Awards
The Council of The Welding Institute confers a number of awards on an annual or biennial basis. The categories are listed below and
you will find a brief description and the requirements for citation by clicking on the link.
A nomination form is also available.
For more information and nomination dates, contact Carol Colegate at carol.colegate@twi.co.uk
| Brooker Medal | (peer nomination) |
| Lidstone Medal | (peer nomination) |
| Sir Charles Lillicrap Medal | (peer nomination) |
| Sir William J Larke Medal | (peer nomination) |
| Distinguished Service Award | (peer nomination) |
| Honorary Fellowship | (peer nomination) |
| Richard Weck Award | (conferred by TWI) |
| TWI Commendation Award | (conferred by TWI) |
| Richard Dolby - Rolls Royce prize | (conferred by the Younger Members' Committee of The Welding Institute) |
| Certificate Course prize | (sponsored by Lincoln Electric) |
Brooker Medal
The Brooker Medal, sponsored by Johnson Matthey plc, is awarded in recognition of the recipient's personal contribution to the science, technology and industrial exploitation of materials joining. It recognises high industrial, research or educational responsibility of a character which has beneficially influenced the advancement of materials joining technology.
The Brooker Medal is donated by Johnson Matthey plc to commemorate the life and work of Harry Brooker, a former Managing Director and Chief Executive of the company.
Previous winners
| 1978 H C Cotton | 1986 R L Apps | 1994 W I Pumphrey | 2003 L Quintino |
| 1979 J G Ball | 1987 P T Houldcroft | 1995 J D Harrison | 2004 Q Guan |
| 1980 E G West | 1988 J F Lancaster | 1996 F M Burdekin | 2005 L Karlsson |
| 1981 J C Needham | 1989 R E Dolby | 1998 T R Gurney | 2006 Professor Nobutaka Yurioka |
| 1982 E Fuchs | 1990 A S Bahrani | 1999 J D Russell | 2007 Professor J Knott |
| 1983 D J W Boag | 1991 N T Williams | 2000 M Ushio | |
| 1984 F S Dickinson | 1992 J L Sanders | 2001 U Dilthey | |
| 1985 I G Hamilton | 1993 A T Price | 2002 H K D H Bhadeshia |
Lidstone Medal
The Leslie Lidstone Medal, sponsored by ESAB Group UK, is awarded annually to the person under 40 years of age who is deemed to have made the most significant contribution, not associated with the manufacture and supply of welding consumables and equipment to the advancement of welding technology during the period of five years preceding the year of the award.
Previous winners
| 1978 Dr S B Jones | 1985 Dr R R Wright | 1993 Dr D S Taylor | 2006 Dr Lee Smith |
| 1979 Dr N T Dick | 1986 Dr S J Garwood | 1996 Dr I M Richardson | 2008 Dr M J Russell |
| 1980 Dr T G Gooch | 1987 Dr R Rivett | 1998 S T Riches | |
| 1981 Dr P R Kirkwood | 1988 Dr C J Allum | 1999 Dr C S Wiesner | |
| 1982 Dr P J Alberry | 1989 P J Mudge | 2000 S A Jones | |
| 1983 Dr S J Maddox | 1991 Dr P Hopkins | 2002 Dr S S Babu | |
| 1984 Dr R John | 1992 Dr R A Ainsworth | 2004 B G I Dance |
Sir Charles Lillicrap Medal (the next award will be made in 2007)
The Sir Charles Lillicrap Medal is awarded biennially in recognition of the best contribution over the previous two years to the application of welding or joining technology, allied processes and ancillary techniques to real constructions.
Previous winners
| 1984 L Henderson | 1994 J H Powell and P G Sheasby |
| 1986 A Vines | 1996 S J Maddox |
| 1988 J R Still and Dr T L Anderson | 1998 A N R Hunter, E J MacDonald and E G Taylor |
| 1990 Prof I Hrivnak | 2000 D J Waldron |
| 1992 W A Lees | 2002 J Tolaini and A J Wilby |
Sir William J Larke Medal (the next award will be made in 2008)
The Sir William J Larke Medal is awarded biennally in recognition of the best contribution over the previous two years to the advancement of knowledge or practice in respect of welding or joining.
Previous winners
| 1968 A A Wells | 1981 R E Dolby | 2003 B K Christner |
| 1970 T Boniszewski | 1983 C J Allum | 2005 R J Pargeter |
| 1974 J G Garland and P R Kirkwood | 1985 P H M Hart and H Terashima | 2007 Dr K Li |
| 1976 T R Gurney | 1988 G Rider and C J Smith | |
| 1977 A F Gifford and O K Gorton | 1989 P L Harrison and R A Farrar | |
| 1978 W Lucas, J A Street and P V C Watkins | 1991 H K D H Bhadeshia and L-E Svensson | |
| 1979 D A Wolstenholme | 1995 W M Thomas | |
| 1980 J D Harrison | 2001 W Lucas |
Distinguished Service Award
Members and Branches of the Welding & Joining Society are invited to make nominations for this award, which is offered in recognition of outstanding contributions to The Welding Institute on a national basis, as a result of which the position of the Institute has been significantly advanced.
Present holders
| J S Allen | H H Mackintosh | D Slater | A T Price |
| F M Burdekin | D J Ellis | J C M Farrar | A J Rodgers |
| T J H Webborn | V S Wright | P J Hobbs | D N Shackleton |
| L J Huart | T E M Jones | J C Lochhead | T J Jessop |
| A F Gifford | W McEwan | J D Pearsall |
Honorary Fellowship
Honorary Fellowship of The Welding Institute is conferred in recognition of the recipient's contributions to, and standing in, the welding engineering community at an international level.
Previous winners
| HRH the Duke of Edinburgh | HRH the Prince of Wales | Professor Michael Burdekin |
| Professor J G Ball | Professor T Kobayashi | |
| Professor B Crossland | J F Lancaster | |
| Professor B G Neal | D Lomer | |
| R David Thomas Jr | Sir Hugh Ford | |
| A B M Braithwaite | Dr R E Dolby | |
| Professor B Paton | Dr J C M Farrar |
Richard Weck Award
An annual award made to the author(s) of the Industrial Members' Report from the Core Research Programme considered most worthy in the year of issue. The award is named after Richard Weck, a former Director General of BWRA and The Welding Institute.
Winners
2004 Andrea Gregori and Dan Bertaso
2005 Gongqi Shi and Steve Westgate
2006 Colin Ribton
2007 Ruth Hammond and David Baxter
TWI Commendation Award
An award to provide recognition for special achievements by any TWI staff.
Winners
2004 Peter Hart
2005 Paul Brown
2006 Steve Willis
2007 Linda Dumper
Richard Dolby - Rolls-Royce Prize
Awarded by the WJS Younger Members' Committee to be presented every two years to a young person with no more than five years' work experience after completing full time education.
2006 Duncan Scaife
Certificate Course prize sponsored by Lincoln Electric
Awarded to the student with the best results in the Introduction to Welding and Joining Technology for Students in Materials and Engineering Certificate Course.
2007 Philip Manton, Hartlepool College of Further Education
Nomination form - The Welding Institute Awards
Please download form (MS-Word document), complete and e-mail as an attachment to carol.colgate@twi.co.uk
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