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Rewards and Awards in the Industry

cstanton
cstanton over 5 years ago

What are the most notable awards that spring to mind in the technology or engineer design industry?

 

Y'know, ones that recognise, acknowledge and reward innovation that are awarded to the brightest of sparks - and are there any awards in particular that you wish to covet for yourself?

 

Or would be really honoured to receive?

 

I realise while I may have heard of golden globes, oscars, etc. I'm not really aware of awards pertaining to innovation or similar in Engineering - are you?

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  • ankur608
    ankur608 over 5 years ago +3
    Maybe, a DEFCON BlackBadge..., if it fits the category
  • shabaz
    shabaz over 5 years ago in reply to cstanton +3
    Oh, congrats! That's awesome!! Red Dot awards are also considered prestigious to get them(the likes of Apple probably get lots of them, so it's quite some effort to win these for a product), these are…
  • fmilburn
    fmilburn over 5 years ago +3
    The American Society of Mechanical Engineers and other such societies and organizations give out awards and recognition for service, merit, etc. I don’t think most engineers follow such things closely…
  • ankur608
    ankur608 over 5 years ago

    Maybe, a DEFCON BlackBadge..., if it fits the categoryimage

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  • cstanton
    cstanton over 5 years ago in reply to ankur608

    Hah image I think that's more of an infosec' award image

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  • shabaz
    shabaz over 5 years ago

    Hi Christopher,

     

    Interesting question!! There's some general product awards that are cool, like Red Dot. Also quite specific ones for certain product types, i.e. more focused on the product than the engineers, but acknowledging technical/design work. I've had to collect one at a ceremony on behalf of a team, merely because the award was in London and I was closest : ) The events are nice to mingle with new people.

    Some of the engineering firms will award titles to their best and most senior engineers, sometimes almost giving tenure too, that would be informally recognised across the industry I think. Any important work-related award definitely goes on my CV, or any conference speeches, again in the informal hope it would be recognised by other firms.

    There's accreditations achievable by working across areas in industry lots, such as CEng/MIET/MIEE is a legally awarded title, and the British Computer Society has them too I think, although they tend to be slightly national accreditations, they probably would be recognised worldwide. Not the same as an award as such, but maybe similar!

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  • cstanton
    cstanton over 5 years ago in reply to shabaz

    I'm not too far off being an accredited Engineer.

     

    I'm not familiar with Red Dot or the other awards you've alluded to though, is there any links to more information?

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  • shabaz
    shabaz over 5 years ago in reply to cstanton

    Oh, congrats! That's awesome!!

    Red Dot awards are also considered prestigious to get them(the likes of Apple probably get lots of them, so it's quite some effort to win these for a product), these are some of the awards for 2019 from their website:

    image

    It's actually a good way to search for cool products, just browse the red dot awards : )

    Some other industry ones are extremely specific industry-specific so most people won't have heard of them unless they are in that exact specific industry, e.g. IT world or Networking world and so on would have them.. some products I've worked on have won these types of these awards.

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  • genebren
    genebren over 5 years ago

    I have in past followed Design News annual Engineering Achievement Awards, and The Best Product of the Year Award.  I have worked on products that have receive some of these awards.

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  • fmilburn
    fmilburn over 5 years ago

    The American Society of Mechanical Engineers and other such societies and organizations give out awards and recognition for service, merit, etc.  I don’t think most engineers follow such things closely though. It seems like it was more a thing years ago when we would get a monthly magazine with such information in the back than it is now but that might just be me.

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  • Fred27
    Fred27 over 5 years ago

    We've never been the sort to congratulate ourselves. I've worked in IT in a number of industries and it's always been the same. The business or the sales team always shout about what a brilliant job they've done asking for something to be made for them. On the technical side we just get on with out job and build what's required without a fuss.

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  • dougw
    dougw over 5 years ago

    IEEE and the Professional Engineering Societies hand out awards, but the eligibility and selection criteria don't make them very universal and consequently they are not that well known.

    I think it would be awesome to win the Queen Elizabeth Prize for Engineering......image

     

    Other apparently prestigious prizes I never heard of but just looked up:

    The Charles Stark Draper Prize

    Fritz J. and Dolores H. Russ Prize

    Bernard M. Gordon Prize for Innovation in Engineering and Technology Education

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  • DAB
    DAB over 5 years ago

    A couple of years ago I was the featured speaker at my local IEEE Awards Banquet.

     

    During my career I never worried that much about awards. My customers kept me busy and that was the best feedback I could get.

     

    I find most of the societies too academically oriented for my tastes.

     

    DAB

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