Award
R. J. N. Franki Medal (1950 - )
Institution of Engineers Australia
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- 1950
Summary
The R. J. N. Franki Medal was founded on a bequest to The Institution of Engineers Australia by the late Mr. R. J. N. Franki and was awarded annually for the best paper by a Student member of The Institution on any engineering subject.
Submissions for the award were judged by the Papers and Publications Committee of the Council of the Institution.
The award of the medal, accompanied by a certificate, was first awarded in 1952.
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- 'R. J. N. Franki Medal - 1955 Award', Journal of the Institution of Engineers, Australia, 27 (12) (1955), 341. R. J. N. Franki Medal (1955) - to Mr T M Brett, BCE StudIEAust, for the paper "Movable bed model studies of ski-jump chutes", presented before a meeting of the Graduates and Students' Section of the Melbourne Division. Details
- 'Edward Noyes Prize - 1959 Award, and R. J. N. Franki Medal - 1959 Award', Journal of the Institution of Engineers, Australia, 31 (10-11) (1959), N74. R. J. N. Franki Medal (1959) - to Mr R J Mierisch, ME StudIEAust, for the paper "Successive approximations applied to the design of walls of circular reinforced concrete tanks", Journal of the Institution of Engineers, Australia, Oct-Nov 1958. Details
- 'R. J. N. Franki Medal - 1963 Award', Journal of the Institution of Engineers, Australia, 35 (12) (1963), N94. R. J. N. Franki Medal (1963) - to Mr D J Wilson, StudIEAust, for the paper "The wet testing of high voltage insulators". Details
- 'R. J. N. Franki Medal - 1962 Award', Journal of the Institution of Engineers, Australia, 35 (1-2) (1963), N4. R. J. N. Franki Medal (1962) - to Mr J A H Brown, BE AMIEAust, for the paper "Streamflow correlation in the Snowy Mountains Area", Journal of the Institution of Engineers, Australia, Mar 1961. Details
- 'R. J. N. Franki Medal - 1967 Award', Journal of the Institution of Engineers, Australia, 39 (12) (1967), N122. R. J. N. Franki Medal (1967) - to Dr C H P Brookes, BE MEngSc DPhil AMIEAust, for the paper "Computers in control of the basic oxygen steel making process", Journal of the Institution of Engineers Australia, Jul-Aug 1966. Details
- 'R. J. N. Franki Medal - 1966 Award', Journal of the Institution of Engineers, Australia, 39 (1-2) (1967), N21. R. J. N. Franki Medal (1966) - to Dr. G. F. Shannon, BE PhD AMIEAust, for the paper "A survey of mathematical methods of evaluating stability", presented before a General Meeting of Brisbane Division on 18th June 1965. Details
- 'R. J. N. Franki Medal - 1968 Award', Journal of the Institution of Engineers, Australia, 41 (1-2) (1969), N12-13. R. J. N. Franki Medal (1968) - to Mr G T Glasson, BSc BE StudIEAust, for the paper "A dynamic programming method for the optimum positioning and selection of transmission towers", Electrical Engineering Transactions, Mar 1968. Details
- 'R. J. N. Franki Medal - 1969 Award', Journal of the Institution of Engineers, Australia, 42 (1-2) (1970), N18. R. J. N. Franki Medal (1969) - to Dr I Cordery, ME PhD StudIEAust, for the paper "Synthetic unitgraphs for small catchments in eastern New South Wales", Civil Engineering Transactions, Apr 1968. Details
- 'R. J. N. Franki Medal - 1971 Award', Journal of the Institution of Engineers, Australia, 43 (10-11) (1971), 23. R. J. N. Franki Medal (1971) - to Dr P F Walsh, StudIEAust, for his paper "Limit analysis of grids including torsion", Civil Engineering Transactions, Apr 1970. Details
- 'R. J. N. Franki Medal - 1970 Award', Journal of the Institution of Engineers, Australia, 43 (1-2) (1971), 31. R. J. N. Franki Medal (1970) - to Mr R Owen, GradIEAust, for the paper "Welding residual stresses in plate-web girders", Civil Engineering Transactions, Oct 1969. Details
- 'R. J. N. Franki Medal - 1972 award', Journal of the Institution of Engineers, Australia, 44 (10-11) (1972), 23. R. J. N. Franki Medal (1972) - No Award. Details
- 'R. J. N. Franki Medal - 1973 Award', Journal of the Institution of Engineers, Australia, 46 (1-2) (1974), 22. R. J. N. Franki Medal (1973) - to Mr C D Walker, StudIEAust, for the paper "The phase locked loop", submitted by Tasmania Division Committee. Details
- 'R. J. N. Franki Medal - 1974 Award', Journal of the Institution of Engineers, Australia, 47 (1-2) (1975), 27. R. J. N. Franki Medal (1974) - to T M Daniell, GradIEAust, for the paper "The current essentials of dispersion and diffusion", Conference on Engineering Dynamics of the Coastal Zone, Sydney, 1973. Details
See also
- Brookes, C. H. P., 'Computers in control of the basic oxygen steel making process', Journal of the Institution of Engineers, Australia, 38 (7-8) (1966), 165-168. [Award winnning paper 1967]. Details
- Brown, J. A. H., 'Streamflow correlation in the Snowy Mountains Area', Journal of the Institution of Engineers, Australia, 33 (3) (1961), 85-95. [Award winning paper 1962]. Details
- Cordery, I., 'Synthetic unitgraphs for small catchments in eastern New South Wales', Civil Engineering Transactions, CE10 (1) (1969), 47-57. [Award winning paper 1969]. Details
- Daniell, T. M., 'The current essentials of dispersion and diffusion', in Conference on Engineering Dynamics of the Coastal Zone, Sydney, 1973 (1973).. [Award winning paper 1974]. Details
- Glasson, G. T., 'A dynamic programming method for the optimum positioning and selection of transmission towers (and discussion)', Electrical Engineering Transactions, EE4 (1968), 127-. [Award winning paper 1968]. Details
- Mierisch, R. J., 'Successive approximations applied to the design of walls of circular reinforced concrete tanks', Journal of the Institution of Engineers, Australia, 30 (10-11) (1958), 299-307. [Award winning paper 1959]. Details
- Owen, R., 'Welding residual stresses in plate-web girders', Civil Engineering Transactions, CE11 (2) (1969), 157-161. [Award winning paper 1970]. Details
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