Patrick Joseph A. Dowling , CBE FRS (23 March 1939 – 28 April 2023) was an Irish engineer and educationalist.
29-3376: This is an award of the Institution of Civil Engineers in memory of James Alfred Ewing made by the Council on the joint nomination of the president and the President of the Royal Society. It is made to a person, whether a member of the Institution or not, for special meritorious contributions to the science of engineering in the field of research. Incomplete list of winners [ edit ] 1937 Charles Samuel Franklin 1938 Prof. Arnold Hartley Gibson 1939 Prof. Geoffrey Ingram Taylor 1940 ? 1941 Dr. Frederick W. Lanchester 1942 Dr. Reginald Edward Stradling 1943 Group Captain Frank Whittle 1944 Barnes Wallis 1945 Prof. Richard V. Southwell 1946 Sir Clifford Paterson 1947 Sir John Cockcroft 1948 Sir Edward Appleton 1949-51 ? 1952 John Fleetwood Baker 1953-57 not awarded 1958 Sir Claude Inglis 1959 ? 1960 Karl Terzaghi 1961 Sir William Henry Glanville 1962 ? 1963 Professor Stephen Timoshenko 1964-66 ? 1967 Sir Alan Howard Cottrell 1968 Alec Skempton 1969 ? 1970 Lord Penney of East Hendred 1971 Sir James Lighthill 1972-75 ? 1976 Sir Eric Eastwood 1977 Sir Christopher Cockerell 1978 Professor Edward Bullard 1979 Professor Sir Alfred Pugsley 1980 Professor Olgierd Zienkiewicz 1981 Professor Sir Charles Oatley 1982 Professor Sir Hugh Ford 1983 Professor Peter John Lawrenson 1984 Sir Alan Muir Wood 1985 Sir Diarmuid Downs 1986 Professor John Imbrie 1987 Professor William Jason Morgan 1988 Professor D. Dowson 1989 Dr. C. S. Smith 1990 Brigadier Ralph Alger Bagnold 1991 Dr. Eric Harold Mansfield 1992 Professor J. Michael T. Thompson 1993 Professor Andrew N. Schofield 1994 Professor William Geraint Price 1995 Professor F. Michael Burdekin 1996 Professor Vidal Ashkenazi 1997 Professor Stephen F. Brown 1998 Professor Christopher R. Calladine 1999 Professor Arnold L Gordon 2000 Professor Joseph L. Reid 2001 Professor Sir John Horlock 2002 Professor William Alexander Gambling 2003 Professor Anthony Kelly (1929-2014) 2004 Professor John Spence 2005 Professor Anthony Unsworth 2006 Professor Patrick J. Dowling 2007 Professor William M. Banks 2008 Professor Miriam Kastner 2009 Professor Adrian Ernest Long 2010 William J. Jenkins 2011 Professor Joseph Pedlosky 2012 Ellen Thomas 2013 Mark A. Cane 2014 Professor John A. Whitehead 2015 Professor Russ E. Davis 2016 Peter George Brewer 2017 Professor Donald W. Forsyth See also [ edit ] List of engineering awards References [ edit ] ^ "Presentation of James Alfred Ewing Medal", Nature , 141 (3575): 825, 7 May 1938, Bibcode : 1938Natur.141U.825. , doi : 10.1038/141825e0 , S2CID 43551505 ^ Journal of
58-648: A charitable body in the United Kingdom. Based in London, ICE has over 92,000 members, of whom three-quarters are located in the UK, while the rest are located in more than 150 other countries. The ICE aims to support the civil engineering profession by offering professional qualification, promoting education, maintaining professional ethics, and liaising with industry, academia and government. Under its commercial arm, it delivers training, recruitment, publishing and contract services. As
87-488: A professional body, ICE aims to support and promote professional learning (both to students and existing practitioners), managing professional ethics and safeguarding the status of engineers, and representing the interests of the profession in dealings with government, etc. It sets standards for membership of the body; works with industry and academia to progress engineering standards and advises on education and training curricula. The late 18th century and early 19th century saw
116-739: Is now also published by ICE Publishing. ICE Science currently consists of five journals: Nanomaterials and Energy , Emerging Materials Research , Bioinspired, Biomimetic and Nanobiomaterials , Green Materials and Surface Innovations . Nineteen individual parts now make up the Proceedings, as follows: ICE members, except for students, also receive the New Civil Engineer magazine (published weekly from 1995 to 2017 by Emap , now published monthly by Metropolis International ). The ICE also administers 15 Specialist Knowledge Societies created at different times to support special interest groups within
145-544: The Chartered Environmentalist (CEnv) professional qualification. The Institution of Civil Engineers also publishes technical studies covering research and best practice in civil engineering. Under its commercial arm, Thomas Telford Ltd, it delivers training, recruitment, publishing and contract services, such as the NEC Engineering and Construction Contract . All the profits of Thomas Telford Ltd go back to
174-678: The Institution of Civil Engineers, Volumes 19-20 ^ "James Alfred Ewing Medal: Award to Mr. B. N. Wallis", Nature , 155 (3946): 721, 16 June 1945, Bibcode : 1945Natur.155R.721. , doi : 10.1038/155721b0 , S2CID 4122889 ^ "Institution of Civil Engineers: James Alfred Ewing Medal", Nature , 161 (4094): 592, 17 April 1948, Bibcode : 1948Natur.161R.592. , doi : 10.1038/161592b0 , S2CID 7445648 ^ The International Who's Who 2004 ^ "Institutions unite to honour outstanding engineers" . 13 November 2003. ^ "Tony-unsworth" . ^ "Department News" . Archived from
