The Institution of Royal Engineers (InstRE)

The Churchill Award 2010/11

Churchill Medal Award winner announced.

Flight Lieutenant David Ramsey has been announced as the winner of the Professional Engineering Institutions’ (PEI) Churchill Medal Award 2010/11.

The Corps of Royal Engineers was well represented with a number of entries to the competition which will be run again this year.

Earlier this year the Institution of Engineering and Technology (IET), working in partnership with the Institute of Marine Engineering, Science and Technology, the Royal Aeronautical Society, the Institution of Mechanical Engineers, Institution of Royal Engineers and Society of Operations Engineers, was part of an initiative to re-launch this prestigious award which had previously been presented to individuals such as Sir Frank Whittle, Sir Geoffrey de Haviland and Professor Alan Wells.

First presented in 1952 by Sir Winston Churchill the award is now realigned to reflect the achievement in engineering and technical advancement in support of military operations for those serving within the Armed Forces.

 

Flight Lieutenant David Ramsey was chosen above many other quality nominations as this years’ recipient after demonstrating outstanding engineering professionalism in the disciplines of requirement analysis, system engineering and project management by providing an innovative information management solution in support of Counter Improvised Explosive Device (C-IED) operations in Afghanistan. His solution to the problems of transferring information between key personnel in theatre and the UK directly lead to a significant increase in the number of IED makers detained, thereby reducing the threat to coalition forces and the Afghan population.

Mark Organ, IET Head of Membership commented “I am delighted to have been coordinating nominations on behalf of the PEI Armed Forces Steering Group (AFSG) for this particular Award over the past year. I would like to personally congratulate the Flt Lt Ramsey on his achievement and look forward to seeing him officially presented with the award during 2012”.