The IET Achievement Awards

Mountbatten Medal

The Mountbatten Medal celebrates individuals who have made an outstanding contribution, over a period, to the promotion of electronics or information technology and their application that benefits the UK. Contributions can be within the spheres of science, technology, industry or commerce and in the dissemination of the understanding of electronics and information technology, whether to young people, or adults.

The Mountbatten Medal nominations are judged by representatives of the IET, the British Computer Society and the Royal Academy of Engineering.

In selecting a winner, the Panel gives particular emphasis to:

• the stimulation of public awareness of the significance and value of electronics;
• spreading recognition of the economic significance of electronics and IT, and encouraging their effective use throughout industry in general;
• encouraging excellence in product innovation and the successful transition of scientific advances to wealth-creating products;
• recognising brilliance in academic and industrial research;
• encouraging young people of both sexes to make their careers in the electronics and IT industries;
• increasing the awareness of the importance of electronics and IT amongst teachers and others in the educational disciplines

How to nominate

Nominations can be made by clicking onto the on-line nomination form on the right hand side. As part of nominationg you will be requested to include a brief CV of the person you are nominating. We welcome nominations for women and men from around the world. You do not need to be an IET Member to make a nomination or be nominated.

2011 winner: Professor Peter McOwan

Professor Peter McOwan, Professor of Computer Science in the School of Electronic Engineering and Computer Science at Queen Mary University London, was awarded the Mountbatten Medal 2011 for his excellence in communicating computer science to diverse audiences.

Related links

• See the Mountbatten Medallists page in the IET history section for a list of previous recipients.