Alfred C. Egerton Gold Medal

The Alfred C. Egerton Gold Medal recognizes distinguished, continuing, and encouraging contributions to the field of combustion. The Gold Medal is presented biennially to one scientist during the International Symposium on Combustion.

The Gold Medal is named after Sir Alfred C. Egerton (1886-1959), the first chairman of the British Section of The Combustion Institute. As a professor at the Imperial College of Science and Technology, Egerton was an acknowledged leader in Britain among scientists engaged in research in the field of combustion. His research included detonations, anti-knocking agents, and flame structure. In his later career, Egerton devised with his students, a flat-flame burner configuration that advanced the measurements of burning velocities and the knowledge of flame structure, under ideal conditions, for combustion scientists around the world.

The Alfred C. Egerton Gold Medal is one of the highest awards of The Combustion Institute, presented biennially during the International Symposium on Combustion. Gold Medals are bestowed upon scientists whose major contributions have significantly advanced their fields of combustion science.

Recipients

1976: T. Morris Sugden

1974: John P. Longwell

1972: Wm. Hinckley Avery

1970: A.R. Ubbelohde

1968: Howard W. Emmons

1966: Joseph O. Hirshfelder

1964: P. Laffitte

1962: Wilhelm Jost

1960: Hoyt C. Hottel

1958: Sir Alfred C. Egerton