203-589: The Institution to further its stated aim of putting civil engineers at the heart of society. The publishing division has existed since 1836 and is today called ICE Publishing . ICE Publishing produces roughly 30 books a year, including the ICE Manuals series, and 30 civil engineering journals, including the ICE Proceedings in nineteen parts, Géotechnique , and the Magazine of Concrete Research . The ICE Science series
232-561: The Kendal Coffee House in Fleet Street . The institution made little headway until a key step was taken – the appointment of Thomas Telford as the first President of the body. Greatly respected within the profession and blessed with numerous contacts across the industry and in government circles, he was instrumental in drumming up membership and getting a Royal Charter for ICE in 1828. This official recognition helped establish ICE as
261-402: The President in 2023. In January 1969 the Council of the Institution set up a working party to consider the role of women in engineering. Among its conclusions were that 'while women have certainly established their competence throughout the professional engineering field, there is clearly a built-in or unconscious prejudice against them'. The WISE Campaign (Women into Science and Engineering)
290-633: The United Kingdom. Membership grades include: ICE is a licensed body of the Engineering Council and can award the Chartered Engineer (CEng), Incorporated Engineer (IEng) and Engineering Technician (EngTech) professional qualifications. Members who are Chartered Engineers can use the protected title Chartered Civil Engineer. ICE is also licensed by the Society for the Environment to award
319-480: The art of navigation by artificial power, for the purposes of commerce; and in the construction and adaptation of machinery, and in the drainage of cities and towns. After Telford's death in 1834, the organisation moved into premises in Great George Street in the heart of Westminster in 1839, and began to publish learned papers on engineering topics. Its members, notably William Cubitt , were also prominent in
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#1733085044406348-483: The civil engineering industry, some of which are British sections of international and/or European bodies. The societies provide continuing professional development and assist in the transfer of knowledge concerning specialist areas of engineering. The Specialist Knowledge Societies are: The institution is governed by the ICE Trustee Board, comprising the President, three Vice Presidents, four members elected from
377-474: The end of the 19th century, ICE had introduced examinations for professional engineering qualifications to help ensure and maintain high standards among its members – a role it continues today. The ICE's Great George Street headquarters, designed by James Miller , was built by John Mowlem & Co and completed in 1911. The institution is a membership organisation comprising 95,460 members worldwide (as of 31 December 2022); around three-quarters are located in
406-440: The fellowship. The Institution makes various awards to recognise the work of its members. In addition to awards for technical papers, reports and competition entries it awards medals for different achievements. The ICE has student chapters in several countries including Hong Kong, India, Indonesia, Malaysia, Malta, Pakistan, Poland, Sudan, Trinidad, and United Arab Emirates. Patrick J. Dowling Patrick Joseph A. Dowling
435-624: The founding of many learned societies and professional bodies (for example, the Royal Society and the Law Society ). Groups calling themselves civil engineers had been meeting for some years from the late 18th century, notably the Society of Civil Engineers formed in 1771 by John Smeaton (renamed the Smeatonian Society after his death). At that time, formal engineering in Britain was limited to
464-463: The membership, three ICE Council members, and one nominated member. The President is the public face of the institution and day-to-day management is the responsibility of the Director General. The ICE President is elected annually and the holder for 2024–2025 is Jim Hall . Each year a number of young engineers have been chosen as President's apprentices. The scheme was started in 2005 during
493-639: The military engineers of the Corps of Royal Engineers , and in the spirit of self-help prevalent at the time and to provide a focus for the fledgling 'civilian engineers', the Institution of Civil Engineers was founded as the world's first professional engineering body. The initiative to found the Institution was taken in 1818 by eight young engineers, Henry Robinson Palmer (23), William Maudslay (23), Thomas Maudslay (26), James Jones (28), Charles Collinge (26), John Lethbridge, James Ashwell (19) and Joshua Field (32), who held an inaugural meeting on 2 January 1818, at
