020, the administration of the Fritz medal was transferred to the American Institute of Mining, Metallurgical, and Petroleum Engineers (AIME), and is currently coordinated by AIME member society, the Society of Mining, Metallurgy, & Exploration (SME).{{cite web |url=https://aimehq.org/what-we-do/awards/american-association-engineering-societies-aaes-awards#:~:text=AAES%20dissolved%20in%202020.,on%20behalf%20of%20interested%20organizations. |title=AIME Awards |publisher=AIME |access-date=2022-04-25}}

The award is referred to as the "highest award in the engineering profession" by the AAES,{{Cite web |title=American Association of Engineering Societies (AAES) Awards |url=https://aimehq.org/what-we-do/awards/american-association-engineering-societies-aaes-awards |access-date=2024-09-19 |website=aimehq.org}} and is further regarded by many as the "Nobel Prize in engineering".{{Cite web |date=2004-01-05 |title=Revisiting the engineering elite |url=https://www.kettering.edu/news/revisiting-engineering-elite |access-date=2024-09-19 |website=Kettering University |language=en}}

Background

The John Fritz Medal is often described as the "Nobel Prize for engineering."{{cite news |title=Lynn Beedle, a world engineer, dies at 85 |url=https://www1.lehigh.edu/news/lynn-beedle-world-engineer-dies-85 |date=October 31, 2003 |access-date=2020-03-30 }}American Institute of Chemical Engineers, Chemical Engineering Progress, Vol. 104, Nr. 7-12, 2008. p. 97. 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, there were six years when it was not awarded.

The John Fritz Medal board once consisted of sixteen representatives in four national societies in the fields of civil engineering, mining, metallurgical engineering, mechanical engineering and electrical engineering."[http://science.sciencemag.org/content/90/2342/460 Award of the John Fritz Gold Medal]." Science, 1939. Accessed 2017-09-13.

Among the most notable 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

Source:{{Cite web |url=https://www.smenet.org/Professional-Development/Awards-Competitions/Award-Recipients/John-Fritz-Medal-Award |title=SME AWARDS |publisher=SME|access-date=2022-04-25 }}

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Category:Awards established in 1902

Category:1902 establishments in the United States