In commemoration of the lifetime achievement of the late professor Gustave Magnel of Ghent University, the Association of Engineers of Ghent University (AIG), periodically awards the “Gustave Magnel Golden Medal.” Professor Gustave Magnel has founded the Laboratory for Reinforced Concrete in 1926 and was the director until his death in 1955. After professor Magnel had passed away, the Lab was named after him “Magnel Laboratory for Concrete Research.”
The coming medal will be awarded to the designer of a civil engineering structure, built and completed within the period 2004-2008 and which might be considered as an important and remarkable application of reinforced or pre-stressed concrete. Neither the nationality of the designer nor the country where the structure was built will be considered as additional decision criterion.
Up to now the laureates have been:
1959 Ir. N. ESQUILLAN (France)
"Voute-coque sur plan triangulaire du Palais des Expositions de Paris".
1963 Ir. P. BLOKLAND (Netherlands)
"De Nablaliggers van de Spuisluis in het Haringvliet"
1968 Prof. Dr. Ing. F. LEONHARDT (Germany)
"Die Brücke über den Rio Caroni, Venezuela"
1973 Dr. Ing. U. FINSTERWALDER (Germany)
"Die Wartungshalle V des Rhein-Main Flughafens Frankfurt"
1979 Ir. R. DE KEYSER (Belgium)
"Le Viaduc de Houffalize"
1984 Dr. Ing. E.h. H. WITTFOHT (Germany)
"Die Autobahnbrücke über das Siegtal in Siegen-Eiserfeld"
1989 Ir. René GREISCH (A.I.Lg - Belgium)
"Le Pont de Wandre sur la Meuse et le Canal Albert"
1994 Dr.techn. Olav OLSEN (Norway)
"The Draugen Platform"
1999 Dr.ir. Michel VIRLOGEUX (France)
"Le Pont de Normandie"
2004 Prof. Dr.-Ing. Drs h.c. Jörg SCHLAICH (Germany)
"The bridge of the Auerbachstrasse in Stuttgart"
The AIG herewith informs you that the medal will be awarded for the period 2004 to 2008 in the autumn of 2009. AIG is now accepting applications for this award.
The applications may be :
- proposed by the Board of Administration, or
- proposed by a third party (any private person or public authority), or
- made by applicants themselves, who think they qualify for this award.
Each application should contain:
a) a short description of the structure concerned;
b) a declaration, signed by the applicant(s) and by two other persons stating that the applicant is the true author of the presented structure;
c) a letter signed by the applicant(s) agreeing to provide to the Board of Administration all additional information and details necessary to enable the jury to make a due judgement about the structure concerned;
d) a curriculum vitae of the applicant(s).
All applications are confidential and will be assessed by a jury composed of professors and engineers from the Engineering Faculties of the six Belgian universities. All submitted documents will be returned upon request of the applicant(s), when an application is not being considered or is not being awarded.
The award winner will be invited to receive the "Gustave Magnel Gold Medal" (with a value of 6.000 euro) at a ceremony to be held in the autumn of 2009 and which normally will take place in Ghent under the auspices of the AIG. A diploma, allowing the winner(s) to bear the title "Laureate of the Golden Medal Gustave Magnel", will be presented to the winner(s).
Applications should be sent, before January 15th, 2009, to the
Secretariat of the AIG
Lange Kruisstraat 29
B-9000 GENT
Belgium
Tel : + 32 9 223 79 30
e-mail : aig@kviv.be
Any additional information, including a copy of the complete set of rules and regulations, can be obtained at the above address.
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