522-489: The organisation of the Great Exhibition of 1851 . For 29 years ICE provided the forum for engineers practising in all the disciplines recognised today. Mechanical engineer and tool-maker Henry Maudslay was an early member and Joseph Whitworth presented one of the earliest papers – it was not until 1847 that the Institution of Mechanical Engineers was established (with George Stephenson as its first President). By
551-436: The original on 2014-05-27 . Retrieved 2015-12-04 . Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=James_Alfred_Ewing_Medal&oldid=1139804171 " Categories : Awards of the Institution of Civil Engineers Awards established in 1937 Institution of Civil Engineers The Institution of Civil Engineers ( ICE ) is an independent professional association for civil engineers and
580-433: The post (he was vice-president from 1850). The first woman member of ICE was Dorothy Donaldson Buchanan in 1927. The first female Fellows elected were Molly Fergusson (1957), Marie Lindley (1972), Helen Stone (1991) and Joanna Kennedy (1992). The three female Presidents (to date) are Jean Venables , who became the 144th holder of the office in 2008, Rachel Skinner , who became President in 2020, and Anusha Shah,
609-526: The pre-eminent organisation for engineers of all disciplines. Early definitions of a Civil Engineer can be found in the discussions held on 2 January 1818 and in the application for Royal Chartership. In 1818 Palmer said that: An Engineer is a mediator between the Philosopher and the working Mechanic; and like an interpreter between two foreigners must understand the language of both. The Philosopher searches into Nature and discovers her laws, and promulgates
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#1733085044406638-506: The presidency of Gordon Masterton, who also initiated a President's blog, now the ICE Infrastructure blog. Each incoming President sets out the main theme of his or her year of office in a Presidential Address. Many of the profession's greatest engineers have served as President of the ICE including: One of Britain's greatest engineers, Isambard Kingdom Brunel died before he could take up
667-475: The principles and adapts them to our circumstances. The working Mechanic, governed by the superintendence of the Engineer, brings his ideas into reality. Hence the absolute necessity of possessing both practical and theoretical knowledge. When the time came to apply for a Charter it was clearly necessary to define the profession ... the council applied to Thomas Tredgold to propose some suitable description. The result
696-452: The profession of a civil engineer; being the art of directing the great sources of power in nature for the use and convenience of man, as the means of production and of traffic in states, both for external and internal trade, as applied in the construction of roads, bridges, aqueducts, canals, river navigation, and docks, for internal intercourse and exchange; and in the construction of ports, harbours, moles, breakwaters, and light-houses, and in
725-598: Was appointed Deputy Lieutenant of Surrey in 1999 and appointed a CBE in the New Year Honours List of 2001 "for his contribution to industry/university relations". In 2006 he was awarded the James Alfred Ewing Medal of the Institution of Civil Engineers . Dowling was married to Grace Lobo, an Indian from Zanzibar, who in 2004 became the first High Sheriff of Surrey to be appointed from an ethnic minority. Patrick J. Dowling died on 28 April 2023, at
754-622: Was born in Sandymount, Dublin on 23 March 1939. He was educated at University College Dublin , graduating in 1960 with a degree in civil engineering. Dowling then went to work at Imperial College London , where in 1986 he was appointed to their chair in structural engineering, which he held for the next 15 years. He was afterwards Vice-Chancellor and Chief Executive of the University of Surrey from October 1994 to his retirement in June 2005. In 1996, he
783-697: Was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society . Dowling served as President of the Institution of Structural Engineers (1994–95), Chairman of the Steel Construction Institute, Vice-President of the Royal Academy of Engineering , Chairman of the Engineering Council , President of the Association for Science Education and as Chairman of the British Association for the Advancement of Science . He
812-430: Was launched in 1984; by 1992 3% of the total ICE membership of 79,000 was female, and only 0.8% of chartered civil engineers were women. By 2016 women comprised nearly 12% of total membership, almost 7% of chartered civil engineers and just over 2% of Fellows. In June 2015 a Presidential Commission on diversity was announced. By the start of 2023 women made up 16% of overall membership, with female fellows comprising 6% of
841-589: Was the now well-known definition of Civil Engineering as "the art of directing the great sources of power in Nature for the use and convenience of man," and this was embodied in the Charter. The objects of such institution, as recited in the charter, and reported in The Times , were The general advancement of mechanical science, and more particularly for promoting the acquisition of that species of knowledge which constitutes
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