M. A. Sargent Medal (1989 - )

Summary

Named in Honour of Dr Michael Anthony (Mike) Sargent, the M. A. Sargent Medal has been awarded annually since 1989, by the Electrical College, and the Information, Telecommunications, and Electronics Engineering (ITEE) College of Engineers Australia.

The medal is the highest award of the Electrical College of Engineers Australia, and is awarded to an individual who has achieved longstanding eminence in electrical engineering and/or significant contribution to the practice and/or science of electrical engineering through leadership, management and innovation. Mike Sargent held senior positions with the South East Queensland Electricity Board, and in 1990 was President of the Institution of Engineers, Australia.

Details

Since 2009, the year of the medal has been changed to the year it is presented.

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Published resources

Journal Articles

• Institution of Engineers Australia, 'Fine achievements recognised [IEAust Colleges]', Journal of the Institution of Engineers, Australia, 62 (24) (1990), 33-34. 'Electrical College - Stuart Gerald Lister, assistant general manager generation of the Queensland Electricity Commission (QEC), was the winner of the inaugural M A Sargent Medal [1989] for the most outstanding electrical engineer. Graham Goodwin, professor of electrical engineering at Newcastle University, was recently named the winner of the 1990 M A Sargent Medal', p.33. Details

Reports

• Institution of Engineers Australia, Annual Report 1989 [Seventieth Annual Report] (1990), 36 pp. 'Electrical College - The College gained Board of Engineering endorsement of a new electrical engineering award to be named in honour of eminent electrical engineer Dr Mike Sargent, Institution President-elect for 1990. The award will be presented to the person judged to be Australia's outstanding electrical engineer for 1989, during Dr Sargent's presidential year', p.25. Details
• Institution of Engineers Australia, Annual Report 1992 [Seventy-third Annual Report] (1993), 40 pp. 'Awards and Honours - M. A. Sargent Medal: Prof Derek Humpage', p.11. Details
• Institution of Engineers Australia, Annual Report 1999 [Eightieth Annual Report] (2000), 16 pp. 'Awards - the 1999 MA Sargent Medal was awarded to Professor Michael Miller, for his nationally and internationally recognised contribution to engineering' [Includes biography], p.13. Details
• Institution of Engineers Australia, Annual Report 2001 (Barton, ACT: 2001), 20 pp. '2000 MA Sargent Medal awarded to Professor Mark Geoffrey Sceats, CEO of the Australian Photonics CRC', p.8. Details
• Institution of Engineers Australia, Engineers Australia Annual Report 2003-4 (2004), 77 pp. 'MA Sargent Medal 2003, awarded to Professor Henry d'Assumpcao', Part 2, p.37. Details